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Nightcrawler: Holyoke’s Waterfront set for a rebirth?, Sage King’s debut album

Nightcrawler: Holyoke’s Waterfront set for a rebirth?, Sage King’s debut album

by Gary Carra | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Music, Nightcrawler

The future of Holyoke’s Waterfront Tavern seemed murky at best a few months ago. Just when it appeared the historic venue would be pulling the plug altogether, rumors of a strategic alliance began to swirl. Last week, however, Donald Robert of Maximum Capacity...
Never Too Late: Jim Eagan garners late-in-life musical success

Never Too Late: Jim Eagan garners late-in-life musical success

by Story and photos by Amanda Drane | Feb 24, 2016 | Articles, Leisure, Music

Jim Eagan of Shelburne Falls may not have started songwriting until his late 60s, but the second song he ever wrote got scooped up by Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane. That was last year, and now Kaukonen is touring with Eagan’s song, “Ain’t In No Hurry,” as the...
These Boots Are Made For Whippin’: Brattleboro’s newest theater company brings comedy kink to Main Street

These Boots Are Made For Whippin’: Brattleboro’s newest theater company brings comedy kink to Main Street

by Hunter Styles | Feb 16, 2016 | Articles

For his newest production, theater director Josh Moyse has been shopping online for costume pieces. Finally, he found what he needed. “The dog collar just came in the mail today,” he tells me by phone, “and I’m really excited about it.” That leather dog collar will go...
Not Your Grandpa’s Sex: What we do, who we do, and what gets us going has changed a lot over the last 50 years

Not Your Grandpa’s Sex: What we do, who we do, and what gets us going has changed a lot over the last 50 years

by Advocate Staff | Feb 8, 2016 | Articles, News, Wellness

Sex has been around since day one, and it’s still evolving. Just over the past 50 or 60 years, getting down has changed significantly. Influenced by popular culture and social mores, sex has become a more liberated and experimental experience since the 1950s. With a...
Bending Toward Northampton: Jocelyn O’Shea on teaching and yoga for kids

Bending Toward Northampton: Jocelyn O’Shea on teaching and yoga for kids

by Amanda Drane | Feb 3, 2016 | Articles, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness

If you had the opportunity to work as a designer for Law & Order and Gossip Girl, would you quit and teach yoga instead? That’s exactly what Jocelyn O’Shea did, and she has no regrets about it. The Cambridge native recently moved back to Massachusetts after...
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