Stagestruck: Earnest and Chester
Last week, Barrington Stage Company’s Julianne Boyd greeted the audience for her troupe’s opening production, staged in a socially distanced tent at the edge of Pittsfield, with these long-awaited words: “I want to welcome you to live theater.” This week, introducing the season’s second show, in the company’s downtown mainstage, she added: “… in a real theater!”
Free Will Astrology: Have sex like you’re not in Singapore, Aries
Singapore has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates.
Letters to the Editor: Pelosi for President — Can She Be Drafted?
Welcome to our letters to the editor page. Here you’ll find reader comments on Advocate articles and other news.
Bizarro Briefs: Um, there’s some toilet paper on your … nevermind
Um, there’s some toilet paper on your … nevermind The long-awaited results are in: Mimoza Haska from Surfside Beach, S.C., is the winner of this year’s Toilet Paper Wedding Dress competition. In this annual contest, competitors design and build elaborate wedding...
Cajordion on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Cajordion is whimsical busking-honed duo, which plays instrumental pop music on cajon, accordion, and a plethora of other instruments.
Staff Picks: Royal Frog Ballet, Gallery exhibits, That 1 Guy, and Strong & Pleasant ‘Rocktober’ Music Fest
The Royal Frog Ballet’s Surrealist Cabaret is a collection of performances which in the past have included music, puppetry, storytelling, and good old silliness.
Cinemadope: A Landmark Film on AIDS Gets a Second Chance
Amherst Cinema will host a screening of Buddies, an important but little-seen 1985 film that was the first feature-length film to tackle the AIDS crisis in America.
Sessions Podcast: Among the Acres
Folk-rock, pop, and Americana with lush vocal harmonies
A New Routine: Whately strip club to reopen with queer-friendly policies
Many of the ideas that Vendetta wanted to implement during her time as manager fell on deaf ears under previous ownership, but now she sees a chance to create a unique club.
Editorial: Years-long Debates Boil Down to One Ballot in Greenfield
A mayor, the Safe City Ordinance, and a long put-off library plan.
Joining the Fold: Easthampton artist presents paper art celebrating women at her debut solo show
Her work will be displayed at Click Workspace through January.
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Local Calendar: Thursday 6/14- Sunday 6/17
Let the Valley show you a good time this weekend!
How to Make a Gayby
My urges to wipe the snot off a stranger's baby's nose are practically unfightable. My womb aches. Unlike others struck by baby fever, I can't just poke some holes in the condom and call it an "accident"—drats! Ladies making babies with ladies has extra...
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Hidden Figures in the Silent Sky
When Robert Freedman tells people about Silent Sky, the play he directs this weekend at the Shea Theater, they often think he’s talking about Hidden Figures, the recent movie about black women mathematicians who worked as “computers” for NASA in the 1960s. But, he...











