Passing the Torch
Two women leaders of Valley theaters – – Priscilla Kane Hellweg of Enchanted Circle Theater and Lucinda Kidder of Silverthorne Theater Company – have retired from the troupes they’ve nurtured from seedlings into models of socially engaged theater. Recently I chatted with them about the highs and lows, triumphs and tribulations of their respective tenures, from first inklings through Covid.
Bizarro Briefs: Cows hooked into the Matrix
This week in weird news.
Stagestruck: Holiday Stages, Part Two – Potpourri
It’s not all Scrooge and nutrackers this Yuletide. Here are some alternatives for your seasonal theatergoing, from Grinches to Crankies.
V-Spot: I Can Only Climax from Masturbation!
There’s nothing wrong with you, regardless of your number of tricks and when it comes to pleasure, collaboration is key!
Cinemadope: ‘I’m Leaving Now’ playing at Amherst Cinema
Croda and Cordero’s film follows the life of Felipe, an immigrant at a crossroads.
Free Will Astrology: Cultivate Leonard Cohen’s state of grace, Leo
“When I get up in the morning,” Leonard Cohen testified, “my real concern is to discover whether I’m in a state of grace.”
Julia Clark on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Acoustic grunge ruck-infused indie songwriting
Letters to the Editor: Psychedelics on their way
“I bet we beat your state to this.”
Staff picks: Jalbatross, the Great Depression, Roger Salloom, ‘The Forgotten Spirit’
Things to do this week.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: An intruder beaten up by an 82-year-old woman, brother sister bonding, and illegal bologna
Weird news of the week, in audio form.
Winter Arts Preview 2019-2020
Here’s a collection of events to check out over the coming months, compiled by your humble Valley Advocate staff. Enjoy!
Sessions
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Pick of the Day 7/26: Corazon de Granada
Ready to heat things up? Check out Corazon de Granada tonight as they bring their impeccable Flamenco music and dance to New City Brewery.
Riding the Crimson Wave
Great sex is peppered with a lot of punctuation—slow, seductive "dot, dot, dots," hyphens for sexual meldings like "girl-on-girl" or "penis-to-booty" and, hopefully, lots of exclamation points!!! But the punctuation mark many avoid in a steamy sex sentence is...
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Cinemadope: Hedy Times
It sounds like the stuff of a spy movie: the starlet and the pianist squaring off against the Nazi threat.











