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Western Mass Missed Connections – A Cute House Painter

by Advocate Staff | Apr 19, 2017 | Articles, Food Booze and Beyond, Missed Connections

If you’ve never checked out Craigslist’s Missed  Connection forum, you really should. The following is a sample from the Western Mass forum. Post dates have been added. Federal St, You were painting your house — m4w (Greenfield) About 3:45, I drove down federal...
Advocate taste-off: Finding the perfect cheesecake

Advocate taste-off: Finding the perfect cheesecake

by Kristin Palpini | Apr 18, 2017 | Articles, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, Taste-Off!

Cheesecake is one of the most decadent and delightful treats of all the sweets. A cheesecake should be fluffy and creamy, sugary and buttery, fresh and delicate. Because when it’s not, it’s a damn waste of calories slathered onto your hips. Being one of the best...
Machakos Kyalo: Amherst rapper sending music, trees and hope back home

Machakos Kyalo: Amherst rapper sending music, trees and hope back home

by Chance Viles | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, Featured, News, Newsletter

Machakos is a city and county in Kenya. It’s a beautiful place. The large palms, and safari grass are strong and bright, the blue sky dominates the flat and open landscape. But the beauty of Machakos can be deceiving: poverty is a struggle many people face. Because...
Review: Art Stop(s) on Main Street, Springfield, from magnificent to meh

Review: Art Stop(s) on Main Street, Springfield, from magnificent to meh

by Kristin Palpini | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, Arts, Featured

I love the idea of art galleries everywhere — in empty downtown storefronts, in the halls of hospitals and the community rooms of nonprofit agencies — but it’s always a bit awkward, at first, to enjoy them. There’s a buzzer to hit, or a camera to stare into, or a...
Free Will Astrology: When life gives Scorpios lemon rinds…

Free Will Astrology: When life gives Scorpios lemon rinds…

by Rob Brezsny | Apr 10, 2017 | Articles, Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before visiting Sicily for the first time, American poet Billy Collins learned to speak Italian. In his poem “By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa,” he describes how the new language is changing his perspective. If he were thinking in...
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