by By Jack Brown | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
It must have been in 1989 or so that I first saw Colors, director Dennis Hopper’s story about police and gang violence in Los Angeles. Set mostly in South Central and East L.A., it starred Sean Penn and Robert Duvall as partnered cops — a rookie and his mentor —...
by Warren Johnston | May 4, 2016 | Articles, Food + Booze
On separate occasions during the last six months, a couple of friends have recommended that I try Mark West Pinot Noir, and although I respect their taste in wines, for some reason I didn’t get around to drinking it until recently.Maybe it’s because I see Mark West on...
by Advocate Staff | May 5, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured
Western Mass arts cats can mewl all they want about that 45-minute drive to Brattleboro — sometimes the journey is damn well worth it. That’s never been more true than this month, when the ’boro and neighboring towns throughout Windham County, Vermont, play host to an...
by Will Meyer | May 5, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Basemental, Music
Northampton self-proclaimed pop-punks Potty Mouth formed at Smith College in 2011. Their self-titled EP came out in August. The EP, produced by John Goodmanson in Seattle (Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill) delivers five tightly-packed, driving songs that are severely...
by Peter Vancini | May 4, 2016 | Articles, News
Today is Luis Colon Castro’s 21st birthday and he’s been homeless twice in his life. The other five people sitting around the table at Out Now, a Springfield advocacy group that provides a safe space for queer youth, listen empathetically as Luis, a thin man in...
