{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_pdy7gghxojcb646wznma","title":"Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue in Greenfield, MA ‘breaks the Internet’ over mask controversy","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/last-ditch-bar-and-arts-venue-in-greenfield-ma-breaks-the-internet-over-pdy7gghxoj","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_pdy7gghxojcb646wznma","seq":414873,"kind":"article","title":"Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue in Greenfield, MA ‘breaks the Internet’ over mask controversy","url":"https://bostonspiritmagazine.com/2026/09/last-ditch-bar-and-arts-venue-in-greenfield-ma-breaks-the-internet-over-mask-controversy","summary":"A Boston Globe article that put the spotlight on the Greenfield, Massachusetts Last Ditch Bar & Arts Venue — a progressively spirited space catering to “dykes, transsexuals, gender freaks, workers, and their friends” — recently went viral. The controversy centered on the bar’s original requirement that all those who entered wear KN-95 (or similar) masks, […]","published":"2026-09-28T11:00:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T11:47:20Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-bostonspiritmagazine-com-ec5400","name":"bostonspiritmagazine.com","domain":"bostonspiritmagazine.com"},"via":"kite-bostonspiritmagazine-com-ec5400","topics":["boston","news & current events","featured"],"authors":["Boston Spirit"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1530924","name":"Greenfield","type":"place"}],"story":"st_pdy7gghxojcb646wznma","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.49000000953674316,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5299999713897705,"political":0.10999999940395355}]}