On a mission: Nayana LaFond’s portraits bring attention to the violence many Indigenous women face
Just under a couple years ago, Nayana LaFond, like so much of the world, was stuck at home, sheltering from COVID-19. The Athol artist, who until that point had mostly been a semi-abstract painter, was looking both to keep busy and maybe take on a new project. In...
Free Will Astrology: Free yourself like Conan O’Brien, Aries
I hope you’ll be inspired by Conan O’Brien’s example in the coming weeks, Aries.
Letters to the Editor: ‘We all know how that goes’
Self-driving cars is a stupid technology. It assumes computers will always function well. We all know how that goes…
Snowhaus on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Snowhaus plays party punk and shredding emo pop.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: A hellish marriage proposal, a belligerent pig on live TV, and an epic use of a narwhal tusk
This week in weird news, in audio form.
Staff Picks: Mad Habits, Rosie Porter, Crooked Still, and a Short Film Festival
This Sunday at Majestic Saloon in Northampton will feature the musical stylings of progressive folk quartet Mad Habits.
Monte Belmonte Wines: My Christmas Wine Wish List For Santa
Dear Santa, It has been one year since my last confession. I have been a fair to moderately good boy. There has only been the occasional quid pro quo. And even when wine companies have shipped me free wine, I have been unafraid to damn them with faint praise in this...
An imaginative trip through history: Valley historical novelists talk about their craft
“I like to try to recreate those worlds with my own ideas and imagine how people interacted, how life might have felt and sounded.”
Editorial: Support for those seeking sanctuary
The depths to which Trump and his craven advisers have sunk are unacceptable.
A champion of the heart: Local woman joins organization to provide heart disease information and support to women
When Lynette Bloise would tell her husband, “It’s happening,” he knew exactly what that meant: a trip to the emergency room. Before May 2018, Bloise would have cardiac episodes stemming from conditions that caused her heart to suddenly beat erratically, alternating...
Bizarro Briefs: Cows hooked into the Matrix
This week in weird news.
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Basemental: Body/Head’s album could be a soundtrack for the end of the world … or capitalism
It’s much more convincing than many such Hollywood portrayals.
Putting the Spectacular Back in Speculum
The cold speculum, the stirrups, the swabbing—we can all think of better things to spread our legs for than a pelvic exam. But if you actually love your vagina, you'll get them regularly to detect and prevent cervical cancer, infections, STDs and other nasties....
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Stagestruck: Happier Valley Comedy expanding on improv
Your job is to make each other look good.
