Home grown: Individuals getting into the marijuana-growing game, but stigma remains
But things aren’t all rosy for these backyard marijuana growers, many of whom would not speak about their efforts for this story because of the stigmatizim that’s still attached to the once illegal drug. Societal perceptions of home cultivation have far from faded into the background, they say.
Valley Show Girl: Ascendant, the Latest Release from Easthampton’s Problem With Dragons
The thick layer of sludge that emerges from this album paves a path to your very own personal ride to space.
Bizarro Briefs: A Race to the Top
The 2016 world champion of sport climbing took on an unexpected challenger earlier this month: an elevator.
Stagestruck: Badass Women
Gunderson calls her play “feminist and intersectional … a universal story told in the hearts and bodies of women.”
Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti on student-teacher sexual relationships in Massachusetts
Gena speaks about her cover story about Gina Rose Napolitano and her effort to help change consent laws.
V-Spot: How Do I Raise a Sex-Positive Kid?
My kid would end up very confused if we only called his nose his “nah-nah” or his mouth his “lil chompie chomper.”
Free Will Astrology: Be pure as peanut butter, Virgo
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal. For all of us, but especially for you, it’s a favorable phase to conjure and cultivate...
Ona Canoa on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Ona Canoa combines three-part folk harmonies with baritone uke, flute, and guitar.
Letters to the editor: A lifetime of suffering for a moment’s diversion?
“Times have changed since the early days of this festival.”
Bizarro Briefs: Praying with Robot Priests
A robot named Mindar is operating at a 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and is programmed to give sermons.
Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast: OroborO
OroborO combines experimenatal rock with punk, metal, and mathy riffs.
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Pick of the Day 5/28: Paradise City Arts Festival
It’s year 24 for the Paradise City Arts Festival, and 250 artists from 20 states are prepared to thrill you with their original works of art and one of kind crafts.
A Reader Gets RUFed
Dear V-Spot, I am a 20-something-year-old woman who loves having rough sex with lots of deep penetration. It feels so good in the moment, but sometimes up to a full 48 hours afterwards, I’m still feeling abdominal, lower back and vaginal pain from it all. I...
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Stagestruck: Wizard of Arrrrrs — PaintBox Theatre
“Oh dear, the Wicked Witch is coming!” cried the Mayor of Munchkin City. “In that case,” responded Good Witch Glinda, “I’ve got to go.” “But why?” asked Dorothy, who was just starting to get used to not being in Kansas anymore. “Because she and I can’t be onstage at...











