Stagestruck: In the Zoom Room, part 1
Phase Two of Massachusetts’ staged reopening started this week, lifting some restrictions on public activities such as dining, swimming and hairdressing (really??) but not on live performance. That no-no doesn’t lift till Phase Four, which won’t come along till late July at the earliest. Meanwhile, there’s Zoom.
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.
Letters to the Editor: Rest in Peace and Power, Michaelann Bewsee
Comments on the passing of a Springfield activism powerhouse.
Best of V-Spot: Should I Date Someone I’m Not Attracted To?
Am I just being shallow?
Staff Picks: The Mary Jane Jones, Toni Morrison film, Millpond Live, and Food Truck Festival
Vintage-influenced jazzy soul band The Mary Jane Jones returns to Springfield’s iconic blues club, Theodore’s, this Thursday.
Introducing the Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast – Home Body
An electro fever-pop, new wave and experimental pop duo.
Sarno a No Show: As election looms, critics say Springfield’s mayor not there for all
Many think Domenic Sarno has failed to represent marginalized communities of color in the city.
Bizarro Briefs: The wedding crasher
Betrothed beware.
Sessions
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Valley Advocate Q&A with YouTube star and political song parodist Randy Rainbow
“Comedians in general are an endangered species and we have to protect them whenever we can,” Randy Rainbow said.
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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.
