Currently Open Local Dispensaries – September 2021
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Ghosts in the Attic: Agawam Paranormal society seeks — and finds — evidence of life beyond
Ghost hunters share their findings from a recent investigation of the Josiah Day House in West Springfield.
Editorial: The Horrors of Unfair Prison Visitation Practices
We’re moving in the wrong direction on prison visitation rights.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: A really scary house, a cautionary tale for hit men, Elf on a Shelf cereal
Weird (and spooky) news of the week.
Podcast: Chris Goudreau on young activists in the Valley
Causes covered include gun control, homeless rights advocacy, and climate change.
Valley Show Girl: Queer Punk Drag Night Take 5
The 5th Queer Punk Drag night is just a week-ish away and it’s the biggest one yet says Tanya Pearson, the curator of these unique shows. I went to the first show back in February and it was one of the most satisfying shows I’ve been to in a while. “For me,” Pearson...
Cinemadope: Trick and Treat – The strange horrors of House
The film — fueled by the director’s habit of taking notes from his 10-year old daughter — went off in its own direction that would prove to be wonderfully, disturbingly absurd.
V-Spot: Working on your strap-on skills
This question is obviously kind of difficult to Google, which is why I’m writing in!
Free Will Astrology: What the stars say you should be for Halloween
Libra should be a bilingual Jewish Santa Claus.
Hivebane on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Hivebane is an acoustic hard rock trio from Springfield, MA, with soaring vocal harmonies
Poetry: Once When We Were Crippled
And two other poems.
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Valley Show Girl: Rock Like It’s 1794
For my last column, I wrote about The Stone Church in Vermont, a church renovated into a performance venue. What are the chances I happen to find another one of those without knowing it until I show up? Well, I did. Enter the 1794 Meetinghouse in the center of the...
Dear Mr. Limbaugh, This Is How the Pill Works
Anyone who's read any recent quotes from a Republican knows that it's not a great time to have a womb in this country. It's truly concerning. More concerning, however, is that Rush Limbaugh doesn't know how birth control pills work. Though I'd rather remove my womb...
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Stagestruck: Going for Goal
The timing was kind of perfect. Last week, just as the U.S. men’s soccer team was being eliminated from qualifying for next year’s World Cup, Hartford’s TheaterWorks was opening The Wolves, an energetic if puzzling play about women’s soccer. Make that girls’ soccer....











