by Sarah Heinonen | Dec 17, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Reviews
I admit, I am not a Quentin Tarantino fan. I appreciate his skill as a storyteller and the quality of his films but can honestly say I have only ever enjoyed “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained,” and those with some caveats.
by Dennis Hackett | Aug 26, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Reviews
A table with many of the offerings available at this year’s Big E Media Food Preview event. WEST SPRINGFIELD — With the Big E right around the corner, local media was once again invited to try out some of the new additions to the fair and as always, the taste test did...
by Ryan Feyre | Aug 18, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Reviews
I always hated the “back to school” commercials in early August because it felt simultaneously premature and a harbinger of summer vacation’s conclusion. It’s that weird line in the sand where, as a youth, you just want to grasp onto the last remnants of the season...
by Dennis Hackett | Aug 4, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Reviews
The fact that the three most recent live-action superhero movies have been good, let alone that Marvel has put out two solid showings in a row has made me very excited for a resurgence in the genre.
by Dennis Hackett | Jul 23, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Features, Reviews
I know it seems like we get a new Spider-Man, Batman or Superman every few years, but I am pleased to say I think the newest version of “Superman” is here to stay.
by Sarah Heinonen | Jun 23, 2025 | Dining and Entertainment, Easthampton, Features, Hampshire County, Local News, Reviews
EASTHAMPTON — Gambling is serious business, but audiences will get plenty of laughs watching Easthampton Theater Company’s production of “Guys and Dolls,” a 1950 musical by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The musical is based on the 1933 short story, “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown,” by Damon Runyon.