by Gina Beavers | Apr 13, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
Fatai is a big deal. She’s sold-out multiple headline tours in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and is touring again internationally. She’s making stops at SXSW and The Parlor Room in Northampton! Check out this young phenom up close and personal tonight at...
by Gina Beavers | Apr 13, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film
It’s Friday the 13th and if you were a big humdrum, you’d watch Friday the 13th. But because you like to think outside the box, your best bet for horror tonight is Brain Damage! Here’s how Amherst Cinema describes this…uh…film. ...
by Naila Moreira | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Down to Earth, Newsletter
In the sugaring room of North Hadley Sugar Shack and Market on a recent Saturday, a trio of young farmers manned the massive wood-fired evaporator slowly boiling off water from maple sap. Mahogany-colored product rushed every couple minutes from the spigot. On a...
by Blaise Majkowski | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Blaise's Bad Movie Guide, Columns, Newsletter
Hands up! — how many readers remember HL Childs’ toy store in Northampton? I was there on closing day and came across a massive “Thunderbirds Island” playset commanding an entire shelf. As you may recall, “Thunderbirds” was a British TV show featuring marionettes and...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Get Out With Staff Picks, Music, Newsletter
Ingmar Bergman’s Persona // SUNDAY, APRIL 15 It’s tax time and to increase your psychological stressors, check out Ingmar Bergman’s film Persona. Amherst Cinema has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Swedish master’s birth. Hooray! Persona is another...
