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!”
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
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...
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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.
Navigating Dating
Dating and/or sleeping with a new person is exciting, but can be so hard sometimes! Let’s navigate the toughest obstacles together: Does s/he have herpes? Seriously though, does s/he? It’s a bit unrealistic to be a “Let’s go get tested at the...
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Stagestruck: A List Of Things To Live For in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
Everyone needs something to live for. Some of us have a harder time finding it than others. Much harder. So … if you’re a young child and your mom has just tried to kill herself, what can you do about it?
