by Advocate Staff | May 9, 2016 | Articles, Letters from our Readers, News
Pot is not harmlessIn March, I was invited by community members to speak to students at Mount Holyoke College about the current science of marijuana, an issue I have devoted much of my career to understanding. I was surprised and saddened that a letter writer from...
by By Chuck Shepherd | May 9, 2016 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
The eye-catching Vietnamese model and Playboy, Venezuela edition, Playmate Angie Vu complained to the New York Daily News in April that her five-plus months in jail in Brooklyn have been “torture” and “cruel” because of her lack of access to...
by Gary Carra | May 9, 2016 | Columns, Music, Nightcrawler, Uncategorized
An interview with Joe Perry, Aerosmith vet and member of the Johnny Depp-led band Hollywood Vampires Gary Carra: Joe – big fan. I’ve been kicking around Western Mass for a quarter-century now, either playing music or writing music, so of course I’ve come across...
by by Jack Brown | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fame in film is a funny thing. There is the familiar fame of the matinee idol’s life, filled with flashbulbs and fanfare, premieres and paparazzi. It’s a fame that burns bright, but the heat is sometimes short lived, shooting off like a bottle rocket before falling...
by Advocate Staff | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pastor Tadd Allman-Morton shared some lovely thoughts on the impact animals make on our lives, but barking dogs seated among the assembled kept pulling focus. This past Sunday, the Westhampton Congregational Church held its first Blessing of the Animals....