How to entertain yourself when everything’s closed
The Advocate calendar editor’s ideas on how to spend some downtime in ways that can be soothing, productive, or both.
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Colorway’s farewell and the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival
If you haven’t heard Colorway yet, or if you’re a diehard fan, this is a must-see show before Alex Johnson heads off to Japan.
Monte Belmonte Wines: The Western Mass Wine World’s Involvement in the Pan Mass Challenge
Wine can make you a little weepy but it wasn’t the wine working when I saw how emotional these wine reps were when speaking about the Pan-Mass Challenge.
Two years after failed vote, Greenfield adopts ‘Safe City’ ordinance
“This is more than just a legal or illegal immigrant situation. This talks about who we are as a community,” Sonia Lindop said.
They’re Kind Of A Big Deal: A few of the Valley’s homegrown rock stars
When he’s not aboard Iron Maiden’s private jet en route to a 50,000-plus stadium gig in South America or Europe, Anthrax guitarist Jonathan Donais says there’s no place he’d rather be than his Easthampton home and “triangle.”
Editorial: White Supremacy in the White House
It used to feel worthwhile to list off the terrible things that Donald Trump has done since assuming office in the beginning of 2017 — particularly the examples of his blatant racism. The Advocate did as much in a story at the beginning of 2018 pushing back on when he...
Bizarro Briefs: Let’s All Go to Area 51
The U.S. Air Force is strongly advising people against attending the event.
Cinemadope: Reel to Wheel
Just over the border, in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, the Northfield Drive-In is celebrating its 70th year of bringing people movies under the stars.
Valley Show Girl: The Art Mecca of Hampden County
From concerts to theatrical plays, from art galleries to a bistro and even co-working spaces and drag queen bingo. Holyoke’s Gateway City Arts has something for everyone.
Stagestruck: Total Immersion
It’s summer, folks, time to get off our butts and take some exercise. A little stroll, perhaps, to enjoy the scenery – and a play. That’s the current invitation from two hilltown theaters. Double Edge Theatre presents a brand-new Summer Spectacle on its Ashfield farm,...
Microplastics inspire one-man protest (with gas mask) in Easthampton
“It’s hard to avoid these plastics. They should be banned at their source.”
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Stacy Waldman loves dick pics so much she published a book of them
And by dick pics, she means vintage pictures of people, places, and things named Dick.
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Stagestruck: Playing the Trump Card
“The show’s dead-on evisceration of the Trump phenomenon is sharp, smart, and very funny, without letting us forget how deeply scary the man is.”











