Stagestruck: Movie/Theater Face-Off
In “The Flick,” at the Academy of Music this weekend, the usual roles are reversed. The audience is on the stage and the play is in the seats. Which makes sense: it’s set in an empty movie theater.
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.
Clueless Parent: I’m a bad singer, but my toddler doesn’t mind
Being forced out of my comfort zone has made me less shy about singing in public, too.
Cinemadope: A Garden Party – Franklin County gets busy
If you’re out and about in Franklin County this weekend, you might want to make some room in your Saturday calendar.
Stagestruck: Holiday Stages, Part One – Evergreens
The second and third most-often retold Christmas stories – the one about Scrooge and the one about the nutcracker – get workouts trad and twisted on area stages this season. (Number One, of course, is is the one about Jesus.)
Podcast: Peter Stilla speaks about psychedelics and legalization
Will mushrooms and LSD soon be legal?
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Pick of the Day 7/20: Valley Music Showcase
The special guest for the evening is Advocate Sessions alumnus, psych blues rock group Old Flame.
The Triumphant Return of Westie Wonder
W.W. W. here. Remember me? Well, I have another question for you. It involves the same guy, same hands. Obviously, I enjoy sex, probably more than most women my age. My partner is great in all respects. I do have one question, though. When we are having sex, and he's...
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Stagestruck: Love in the Multiverse
Constellations, playing at TheaterWorks in Hartford through Feb. 18, looks at love and second chances through a prism of reflecting and refracting fun-house mirrors – or more accurately, through a spectrum of infinite chances. Nick Payne’s two-hander isn’t exactly a...











