Turning music into philanthropy: Percussionist Tony Vacca talks about his work in West Africa
“Boy born in Kearny, New Jersey, to Italian immigrant parents winds up playing drums in West Africa and they’re calling his name — no, we didn’t see this coming.”
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.
Stagestruck: ‘Death of a Salesman’ and ‘The Tattooed Man Tells All’
Two plays coming to area campuses this week and next have starkly different, but equally pessimistic takes on life and death. “Death of a Salesman,” at Springfield College, finds tragedy in an ordinary life, while “The Tattooed Man Tells All,” at Smith College, draws life lessons from viciously extraordinary conditions.
Hey! DCR! Leave Those Trees Alone!
An activist’s take on state officials’ logging plan
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Did Justin Bieber Rip Off ‘Despacito’?
Has Justin Bieber stolen an artifact from one of America’s subcultures? Is this another case of appropriation?
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StageStruck: The Double Whammies – Part One of critic Chris Rohmann’s year-end theater review
Looking back on the 100-plus theater productions I’ve seen this year, I’ve noticed how many of them fall into pairs of various kinds. In my next column I’ll be handing out awards for the year’s best—and worst—productions and performances. But first, let’s take a look...
