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Staff Picks: LAVA Center Opening, Silver Chord Bowl, Vermont Crankie Fest, and Sierra Grille show

Staff Picks: LAVA Center Opening, Silver Chord Bowl, Vermont Crankie Fest, and Sierra Grille show

by Advocate Staff | Jan 30, 2020 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music

LAVA Center Grand Opening Weekend // FRIDAY to SUNDAY Greenfield welcomes a new performing space on Main Street this weekend. The LAVA Center, part black box theater, part art gallery, is opening with three days of activities to reflect the center’s community-oriented...
Staff Picks: Saturns Return, Black Refractions, Mary Jane Jones, a dictionary talk for word nerds

Staff Picks: Saturns Return, Black Refractions, Mary Jane Jones, a dictionary talk for word nerds

by Advocate Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Music, Staff Picks

Saturns Return: An Immersive Movement Experience // FRIDAY The Root Cellar in Greenfield is hosting an event titled “Saturns Return: An Immersive Movement Experience,” which, according to the Facebook event, includes a hero’s journey, dancing, live music, advice for...
Podcast: Chris Goudreau on Ranked-Choice Voting

Podcast: Chris Goudreau on Ranked-Choice Voting

by Advocate Staff | Jan 6, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Podcast

Chris Goudreau recently wrote an Advocate cover story on the possibility that ranked-choice voting could be adopted in Massachusetts for the 2022 elections. He talks about both state and local efforts to pass the voting system. Listen here: You can hear more of the...
The Halos and Horns of 2019: Advocate staff says who’s been naughty and nice this year

The Halos and Horns of 2019: Advocate staff says who’s been naughty and nice this year

by Advocate Staff | Dec 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

It’s time again for the annual Advocate tradition of giving halos to the good and horns to the bad. The year 2019 closed out the decade with some highs, with local activists going down to the border and speaking out on climate issues, residents in Longmeadow saying no...
Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies

Valley Show Girl: Don’t Forget to Water Your Leafies

by Jennifer Levesque | Dec 24, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl

Editor’s note: Advocate Associate Editor Chris Goudreau is a member of Leafies. The opening track to debut album Off Off Off Broadway from The Leafies You Gave Me tells a tale of a man who tends to the elephants and their dirty business at the circus. It is spoken...
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