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I did ketamine therapy … and here’s what happened: A one-time tripper takes a second psychedelic journey 50 years later

I did ketamine therapy … and here’s what happened: A one-time tripper takes a second psychedelic journey 50 years later

By Bob Flaherty For the Valley Advocate A gamechanger, they call it. A chance to face the challenges of your life head on. To free your mind, unencumbered by old negative patterns. Empowering your life. Re-setting your brain. Though it’s been around for decades,...
‘You don’t look like a doctor’: Documentary film looks at the biases and challenges Black women physicians face

‘You don’t look like a doctor’: Documentary film looks at the biases and challenges Black women physicians face

By STEVE PFARRER Staff Writer Dr. Khama Ennis had come a long way in her medical career. Until 2022, the Amherst resident had spent about two decades in emergency medicine, including a number of years as chief of emergency medicine at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in...
‘All the world’s a stage’

‘All the world’s a stage’

For the better part of the last 36 years, all the world’s been a stage for Chris Rohmann. The Advocate’s longtime theater critic has had a front seat view to thousands of plays in the Valley. With that seat, he has penned his perspective on performances, previewed...
Behind the Music

Behind the Music

Neon FaunaLeather Motel   “Pinned Butterfly” the opening track and first single off of Neon Fauna’s second full length album Leather Motel sets the energetic mood immediately with this experimental album. When I say experimental, it’s not just in reference...