Stagestruck: Live on Screen
National Theatre Live, the series of live-capture high-def performances from the English stage, is back at the Amherst Cinema. Coming up: Philip Pullman’s “La Belle Sauvage,” a rap version “Cyrano” with James McAvoy, and a modern-dress makeover of “Henry V” with Kit Harington.
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!
Editorial: Automation without oversight has deadly consequences
A report on last year’s fatal self-driving car crash is damning to Uber and to the way we approach new technology.
Eric Cunha’s Psychic Pica is ‘80s Synth Pop in the Year 2019
I hear hints of notes that could have easily been part of a Pink Floyd or Talking Heads track.
Bizarro Briefs: Would-be burglar beaten up by 82-year-old woman
… and other weird news of the week.
Sessions
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Local Calendar: Monday 7/23 – Wednesday 7/25
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Orgasmic Organics
It was over a year ago that I wrote one of the first V-Spot columns about how much K-Y personal lubricant sucked. This continues to be true, even if they did debut a commercial last month featuring a rather boring lesbian couple talking about how much they heart K-Y...
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Stagestruck: In the Not-So-Bleak Midwinter
This weekend, two Valley performances fit the month’s theme, one a historical portrait, the other a raw look at contemporary identity.











