Stagestruck: Live Theater Returns, Drive-In Style
In a former life I was a musician – a singer-songwriter in the ’70s mold. One of my most memorable gigs was a drive-in concert. I flashed right back to that summer night when I heard Eggtooth Productions was planning to take a peck at the Covid shell with a drive-in performance, live and socially distanced, not in a field but on a rooftop.
‘An organizer to the very end’: Friends, family remember Northampton activist Frances Crowe
“She lived an amazing life and had a beautiful death at home surrounded by her children,” Crowe’s 72-year-old daughter, Caltha, said.
Longtime Northampton activist Frances Crowe dies at 100
When asked recently how many times she had been arrested in the services of causes she believed in, she said, “not enough.”
Bizarro Briefs: Swedish seagull swipes stash
Weird news of the week.
Basemental: Ruth Garbus sets Earth-loving lyrics to earthy chords
Apart from a keen eye for imagery, Garbus’ lyrics have a skill for finding difficult tensions, whose contradictions are hard to resolve.
Best of V-Spot: Too Many Orgasms, Too Many Leg Cramps
Too orgasmic, eh?
Podcast: Chris Goudreau on Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno’s absence from marginalized communities
Chris Goudreau on the Valley Advocate Podcast.
Cinemadope: Remembering Toni Morrison
If you’re a fan of Morrison’s books, “The Pieces I Am” offers a chance to hear a eulogy for the woman who created those worlds.
Free Will Astrology: Relax and recharge, Gemini
Since many of you are high-energy sophisticates, you often override your body’s signals.
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Peed on peas, moose meat solicitation, and a dirty diaper assault
Weird news of the week, in podcast form.
Jake Kulak & The Lowdown on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions band is Jake Kulak & The Lowdown, which brings blues rock with soulful virtuoso guitar and electrifying jams to the Sessions stage.
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Staff Picks: The Invisibles, Mudbound, and Christa Joy and Scott Meyers
Staff Picks: The Invisibles, Mudbound, and Christa Joy and Scott Meyers
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Summer Stage Preview — Part I: The Berkshires
Two of the “big four” Berkshire companies open this week and next, with the others joining in next month, while the Valley’s summer gets underway in late June. So this week I’ll preview the season in the Berkshires, and look at what’s in store in the Valley next time.
