Stagestruck: Hot-Weather Hits
After shutting down two years ago, then edging back with skeleton seasons last year, theaters in the region are back at full capacity this summer. Here are some of the shows I’m looking forward to seeing up and down the Valley.
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.
Bizarro Briefs: In the Socks of Fox
If you ever watch the Fox network and think — are these guys on something? — turns out some of them likely are.
Clueless Parent: My years-long struggle, and solution, to my son’s bed wetting
But one miraculous day, we went to a specialist for a completely different situation with my son.
Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies
According to their Bandcamp bio, their live shows have been referred to as “Broadway on acid.” I don’t disagree.
The V-Spot: How To Kiss With Consent
As with sex in general, with kissing, too, the Traditional Mood as staged by movies, mainstream, porn, social expectations, and the folklore of gossip actually does many of us a disservice in the consent department.
Cinemadope: Adam Sandler gets serious
Sandler has regularly found critical acclaim in more dramatic roles. His latest seems poised to finally bring him more mainstream notice: the movie is Uncut Gems.
Free Will Astrology: Mix and blend like Drake, Scorpio
Among his many accomplishments, Scorpio rapper Drake is an inventive rhymer.
Brown Bones on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Brown Bones performs soulful and intimate urban folk with poignant lyrics and heartfelt melodies.
Letters to the Editor: Put the Ha back in Hanukah
“However you spell it, I’m talking about the “war” on Hanukah.”
Sessions
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Pick of the Day 8/12: Sweet Crude at the Iron Horse
If you have doubts about the beauty of all the different ethnic and cultural nooks and crannies in America, this act may well erase them.
Tri-Curiosity Killed the Couple…
...but it doesn't have to. Sure, for some, three's a crowd. But for others, three's a party. And a party's always better with a little planning. Though there are all kinds of threesomes, I'm focusing on the couple/third-wheel variety, as it's more common and...
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Cinemadope: A filmmaker becomes part of an immigrant’s harrowing journey
Open a newspaper, turn on your television, scroll through your Facebook feed: it won’t be long before you’re face to face with the ongoing discussion of the state of immigration in America. To be sure, the current resident of the White House — whose policies have...











