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Valley Show Girl: Sister Act

Valley Show Girl: Sister Act

by Jennifer Levesque | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl

“There are stars, there is music, but where are you? I am calling you home tonight.” The beginning lyrics to opening track “Come On Home” from the latest release from Americana duo Ari & Mia welcomes you into their album as if it’s an intimate dinner party, with...
Making a Comeback: A preview of Double JJ Presents shows coming up

Making a Comeback: A preview of Double JJ Presents shows coming up

by Jennifer Levesque | Jan 22, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Valley Show Girl

John Joyce started booking local bands back in 1998 while he attended Westfield State. What started it all was his friends from college — who were in a band called The Infamous Shoeless Joe — had inquired if he could help get them shows in the area. He started booking...
Valley Show Girl: Howl at Lunar Brew

Valley Show Girl: Howl at Lunar Brew

by Jennifer Levesque | Jan 9, 2020 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl

The first full moon of the new decade — the Wolf Moon — will start to howl at approximately 2:21 p.m. on Friday, January 10. Just so happens it’s also my birthday, maybe you’ll hear me howling at her from a distance wearing a crystal crown to welcome my 36th year on...
Clueless Parent: My years-long struggle, and solution, to my son’s bed wetting

Clueless Parent: My years-long struggle, and solution, to my son’s bed wetting

by Jennifer Levesque | Dec 24, 2019 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured

“He’ll eventually grow out of it, you have to give it some time,” my son’s pediatrician told his father and me at his physical when he was maybe about 5 years old. When my son transitioned from diapers to pull-ups at bedtime, it seemed that we would never transition...
Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies

Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies

by Jennifer Levesque | Dec 24, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl

Editor’s note: Advocate Associate Editor Chris Goudreau is a member of Leafies. The opening track to debut album Off Off Off Broadway from The Leafies You Gave Me tells a tale of a man who tends to the elephants and their dirty business at the circus. It is spoken...
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