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.
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.
The Beerhunter: Caleb Hiliadis Takes the Lead at Amherst Brewing
When Amherst Brewing Company opened it doors in 1997, Caleb Hiliadis was just five years old. Now, at 27, he’s running the joint.
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Pick of the Day 5/27: Let the Sunshine In
Juliette Binoche plays a divorced Parisian painter searching for love, but she refuses to just settle for any ol’ body.
The Semenette
For a woman, sleeping with people with lady parts has many perks. A partner who knows exactly where my clitoris is (and how to use it), no “spit or swallow,” no “I can’t get it up” and—most conveniently—zero risk of pregnancy....
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Cinemadope: I Like Mike, Michael Keaton doesn’t get enough credit
These are those men and women who seem to grow along with us, working steadily at their craft through the years without ever going supernova. For me, one of these actors is Michael Keaton.
