Stagestruck: We’re All Improvisers Now
Last March, when the theaters shut down, we thought we might be back onstage by now. But as fall and winter seasons were postponed or abandoned, some companies have devised mother-of-invention ways to keep the flame alight.
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?
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.
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VIDEO: Amber Belle on Valley Advocate Sessions Friday
Amber Belle is a singer-songwriter with honey toned vocals who performs folk and country songs.
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Stagestruck: ‘Life in the (413)’ skewers local culture Saturday
Life in the (413) is an evening of satirical sketches “acted, written, and directed by locals, skewering our local cultural stereotypes,” as Bill Dwight describes it. The fifth annual outing, hosted as ever by WHMP/The River’s Monte Belmonte, hits the stage of the Academy of Music this Saturday.
