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Stage Struck with Chris Rohmann: Putting down my pen

Stage Struck with Chris Rohmann: Putting down my pen

by Advocate Staff | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

I filed my first article for the Advocate in May 1986. This one is my last.After 36 years and some 2,000 reviews, previews, features, interviews and musings, I’m giving up my ticket to the critic’s proverbial aisle seat and taking my place in line at the box...

The V-Spot with Yana Tallon-Hicks: How do I transfer my solo orgasms to partnered sex?

by Advocate Staff | Jan 13, 2023 | Articles, Featured, The V-Spot, Uncategorized

Hi Yana, I have no problem with giving myself an orgasm with a vibrator on my clit, but I’ve never managed to orgasm with a partner. I’m OK with that — I’ve greatly enjoy partnered sex without orgasm, but I’d love to broaden my orgasmic horizons. Even bringing the...
A music empire goes dark: Musicians, club owners wonder what’s happened to Iron Horse Entertainment Group

A music empire goes dark: Musicians, club owners wonder what’s happened to Iron Horse Entertainment Group

by Steve Pfarrer | Jan 13, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Music, Uncategorized

When she looks back at how her band first found its footing, Nerissa Nields sees one club in particular at the center of that story: the Iron Horse Music Hall. From the time The Nields, the Valley folk-rock band, formed in the early 1990s, the Iron Horse became the...
Painting a Colorful Path: Common Wealth Murals Making a Difference

Painting a Colorful Path: Common Wealth Murals Making a Difference

by Emily Thurlow | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured

Britt Ruhe may not be an artist, but she has certainly splashed paint across the canvas of the Pioneer Valley. For more than three decades, the Granby woman has used her skillset of community organizing, project management and fiscal knowledge to lead nonprofit...
‘We’re Still Here’: Exhibit designed to remind visitors that Native peoples today are part of Western Massachusetts

‘We’re Still Here’: Exhibit designed to remind visitors that Native peoples today are part of Western Massachusetts

by Steve Pfarrer | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles, Arts, Featured, News, Uncategorized

Growing up in Springfield, Aprell May knew a few bits and pieces about her Native American ancestry. But it was not something that family members talked about much.   In fact, May says that for years she thought of herself as a “Lost Bird” or a “Missing Feather”...
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