Despite setbacks due to pandemic, future bright for budding cannabis industry
More than 60 stores are now open statewide, including some 15 in Hampden, Hamphire and Franklin counties, with many more in the pipeline both locally and throughout the state.
Born IV Blues on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Born IV Blues is a teenage soulful blues band from the Berkshires
Letters to the Editor: RIP Frances Crowe
“May this icon of activism and integrity rest in peace and power.”
Free Will Astrology: Leo, Visualize Ancient Rome
ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Muir (1838–1914) was skilled at creating and using machinery. In his twenties, he diligently expressed those aptitudes. But at age 27, while working in a carriage parts factory, he suffered an accident that blinded him. For several...
Monte Belmonte Wines: New Hampshire’s tax-free liquor lie
I shot straight up in bed with an idea. “I’ll write about how the New Hampshire State Liquor Store is a crock of crap!”
Lightning strikes: Valley psych folk band Sweet Lightning makes its music video debut
The lush pastoral sounds of acoustic guitar, flute, fiddle, and upright bass echoed in slow motion through the Pushkin Gallery in Greenfield.
Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast – Blame Cadence
Blame Cadence is a one-woman chorus of looped soulful a cappella pop.
Staff Picks: Midsommar, Bread & Puppet, Weege & The Wondertwins, and Country Music
Amherst Cinema will be screening a special director’s cut of Midsommar on Thursday with an added 20 minutes.
The V-Spot: Get Off the Metaphorical Tit
Why is your fiancé still on the metaphorical tit?
Cinemadope: Inside Man
The Infiltrators, directed by Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera, aims to bring some transparency to the operations of ICE.
A safer alternative? Health officials investigating links between vaping and lung damage
Rick Paiva, of Northampton, said he smoked cigarettes before switching over to vaping, but “it wasn’t helping my health any better.”
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‘Big-hearted’ Problem with Dragons bassist Joe Magrone dies at 38
“It was easy to just relax and rock when playing with Joe. He just played it perfectly every time.”
Farmer Lube
On my kitchen counter is a glass jar that used to contain Teddy Bear Peanut Butter. It now has a gooey yellowish substance in it, pock-marked with finger-scoop tracks. On the jar’s green lid is a pink Post-It note that says, in purple Sharpie marker:...
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Stagestruck: Fowl Play(s)
“Birds of a feather flock together,” as the saying goes, but that’s no excuse for these two avian-themed plays to be running at the same time in this area. They are entirely different species. The Birds, at Barrington Stage Company, is a claustrophobic thriller, while...
