Stagestruck: The Equity Equation
Every year I make a survey of the representation of women and people of color in area theaters. And every year the outlook gets a little better. Of the 45 full productions I saw this year in the Valley and Berkshires, 30 were written by, directed by, and/or centrally focused on women and/or people of color.
‘From Farms to Table’ exhibition in Northfield celebrates land, bird, and beast
Deerfield Valley Art Association up through March 31.
Valley Advocate Staff Picks: Goblet and Jeopardy, Poetic Open Mic, Women’s Film Fest
We’re telling you what to do.
Letters to the Editor: Venezuela could be US’s Waterloo
“We’d better change and learn to get along with other countries.”
An Advocate History: The Valley’s alternative voice for over 45 years
The ethos around the Advocate office was that they should find “whatever story they could drag in; like a cat dragging in squirrels,” Kraft said.
Bizarro Briefs: A New Meaning for Phone Shield
Yes, phones do deflect bow and arrow fire.
Editorial: Still At It After 45 Years
… even through some difficult times.
Valley Show Girl: Adam Kozak and Music To Die To
With the perfect recipe: creative energy, the fear of becoming deathly ill, analog synthesizers, lack of sleep, disturbing unsolved murders, and a love for extreme horror, Burial Grid came to life.
Monte Belmonte Wines: No snobbism, stupid questions, or incorrect adjectives at Shelburne Falls Cork
The owner specializes in finding wines that are slightly off the well-trodden path.
Stagestruck: Degrees of Separation — Putting the opioid crisis center stage
Eight people are seated in a semi-circle at a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous. They are actually actors in a play, but though they’re not the recovering addicts they portray, each of them has a real-life connection to the nation’s — and the Valley’s — opioid crisis....
The V-Spot: How Do We Get Our Sex Life Back After Abortion?
Have sex that can’t result in accidental pregnancy like sex with hands, mouths, and sex toys. Beef up your birth control methods to add extra reassurance. Mostly, be nice to yourselves as you recover.
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Review: The Blues in Bloom, Lexi Weege’s New Album
She follows in the footsteps of trailblazing blues and jazz singers — Big Mama Thornton, Bessie Smith, and Ma Rainey — to name a few, while putting her own foot forward to go beyond what’s expected in these genres.
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Cinemadope: Soul Music, The Beatles in Amherst and an Indian classic
Film fans might remember Julie Taymor’s wide-ranging 2007 movie Across the Universe. It opened to mixed reviews, but one thing it had going for it was the strength of its musical foundation: the bulk of the soundtrack — and indeed the whole arc of the film’s story —...
