A relic returned: Broken cold case brings French and Indian War powder horn back to Belchertown museum
By SCOTT MERZBACH Staff Writer BELCHERTOWN — In the summer of 1971, Michael Corbett, a visitor to the Stone House Museum, arriving with his girlfriend, signed the guestbook and toured the historic building at a time when it still housed three antique powder horns,...
Spring Arts Preview 2020
Spring is in the air. Sort of. In some ways, after a snowy start, it has felt that winter didn’t come at all. But with clocks about to change to Daylight Savings (on Sunday, March 8!) it’s time to come out of our shells and check out a good show or museum.
Cinemadope: Toon in — animation for the late-night crowd
Unspooling at 9:45 — the late start alone should give you a sense that these aren’t Looney Tunes
Clueless Parent: Another one on the way
We’ve told our 3-year-old son. Sort of.
Stagestruck: Facts & Fancies
In these fake-news days, when fiction rules the cybersphere and truth is called a lie (and vice versa), the lifespan of a fact can be the length of a tweet (if it’s not stillborn). The play now running at TheaterWorks in Hartford help but be viewed against this background, but The Lifespan of a Fact is concerned with a subtler distinction. As director Tracy Brigden says in her program note, “When does a bit of embellishment become a lie?”
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.
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Olivia Frances on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Olivia Frances is a folk/pop singer-songwriter with environmentalist themes.
The V-Spot: Problems in Poly Paradise
Hi Yana, I’m in a relatively recent relationship, eight months, and my girlfriend is bisexual — not a problem — and polyamorous. I’ve known this from the beginning and I decided that I was okay with it. But I’m getting so heartbroken at the idea of her with someone...
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Stagestruck: Moonlight and Music
Two moonlit pieces of music theater hit Valley stages this weekend. The Smith College Theatre Department premieres Moonlight on the Miskatonic, a musical based on the creepy tales of H. P. Lovecraft. And Pilgrim Theatre revives Moon Over Dark Street, a cabaret of...
