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Podcast: Lauren Simonds on being an old stoner in a brave new world of legal weed

Podcast: Lauren Simonds on being an old stoner in a brave new world of legal weed

by Advocate Staff | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast

Lauren Simonds recently wrote a cover story for the Advocate, “An Old Stoner’s Guide to Modern Cannabis.” Here she sits down with editor Dave Eisenstadter on what research for the story was like, and also lamenting the time when stoners knew how to...
Free Will Astrology: Six fortune cookies for all

Free Will Astrology: Six fortune cookies for all

by Rob Brezsny | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Discipline your inner flame. Use your radiance constructively. Your theme is controlled fire. AUGUST: Release yourself from dwelling on what’s amiss or off-kilter....
Ch’Chunk! on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage

Ch’Chunk! on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage

by Advocate Staff | Jun 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions

Ch’Chunk! blends together swing, gypsy jazz, and Americana to create its own modern take on jazz and roots music. The band performed live at the Summit View in Holyoke during the 2019 Best of the Valley Readers’ Poll party.
Letters from Our Readers: Poetry by Connolly Ryan

Letters from Our Readers: Poetry by Connolly Ryan

by Connolly Ryan | Jun 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers

Poetry by Connolly Ryan   To an Unidentified Sunset Soloist I can’t see who it is singing her little heart out, perseverating her sweet head off, up in the attic of a red maple tree, but whoever it is belting it out like that, like there is no known limit to the...
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Sam’s Folk Club, Mr. Liam, and Shambhala Center Meditation

Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Sam’s Folk Club, Mr. Liam, and Shambhala Center Meditation

by Advocate Staff | Jun 20, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks

Sam’s Folk Club: 1967 // FRIDAY You won’t need a TARDIS or a Delorean to travel back in time to the 1960s on Friday. The Shea Theater in Turners Falls and Eggtooth Productions will be hosting its swingin’ 1960s folk club as part of its Sam’s Club series. It’s a...
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