Headbanging for a Cause
The dose of nostalgia you get from toy gawking — in my opinion — is like no other. Whenever I’m on a Walmart or Target run, I have a tendency to gravitate toward the toy aisles to see what new Marvel action figures line the shelves – yes, I am that person. This time...
Podcast: Chris Goudreau on local independent record labels
Those who run the labels are passionate members of the local music scene
Bizarro Briefs: Lost your thumb? Use your big toe
Surgeons at Royal Derby Hospital amputated the toe and sewed it onto the man’s hand.
Groundskeeper’s ‘Ghost Things’ combs the depths of the psyche
Flames and smoke in an otherwise pastoral scene set the stage for an experience of dichotomy for the seven-track record with its dreamlike mood that drifts into melancholic introspection where songs comb the depths of memories and psyche.
Cinemadope: The Short List
So if like me you’re looking for a quick bite of something wonderful, the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield might be worth a trip this weekend.
From Friday to Monday this week, the museum’s Little Cinema will host the Oscar-nominated short films in three categories: Animation, Documentary, and Live-Action. Each series features five films up for the top prize this year, giving filmgoers a chance to catch some of these under-seen small gems on the big screen before Oscar night.
V-Spot: Not The Sex Life I Want
Some times it’s uncomfortable. Other times I just don’t feel anything.
Free Will Astrology: Time to be brassy, saucy, and sassy, Aries
Emphasize what makes you most unique, independent, and self-expressive.
Zoe Lemos on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Zoe Lemos is a songwriter who plays punk charged indie rock with earworm melodies.
Letters to the editor: A note on gun terminology
“I just read this article … unfortunately, the article begins with a glaring error.”
Bizarro Briefs: Robber in the Dark
A man attempted to rob the Bank of Scotland last September armed with a meat cleaver and disguised by a pillowcase over his head — but he forgot to cut eye holes.
Staff Picks: MLK Celebration, Sessa, musings on Thomas Paine, Pamela Means Jazz Project
‘We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. // TUESDAY Music was a key part of the civil rights movement — African-American music in particular. To celebrate that music and the spirit and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., the Fine Arts...
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Basemental: Why do we like live music anyway?
I have a more earnest mission: that euphoric feeling. What is it? How do we get it? Is it a thing that exists? Am I just making this up?
Love at First Fist
After a Westfield reader's fisting question was answered last week, I'm sure some of you have caught the highly contagious fisting fever. I mean, it's fascinating, really—how do you get such a big, powerful symbol of strength into such a small space like the...
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Stagestruck Abroad: Shakespeare’s Haunts, part 1 — The Globe
When I was in England earlier this month, I saw four plays at the two venues most closely associated with William Shakespeare – his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe playhouse on London’s South Bank. At the Globe, there was a gender-switching Hamlet and a...











