Monte Belmonte Wines: Let these dozen rosés meet your desires
Rosé is not a grape. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been at a party or restaurant and someone asks me, “Would you like a rosé?” That question is the functional equivalent of “would you like white wine?” The answer to both questions is “yes.” Follow up questions:...
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
Could it happen here?: Gas explosion in Merrimack Valley hangs over new pipeline efforts
Across Massachusetts people rely on natural gas to heat their homes and businesses, provide their electricity, cook meals every day, and for their hot water supply. Most of the time, natural gas, which is delivered to residents via local distribution lines, is...
Bizarro Briefs: Frostbitten toe used as ice in drink
The kicker: the toe belonged to the drinker.
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Tundrastomper on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Tundrastomper is a DIY basement/ math rock band that excels at angular distorted experimental rock.
Once a Cheater…
Wait three days to call after the first date. Don't sleep together too soon. Encyclopedias have been devoted to "The Relationship Rules" and "Dump his ass!" is the cardinal rule of cheating, as if the love life you've built together is a game of Monopoly and he's been...
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Cinemadope: Actor-in-Chief, Reagan forever changed the role of US President (Spoiler! Not for the Better)
With the ongoing avalanche of reporting on Russia and that nation’s relationship with our current president, it feels almost quaint to look back on the days of the Reagan era.
Certainly there was international intrigue then, but today, the jelly beans and faux folksiness of Ron and Nancy’s White House sometimes seem — at least to a writer who went from boyhood to teenager under Reagan — like childhood memories from overnights at a grandparent’s house.
