How Northampton helped the women’s suffrage movement cross the finish line
The success of the women’s suffrage campaign, which had begun 72 years before in 1848, was thought unlikely in 1916. It was unprecedented when it occurred in 1920 in the face of the post-war depression, rising anti-immigrant sentiment and labor unrest, and the third wave of the pandemic.
Letters to the Editor: A mayor that makes blood boil
The mayor led the charge and marched onto the Hampshire College campus to protest the decision to take down a flag.
Staff Picks: Munio Makuuch, Elmer’s open mic, From the Woods, Lonesome Brothers
The Smith College Museum of Art has just opened a new exhibit on the late Japanese-Amercan poet and printmaker Munio Makuuch, who with his family spent much of World War II in an internment camp in Idaho for Japanese Americans.
Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast – Lush Honey
Lush Honey is a group that makes funky soul and progressive rock ‘n’ roll
Fifty Years From Now, What Will They Say About the “Summer of ’19”?
Maybe that it was the year Americans reclaimed their democracy.
Editorial: Fear of ‘straight white guys’
Straight white guys don’t have a monopoly on fearing others. They can be feared, too.
‘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?
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Amber Belle on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Amber Belle is a singer-songwriter with a honey toned voice who performs original folk and country music.
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Rabbit Season: ‘Donnie Darko,’ cult classic about a boy and an apocalyptic bunny, returns to the screen
‘Donnie Darko’ wasn’t a success on its release, but since then, its fame has steadily grown as word of its strange tone and odd story — Jake Gyllenhall stars as Donnie, a sleepwalking high-school student whose “new friend” is a six-foot tall apocalyptic rabbit named Frank — spread.
