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.
Cinemadope: Ready or Not a cunning twist on The Most Dangerous Game
When she picks the rare “Hide and Seek” card, the game — a most dangerous game, one might say — begins.
Free Will Astrology: Let Frederick Douglass be your guide, Taurus
Frederick Douglass was one slave who managed to beat the literacy ban.
Activist leader Michaelann Bewsee would not stand for injustice
Bewsee died Thursday at age 71.
Among The Acres on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Among The Acres combine folk-rock, pop, and Americana with lush vocal harmonies.
Best of V-Spot: Prostate Power — The Not So Dirty Truth
How would you feel if I told you that there’s a G-spot equivalent — the P-spot, which can lead to longer, stronger, and multiple orgasms?
Letters to the Editor: Truman made the right decision to use nuclear weapons
There are many good reasons to not use nuclear power, such as the atomic waste issue. Feeling sorry for Japan is not one of the good reasons.
Staff Picks: Lookstock, Have a Seat Cabrito, Ashfield Lakehouse, and The Waifs
The True Jacqueline, Hot Dirt, and Brief Irmen // SATURDAY Some of the Valley’s best local bands are set to play the Ashfield Lakehouse this Saturday. There’s alternative/ noise rock band The True Jacqueline as well as Hot Dirt, which combines progressive and math...
Basemental: P.U.M.K.S. Is Not Dead
Jesus Vio’s new album Dutch Science kicks off with the mother of all questions: “Do You Believe?”: The vamping, minimalist, proto-acoustic track wryly asks “Do you believe in Halloween?” before declaring that “P.U.M.K.S. is not dead,” introducing the irreverently...
Can Small Business Survive in the World of Big Cannabis?
“We carried rent for six months, without any licensing, on a building we couldn’t do anything with as a small company.”
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Falling bears, dumb beverages, and a septic tank lightning strike
The week in weird news.
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Izzy Heltai on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Izzy Heltai is an indie folk singer-songwriter with a penchant for storytelling
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Stagestruck: Facing the Other — a local premiere examines the roots of violence
Talk about prejudice… Without knowing anything about the play, I walked into a rehearsal of Sweet, Sweet Spirit last week and made some snap judgments that turned out to be quite wrong. The play, which receives its regional premiere next weekend at the Academy of...
