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THROWBACK: MESSAGE IN A GOBBLE

Written by KYLE CLAUSS Posted November 23, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Partisan turkey, a viral gold watch, and Republican trolls in New England 130 years ago

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Irish, Copley square, County Cork, Democrats, Dirty Old Boston, gold watch, Honest Hugh, Hugh O'Brien, Katie Gillette, New York City, NYC, Republicans, thanksgiving, Vermont

CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES

What Mass lawmakers can learn about parole from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country. “To see the transformation of those who have caused harm is important for those who have been harmed.”

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FOR A BROKEN PAROLE SYSTEM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO IN VERMONT: THE COMEDY INTERVIEW WITH CARMEN LAGALA

Written by DENNIS MALER Posted March 21, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

In her first year of comedy, Lagala became a co-owner of Vermont’s first comedy club. Eight years later, she’s heading to Boston, a town that’s been good to her over the years, among other places, to headline.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: Boston, Carmen Lagala, Vermont

BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: CONEHEAD IPA

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted January 22, 2019 Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, LIFESTYLE

Chaz Pofahl as Jim Bakker and Kirsten Wyatt as Tammy Faye Bakker. Photo by Joan Marcus.

It’s as simple as it’s perfect, and as a result easy to drink in large quantities—not in the same sense that makes Silver Bullets preferable for pounding, but rather in a way that the precision-focused Citra hops and light complexion make for something that won’t interrupt your dinner should your friend show up late and you end up sipping a few Coneheads before mealtime.

Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: BBBB, Boston better Beer Bureau, breweries, Citra Hops, classics, Conehead, Magic Hat, Stone Brewing, Vermont, ZERO GRAVITY

THIS YEAR’S TOP NEW ENGLAND ROUTES FOR FALL FOOD AND FOLIAGE

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted October 22, 2018 Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE

Sure, the Greater Boston area is a great place to be in October, but sometimes it’s nice to get out of town and experience what the rest of the region has to offer. Since there are so many options, the burning question is, where to go?

Filed Under: Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: 2018, best leaf viewing, Boston, Cape Cod, Connecticut, driving, foliage, GTFO, Massachusetts, new england, New Hampshire, south shore, Vermont

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART I)

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

 

Every once and a while, I move slightly differently than usual. Maybe I shift position too fast. Maybe I pick up something a bit too heavy. Maybe I’m sitting askew for just a bit too long. Whatever the cause, one second I’m fine… and the next, my old ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Belden Electronics, Column, Health, IBM, injury, Jason Pramas, labor, labor day, Manpower, safety, temp, union, Vermont

THE POSSIBILITARIANS: HEADS UP FOR BREAD AND PUPPET’S INSURRECTION CIRCUS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 28, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, DigThis, Performing Arts

"I think the show is meant to shake city slickers and country cornstalks alike out of their complacency in the face of the destruction of the planet and the political and economic tyranny under which we all live."

Filed Under: A+E, DigThis, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Bread and Puppet, Bread and Puppeteers, Cambridge, cambridge common, Dakota Access pipeline, Donald Trump, HONK! Festival, John Bell, Our Domestic Insurrection Circus, Puppeteers’ Cooperative, puppets, theater, Trudi Cohen, Vermont

RUBBLEBUCKET: HOW TO PERFECT A CRAZY LIVE PERFORMANCE

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 20, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

From robot puppets to hundreds of balloons, Rubblebucket knows how to put on a show. Here's how they do it.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2017, Allston, Art Rock, Boston, Boston Music Awards, Dig, DigBoston, Indie Rock, Interview, Music, paradise rock club, Rubblebucket, Sam Evian, University of Vermont, Vermont

EXCERPT: ‘TRACKING THE WILD COOMBA’

Written by ROBERT COCUZZO Posted April 5, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

A passage from Tracking the Wild Coomba: The Life of Legendary Skier Doug Coombs by Robert Cocuzzo. Mountaineers Books, 2016.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Doug Coombs, Extreme Skiing, Jackson Hole, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Robert Cocuzzo, ski books, ski patrol, Tuckerman Ravine, Vermont, Wild Coomba

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