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400 Years of slavery and inequality, set to music: Bassist Avery Sharpe’s African American Musical Portrait

400 Years of slavery and inequality, set to music: Bassist Avery Sharpe’s African American Musical Portrait

by Steve Pfarrer | Nov 6, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, News

Bassist Avery Sharpe has been playing and composing music for years, touring and recording with jazz greats like McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Yusef Lateef, and Billy Taylor. As a composer, he’s written music not just for his own ensemble but for a...
Bizarro Briefs: Fake Cop of the Week

Bizarro Briefs: Fake Cop of the Week

by Advocate Staff | Nov 6, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News

Fake Cop of the Week An eager North Carolina man was arrested for impersonating a cop during a police chase. In October, police pulled over a car in Wilson, N.C., searching for a possible murder suspect, but as police approached the vehicle it took off. A chase ensued...
‘A more calming experience’: Holyoke Children’s Museum holds monthly ‘Sensory Sundays’ for sensory-sensitive kids

‘A more calming experience’: Holyoke Children’s Museum holds monthly ‘Sensory Sundays’ for sensory-sensitive kids

by Luis Fieldman | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Wellness

On a typical day at the Holyoke Children’s Museum, there is a hustle and bustle as small children run around role-playing as police officers and firefighters, flashing lights from a replica ambulance and occasional dings coming from a small room with percussive...
Cinemadope: When sequels outshine the original

Cinemadope: When sequels outshine the original

by Jack Brown | Nov 5, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured

The sequel is a strange and fickle beast. For people on both sides of the box office, there is a great desire to see them do well; those studio bigwigs in their top hats and monocles love the allure of a built-in audience, and all the dollars they carry; we mere...
Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti talks about ghost investigation with Agawam Paranormal

Podcast: Gena Mangiaratti talks about ghost investigation with Agawam Paranormal

by Advocate Staff | Nov 4, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast

Gena Mangiaratti accompanied a team of paranormal investigators to find ghosts in the Josiah Day House in West Springfield and wrote about it for our Halloween edition. Hear her thoughts on the paranormal and the individuals who seek out life beyond. Listen here: You...
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