by Rob Brezsny | Oct 14, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Singapore has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. A few years ago, this state of affairs prompted the government to urge Singaporeans to have sex on an annual holiday known as National Day. A new rap song was released in the hope of...
by From Our Readers | Oct 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our letters to the editor page. Here you’ll find reader comments on Advocate articles and other news. We collect readers’ opinions from emails, letters, Facebook comments, and comments to valleyadvocate.com. Want to get in on this? Email...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 11, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Um, there’s some toilet paper on your … nevermind The long-awaited results are in: Mimoza Haska from Surfside Beach, S.C., is the winner of this year’s Toilet Paper Wedding Dress competition. In this annual contest, competitors design and build elaborate wedding...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Cajordion is a whimsical busking-honed duo, which plays instrumental pop music on cajon, accordion, and a plethora of other instruments. Check out the band’s Advocate Sessions performance in the video below. Advocate Sessions is a collaborative project of the...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 10, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, Staff Picks
The Royal Frog Ballet’s Surrealist Cabaret // FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY Framed as a sunset walk through Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton, the Royal Frog Ballet’s Surrealist Cabaret is a collection of performances which in the past have included music, puppetry,...
by Jack Brown | Oct 10, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured
There are so many stories that never get the audience they deserve. Whether overshadowed by events of their era or lost to the circumstances of their creators lives, there will always be those narratives that — if they are ever recorded at all — deserve a better fate....
by Advocate Staff | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Among The Acres combine folk-rock, pop, and Americana with lush vocal harmonies. For the video recording of this session, as well as over 100 other sessions performances, go to sessions.valleyadvocate.com. Listen: You can hear more of the Valley Advocate’s podcasts...
by Luis Fieldman | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
It will soon be a new day for Club Castaway, which will reopen later this month as a rare strip club that showcases a diverse body of male, queer, and transgender entertainers, and with a manager who says she is committed to treating her workers well. Out among the...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
We’re less than a month out from Election Day 2019 — Tuesday, Nov. 5 — and while there won’t be candidates for state or federal office on the ballots, there will be a number of important local elections decided. But there are few places that will see as many important...
by Chris Goudreau | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured
Sitting in her home and studio in Easthampton with a collection of vibrant white paper roses, and a paper dress inspired by curved architecture nearby, artist Marguerite Belkin, a 75-year-old self taught “paper sculptor,” said 15 years ago when she started doing...
