Stagestruck: Summer Stages – The prospects for live performance
The images flashing behind the glass wall of your TV or computer just can’t replace the permeable fourth wall of live performance. As summer approaches, theater folks are longing for the proverbial smell of the actors’ greasepaint and the roar of the in-person crowd. And some theaters are delivering.
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.
Longmeadow voters say no to gas pipeline project in residential neighborhood
But this likely isn’t the end of the project.
Valley Show Girl: RPM FEST
I was able to catch up with Brian Westbrook, cofounder of RPM Fest and he gave me a little insight behind the scenes.
Clueless Parent: Making your kid feel helpful, even when they throw eggs
I thought about the incident all day, ashamedly turning the memory over in my head.
Stagestruck: Dancing While Black
It wasn’t intentional, but thinking back on the programs I’ve seen at Jacob’s Pillow this summer, and forward to one that’s on this week, I realized that every concert on my dance card this year is by African-American-led companies.
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VIDEO: The Gaslight Tinkers on Valley Advocate Sessions Friday
The Gaslight Tinkers perform traditional Celtic fiddle music mixed with Afrobeat, funk, reggae, and Latin grooves.
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Cinemadope: This Is Spinal Tap deadpans for gold
This Is Spinal Tap is the sort of film that is quoted by people who don’t even realize what it is that they’re quoting. This one, you might say, goes to 11. See it Friday or Saturday with special guests re-branded locals Spinal Heaves (aka The Frost Heaves and Hales).
