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Tag: backtalk

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Back Talk: Nuts to Safe Spaces, Decriminalize DMT

by Advocate Staff September 7, 2016September 8, 2016

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Columns

Mixtape: One-man band and a collection of punks: A couple local releases from two very different musical acts

by Advocate Staff

Monte Belmonte Wines: Sipping through the semiquincentennial: Exploring the wine preferences of one of America’s founding fathers

by Advocate Staff

Theater Matters with Jarice Hanson: The joy of live theater

by Advocate Staff

Advocate Features

Asked to censor herself, Pamela Means refuses with ‘wide-open arms’

by Melissa Karen Sances

Preserving a language through song: Yidstock brings vibrant Yiddish culture and klezmer to the Valley

by Carolyn Brown

Smith College professor examines the impact of a ‘notorious word,’ her father’s legacy and her own life in new book

by Advocate Staff

Arts & Music

Amherst native Will Matthews celebrates release of new Netflix show ‘The Boroughs’

by Advocate Staff

An Amherst man’s quest to become the world’s biggest Ant-Man fan?

by Advocate Staff

Northampton’s Paul Arslanian receives national honor for his contributions to the jazz scene

by Advocate Staff

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