Stagestruck: Treading Water – Theaters strive to stay afloat, as two go under
A year ago, theaters closed their doors and shows were postponed or scrapped as Covid swept in. Since then, we’ve all been treading water, waiting for the time when it’s safe to dive back into the current. And two Valley fixtures have been swept away.
Bethany Killian on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Bethany Killian is an indie acoustic folk singer-songwriter with smoky-toned vocals.
Sessions Podcast: Jake Klar
Folk and blues music with a poetic sensibility.
Letters to the Editor: Was Gateway City Arts wrong to fire Cait Simpson over IHEG petition?
Also, thoughts on Massachusetts consent laws and Warren’s lack of endorsement in the Neal-Morse congressional race.
Monte Belmonte Wines: Remembering wine minutiae
Knowing details like this is, essentially, nothing more than trivia. It is not a requirement for enjoying wine. But it is a requirement if you truly want to be a wine snob.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Explosive bull semen, beating an elevator up a building, stuffed Cheez-It pizza
This week in weird news.
Staff Picks: Out! For Reel, Quinn Sullivan, Northampton Record Fair, and Juan Wauters/Jesus Vio/Stoner Will
Out! For Reel screens films featuring LGBTQ issues throughout the year, and this latest collection looks to be a great one.
Cinemadope: Control/Shift
This week, Amherst Cinema brings in a film that explores part of the worst: Netizens is director Cynthia Lowen’s 2018 look at the modern phenomenon of online harassment.
Remembering David Berman and his ties to the Valley
For a long time, he was unsure of his singing voice, wondering if it was really good enough to front a band. And for a good part of the time he was making albums, he also shunned most live performances, not feeling he could sing in front of an audience. But David...
Editorial: Biden’s Electability Argument Is Crumbling
False claims and record players are working against him.
Deported Valley activist Eduardo Samaniego says he has appealed his deportation
He also wrote about the support he received from his friends and of the difficulties of the time he spent in prison.
Sessions
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The CDs You Gave Me: Uncluttering the genre tropes with magic realism and psychedelia
The band’s newest six-song extended play (EP), Uncluttering the Gutter Spouts, released on May 12 brings together an eclectic mix of genres from a classic rock ballad to a country heartbreak tune, but dials up the weirdo psych-folk influences, allowing otherwise straight ahead rock songs room to breathe.
Working Out the Kinks
Coming out of the closet isn't easy. Especially if yours is filled with whips, chains and mascot costumes (see last week's "Thinkin' About Kinkin'"). Whether you're married or on the prowl, if you've got a fetish, you're eventually going to have to come out of the...
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Cinemadope: That Time the MoMA Refused to Return Nazi-Stolen Art
The painting’s history, like so many great European artworks, has a past tainted by another piece of Europe’s past: the Nazis.
