Arts & Leisure
Into the light: Mount Holyoke College exhibits the luminous paintings of Janet Fish
May 9, 2008
You may never look at a Kraft Salad Dressing bottle the same way again.
Don Quixote rides again: Commonwealth Opera stages 'Man of La Mancha' at the Academy of Music
May 9, 2008
More bony, hollow-faced scarecrow than shining knight, Don Quixote is one of literature's strangest heroes, a middle-aged country squire who makes it his quest to conquer the evils of the world. With his loyal sidekick, Sancho Panza, riding beside him, Quixote finds adventure, both real and imaginary, in his travels, where he encounters windmills he thinks are giants, an inn he believes is a castle and a scullery maid/prostitute he fashions into a virginal damsel in distress.
'The Men, the Murders and the Judgement of Mankind': Leverett author revisits controversial 1920s execution
May 9, 2008
Contrary to popular belief, working from home as a freelance writer and author is anything but lonely, says Bruce Watson of Leverett. A freelancer for the past 10 years, Watson says when he's working on a project, he's surrounded by the people, places and events he's writing about. That was the case a few years ago, when Watson was poring over Xeroxed newspaper articles, letters and trial transcripts pertaining to the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants convicted and executed in 1927 for a crime that many believe they did not commit.
Table Talk: A cheesy attempt to make it into Guinness
May 9, 2008
In American cookery Parmesan generally means the straw-colored powder that gets sprinkled over minestrone or pasta, where it often mixes with the tomatoes in the dish to form a reddish sludge.
Amherst Jazz Festival showcases student groups
May 9, 2008
The Amherst schools' jazz program takes the spotlight Tuesday night, May 13, at the first annual Amherst Jazz Festival, The event, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Amherst Regional High School, is the brainchild of Brian Messier, Amherst Regional Middle and High School director of bands, who leads and instructs all middle and high school jazz ensembles.
