Seeking Asylum in Western Mass Part 1 of 3: Fleeing danger and violence to arrive in the Valley
“I just knew there was no turning back,” said Ramon, an asylum seeker who lives in western Massachusetts.
‘Resisting a Culture that Says I Don’t Belong’: Local joins group of large-bodied women to hike Kilimanjaro
A Franklin County native along with 19 other plus-size women known as the “Curvy Kili Crew” recently hiked one of the largest mountains in the world: Mount Kilimanjaro.
Monte Belmonte Wines: The Wines Traveling Musicians Want For Free
I wondered, what do the rock stars at the festival want to drink? I went to the source and asked Lynne Bertrand, artist relations for Signature Sounds and the Green River Festival.
Stagestruck: Ripped from the Headlines
Three plays now on area stages were inspired by real-life events: a superpower scrimmage, a mass shooting, and a nuclear disaster. These timely dramas humanize the headlines and highlight the power of theater to hold a mirror up to our best and worst natures.
Podcast: Easthampton artisan Michael Poole on gun violence and potholes
Poole has works on display at Mt Toms Ice Cream and will be featured at Art in the Orchard.
Cinemadope: Musical journeys small and large
The Strange Sound of Happiness and Bring the Soul are playing locally this week.
Free Will Astrology: Let Scott Hamilton inspire you, Virgo
When you fall down, get up.
Kimaya Diggs on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage
Folk and soulful jazz with pull-on-your-heartstrings melodies
Best of V-Spot: Help! My boyfriend hates my vagina
He doesn’t seem to have much of an interest in my vagina — and my vagina, in my mind, is kinda the main thing that makes me a female sexual being.
Letters to the Editor: Support and advice for Alex Morse
“Godspeed Alex. Take back something for the rest of us broken folks.”
Staff Picks: A Renaissance Faire in Cummington and Majestic Saloon in Northampton
What to do this week.
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Basemental: What happens ‘After the Gig’
This is the prompt being posed by a new collective that is organizing a festival next week by the name, well, After the Gig Fest.
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Stagestruck: Force of Nature
In WAM Theatre’s production of Lauren Gunderson’s delightfully witty and provocative play, the 18th-century mathematician, philosopher and linguist comes briefly back from the dead to make her case for a life that was equal parts intellect and passion.
