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Stagestruck: A Fall Harvest for the Theater

Stagestruck: A Fall Harvest for the Theater

by Chris Rohmann | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Stagestruck, Uncategorized

Next month on area stages (and a screen), three shows featuring women front and center, bucking prejudice, expectations, even labels. Plus, a musical farce with a woman in a beard. That one first. “Die Fledermaus,” the fall offering from Valley Light Opera, is the...
‘People, Plant, and Purpose’: The motto of 6 Brick’s, Springfield’s newest dispensary

‘People, Plant, and Purpose’: The motto of 6 Brick’s, Springfield’s newest dispensary

by Max Bowen | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Uncategorized

From giving Springfield residents the chance to start a career in the cannabis industry to giving back to the city, Payton Shubrick has a number of goals as the owner of 6 Brick’s, one of the city’s recent dispensaries to open.   The business is named for the...
THAT SPECIAL PLACE: Now free to speak about it, these local icons describe their favorite spots to get high

THAT SPECIAL PLACE: Now free to speak about it, these local icons describe their favorite spots to get high

by Bob Flaherty | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Featured, News, Uncategorized

In short, there’s simply not A more congenial spot For happily ever aftering Than … here … in …   OK, our little Happy Valley ain’t exactly Camelot, but it’s got a lot going for it. Even in the midst of quarantines and arguing over masks and...
In MemoriamLocal Musician Kate Lorenz

In MemoriamLocal Musician Kate Lorenz

by Advocate Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Music, Uncategorized

We lost a bright light on our local music scene with the recent passing of musician Kate Lorenz. Her brother Matt Lorenz (The Suitcase Junket) announced the loss via his Facebook page saying that she had died unexpectedly two weeks ago. Kate and Matt Lorenz along with...
Sweeping cannabis industry reforms now law in Massachusetts

Sweeping cannabis industry reforms now law in Massachusetts

by Advocate Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Uncategorized

Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker this month signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bolster the nascent industry and tear down...
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