Editorial: Investigating the treatment of asylum seekers in the U.S.
The world must remain safe for political dissidents; authoritarians can not be allowed to stamp out those who disagree with them.
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?
Pamela Means on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer is singer-songwriter Pamela Means, who writes politically conscious roots music and jazz.
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Brazilian folk-pop and music in the morning
Historic Northampton will kick off its Parsons Lawn Concert Series with Brazilian folk-pop artist Sessa this Saturday.
Letters to the Editor: Eric Suher solutions
We collect readers’ opinions from emails, letters, Facebook comments, and comments to valleyadvocate.com. Want to get in on this? Email deisen@valleyadvocate.com and put “BackTalk” or “letter to the editor” in the subject.
Stagestruck: Dreams Deferred
Two fixtures of network TV are opening the season in two quite different plays that have a lot in common. S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order, Lackawanna Blues, the Chicago franchise) headlines a revival of A Raisin in the Sun and Andre Braugher (Homicide, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) plays a convict instead of a cop in a world premiere, A Human Being, of a Sort.
From the Valley to the Border: Sickening news on the treatment of migrants inspiring locals to travel down to help
“I can’t watch this. I just can’t do this anymore. I have to do something.”
Bizarro Briefs: UFO abduction memorialized
October 11, 1973 will forever live in alien infamy.
Editorial: A moral and humanitarian crisis at the border
As we celebrate July 4, it is difficult to ignore the human rights abuses being perpetrated in our name on our southern border.
Basemental: Thoughts on Fashion and Fascism – Q&A with Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier
Deerhoof has been making topsy-turvy, explosive rock music for over 25 years.
Monte Belmonte Wines: The All-Women Wine List at the Lake House
Dre has been the chef/owner of this iconic Ashfield townie hub since 2015. And in that time, she has managed to merge high art, parochialism, patriarchy smashing, and queer culture somehow seemlessly.
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Introducing the Valley Advocate Album Review Column: The CDs You Gave Me
Kate Lorenz is a singer-songwriter who gets what Americana is all about — it’s a melting pot of different influences from blues, R&B, rock n’ roll, country, folk, and a zest of alternative rock.
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Stagestruck: Million Dollar Duo
As it happens, two different productions of the same show open on area stages on the same day this week. On Wednesday, Million Dollar Quartet premieres in the Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, and the Majestic Theater in West Springield revives...











