Trailblazers: The first Black-owned marijuana cultivation center on the East Coast has set up shop in Cummington
The first Black-owned cannabis cultivation center on the East Coast is, remarkably, located in the tiny hilltown of Cummington — with a population of 875, mostly white, residents.That fact didn’t dissuade Reginald Stanfield from selecting the community in northwest...
Beerhunter: Hitchcock Brewing Starts Fresh in Bernardston
It has been a busy year for Hitchcock Brewing Company.
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.
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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.
Our Boobs, Ourselves
I'm still waiting for my boobs. At fourteen, my female classmates were starting to bounce around the lacrosse field, and I was in my room with my breast—I mean best—friend, agonizing over a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves. (For those of you born post-'80s,...
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Stagestruck: ‘This’ Drama as Sitcom Is ‘Too Snappy, Too Loud’
Gibson undercuts any genuine sympathy for her characters with an almost flippant resolution of the play’s central conflict and a pointed reminder that their personal problems, as Bogey put it in Casablanca, “don’t amount to a hill of beans” in a world of real troubles.
