Stagestruck: Angela and Lefty
I went to college with Angela Davis, though I didn’t really know her. We moved in different circles. One of us was a campus radical, marching for peace and justice, the other was a serious student focused on getting good grades. The good student was Angela.
Letters to the Editor: Responses to ROE
“An excellent and thorough review” vs. “contains several incorrect statements.”
Staff Picks: Saturns Return, Black Refractions, Mary Jane Jones, a dictionary talk for word nerds
Saturns Return: An Immersive Movement Experience // FRIDAY The Root Cellar in Greenfield is hosting an event titled “Saturns Return: An Immersive Movement Experience,” which, according to the Facebook event, includes a hero’s journey, dancing, live music, advice for...
Swimming in drag theater
Queer & Now will be staging two performances of “Sync or Swim” on Friday and Saturday.
A Loaded Topic: Pioneer Valley firearms community is active, but often hidden
Why, exactly, is the gun issue such an issue?
Editorial: Problem gambling data collection is coming too late
… but let’s get the data anyway
Bizarro Briefs: Immigration Policies Make Vultures Puke
This week in weird news.
Monte Belmonte Wines: Trump’s Next Assassination may be the European Wine Market
On Jan. 14, the Trump administration could destroy it all by imposing a 100 percent tariff on European wine.
Cinemadope: Child’s Work
As shown by Shraysi Tandon’s award-winning documentary Invisible Hands, which comes to the Berkshire Museum’s Little Cinema this weekend, some of the world’s biggest corporations are deeply involved in a system that is complicit in exploiting the world’s most vulnerable population — even, as the film shows at one point, literally selling children into forced labor.
Stagestruck on the Road: Witches in Berkeley
With all the talk of “witch hunts” flying around these days, it probably wasn’t quite a coincidence that two shows I saw recently in Berkeley, Calif., are on that very topic. Not the trumped-up political kind of witch hunt, though, but real ones born of historical...
Podcast: Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa on the ROE Act and expansion of abortion rights
Northampton state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa talks about the legislation, what it does, and how likely it might be to pass during this session.
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Austin & Elliott on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Austin & Elliott are an acoustic folk duo who write ballads about love and death.
The V-Spot: Prostate Power, Part I: The Not-So-Dirty Truth
Everyone's always looking for the G-spot. With its reputation, who wouldn't? So boys, how would you feel if I told you that you had a G-spot equivalent—the P-spot, which can lead to longer, stronger and multiple male orgasms? Now what if I told you that it's...
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Stagestruck: At a Crossroads on “The Road to Mecca”
Silverthorne Theater Company has come a long way since its founding five summers ago. Struggling at first with difficult venues and miniscule audiences, the company, under the leadership of Lucinda Kidder, is now celebrating the half-decade mark with a permanent home...











