A music empire goes dark: Musicians, club owners wonder what’s happened to Iron Horse Entertainment Group
When she looks back at how her band first found its footing, Nerissa Nields sees one club in particular at the center of that story: the Iron Horse Music Hall. From the time The Nields, the Valley folk-rock band, formed in the early 1990s, the Iron Horse became the...
Letters to the Editor: Are we there yet?
“The question we should all be asking is, “are we there yet”!
Bizarro Briefs: A Drug Lord’s Zoo
There likely wouldn’t be hippopotamuses living in Columbia if it weren’t for Pablo Escobar.
Staff Picks: Eleanor Levine, Left Hand Backwards, Hellen Fremont, and a movement workshop for tired activists
Left Hand Backwards, Lobotomobile, The Freqs, and Sciencefight at 13th Floor Music Lounge // SATURDAY Palmer-based punk and metal group Left Hand Backwards celebrates its 10th anniversary as a band this Saturday in Florence at the 13th Floor Music Lounge. Joining them...
Cinemadope: Torch Song
Waiting is hard. Some of us skip ahead in our books, others sneak a peek at a bride before the ceremony. Some of us roar past a minivan going a perfectly reasonable 70 mph on 91 South — I’m looking at you, white Honda Civic. There’s just something about getting an...
Valley Show Girl: Sister Act
The duo would easily be seen/heard on the same bill as Ani DiFranco, Regina Spektor, Rasputina and Jewel.
Reading for a cause: Valley Eye Radio volunteers read news for those who can’t read it themselves
As a retiree, Manning noted that Valley Eye Radio’s mission of helping those with disabilities is a continuation of his decades-long work at the Clarke School.
Former Club Castaway manager says she quit following dispute over queer performers
“I worked really hard, so it’s always sad when you have a project that doesn’t go the way you want.”
Amherst Cinema series on new directions in movies gets prestigious grant
Amherst Cinema’s original film series, Bellwether: New Directions in Cinema recently received a $15,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Editorial: Needless election tech — and the Iowa Caucus — need to go
Monday’s event quickly turned into a nightmare.
Love Letter to a Nightmare
“I secretly believe that I am a goddess with very brief moments of incarnation,” Jennifer Johnson declares, robed in a long white shift, a pair of ram’s horns set on her head. She’s portraying – or perhaps channeling – Leonora Carrington, the free-spirited...
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Uncle Brothers on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Uncle Brothers is a a progressive jazz metal band with electric trumpets and heavy distorted guitar riffs.
The V-Spot: New Vibe for a New Mama
Hello V-Spot, I had a baby and now I’m so busy. I just want to buy a sex toy. I was going to get the newer JeJoue Mimi as I remember [from past columns] that was your favorite, but I read some people don’t like it and I don’t want to take the chance. I may get the...
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Cinemadope: Starman – the undeniable talents of David Bowie
And while he was never a “film star” in the conventional sense (what of him was ever conventional?), his many roles over the decades only deepened the feeling that Bowie was truly otherworldly, a curious alien walking among us, endlessly intrigued by the oddity of human nature.
