by Advocate Staff | May 23, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks
X at Gateway City Arts // SATURDAY Legendary punk band X is heading to Gateway City Arts in Holyoke this weekend. Never heard of X? Get ready to hear one of the most influential first wave punk bands of the late 1970s, which continues to play songs new and old to...
by Chris Goudreau | May 23, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Review
Along the canal district in Holyoke on Race Street is a new art gallery, PULP Art + Object, which held its grand opening on May 4. The gallery’s inaugural exhibit is by self-taught artist Dave Laro, whose work is inspired by Andy Warhol’s pop art aesthetic. Laro’s...
by Jennifer Levesque | May 22, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
I was 17 when I had my first abortion. I was not ready to become a mother. I was still in high school, no money in the bank, and admittedly still a child myself. I know if I didn’t have that choice, my life would be 100 percent different than it is today. Sometimes I...
by Dave Eisenstadter | May 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
It was near the end of a Northampton rally in support of abortion rights on Tuesday that Shirley Jackson Whitaker took the stage. She spoke to more than 200 people who had gathered at Pulaski Park following the passage of restrictive abortion laws in states including...
by Lisa Spear | May 21, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, O Cannabis!
Patrick Baker, 29, works as a desktop support contractor for a health insurance company in a skyscraper in Springfield. During his lunch break, he slips away, heads down the stairwell straight for an empty closet on an empty floor. Still wearing his buttoned down...
