by Advocate Staff | Feb 20, 2026 | Columns, Featured, Music, Uncategorized
By Jennifer Levesque For the Valley Advocate Kaspar Hauser Live at Zone Art Center, Springfield, MA 4-24-1982 A few months ago I received a CD in the mail from Georgia. I ended up putting it aside for far too long. I already had a lineup of reviews to...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 5, 2026 | Articles, Arts, Featured, News, Uncategorized
By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate Trips to South America helped a pair of lifelong best friends from Northampton realize a love of learning Spanish. Now, they’re turning that passion into an app to help other people learn the language and make connections. Reed...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 5, 2026 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, News, Uncategorized
By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate The Valley has several of performance opportunities for adults, but a local festival wants to instead turn the spotlight on young performers. The Youth Performance Festival (YPF) will return for its seventh year this week with...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 3, 2026 | Articles, Arts, Featured, News, Uncategorized
By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate Michael Cohen’s friends knew him for two things: making a life in pottery and being the life of the party. “He was very funny,” said Harriet Cohen, Michael’s ex-wife. “He could crack a joke … and he was much loved by everyone...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 23, 2026 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, News, Uncategorized
By CAROLYN BROWN For the Valley Advocate Last month, local folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Diana Daniels performed at the Parlor Room as part of First Night Northampton, an event in which she was one of more than 100 performers playing throughout...
