Letters to the Editor: RIP Frances Crowe
“May this icon of activism and integrity rest in peace and power.”
Near-Centenarian Frances Crowe Says Pipeline Threatens Life On Earth
The 98-year-old was arrested in June protesting the pipeline in Otis State Park.
Go See: Ghosts of Industry by Catherine Gibbs
Catherine Gibbs picked a ubiquitous, but faded piece of local history for her exhibit at the Elusie Gallery in Easthampton: Mill buildings and train yards. Though not as much is manufactured here anymore, not that long ago people in places like Easthampton, Northampton, Holyoke, and Chicopee would tell time by the manufacturer whistles signaling breaks and shift switches.
Berkshires Arts Festival This Weekend
Art in a (Butter)Nutshell Strolling through booths of fine art with a glass of wine in your hand underneath a sunny sky in the Berkshires isn’t a bad way to spend an afternoon, or two. That’s what you’ll get at the 16th Berkshires Arts Festival at the Ski Butternut...
Worthy Beer Fest in Springfield Saturday
The Springfield brewfest, in the city’s most entertaining neighborhood – Worthington Street – is going down Saturday and will feature more than 20 local brewers.
Spirit Ghost on The Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
Check out Amherst-based indie/garage/ surf rock band Spirit Ghost’s Advocate Sessions performance recorded on May 23 in The Advocate Offices.
Forgotten: Springfield’s Black History Is Nowhere In Sight
One must scratch beneath the surface to find out how important black history is in Springfield.
Get Out: Pioneer Valley Summer Arts & Culture Preview 2017
We picked some of the biggest, best, and potentially overlooked events happening from now through September: There s Picasso, indie soul, country, food fests, wild dance, and Mad Max for starters …
Stagestruck: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Alive! and Playing in Amherst – Times Two
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, is Tom Stoppard’s audaciously meta-theatrical play that’s basically a backstage tour of Hamlet conducted by the pair of pawns who are summoned by the king to spy out the cause of the prince’s lunacy.
Cinemadope: Mad Max ‘Black & Chrome’ Escapes Hollywood’s Color Crutch
There has been a trend in Hollywood filmmaking that, for the last decade or so, has steadily changed the look of our blockbusters. It’s a pervasive change, but one that has happened gradually enough that many people aren’t even aware that it has been happening, quite literally in front of their eyes. So then, a warning: If you haven’t noticed, and don’t want the way you look at movies to be changed forever, skip the next paragraph.
Stream Queen: Move over, ‘The Breakfast Club’ Titles for all of life’s graduations (w/vid)
We all know what it’s like to start a new chapter, whatever that may entail, and just how awesome/terrifying/exciting/nauseating it can be.
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Red Hot Blues with Shemekia Copeland
Copeland sings electric blues, gospel, and R&B like her heart and soul depend on it.
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