by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 17, 2017 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
A man and woman dressed as Batman characters were shot by police while having sex in an Australian nightclub. The man, dressed as the Joker, was shot in the stomach after police mistook his fake gun for a real one. The woman was dressed as Harley Quinn, and was shot...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
When he was 15 years old in 1976, Niberd Abdalla immigrated to the United States from Iraq fleeing persecution due to his family’s Kurdish heritage and democratic activism. He’s lived as an undocumented person in the United States for the past 41 years and has...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
THURSDAY 7/20MUSICA Little Night Music: 6 p.m. Free. Trinity United Methodist Church, 361 Sumner Ave, Springfield. (413) 737-5311, trinumc361@gmail.com Berkshire Hills Music Academy: 6:30 p.m. Free. Chicopee Public Library, 449 Front St., Chicopee. 413-594-1800 ext....
by Advocate Staff | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
A religious pilgrimage is taking place to oppose fossil fuel use in New England.Members of the New England Yearly Meeting, a group made up of Quakers from the six New England states, plan to walk 60 to 70 miles the week of July 9 from Schiller Station power plant in...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 10, 2017 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
Last week we got the surprising news that longtime News of the Weird feature writer Chuck Shepherd is retiring! Like, very surprising, because we had no idea this was coming. BUT, the Advocate is all about weird news, so we’re going to keep it going ourselves! Without...