by Advocate Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Newsletter, Stage
Wilkommen, Bienvenue Sarah Kilborne’s revelatory new night of cabaret delves into a little-known yet revolutionary moment in music history: queer music composed and performed prior to World War II. Her one-woman show is “an enlightening, enchanting trip to a...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Leisure, Newsletter
Dragons of myth come in all shapes and sizes, but human athletes have pared their real world replicas down to some clear-cut dimensions. A dragon boat is 40 feet by 4 feet, long and narrow and manned by 20 paddlers, sitting two by two. A drummer sits up front,...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, Newsletter
Red Hot Blues Shemekia Copeland sings electric blues, gospel, and R&B like her heart and soul depend on it. Whether she’s belting out a raucous blues-rocker, firing up a blistering soul-shouter, bringing the spirit to a gospel-fueled R&B rave-up, or digging...
by Advocate Staff | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Newsletter
Go with the FlowThis Saturday, the village of Shelburne Falls takes the outdoors as inspiration for RiverWalk, a day of downtown activities celebrating art, nature, and the Deerfield River. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Friends of the Arms Library hosts a books sale....
by Advocate Staff | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Newsletter
We’ve Got Mail In October 2015, the Art Club at Greenfield Community College put out a call for mail art. That’s “simply art that has been sent through the mail, but generally is made knowing that the piece will journey via the post,” and could include small painting,...