by Advocate Staff | Aug 1, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
Ray Mason at the Whately Public Library // TUESDAY The Pioneer Valley’s own local legend, Ray Mason, who is also an Advocate Sessions alum, will be performing this upcoming Tuesday at the Whately Public Library as part of its summer concert series. The outdoor show is...
by Chris Goudreau | Jul 31, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
For 24 continuous hours this past weekend, musicians, theater groups, comedians, jugglers, kirtan singers, yoga enthusiasts, and a long list of other artists in the Pioneer Valley came together to say, “Close the Camps” along the southwest border, where thousands of...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 31, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Hair farms for the super rich Furthering the fight against baldness, scientists have determined that a combination of stem cell growth and 3-D printing may hold the solution to a problem that has long vexed companies trying to make money off of people going bald – how...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 25, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
Massachusetts Renaissance Faire in Cummington // FRIDAY & SATURDAY I’ve never actually been to a Renaissance Faire before, and this one seems like a great one to check out. There will be live jousting, fire breathers, and, I assume based on all images I’ve ever...
by Chris Goudreau | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, News
Half a century ago, humanity took its first step outward into the greater universe around us during the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. In celebration of that achievement, Bandella, a Houston, Texas-based folk-rock and world acoustic group made up of retired astronauts,...