by Kristin Palpini | May 20, 2015 | Arts
There are plenty of ways to tell we’re on the cusp of summer in the Valley. There are the many shades of green, the blooms bursting into view, and the green clouds of marauding pollen. Among the most reliable ways to note that Memorial Day is about to arrive to...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | May 6, 2015 | Articles, Featured, Leisure, The V-Spot, Wellness
Dear Yana, My eldest daughter is now 16. I’ve had to cover the sex talk basics as her mother (we’re divorced) is FAR more conservative (and shall we say repressed) than I. How do I, as a father, steer my daughter towards a more sex-positive outlook when it’s clear she...
by Gary Carra | May 6, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Music, Nightcrawler
Just when you thought it was safe to put your wallet away, out trots another apple product. But with more than two dozen bands cranking out more than 32 hours of music Aug. 21-23, Gary Phelps’ Apple Jam Roots Music Festival is a relative bargain, with three-day...
by James Heflin | May 6, 2015 | Arts
About a year ago, I gained temporary possession of a chair. The thing was apparently full of weighty significance, stuffed with metaphors and bursting with prosody. The Poet’s Seat poetry contest awards the chair annually to a Franklin County poet via blindly judged...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | May 12, 2015 | Columns, Leisure, The V-Spot, Wellness
Ladies, when it comes to bangin’ banging, if you do the crime, you gotta do the time. Though this “time” can come in many forms, such as cramping, bruises, welts, and off-cycle vaginal bleeding, rarely will you get slapped with a life sentence. Sexual pleasure, much...
