The Shrinking Pot Pie? When it comes to dispensaries, how many is too many?
November 2018 was a momentous time for Massachusetts. That’s when the state officially joined the retail marijuana business, some two years after voters said they were cool with recreational cannabis sales by overwhelmingly approving a ballot measure. Northampton,...
Podcast: Chris Goudreau on the end of free recycling in Western Mass
Writer Chris Goudreau speaks about what this change will mean for many local communities.
The V-Spot: How to break the habit of not having sex
Is there an answer to finding ways to overcome the constant struggle of life and keep our sexual connection strong?
Stagestruck: Peter Pan, Meet Lizzie Borden
Two of the shows coming up on Five College stages this week and next are family-friendly journeys into Neverland’s backstory. The other is a rock musical about a sensational axe murder.
Black Pyramid on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer is Black Pyramid, a psychedelic war metal band with doom and stoner metal influences.
Monte Belmonte Wines: (Gently) trashing California wine
And while it is all too easy, as of late, to beat up on these great United States, I’m afraid that is what I am about to do: vilify our nation viticulturally.
Staff Picks: Wet’suwet’en Nation fundraiser, Wishbone Zoë, Shelter Me: In Times of Need, and a Sherlock Holmes mystery
A fundraiser at Majestic Saloon for the Wet’suwet’en Nation, an indigenous group in the British Columbia region; experimentalist songwriter Wishbone Zoë is set to release her third album, French of the Bird; “Shelter Me: In Times of Need,” by Hadley native Steve Latham, is airing on WGBY-TV; a dramatic reading of Sherlock Holmes at the Hooker-Dunham Theater.
Free recycling in Western Mass is about to end: What people are doing about it at the local and state level
A new contract with the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility includes fees for the first time.
Editorial: It really is time to abolish ICE
Tactical forces are descending upon Massachusetts. What is the existential threat that brought this about? A hunt for the undocumented among us. WBUR reported last week that “SWAT-like immigration officers” are in Boston, and possibly will be coming to other parts of...
Bizarro Briefs: The Bite of a Yogi
A 46-year-old Maryland woman is charged in court with second-degree assault after she allegedly bit a man’s neck for peeing on her yoga mat in late January.
Valley Show Girl: ‘Soulfly! … Fly High! … Soulfly! … Fly Free!’
Arizona-based metal band Soulfly are coming back to our local music scene here in the Valley on their latest tour.
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Stoner Will & The Narks on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Stoner Will & The Narks play slacker rock with a biting satirical bent.
The V-Spot: Am I a Creepy OKCupid Troll?
Hi Yana, It’s been a few years since I last got laid. Lately I’ve been trying to use OKCupid to look for a hookup. I also tried using Craigslist personals, but that didn’t go anywhere. While on OKCupid I email women asking if they want to chat, but I don’t get a reply...
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Stagestruck: Imaginary Forces
In Shakespeare’s time, actors wore their own clothes with token costume pieces, they performed on a bare platform, and they were all male. Those facts are the springboard of Elizabeth Williamson’s vision for her production of Henry V, which plays at Hartford Stage...
