by Kristin Palpini | Jan 3, 2017 | Arts, Featured, Music, Newsletter
Take the Stage Now that all the big holiday celebrations and events are in the past, it’s time to get back to regular old life. Do it in style by hitting a karaoke night somewhere in the Valley. There are plenty of bars known for their customer caterwauling:...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 3, 2017 | Articles, News, Wellness
It’s a classic dilemma. The upcoming holidays prompt intense fits of eating followed by the guilt of said eating with promises of a better life for the New Year. New Year’s Eve cues New Year resolutions, and many choose fitness as their goal, making a...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 27, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Film, Leisure, Music, News, Newsletter, Stage
How Does This Work? Who on earth do we think we are, doling out judgement left and right? Find out here. The List HALOS // The People of East Longmeadow — For creating a seven-member Town Council in the wake of a coup on the now-defunct three-member Board of...
by Kristin Palpini | Jan 3, 2017 | Articles, Between the Lines, Columns, News, Newsletter
Some topics are too rich to write about just once. For all the people wondering, “What ever happened to …?” this week’s column features updates on issues I’ve written about in this space before. If you’ve got a topic from this column in mind that you’d like to see...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Opera that Made Verdi a Household Name … in 1840 Nabucco is a seminal opera — the one that put the august Giuseppe Verdi on the map — that follows the plight of Jewish people as they are assaulted, conquered, and subsequently exiled from their homeland by...