Stagestruck: Halloween & Other Horror Shows
It’s the time of year for werewolves and witches, costumes and candy – and, in this especially bloodcurdling season, tricks and Trump – so this weekend area theaters are offering an autumn harvest of howls and horror.
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.”
The Night Show: Learning the consequences of working the late shift
In my experience working third shift four nights a week, I found it nearly impossible to develop a consistent sleep schedule.
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Blame Cadence on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Blame Cadence is a one woman chorus of looped soulful a cappella pop.
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Stagestruck: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Alive! and Playing in Amherst – Times Two
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, is Tom Stoppard’s audaciously meta-theatrical play that’s basically a backstage tour of Hamlet conducted by the pair of pawns who are summoned by the king to spy out the cause of the prince’s lunacy.











