Astronomer Maria Mitchell said of the night sky, “Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.” In Springfield, a collaboration between a planetarium and a ...
The exhibition “Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean” complicates Caribbean heritage and captivates visitors by reassessing the past, present and future of Native peoples and their ...
Although it’s commonly believed that the indigenous Taíno were extirpated after Spanish conquest in 1511, their bloodlines, identity and customs were never completely extinguished. A commonly repeated ...