Bizarro Briefs: More Than Just Birdcage Liner
The NT News saw a niche to fill, and printed eight extra pages with instructions on how people could cut them out to use. Is this the way to save journalism?
Staff Picks: Biking folk duo, Roar! comedy, and the Green River Festival
Fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger and her husband Corey DiMario are playing a series of shows they plan to get to on their bikes.
Public Information or Public Shaming?: Some say Chicopee Police enable bullying on their Facebook page
A growing number questions Chicopee’s social media practices.
Editorial: Greenfield gets another shot at a Safe City Ordinance – Don’t blow it
For Greenfield officials, listening to the will of the city’s voters should be a priority.
Bizarro Briefs: Do Starfish have Butts?
Short answer: no. Alternate answer: internet memes say yes.
Stagestruck: “Culture is my food!”
This year’s through-theme at the Ko Festival of Performance, which opened last weekend in Amherst, is “Habitat (human)” – a topic that also runs through two more offerings this weekend: How I Learned to Drive, from Ghost Light Theater in Holyoke, and Moving Water, a work in progress at Serious Play Theatre Ensemble in Northampton. All three offer rich cultural nourishment.
Valley music staple F. Alex Johnson says ‘goodbye for now’
Johnson told the Valley Advocate, the Pioneer Valley and its rich musical community have made an impact on his life.
The Beerhunter: The Proof is in the Pilsner
Although more craft brewers these days are leaning into lagers, styles like pilsner still feel a bit stranded in the corporate beer-osphere.
Cinemadope: Visionaries
Deeply personal but never navel-gazing, his documentary explores his loss of vision and the possibilities of his creative future not only by looking at his own situation, but at that of other artists who are blind or visually impaired in some way.
Free Will Astrology: Roller coasters can be problem solvers, Sagittarius
I do suspect that any psychological difficulties you encounter can be solved by embarking on thrilling adventures akin to riding on roller coasters.
Stagestruck: Out of the Shadows
“Who knew?” is the question in the air these days at Jacob’s Pillow. For example: Who knew that many of the great Duke Ellington’s compositions were written by someone else? And who knew that the pious religious community known as Shakers had African-American members?
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Valley Advocate Q&A with Deer Tick Guitarist Ian Patrick O’Neil
head of the band’s performance, Valley Advocate staff writer Chris Goudreau had a chance to chat with guitarist Ian Patrick O’Neill about the band’s new records “Deer Tick Vol. 1 and 2,” growing up in the Pioneer Valley, and his favorite places to visit in Northampton.
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Stagestruck: Bedlam & Battlefield
In some ways, the two plays I saw last week in New York couldn’t be more different. One is a big, boisterous romantic comedy of English manners, the other a small, quiet meditation drawn from Hindu scripture. Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility, now playing Off-Broadway...
