Valley Advocate Sessions Podcast – Lush Honey
Lush Honey is a group that makes funky soul and progressive rock ‘n’ roll
Film Screening: Holding Hands with Ilse
Strangers No More In the 1950s, Hampshire College professor Abraham Ravett relocated with his Polish Jewish family from Eastern Europe to the United States. Ravett was just three at the time of the move, but he carried with him a memory — and a single black-and-white...
April 13: Noam Chomsky at UMass Amherst
Close to Noam Leftist hero Noam Chomsky, now 88, has been around the block a few times, picking up new fields of expertise like normal people pick up groceries. He’s a world-renowned linguist, philosopher, author, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic,...
Spring Arts Preview: Top Valley Events (April-June 2017)
Check out our 12 top picks for the biggest and best shows coming through the area over the next three months!
Stream Queen: From Low-Budget Dreams to Indie Esteem
While indie filmmaking means working on a shoestring budget, it also often means the cast and crew are creating a passion project, working to make something cinephiles have never seen before.
Valley Show Girl: Thao Nguyen Goes Solo at Gateway City Arts
Nguyen performed a handful of songs off “A Man Alive,” and when she started belting out the lyrics from the song “Departure,” I realized that this could easily be the anthem of a new generation.
On Stage: Where War Meets Food and Music
In this stage drama, Iraq war veteran Elliott is in Jordan to film a war movie and finds himself connecting with his co-star Shar against the backdrop of the Arab Spring.
Between the Lines: Western Mass Needs More Rattlesnakes
“The Timber Rattlesnake population will not explode if given a few extra chances to survive. We’re coming close to wiping them out now and we’re not even trying.”
Back Talk: Weighing in on Boston’s Racism; and a Dumpty Trumpty poem
“That Trumpty,” they said, “was Never!” their Friend, and “Alternative Facts” are “Like Real, but Pretend.”
Tick, Tick, Tick … Boom? No bumper crop of ticks this year, but keep your socks tucked into your pants anyway
Ticks, in their larval form, are generally immune to heat or cold, Rich said, debunking the myth that a mild winter would lead to greater numbers of ticks.
Cinemadope: Your Nearest Screening of 1984
This week, as part of a nationwide cinema movement, over 160 cinemas across the country will screen “1984” as a form of protest against the planned cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts — cuts that many of the participants decry as an attack on free speech and creative expression.
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Arts & Culture: Holyoke Rocks with Western Massive Fri. and Sat.
Holyoke Rocks The enterprising staff at Gateway City Arts always seems to be revving its engines, pushing the canal-side arts center to host the most fun and interesting programming in a rapidly-evolving downtown Holyoke. This weekend, they’ve outdone...
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