The Budos Band Brings Afro Soul from Staten Island to Noho Tonight
The Budos Band blows into Pearl Street Ballroom tonight and we’ll be front and center. I have been listening to this 10-piece orchestra that plays Afro-soul without the benefit of singers on Spotify, and I can’t wait to see them live. That’s kind of unique, no vocals. But what I […]
Our Excellent Interns Are Flying Off Next Week for GoNOMAD Assignments
Since 2004, we have had interns from UMass who work for GoNOMAD during the school year and often during the summer. The interns who have worked with us have all contributed mightily to our body of stories, and each of them has left their own mark. I often marvel at […]
Easthampton’s Art Walk and Galaxy, a Fine Spring Combination
It was the first warm night of spring as we drove past woods erupting with the sounds of peepers on our way to Easthampton on Saturday night. It was the monthly Art Walk, and as we turned the corner onto Cottage Street, it was clear that the balmy weather and […]
Sofie Reminds me to Play Whenever She Visits
What do you do when a little girl pays a visit to your house? I often am confronted with this when my daughter Kate asks me if I can watch Sofie, her five-year-0ld daughter on a weekday. There are times when I think I should decline, and tell her how […]
Basketball Games So Late That the Next Morning Is Foggy
It’s funny how I notice things that once went unnoticed as I advance in age. Last night I watched the NCAA Men’s basketball finals that didn’t start until 9 pm. We had been invited by a couple we like to come have dinner at their house and watch the game. […]
A Satisfying Sunday Getting a Lot Done
Today was a satisfying day, one where you could make a list and joyfully cross off each thing you got done. After our bummer winter, everyone like me with a yard is eager to get out there and clean it up. So I groomed the grass and filled three huge […]
A Long Goodbye in Pittsburgh
Most of the time we avoid thinking about death and funerals. It’s a topic we’d rather not discuss, but as we get older, more and more deaths occur and have to face them. This week I traveled a very long way in the car, about nine hours, for three days […]
James V. Cunningham Sr: He Cared the Most About What Truly Matters
We are in Pittsburgh this week, not to write an article and meet the usual ‘interesting local people,’ but instead to say farewell to a distinguished member of the faculty at Pitt and a community leader named James V. Cunningham Sr who died at 91 on March 28. As I’ve […]