by Advocate Staff | May 4, 2016 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
By Chuck ShepherdOne notably hypersuccessful YouTube channel — 700,000 subscribers — features Lauri Vuohensilta of Finland pulverizing various objects such as a bowling ball, in a 100-ton hydraulic press. Said Vuohensilta, “I think it’s built into every...
by By Kristin Palpini | May 4, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News
Longmeadow residents have the opportunity this week to ban all assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines from their town. Residents at Town Meeting will vote on 31 articles Tuesday, May 10, including three that deal with gun ownership. The proposed measures...
by Hunter Styles | May 5, 2016 | Articles, Featured, News, Uncategorized
It was Northampton that held the first Pride march in the area, and those who participated walked down the Main Street of a very different America. The year was 1981. Non-heterosexual citizens held virtually no legal protections as employees, as tenants, as...
by Hunter Styles | May 3, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
Trance Dance EvolutionIt takes an uncommon blend of bravado and skill to play “imagined hybrids from lost empires,” but that’s what Pakistani pop star Zeb Bangash and Brooklyn-based klezmer clarinetist Michael Winograd have set out to do. The dynamic musical duo has...
by Advocate Staff | May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Off to the RacesThis year marks Pioneer Valley Roller Derby’s tenth anniversary, but don’t go getting these fast-rocking, high-rolling track stars that traditional gift of tin — the only tin players collect in this rough-and-tumble sport is tinnitus from a few too...