V-Spot: Has My Date Been Canceled?
“Cancel culture” has become such a beast in our social landscape that I struggle to even want to write this column at all, to be honest.
Stagestruck: Upstarts – A brand-new theater and a newly minted king
Last weekend, Strident Theatre strode confidently onto the Valley stage. The brand-new company debuted at Smith College with The Final Say, a dramedy by local playwright Meryl Cohn. According to founder Susanna Apgar, who co-directs the show with Shakespeare &...
Podcast: Jennifer Levesque talks about her experience with abortion and gun violence response programs
Jennifer Levesque, the Valley Advocate's art director, also writes columns for us. Recently, she wrote two hard-hitting pieces: one about her personal experience with abortion, and the other about gun violence response programs at her son's school. Advocate editor...
Cinemadope: Show and tell — films and filmmaking
Since its inception in 2007, the Ashfield Film Festival has become an annual gathering point for film lovers of the Valley.
Free Will Astrology: Be versatile like SpongeBob, Cancer
Cancerian voice actor Tom Kenny has played the roles of over 1,500 cartoon characters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Spyro the Dragon, Jake Spidermonkey, Commander Peepers, and Doctor Octopus.
Stagestruck Abroad: The National Theatre, London
Two plays at the National Theatre in London are responding to current hot topics. “Small Island” reflects the crisis of nativist immigrant-bashing, seen through the lens of a largely ignored chapter of British history; “Top Girls” puts a #MeToo-era mirror up to a Second Wave feminist classic.
Best of the V-Spot: 15 Reasons to Masturbate Right Now
Seriously, do it.
Lush Honey on the Valley Advocate Sessions stage
Funky soul and progressive rock ‘n’ roll
Clueless Parent: Traveling with a Toddler
Is it worth it?
Letters to the Editor: Three reasons not to put a biomass burning plant in Springfield, and what to do about it
The state Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has its head in the sand
Staff Picks: Guitars, fireworks, and a debate watch party
Get out and do stuff!
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Bunnies on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
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Stagestruck: A Voice of Gladness
If you’re like me, you studied William Cullen Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” in high school English class, and haven’t given it or its 19th-century author a thought since then. Well, I paid the man and his work a return visit the other day at his hillside homestead,...
