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‘Big-hearted’ Problem with Dragons bassist Joe Magrone dies at 38

‘Big-hearted’ Problem with Dragons bassist Joe Magrone dies at 38

by Dave Eisenstadter | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Featured, Music, News, Newsletter

Known as a big-hearted guy, a talented musician, and, sometimes, a gruff-but-lovable curmudgeon, Joe Magrone, bassist for Problem with Dragons, died on May 18 at the age of 38, two weeks shy of his 39th birthday. Dave Fournier first met Magrone in 1985, when he went...
Podcast: Making a connection with coal-country Kentucky

Podcast: Making a connection with coal-country Kentucky

by Advocate Staff | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Featured, Newsletter, Podcast

Sharon Dunn and John Clayton are members of the Hands Across the Hills project, an initiative to connect the people of Leverett, where about 90 percent voted for Hillary Clinton, with those of Letcher County, Kentucky, where 80 percent voted for Trump. Clayton wrote...
Local Calendar: Monday 5/21-Thursday 5/24

Local Calendar: Monday 5/21-Thursday 5/24

by Gina Beavers | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Daily Calendar, Newsletter

MONDAY 5/21 MUSIC AMHERST JAZZ ORCHESTRA: 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. With vocalist Ethel Lee. No cover, free parking and great food. Union Station Grand Ballroom, 125A Pleasant St., Northampton. 413 253 1607. STAGE/FILM/DANCE We Made a Thing: A Tiny Audience Show: 9...
V-Spot: Am I Getting Ghosted?

V-Spot: Am I Getting Ghosted?

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Newsletter, The V-Spot

Dear Yana, Lately I’ve been in what I can best describe as a situationship; I want more and know that I have a lot to offer, but he semi-recently got out of a relationship in which his ex hurt him and he’s now scared and doesn’t want anything like that. We used to...
Free Will Astrology: Tell the world you’re made of gold, Virgo

Free Will Astrology: Tell the world you’re made of gold, Virgo

by Rob Brezsny | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Astrology, Featured, Newsletter

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Aries poet Anna Kamienska described the process of writing as akin to “the backbreaking work of hacking a footpath, as in a coal mine; in total darkness, beneath the earth.” Whether or not you’re a writer, I’m guessing that your life...
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