Bizarro Briefs Podcast: What is art, anyway?
This week in weird news.
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.
Cinemadope: The cinema scene of Franklin County
Despite its proximity to the more famous haunts of Northampton, Franklin County has always had its own lively arts scene.
Free Will Astrology: Read banned books, Aquarius
Commune with a variety of art and ideas and influences that are controversial, provocative, and intriguing.
Stagestruck: Infinite Chances for Love
Nick Payne’s time- and mind-bending play Constellations receives its local premiere this month at Gateway City Arts, a production of Ghost Light Theater, the Valley’s five-year-old purveyor of contemporary plays that speak to universal themes. The piece has made its...
The Green Sisters on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performer are The Green Sisters with their mix of old timey, folk, Celtic, and bluegrass music with lush four part harmonies.
Basemental: So Riffy and Good
Together with Steve Cameron and Josh Daniel, Editrix is an explicitly leaderless and collaborative project likely to appeal to free jazz freaks and ‘90s guitar rock aficionados alike (i.e. me).
Staff Picks: The Mammals at Hinterland; Art of Adam Bosse; The Fly at Amherst Cinema
Check out this week’s staff picks.
Letters to the Editor: What’s missing from the Hampshire College discussion
Hampshire is an extravagantly costly institution serving an extremely wealthy clientele.
Anti-Racism Now: Chipping away at racism by talking face to face
The cross-state Bridge 4 Unity group hopes to spark an anti-racist movement.
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Basemental: Young Musicians Deserve Pay, Too
Venue owners and promoters (with few exceptions) are always trying their damndest to keep costs down.
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Cinemadope: Reel Change, film with a political background
Valley residents have never shied away from political activism. Issues of equality, discrimination, and civil liberty — and the many protests, marches, and rallies that often come with those issues — have always found a wealth of open hearts and open ears here. But...












