by Dave Eisenstadter | Mar 6, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
This past week, the state Legislature’s Harm Reduction Commission — the advisory group looking at solutions to the drug epidemic — released its report. As expected, the commission, which is made up of current and former drug users as well as doctors, government...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 27, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
It was, to put it mildly, an act of moral turpitude and callous disregard for the suffering of separated families and victims of violence when President Donald Trump announced he would be circumventing Congress to declare a national emergency that, by his own...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 15, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Nazi art not a winner Adolf Hitler can’t seem to catch a break. First, his quest for world domination hit a snag in the 1940s when the Allies defeated him in World War II, and now, no one wants watercolor paintings attributed to him. None of the five paintings...
by Advocate Staff | Feb 15, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
Ch’CHUNK! at Luthier’s Co-op // FRIDAY, Feb. 15 Ch’Chunk is self-described as “a modern take on classic swing.” The band plays great original songs as well as Tin Pan Alley classics that instantly transports your mind to a dimly lit speakeasy. So, with that in...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 14, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Excitement. Elation. Eagerness. Those were the emotions that bubbled up when I got the news that the Advocate would be returning to a weekly schedule, and that after six months performing other roles in the company I was being asked to return as its editor. What you...