Editorial: Another Year, Another Women’s March
If there’s one good thing the Trump presidency has brought us, it’s the annual Women’s March.
Extravaganja Organizers Seeking New 2020 Venue Due to Age Restriction
The city of Northampton forced the event to become 21+ though Five College students above the age of 18 are allowed.
V-Spot: How Do I Help My Partner Without Being His Healer?
I’m nervous and feel a lot of pressure to navigate his sexual trauma.
Cinemadope: The Biggest Little Farm at Amherst Cinema
A film comes to the Valley that offers a remarkably vivid look at the challenges and rewards that come with modern farming.
Free Will Astrology: You’ll Soon Transcend Jane Austen, Sagittarius
Getting beyond “Sense and Sensibility.”
Dave Dersham on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Dave Dersham is a wordsmith who performs ambient folk and Americana songs. Check out his music on this week’s Advocate Sessions video. Interview with Dave Dersham:
Poetry: Gentleness on the Heartening Prowl
Some moss and meltwater flashing in the placid gulch. The delicate theatrics of any flower’s mouth. All the tranquil angles quilted into a female face. The hand that was made to touch the saddest parts of trees. Where does gentleness go when softness shuts...
Basemental: The Flywheel is an Idea Worth Celebrating
The thought that the all-volunteer collective show space would enter a second decade, let alone a third, wasn’t a thought that likely computed, as few DIY spaces last this long.
Staff Picks: Kalliope Jones & Moving Day, Zines and Punk at Flywheel, Revolutionary re-enactors in Deerfield
Things to check out this week.
Bizarro Briefs: Don’t rob cars in jail parking lots
After spending time in jail on grand theft charges, a Florida man found himself again in lockup only 15 minutes after being released.
Letters to the Editor: Peace through music
Musicians create a metaphorical bridge between cultures.
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Valley Show Girl: Music That Got Me Through White Supremacy News
There was definitely no chance in hell any Nazi-lovers would have over-powered that room full of punk-rock loving families. The community and togetherness felt inside that small venue on that night was very much felt by everyone.
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“The StageStruckies” — Advocate theater critic’s annual review
Winter is drawing in and I’m looking back on the many shows I’ve seen this year. Some have been naughty, most have been nice, and a few are getting lumps of coal from this reviewer. So here are my virtual awards — let's call them "The StageStruckies" — for some of the...












