Ranked-choice voting gaining speed in Massachusetts
“Let your preferences truly be known without having to resort to the kind of strategic voting that we tend to have to do now.”
Bizarro Briefs: The Great Flat Earther Cruise Tour of 2020
Raise your hand if the first time you heard about the group of people who still believe that the Earth is flat, you thought it was a joke.
Letters to the Editor: Rep. Neal should back the Green New Deal
Also: A note from former staffer “DR.”
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: NoHo Hoedown, Waiting for Godot, and Life/Like
The newly created Valley Twang Cooperative is bringing a night of local roots music to the Iron Horse Music Hall on Friday featuring three bands.
Is High School Too Soon for Military Recruitment?
Local activists say yes.
Clueless Parent: The Ancient Art of Anger Management
We are not perfect people, so why should we expect to be perfect parents?
Editorial: Compassion Needs to Cut Through the Distractions with Gun Deaths
Sadly, our focus is badly divided in the aftermath of these frequent killings due to the stranglehold the National Rifle Association has on our politics.
The V-Spot: Why Do I Cry After Climax?
There are many reasons why we might succumb to a good crymax.
Free Will Astrology: Is grilled cheese the key to more sex, Virgo?
Studies show that people who love grilled cheese sandwiches engage in more sexual escapades than those who don’t gorge on grilled cheese sandwiches.
Cinemadope: Rite of Spring – the 14th year of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
Now in its 14th year of bringing an eclectic collection of Jewish-themed films to the Valley, the festival is gearing up for another two-week run that kicks off on March 28th and runs through April 8th.
Stagestruck Abroad: Toronto — Shades of Identity
Greetings from Toronto, where it’s still winter, the wind whipping in from Lake Ontario is keen and bracing, and so is the theater. I’ve seen two plays here, a one-man show and an eight-woman show, both of them the work of bi-cultural authors, performed in key venues...
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‘It Was Against the Law for Black and White Musicians to Play Together,’ Springfield Jazz & Roots Fest Seeks Justice
Charles Neville, 78, grew up in New Orleans during the Jim Crow era and remembers how jazz united a segregated population – and the challenges faced by people in favor of integration. “One of the main black clubs we played at where the white kids came, the police would come and arrest them, the white kids. They’d charge the kids with narcotics, the boys, and for the girls it was soliciting prostitution so families would be embarrassed and wouldn’t bring them there anymore.”
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Cinemadope: Hurts So Good, remembering the ’80s
As much as I love good film — the transformative power of a story well told, the otherworldly experience of settling into the dark as the lights come up on someone else’s dream — there is something to be said for the bad ones out there. To be clear, I’m not talking...
