by Jack Brown | Mar 26, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
So much can depend on a word. Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about race and the sprawling prison-industrial complex that has bloomed in modern America is called “13th,” but it could very well have been titled with another single word: “Except.” That word, nestled...
by Meg Bantle | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, Columns, News, O Cannabis!
The statewide adult-use cannabis regulations are finally in place, but for many small towns the almost-90 pages of regulations aren’t much help when it comes to actual implementation. In Erving, a town with a population of 1,800, planning board members have been...
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, News
It’s an old conundrum: vote for the person you really want or vote for the lesser of evils who has a chance to win. Some activists are trying to give Western Mass voters the chance to do both. A meeting was held on March 22 at Amherst College to discuss the potential...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 22, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, Stage, Stagestruck
It might seem like a conflict of interest, but for me, it’s a confluence of interests. You see, in addition to being the Advocate’s theater critic, I’m also a director. I work both sides of the curtain, so to speak. When I’m not sitting in a theater watching actors...
by Gina Beavers | Mar 22, 2018 | Articles, Daily Calendar, Newsletter
Thursday 3/22 MUSIC CLICK Music Presents May Erlewine: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. An evening of traditional folk, old time country swing, soul, and rock and roll. Advanced Sales: $12, Door Sales: $15; service fees apply. CLICK Workspace, 9 1/2 Market St., Northampton....
