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Cooking made simple: Classes at the Baker’s Pin demystify the secrets and tricks of great recipes

Cooking made simple: Classes at the Baker’s Pin demystify the secrets and tricks of great recipes

by Advocate Staff | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Uncategorized

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL For the Advocate Walking into the Baker’s Pin, you are greeted by cheerful decor, beautiful colorful pots and an array of cooking gadgets. It is a home cook’s paradise with everything you could possibly need, from Le Creuset pots to artisan...
‘The magic that existed back then’: Academy of Music to screen time capsule film of New Year’s Eve 1984 concert at The Rusty Nail

‘The magic that existed back then’: Academy of Music to screen time capsule film of New Year’s Eve 1984 concert at The Rusty Nail

by Advocate Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Film, Music, Stage, Uncategorized

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer It’s been 40 years since the band NRBQ played at Sunderland’s The Rusty Nail on New Year’s Eve, but a devoted fan and friend of the band kept the night alive with his concert footage. Later this month, the Academy of Music will screen...
A celebration of history-making women: The Rockwell Museum exhibits over 200 of Anita Kunz’s portraits in ‘Original Sisters’

A celebration of history-making women: The Rockwell Museum exhibits over 200 of Anita Kunz’s portraits in ‘Original Sisters’

by Advocate Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Review, Uncategorized

By DON STEWART For the Advocate She’s the first woman, and the first Canadian, to present a solo exhibit of her work at the Library of Congress, and two of her paintings can be found at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery. You’d recognize Anita Kunz’s often...
Drum roll, please: Longtime UMass percussion instructor Thom Hannum inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame

Drum roll, please: Longtime UMass percussion instructor Thom Hannum inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame

by Advocate Staff | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured, Music, Uncategorized

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Thousands of University of Massachusetts Amherst students have learned from percussion instructor Thom Hannum, whose 40-year career at the college included a tenure as the assistant director, then associate director, of the Minuteman...
Who ya gonna call?: Quabbin Valley Paranormal investigates reported hauntings

Who ya gonna call?: Quabbin Valley Paranormal investigates reported hauntings

by Advocate Staff | Oct 24, 2024 | Featured, Uncategorized

By Domenic Poli For the Valley Advocate If there’s something strange, in your neighborhood … it could have a perfectly mundane explanation. A peculiar scratching on a roof might be interpreted as a haunting spirit yearning to be left alone in their home, and an...
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