by Amanda Drane | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Leisure
Devin Walker-Molaghan: “The lovable douche” Are You the One? (MTV reality series) Northampton native and beloved townie Devin Walker-Molaghan is stirring up the sex pot on Season 3 of MTV’s Are You the One? With his heady bravado, trash talking, ginormous ego,...
by Amanda Drane | Nov 23, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
For many, dancing is a slight rock of the hips that could easily be confused with scratching an itch. This was not the case with the late “Dancing Larry” Howes. Larry was the hallmark of a good party and the king of local dancefloors. His appreciation for area...
by Amanda Drane | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Food + Booze, News
When Caroline McDaniel opened ConVino ten months ago, she says she was still waiting on her beverage manager to arrive from California. A month and a half later, it became clear they weren’t coming. In a day wrought with stress over her wine bar’s management hole, she...
by Amanda Drane | Nov 18, 2015 | Articles, Food + Booze, Taste-Off!
Cheese, glorious cheese. Many thanks to you, oh creamy fromage, for always being there when we need a snack, a spread turned meal, or simply a tasty addition to a dish otherwise lacking. You complete us. Of course, we Advocate staffers jumped at the chance to eat...
by Amanda Drane | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, News, Scene Here
AMANDA DRANE PHOTO The holiday spirit arrives a bit early at Easthampton’s Keep Cottage Street Lit event at the Brass Cat. On this recent Wednesday night, the packed pub is a unified wall of happy noise as revelers clutch stemless, child-sized glasses and mill around...