Podcast: Chris Goudreau on local independent record labels
Those who run the labels are passionate members of the local music scene
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.
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Check out our most recent performances in the playlist below, or click here to dig into interviews and related material!
O Cannabis: How To Grow Your Own Weed Outside
Does cannabis really grow outdoors in New England? Yes!
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...
V Spot: How Long Do I Stay in My Marriage?
“I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I don’t want to be in my marriage anymore.”
Beerhunter: A conversation with the ‘bros’ keeping tabs on all of Massachusetts’ 200 breweries
It’ll probably be 201 by the time you finish reading.
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.
