Tommy Filiault Trio on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
The Tommy Filiault Trio plays bluesy party rock ‘n’ roll.
Out of the Box in the Hill Towns: Inspiration strikes in out-of-the-way places
Western Massachusetts is well known as fertile ground for farming, but also for ideas. Sometimes these ideas come from the many classrooms and laboratories of our institutions of higher learning, but if you look carefully, you can find them in some pretty unexpected...
Editorial: Vote for Chelsea Kline for State Senate on Sept. 4
Kline has shown courage and will that is so often lacking from our state Legislature.
V-Spot: Are We Screwed if We Stop Screwing?
I can’t help but feel unattractive to my partner when I’m ready to go and he’s not.
Free Will Astrology: You’re wrestling the wrong foe, Pisces
Start mobilizing your crusade to engage with the more winnable and worthwhile tussle.
Cinemadope: ‘The Judge’ stirs the stagnant waters of the Middle Eastern judiciary
In a time when many around her still believe that women are too emotional to sit on the bench, Al-Faqih calls for women to “be our own advocates.”
O Cannabis: Swapping bongs to benefit the Holyoke Creative Arts Center
“This is a way to get people together who are cannabis friendly people and now that we have this new law that we’re legal to use marijuana in this state, it just seemed to me to be just a cool event to put together,” Sherry said.
Valley Show Girl: A show/album review for Body/Head
I have been to a handful of noise shows at The Root Cellar in downtown Greenfield and I just love the vibe. So, I gave up my usual lazy Sunday night and made my way over to check out the happenings. I sat at the bar and finally had the pleasure of ordering a Coconut...
Basemental: Body/Head’s album could be a soundtrack for the end of the world … or capitalism
It’s much more convincing than many such Hollywood portrayals.
Stagestruck Abroad: Two plays in London show theater’s unique power
Yes, theater in a refugee camp — not a do-gooder frill, but proof of the necessity for art to lift the spirit and sustain hope.
Staff Picks: Greenfield Psych Fest, Elliot Street Block Party, and The Machine Shop
It’s going to be two floors of psychedelic rock music from noon until 9 p.m. at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield on Sunday, July 29.
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Saturday: Nasty Women Take the Stage
Nasty Jazz The Ladies of Jazz music series is dedicating its Saturday, March 25, concert to all the “nasty” (aka “strong”) women fighting for female and reproductive rights. And all proceeds are going to benefit Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in...
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Wicked and Really Wicked
A few weeks ago I wrote an Advocate column about the scarcity of women playwrights and directors on area stages – four and eight, respectively, in 35 productions last summer, a gender imbalance that reflects the national stats. And I might have added to that...












