by Advocate Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
A performance artist eats a $120,000 banana, and then another performance artist writes “Epstien (sic) didn’t kill himself” in lipstick on the wall where the banana used to be. Those stories are among this week’s weird news stories discussed by...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Opal Canyon plays modern country and folk with a dash of psychedelic rock. Check out the band’s performance in the video below. Interview with Opal Canyon:
by From Our Readers | Dec 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News
Come together over hunger As a Kansan, I’m proud that Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Great Bend, Kansas) introduced H. Res. 189 alongside Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) to work towards bettering global nutrition with U.S. aid. It’s been introduced to recognize...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
Lush Honey, Spinelli, and Honeycomb at the Sierra Grille // THURSDAY The Buzz, A Honey Pot Production along with Reanimate the Bay State will be hosting a show at the Sierra Grille in Northampton this Thursday featuring soul and funk quartet Lush Honey, guitar,...
by Samantha Croteau | Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, News
David Picchi, who conducts arrangements for jazz quartet FlavaEvolution, labels the group’s sound as “fresh new jazz music for your mind and soul.” “We’re trying to bring something that you haven’t heard or things that you have heard and put them into new contexts to...
by Chris Goudreau | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
Eric Talbot got his first tattoo at around 19 years old living in Portland, Maine, during the early 1980s. When the veteran tattoo artist who inked Talbot’s first tattoo — a skull and crossbones on his left forearm — saw Talbot’s artwork, he was impressed and told...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Every year around this time, I take a look at my pay stubs and look at the accrued total I’ve paid in health insurance premiums. This year, it will be almost exactly $5,000, which doesn’t include the additional copayments as well as the hundreds spent on dental...
by Jennifer Levesque | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Valley Show Girl
Life and music partners Gina Andia and Brendan Clark aren’t new to the Valley music scene, but their latest project Alice Loves Alien is fresh to our ears. I don’t mean to judge a book (or album) by its cover but when I received an early copy of the self titled debut...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
A man walked into the Art Basel gallery in Miami Beach, Florida, and ate a work of art that had recently sold to an art collector for $120,000. The piece of art consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall and was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and titled...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The Beerhunter
After 10 years together, Rich and Liz DeSousa are trying to find a way to spend more time in the same room. That’s the kind of marriage you’re supposed to study for pointers — or maybe for the reveal of some secret ingredient. In my most recent visit with the couple:...
