by Advocate Staff | Aug 4, 2023 | Arts, Featured, Music, Uncategorized
By STEVE PFARRER Staff Writer July was a challenging month for outdoor music shows, with the heavy rain that flooded local farms and roads also washing out some concerts and threatening others. Organizers for upcoming music festivals in Easthampton are hoping things...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 31, 2023 | Food + Booze, Review, Staff Picks, Uncategorized
By DOMENIC POLI STAFF WRITER To all of you out there reading this online or in print, there is something I desperately need to confess: For a portion of my July, I have been drinking on the job. But, in my defense, my editor told me to. The number of craft breweries...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 31, 2023 | Arts, Featured, Music, Review, Uncategorized
By STEVE PFARRER STAFF WRITER Several years ago, Grayson Ty and Laura Buchanan first met as separate working musicians. That night, Ty, a singer-songwriter, was co-billed at the Iron Horse Musical Hall in Northampton with Eavesdrop, then an acoustic folk-pop trio that...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 17, 2023 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Staff Picks, Stage
By EMILY THURLOW For the Advocate Whether he’s sporting villainous Maleficent-style horns, channeling his inner witch dressed as Winifred Sanderson, twirling in a red-and-black polka-dot a-line dress or lounging around in a raglan T-shirt, Aaron Johnson is still,...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 17, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Review, Staff Picks, Uncategorized
By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN For the Advocate I don’t know anything about weed gummies. I warned my editors about this. They shrugged and reminded me that I was a food columnist, so gummies were my territory. I nodded slowly. My gummy quest began with an educational visit to a...
