by Kristin Palpini | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, Arts, News, Newsletter
For writer Elinam Agbo, words are like air.“If I go too long without expressing my thoughts in one way or another, I begin to feel suffocated and distant from my memories as well as my lived moments,” said Agbo, this year’s winner of the Valley Advocate’s Juniper...
by Kristin Palpini and Chris Goudreau | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, News
On a hill of gravelly mud in Kendrick Park — that little strip of grass in downtown Amherst flanked by Triangle and Pleasant streets — a family of protesters are passing around plastic instruments and bird masks in preparation for the March for Science.“Everyone got...
by Kristin Palpini | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter
The first thing you need to know about Krakatoa Picnic is that the imagery in this book of poems, by James Heflin, will sear you to the side of the Indonesian volcano.The collection of sci-fi-influenced prose is vivid in its tactile descriptions of place, people, and...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Change may be coming! Results from special congressional elections this month in Kansas and Georgia should give Democrats hope for capturing the House in 2018 and thwarting the second half of Donald Trump’s term as president.In the short term,...
by Rob Brezsny | Apr 24, 2017 | Articles, Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I have misgivings when I witness bears riding bicycles or tigers dancing on their hind legs or Aries people wielding diplomatic phrases and making careful compromises at committee meetings. While I am impressed by the disciplined expression...