Sam Crocker on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Sam Crocker is a teen songwriter from Bernardston who plays introspective acoustic indie folk rock.
The Beerhunter: How to Age Gracefully (if you’re a beer)
Sullivan and Nolan co-own Honest Weight Artisan Beer in Orange. Thanks to them, Real Friends is just one of many barrel-aged beers that this north-Quabbin brewery has been turning out since it opened in 2015.
Stagestruck: Stage to Screen
The live-capture stage-to-screen season at the Amherst Cinema has begun, with a lineup of adaptations of world classics from the London stage – a dance-happy movie musical, a steamy exploration of transgressive desire, a surreal whodunnit, a Gothic horror story – plus...
The V-Spot: I Wanna Be Topped by My Top Surgeon
Are there older, powerful, dominant women who are seeking out younger trans guys to consensually dominate (bonus points if they’re into donning a doctor’s coat)? Oh, I’m sure of it.
Valley Show Girl: Behind the scenes of booking shows
I think it is so important to support the local music and arts scenes. So many artists work hard for nothing just to get their art out there. So by going to a show, you’re helping support them immensely.
Monte Belmonte Wines: Vino Volo – A Wine Flight Guide
Lugging an overstuffed backpack (and one personal item) through the Denver airport, you might imagine my delight when I spied a slightly-swanky, wine-focused lounge called Vino Volo.
The Beerhunter: What the hell is a Milkshake IPA?
Among other selections, I found and tasted a maple and black raspberry milkshake IPA, as well as a peach cobbler milkshake IPA, both brewed with vanilla and milk sugar.
The V-Spot: My Libido’s Got the Post-Birth Blues
What parts of sex help you feel most connected, Mama? Is it the pillowtalk afterwards? The intimacy and flirting before?
Stagestruck: Not Your Granddad’s College Theater
“What am I bid for this fine specimen of white manhood?” The swaggering black auctioneer scans the audience of prospective buyers, who quickly bid the price up, until the white man on the auction block goes to the jubilant winner for a fat five-figure sum. This...
Stagestruck: Texas Tough & Tangy
Barack Obama and Ann Richards both sprang to national prominence with sensational speeches at a Democratic National Convention. Richards’ came in 1988, and she used the opportunity to pitch her unique brand of tough-minded common-sense liberalism and kick sand on the...
Stagestruck: “Hir” and Now
Playwright Taylor Mac has described Hir as “a kitchen-sink drama.” Which is fair, as long as you understand that the sink in question is full of filthy dishes and fresh vomit. The genre- and gender-bending play, at Shakespeare & Company through October 7, begins...
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Calling All New Bands!
We’re still a few months out from July’s annual Green River Festival in Greenfield, but we’re right on time to share a special early announcement from producers Signature Sounds. This year, the festival will add a new stage called the Next Wave Stage, which will host...
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Cinemadope: Colorizing Winter, Saturday morning cartoons and a ’60s era gem
As we turn the corner into March, the kids have headed back to school, leaving the rest of New England to get back to the important business of shoveling out parking spaces and shoring up roofs creaking under the weight of ice dams. But if this long winter is starting...
