Stagestruck: Facts & Fancies
In these fake-news days, when fiction rules the cybersphere and truth is called a lie (and vice versa), the lifespan of a fact can be the length of a tweet (if it’s not stillborn). The play now running at TheaterWorks in Hartford help but be viewed against this background, but The Lifespan of a Fact is concerned with a subtler distinction. As director Tracy Brigden says in her program note, “When does a bit of embellishment become a lie?”
The V-Spot: We’ve Got Different Love Languages
Hi Yana! My partner and I have been together for three years. In general we have a really great relationship with solid long-term goals in common and enjoy each other in many ways. However, it seems like occasionally we go through long stretches of poor communication,...
Free Will Astrology: Time for a spanking, Aquarius
By enacting this humorous yet serious ritual, you will set in motion corrective forces that tweak your unconscious mind in just the right way so as to prevent you from getting too much of a good thing; you will avoid asking for too much or venturing too far.
Introducing: The Bizarro Briefs Podcast
Since the retirement of longtime "News of the Weird" columnist Chuck Shepherd, the Advocate has done "Bizarro Briefs," our own collection of weekly weird news we find. Thanks to a partnership with Trumpy from Hits 94.3, with a similar fascination with finding weird...
Letters to the Editor: Burn biomass for the sake of the forest
“Millions of tons of timber are dying every year.”
Big Sav on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Auto-biographical rap that turns the pains of life into music.
Q&A: Amherst Rapper Big Sav turns pain and probation into music (with audio)
“I’m the burnt up man at the end of the fire, telling you to not go this way.”
Is Drag Really Just a Drag?: A Q&A with local genderflux drag performer Hors D’oeuvres
I was curious how Hors herself thinks about the role of misogyny, feminism, and the inclusion of drag in pride spaces.
Staff Picks: Drag Brunch, Breastless, Hip Hop and ramen,
Drag Brunch with Hors and Friends for Franklin County Pride at Hawks & Reed // SATURDAY You can support Franklin County Pride and your local drag queens on Saturday morning in downtown Greenfield with a special drag brunch featuring the always magnificent and...
Summer Arts Preview 2019
Must see things this summer.
Editorial: A Focus on Some Good Political News
Every so often, politicians get it right.
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Valley Show Girl: A Night of Funky R&B for Jane Doe Inc.
I love it when music collides with a charitable fundraiser event, especially when that event involves human rights. The happenings at The O’s Music Bar in Sunderland last week were just that.
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StageStruck: Lost in the Woods
Chris Rohmann finds Berkshire Theatre Group’s new world-premiere “The Stone Witch,” starring Judd Hirsch, “a play full of intriguing possibilities.” But does it add up to much?
