Theater Matters with Jarice Hanson: Memory plays, memoirs, morals and more
By JARICE HANSON For the Advocate ‘The Happiest Man on Earth,” Barrington Stage Company’s first production of the season on the St. Germain Stage, leaves the audience breathless with the story of a Holocaust survivor. The show closed June 17, but the script is...
Editorial: Investigating the treatment of asylum seekers in the U.S.
The world must remain safe for political dissidents; authoritarians can not be allowed to stamp out those who disagree with them.
Seeking Asylum Series: Trump has made seeking asylum harder
Some examples of policies implemented by the Trump Administration placing additional obstacles before asylum seekers.
The Beerhunter: Road Trip to Southern Worcester County
I thought I should make an effort to put my money where my mouth is, and stop for a while in Central Mass to do some more thorough exploring of my state.
Cinemadope: Dog Days
Wendy and Lucy is the story of a young woman and her dog, and the long-lasting repercussions of what can sometimes seem like small decisions.
Podcast: Coronavirus preparations in the Valley discussed by Chris Goudreau
In Massachusetts there are 28 presumptive positive cases with one case confirmed.
V-Spot: Has My Date Been Canceled?
“Cancel culture” has become such a beast in our social landscape that I struggle to even want to write this column at all, to be honest.
Peter J. Newland on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer is blues/ rock singer and songwriter Peter J. Newland (of legendary Valley-based band FAT).
Bizarro Briefs: Gecko CPR
A man from Australia might have saved a tiny gecko’s life after he fished the lizard out of his beer at a pub and then performed CPR on the animal when it seemingly stopped breathing.
Staff Picks: Loudon Wainwright III, Valley Voices Story Slam, 13th Floor Music Lounge show, and Irish music
There are few songwriters who have raided their family history as much as Loudon Wainwright III — and even fewer who have done it as successfully.
Editorial: Lessons from a less-than-super Tuesday
It’s Opposite Day in the Democratic primary.
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Rice: An American Band on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions band is Americana, blues and jamming rock n’ roll band Rice: An American Band.
The V-Spot: My Boyfriend Won’t Lick My Sundae
Hi Yana! I’ve been seeing a wonderful man for about a year and a half and I feel like I’ve finally found someone I could spend the rest of my life with. Here’s the problem: He isn’t a very sexual person and won’t perform oral sex on me. He says he never has on any of...
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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...
