Bridging Access to Mental Health Services: Queer-Afro-Latina-owned Outpatient Mental Health Services Firm Thriving in the Valley
Finding mental health support can be tricky, but can be even more so when you can’t find a therapist who looks like you or shares in a similar life experience. With the lack of clinical representation and cultural competency in the field, Black, Indigenous and People...
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.
Coronavirus under the Microscope: Western Mass hospitals, municipalities, and individuals prepare for a possible outbreak
Here in Massachusetts and, more locally, in the Pioneer Valley, local hospitals and municipalities are working to prepare and plan for a potential outbreak of the new respiratory viral strain for which there is currently no vaccine or antiviral treatment.
Valley Show Girl: Experimental Noise Fixations
This Friday, Ten Forward will host a night of femme/queer bands with a bonus album release from one of the newest punk bands from Western Mass, Nemesister.
Editorial: Preserving community amid a communicable disease
Disease is something to take seriously.
Stagestruck: One-Pitch Wonder
In baseball parlance, having “a cup of coffee” refers to a player who is called up from the minors for a brief stint with the major-league team – staying just long enough to have a figurative cuppa. Stan Freeman’s The Pitch is about a fictional ballplayer who barely...
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The Green Sisters on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer are The Green Sisters with their mix of old timey, folk, Celtic, and bluegrass music with lush four part harmonies.
The V-Spot: My 12-year-old is watching porn. Now what?
Hi Yana, I’ve enjoyed hearing you speak on the sexpert panels at the Platinum Pony. Your name popped into my head today after learning my 12-year-old son has begun to dip his toes into the world of online porn. I knew it was going to happen. I just hoped it wouldn’t...
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Cinemadope: King of Queen
Few people could command a stage the way Freddie Mercury did.
