Stagestruck: Two Schools, Worlds Apart
In the early 2000s, teachers and students at two U.S. schools – one student body predominantly Black and Latinx, the other white and Asian-American – were caught in wholesale cheating on mandated exams. May Treuhaft-Ali’s world-premiere play “ABCD,” at Barrington Stage Company, is molded by these incidents, but she’s motivated by the knowledge that they were not outlier instances.
Editorial: Another Year, Another Women’s March
If there’s one good thing the Trump presidency has brought us, it’s the annual Women’s March.
Turning music into philanthropy: Percussionist Tony Vacca talks about his work in West Africa
“Boy born in Kearny, New Jersey, to Italian immigrant parents winds up playing drums in West Africa and they’re calling his name — no, we didn’t see this coming.”
Bizarro Briefs: Become your own chia pet … TO SURVIVE
This week in weird news.
Five Last-Minute Album Reviews for 2019
Here’s five local albums from 2019 that I didn’t get to until now.
V-Spot: How do I stop avoiding my partners’ partners?
I just don’t want to imagine my partners having sex with these people.
Free Will Astrology: Work hard like Da Vinci, Libra
Da Vinci sometimes positioned himself in front of his painting-in-progress and simply gazed at and thought about it, not lifting a brush.
Staff Picks: Moon Hooch, Enter the Haggis, and The Amidon, Murphy, & Tracy Families Concert
Think of bass heavy EDM and replace all the electronics with live instruments. They are energetic and explosive.
The Halos and Horns of 2019: Advocate staff says who’s been naughty and nice this year
It’s time again for the annual Advocate tradition of giving halos to the good and horns to the bad.
In Memoriam: Those who died in 2019
A tribute to some we lost this past year.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: A burglar’s Christmas surprise, a bald eagle vs. an octopus, and the Valley’s best public bathrooms
This week in weird news … in audio form.
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Pick of the Day 8/19: Runa at the Iron Horse
Quickly gaining recognition as one of Irish music’s new “super-groups,” Runa prides itself on pushing the boundaries of Irish folk music
The Sweet Couple's Guide to Getting Spicy
So you want to get spanked. Maybe called some dirty words. You want to get tied up, see her in a cheerleader's uniform or bark like a dog for him. The easy answer is "Just do it," but this isn't a Nike ad, this is your sex life. And the fear that our desires are...
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Stagestruck: Barrington’s world premiere musical — not ready for prime time
The “royal family” of Broadway in the early 20th century was the Barrymores – Ethel, “first lady of the American theater,” John the swashbuckling Shakespearean, and Lionel, best remembered now as mean old Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life. The hit Broadway comedy of...
