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The Gem from Easthampton: Gigantic bar manager’s recipe makes it across the pond to a speakeasy in Scotland

The Gem from Easthampton: Gigantic bar manager’s recipe makes it across the pond to a speakeasy in Scotland

by Advocate Staff | Aug 5, 2024 | Featured, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Uncategorized

By CHRIS LARABEE Staff Writer With 3,100 miles and the Atlantic Ocean between them, what could Easthampton and Dundee, a city of approximately 148,000 people in Scotland, possibly have in common? Well, if you really do some digging, you might unearth a Gem of a...
Something for everyone: UMass Fine Arts Center announces robust 2024-2025 season lineup

Something for everyone: UMass Fine Arts Center announces robust 2024-2025 season lineup

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

By PAIGE HANSON For the Advocate Earlier this week, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center announced its lineup of performances for its 2024-2025 season, which includes quite a few notable offerings, including “a one-time Grateful Dead keyboardist,...
Food, friends, music and beer: Food Truck Fridays is the place to be in Easthampton this summer

Food, friends, music and beer: Food Truck Fridays is the place to be in Easthampton this summer

by Advocate Staff | Jul 19, 2024 | Featured, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Music, Uncategorized

By ALEXA LEWIS Staff Writer Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is simple, and it comes rolling in on four...
Knitters’ paradise: Webs, ‘America’s Yarn Store’ and a mainstay for Valley crafters for generations, turns 50

Knitters’ paradise: Webs, ‘America’s Yarn Store’ and a mainstay for Valley crafters for generations, turns 50

by Advocate Staff | Jul 12, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Uncategorized

By EMILEE KLEIN Staff Writer When Webs opened their doors on May 16, the first day of the store’s annual tent sale, store manager Angela Cheek watched as a rush of people flowed through the doors for three whole continuous minutes on a Thursday morning. Within an...
Music in the sky: Summit House Sunset Concert Series returns to its 173-year-old home

Music in the sky: Summit House Sunset Concert Series returns to its 173-year-old home

by Advocate Staff | Jul 12, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Leisure, Music, News, Stage, Uncategorized

By PAIGE HANSON For the Advocate For the first time in two years, The Friends of Mount Holyoke Range have returned the Summit House Sunset Concert Series to its namesake, Skinner State Park’s historic Summit House. The Summit House, which sits at a 935-foot elevation...
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