Monte Belmonte Wines: (Gently) trashing California wine
And while it is all too easy, as of late, to beat up on these great United States, I’m afraid that is what I am about to do: vilify our nation viticulturally.
Bizarro Briefs: A Cervine Intruder
Weird news this week.
Valley Show Girl: Play That Trippy Noise
You can hear the album for yourself when it’s released on July 26, but you can also experience it live at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival on June 28-30 at MASS MoCA in North Adams.
The Beerhunter: Black Rabbit Farm Adds Wild Ales, Grows Ingredients On Site
As far as this Beerhunter can surmise, Black Rabbit is the only brewery on an active commercial farm in all of Western Mass.
Stagestruck: Hot Topics – Summer theaters reflect the times
Hamlet, we recall, reminded the players visiting Elsinore that the theater’s job is to reflect “the very age and body of the time.” Times being what they are, it’s no surprise that quite a number of shows this summer do just that. The schedule in the Valley and...
Valley Advocate Podcast: Growing your own cannabis and learning about dosing
A chat with cannabis expert Karima Rizk.
V-Spot: The Love is There But the Sex Isn’t
Over the course of the last couple months my partner’s sex drive has slowly fallen off, and is now creating tension in our relationship.
Cinemadope: Combat Obscura, a marine’s film, offers a peek behind the curtain of war
He filmed what they wanted, and then kept filming.
Free Will Astrology: Alien life is closer than you think, Aries
ARIES (March 21-April 19): We may not have to travel to other planets to find alien life. Instead of launching expensive missions to other planets, we could look for exotic creatures here on earth. Astrobiologist Mary Beth Wilhelm is doing just that. Her search has...
Jon Carroll & BraveSoul on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
A two-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter making R&B with soulful melodies and an inventive spirit.
Letters to the Editor: ‘Everyone should march for climate, for justice, and for women’s rights’
‘Everyone should march for climate, for justice, and for women’s rights’ In response to “Between the Lines: Looking to the Unexpected on Climate Change Solutions,” published May 30 - June 5, 2019. Here on the eve of my 65th birthday it seemed appropriate to send a...
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Basemental: Love Sung EP is Calm, Tender, and Soothing
Listening to Northampton-based Izy Coffey’s new EP, Love Sung, feels like a warm sweater — one you were wearing when you were broken and then put back together again, and its thread the commonality between your disparate emotions. It’s calm, tender, and has a graceful and soothing forward momentum.
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Stagestruck: Shaking Up Shakespeare
Shakespeare & Company doesn’t only do Shakespeare. This season, only three out of nine productions are by the company’s namesake, though several others play with Shakespearean themes, from a contemporary reflection on war to a political farce that resonates...











