The V-Spot with Yana Tallon-Hicks: How do I prepare for first-time sex?
By Yana Tallon-Hicks I recently began a new relationship and am something of a late bloomer (I’m in my mid-20s), so I have very little actual experience when it comes to physical intimacy with a partner. My boyfriend and I have discussed it a bit, and he’s very...
Fuzz Puddle’s Debut is One of the Best Local Records of 2019
Despite the crowd of instruments, it never feels like there’s too much going on.
Stagestruck: Facing Closed Doors – Plays old and new look at demonized populations
“Our programming,” Kidder said, “confronts the twisted histories of traditional and contemporary excluded populations in sometimes uncomfortable ways.”
V-Spot: Are Condoms Even Good?
Condoms are… good when we’re good at using them.
Free Will Astrology: Are the barbarians coming, Taurus?
Maybe not.
Heather Maloney on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Iconic indie rock and Americana with nuanced lyrics and expressive melodies
Letters to the Editor: Animal cruelty is more than a ‘fluff piece’
“There is a big and important story here, and people like me, and small grass roots animal activist groups are not enough.”
Wellness: How to Beat Fall Allergies
Allergy prevention consists of environmental control, diet, and medical intervention based on what the individual body needs.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Scamming the scammers, a date gone horribly wrong, drinking a drink with your own toe in it
Weird news of the week, in audio form.
Staff Picks: Mill River Rounders, Skate or Paint 2019, Indian classical music, and a ‘Diversity in Art’ exhibit
The Mill River Rounders will be bringing its blend of banjo, washtub bass, and guitar old-timey/bluegrass stylings to Easthampton’s Mill 180 Park this Friday night.
Monte Belmonte Wines: Elsa Petit, the Bordeaux-born prof teaching vine science at UMass
I asked Dr. Petit if I could audit one of her classes. She invited me out to Cold Springs Orchard, the UMass fruit research facility and farm store overlooking the Holyoke Range in Belchertown. I
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Folk and blues legend Chris Smither on songwriting, Chuck Berry, and living in the Pioneer Valley
Valley Advocate staff writer Chris Goudreau spoke with Smither about his legacy in music, his songwriting process, and how he put his own twist on a Chuck Berry classic.
Help! My Libido?s Fallen and it Can?t Get Up!
Hi , Yana, My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year and a half and living together since August. When we first started dating, we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. He’s also the only guy I’ve been with that will make me come every time....
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Stagestruck: Two Women, Intimate dramas explore shifting connections
A pair of two-handers, playing through this month and just next weekend respectively, examine intimate, intricate relationships between women. Harbor Stage Company, one of the region’s most reliably stimulating summer theaters, premieres its adaption of a cinema classic (see below) and the Valley’s adventurous Clementine Theater Collective celebrates its second season with a “sharp, moving almost-love story.”











