magine if you took a giant bottle of Champagne, shook it up, popped the cork and let the bubbles rush all over your body. Now imagine you’re 60 feet beneath the surface and strapped into scuba gear when it happens. That, in essence, is the riotous joy one experiences when floating above a geothermal spring. […]

The big event for The Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Parade Committee is, obviously, the annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Holyoke, but members keep busy with other activities throughout the year. “We are hosting and sponsoring more events in the community,” said William E. Lynch IV, a member of the committee. In September the committee presented […]

The discourse is a relentless cycle. Every conversation that has been had, will be had again. Rinse and repeat. That counts doubly in the music industry today, where artists are picked apart, piece by piece, have their worth evaluated, and are faced with judgment on whether they belong in the spaces they’re occupying. Which brings us […]

FAIRMONT — A Lumberton High School art teacher is using her work to preserve Robeson County’s unique cultural identity for future generations. Jessica Clark, a visual arts teacher, is nationally recognized for her pieces that illustrate the lives of Southeastern American Indians. Clark’s work features elements of American Indian culture from the vibrant colors of […]

On March 1, Kofi Bazzell-Smith, a self-taught artist and the president of the Japanese Culture Club at Parkland, led a workshop on Yonkoma Manga. Bazzell-Smith taught students from a PowerPoint and the Japanese Culture Club handed out sushi. The workshop was held in D105 from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.. To begin, the Japanese Culture […]

Roseann Lake, author of ‘Leftover in China’, discusses how women who aren’t married by 25 are reshaping China’s traditional culture. Roseann Lake: Leftover women in China are a strange byproduct or aftershock of the one-child policy. In 1979, China enacted a once child per family policy to reduce the growth rate of its enormous population. Roseann […]

Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) is celebrating the eight edition of its ‘Live Our Heritage Festival’, running from March 1 to April 7 at Global Village. Held under the theme of ‘An Eye on Emirati Cultural Heritage’, the festival will focus on educating the public about UAE traditional handicrafts and heritage. Until Thursday, […]

I’m up just a bit early. I have surveyed the news on the internet (as I always do when rising). The national news is full of articles on the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting. There are details about the shooter, Trump is expressing the opinion that teachers should be armed, students at that high school […]

Five of the best … films A Fanastic Woman (15) (Sebastián Lelio, 2017, Chi/Ger/Spa/US) 104 mins An empathic study of transphobia and a restrained modern-day melodrama, with a magnificent heroine in the form of Daniela Vega. A Santiago trans woman, her grief following the death of her male partner is compounded by her treatment at […]

This month, explore fitness-related comedy shows, wellness talks, and more. BY RATHA TEP STYLE March 1st, 2018 Being up to date on all things health and wellness is social and cultural currency these days, which is why we started the Furthermore book club. Now, we’re introducing an events calendar to help high performers stay on top of the best new lecture […]