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Staff Picks: Ray Mason and Ants on a Log

Staff Picks: Ray Mason and Ants on a Log

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...
Bizarro Briefs: Hair farms for the super rich

Bizarro Briefs: Hair farms for the super rich

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...
Podcast: Easthampton artisan Michael Poole on gun violence and potholes

Podcast: Easthampton artisan Michael Poole on gun violence and potholes

by Advocate Staff | Jul 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast

Michael Poole, who owns Blue Collar Artisans in Easthampton discusses two of his major art projects, one whimsical, one serious, which were the subject of a recent Advocate cover story. Since the spring, Poole has been arranging Playmobile toys to make small scenes...
Staff Picks: A Renaissance Faire in Cummington and Majestic Saloon in Northampton

Staff Picks: A Renaissance Faire in Cummington and Majestic Saloon in Northampton

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...
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Seagull steals dog, asking someone out with a bomb threat, and a port-a-potty disaster

Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Seagull steals dog, asking someone out with a bomb threat, and a port-a-potty disaster

by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News, Podcast

Valley Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter and Hits 94.3 host Trumpy talk about the week’s weird news in a podcast version of the Valley Advocate’s Bizarro Briefs section. Hear about five guys getting arrested at a Five Guys, why you shouldn’t cut on...
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