by Gina Beavers | Aug 12, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
If you have doubts about the beauty of all the different ethnic and cultural nooks and crannies in America, this act may well erase them. Sweet Crude is straight out of Louisiana and they proudly sing out in French and in English. As a matter of fact, one of their...
by Advocate Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter, Stage
Punk Prom at the Flywheel Arts Collective // SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 It’s not an ordinary lame prom at the Flywheel. Western Mass punks unite wearing their best alternative formal wear as they jam to local favorites, pose in a photobooth, and stop by a temporary tattoo...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 27, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Riley Duggan is a poetic folk singer-songwriter with heartfelt melodies. Interview with Riley Duggan:
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter
For Ben Hellerstein, state director of advocacy organization Environment Massachusetts, the state is moving in a good direction with regard to renewable energy, but it needs to do more. “Even being number one is not enough,” he said, adding that Massachusetts is...
by Sarah Heinonen | Jul 20, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter, Wellness
It’s warm — very warm. I’m sitting on a wooden bench leaning against an ergonomic backrest. The small room within a room is lined on three sides by cedar paneling with a glass door looking out into a small dim entryway where towels had been provided to wrap myself in....