Cinemadope: Alone Together
I’ve been looking at web cams, live concerts, and online art classes, and while it might sound mawkish, these — along with some inspired ideas collected from like-minded friends — are a few of the things that have helped me feel like I’m still connected to the world, and to all of you in it. Here are a few of the streams I’ve been dipping into lately.
Free Will Astrology: You’re in for natural highs, Sagittarius
Take advantage!
Perennial on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer is explosively high-energy post-hardcore art punk Perennial.
Letters to the Editor: Undocumented Immigrants Should be Eligible for Driver’s Licenses
Look for “Driving Families Forward” on Facebook for details on this statewide campaign in support of the Work and Family Mobility Act (S.2061/H.3012), and to learn how to take action to help make it a reality.
Best of the V-Spot: My Boyfriend Might Be Gay. Should I Care?
Originally published February 20, 2017 Hi Yana, I recently began “dating” my best guy friend over this winter break. He’s told me that he was raised by a super religious mom and that when he was younger he “rebelled,” and experimented with other men, which he blamed...
Stagestruck: Child’s Plays
Both of the longstanding children’s theaters that enliven the Valley’s summer schedule tickle the funnybone while feeding the imagination, but they go about it in quite different ways. PaintBox Theatre uses pop-up staging and lots of audience participation, while the Majestic Children’s Theater gives it “the full theatrical treatment.”
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Loose yaks, stolen dentures, and hair farms for rich people
This week’s weird news … in podcast form.
Staff Picks: Ray Mason and Ants on a Log
Shows in libraries!
Basemental: Ugly Realities of Sustaining Life in the Cul-de-Sac
Liebman takes art extremely seriously, with an eye for the unsavory facets of frontiers and empire, life and death, in a perpetual state of silent, digitized warfare — the type of stuff most people seldom think about or even acknowledge.
Eliminating the Plastic Straw: Woman gathers support for Northampton ban
“It’s hard to quantify the number of plastic straws thrown away every day,” said Shields, “but the estimates are somewhere between 500 million and a billion.”
Editorial: Performing at a 24-hour ‘413 Says #ClosetheCamps’ event
Putting your art where you’re mouth is.
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Easthampton-based singer-songwriter Seth Glier takes home three Independent Music Awards
Glier previously performed on Valley Advocate Sessions, an online music series featuring performances and interviews of local bands and solo artists in the Pioneer Valley.
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Stagestruck: Defying God … and Trump
Even without unexpected extras, Amadeus is a richly theatrical work, and the production, solidly directed by J.T. Waite (who himself played Mozart on Broadway), rises to the occasion.











