by Kristin Palpini | May 11, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Leisure, News
The timer started when the door closed, and for a moment it was very confusing. Inside Puzzled Escape Games’ first escape room, the Advocate staff stood frozen like the Scooby-Doo gang before a haunted house — silent, wide-eyed, and a little hungry (it was dinner...
by Advocate Staff | May 9, 2016 | Articles, Astrology, Wellness
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read — my own work, or...
by Hunter Styles | Mar 14, 2016 | Articles
Chapel Falls explodes with light. Under the playful paintbrush of Scout Cuomo, the quiet Ashfield nature reserve and hiking trail becomes a riot of neon color and soft, dappled shapes. Every hot-pink inch of the glass canvas, layered with acrylic paint and epoxy, is a...
by Kristin Palpini | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music
Bobby D (Chicopee), Claire Dacey (Easthampton), Elric Walker (Cummington), Ed Bentley (Westfield), Bruce King (Easthampton). 7-10 p.m. Unitarian Society, 220 Main St., Northampton, (413) 527-1900.
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music
It’s fitting that the album art for Kindling’s new Galaxies EP shows a color-tinted lunar landscape, because this four-track collection lifts off with a boom and a shockwave, like a shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral. From the first moment of play, singer and band...
