Stagestruck: And We’re Back!
Sometimes in the course of the past year I despaired of ever again hearing that mantra of curtain speeches in the cyber-era: “Please silence your cell phones” – or of hearing the words spoken by Julianne Boyd on Barrington Stage Company’s opening night: “I want to welcome you to live theater!” Last week it happened, as two Western Mass companies greeted live audiences with live performances.
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.
Sessions Podcast – Ali Kat and the Revelators
Rocking funk and soul with sax, guitars, and high energy vocals
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Pick of the Day 6/10: Melissa Etheridge
This is an easy one. Melissa Etheridge, the legend, is at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tonight, but if you want to be in the Valley tonight, check out singer and poet Mary Lambert at the Parlor Room in Northampton
Our Bloodies, Ourselves
It all starts with "menarche," the horrendous word for a young woman's first period. In some cultures this is celebrated, and women get to laze around in pools of chocolate with their besties (read Anita Diamant's The Red Tent). In others it's seen as downright dirty...
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Stagestruck: Chekhov in Middle School – WTF…
What is it with all the Chekhov parodies? Just this summer Silverthorne Theater Company gave us Stupid Fucking Bird, Aaron Posner’s metatheatrical riff on The Seagull. There’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s Uncle Vanya mashup. And last year...
