Staff Picks: Still social distancing
Still not much going on these days in terms of live performances, but there are a few if you know where to look. Here is a hybrid staff picks from the Advocate with a livestream concert, a weird movie, and a couple of TV shows to enjoy
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.
Basemental: No need to dig beyond Kurt Vile’s riffs to enjoy
While this is Vile’s most expansive record in terms of length, I’m not really sure it goes anywhere that profound or different from what came before.
Stagestruck: All the Livelong Eons
Two shows now playing on the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Stockbridge stages look at who we are as humans. One goes up close to delve into folks’ working lives, the other takes a long view – very long, from the dawn of time to the day after tomorrow. Working, subtitled...
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Seagull steals dog, asking someone out with a bomb threat, and a port-a-potty disaster
Dave and Trumpy talk weird news of the week.
Easthampton’s Artisan Welder: Michael Poole’s work inspires whimsy and reflection
Making art from tiny toys and weighty topics.
Editorial: It’s So Hot that Iceland Lost a Glacier
Researchers from Rice University in Houston will join the Icelandic Hiking Society to unveil a plaque in the former glacier’s honor.
Bizarro Briefs: Come Back With My Dog!
Come back with my dog! Many of us have had the experience of getting a slice of pizza or food item snatched from us by a greedy seagull while minding our own business near the beach. Few, however, can say that their pet dog was snatched by the grabby birds. But that’s...
Sessions
Check out our most recent performances in the playlist below, or click here to dig into interviews and related material!No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Pinedrop on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Pinedrop is a jammy bluegrass meets rocking Americana band from Brattleboro, VT.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Stagestruck: Seeking Refuge
You wouldn’t expect to find close connections between the Sinai desert, urban Serbia and the Appalachian mountains, but a new play by University of Massachusetts theater professor Milan Dragicevich brings them tellingly together. Refugee takes an episode from...










