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40 years since Live Aid, reflecting upon the cultural impact of the concert on humanitarianism, on live music, and on the intersection of the two.
The year is 2008. Jim Reid, the outside linebackers coach for the Miami Dolphins, is sitting down with Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter. Both men were discussing their big victory over the New England ...
The Massachusetts softball team welcomed Rhode Island to Amherst, MA, on Wednesday for a doubleheader matchup. It was a tale of two games at Sortino Field, but the Minutewomen (11-29, 4-12 Atlantic 10 ...
An Introduction A psychodrama is a form of psychotherapy where people act out events from their past to help them understand their feelings or find a point of catharsis. It’s the concept that informs ...
On March 18, 1990, 13 priceless artworks were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, marking the largest art heist in history. Thirty five years later, during my first museum visit ...
One of the worst humanitarian crises erupted in Yemen in 2011 when the Yemeni people participated in the Arab Spring, a movement in which many Arab countries revolted against their authoritarian ...
“Emilia Pérez” has already broken records as the most nominated film in a non-English language and starring the first openly trans actor to receive an Oscar nomination, but is also arguably the most ...
The University of Massachusetts Amherst welcomed the acclaimed modern dance company to its stage on Thursday Feb. 13.
“I’m Still Here,” directed by Walter Salles and set in the early 1970s in idyllic Rio de Janeiro, is the story of the Paiva family and their hardships after the father, Rubens Paiva’s (Selton Mello) ...
Photo courtesy of IMDb “My Bloody Valentine” (1981) Starting off the list is an early entry in the slasher cannon from the genre’s first few years of wide popularity. Although the gas-mask wearing ...
UPDATE: UMass Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford pledged to get the $10,000 prize into the hands of Lee on Friday, whether the insurance company contributes or not. Bamford announced on X that the ...
To properly acknowledge Elvis Presley is to properly acknowledge the Black musical sources that went into his sheer superstardom.