DUMMERSTON — Randolph Holhut writes about sports with remarkable precision and imagination.
We also appreciate the balanced tone of his Sports Roundup columns, which are never biased toward a particular team.
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This story was written and reported by MacLean Gander, with reporting and research assistance from Lucas Sillers. It was edited by Jeff Potter. Our report is based heavily on information provided by three individuals involved in the antifa movement, initially in response to an email received by The Commons in December. Two of the sources who replied to our response to their overture identified themselves as associated with Northeast Antifa; one says he is from Massachusetts and the other from...
In the late 1990s in California, a group of environmental activists banded together to protect the ancient redwood forests from extensive clear-cut logging by the Pacific Lumber Co. The group became known as “tree sitters” because they built treehouses to live in - some of them 200 feet in the air. The tree sitters endured high winds, freezing temperatures, threats from helicopters hovering very close by their treetop abodes, and harassment from the company's security forces. Some of the activists...
As he prepares to present one of the most daunting operas in the Italian repertoire - Giacomo Puccini's Turandot - Huge Keelan, conductor of the Windham Orchestra, reflects on the undertaking. “We're insane,” he says. With its huge cast and orchestra as well as exotic locale, Turandot is grand opera at its grandest. Set in ancient China, the opera deals with passion and vengeance. Prince Calaf loves the cold Princess Turandot. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has...
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