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From scales to skin: Former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artist Eric Talbot talks about his move to tattoos

From scales to skin: Former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artist Eric Talbot talks about his move to tattoos

by Chris Goudreau | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

Eric Talbot got his first tattoo at around 19 years old living in Portland, Maine, during the early 1980s. When the veteran tattoo artist who inked Talbot’s first tattoo — a skull and crossbones on his left forearm — saw Talbot’s artwork, he was impressed and told...
Letters to the Editor: RIP Charles Neville

Letters to the Editor: RIP Charles Neville

by From Our Readers | May 8, 2018 | Articles, Featured, Letters from our Readers, News, Newsletter

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our letters to the editor page. Here you’ll find reader comments on Advocate articles and other news. We collect readers’ opinions from emails, letters, Facebook comments, and comments to valleyadvocate.com. Want to get in on this? Email...
Following alleged assault, tattoo parlor looks at what it could have done differently

Following alleged assault, tattoo parlor looks at what it could have done differently

by Meg Bantle | May 3, 2018 | Articles, Featured, News, Newsletter

Following public backlash online, the owner of Off the Map tattoo Gabe Ripley says that he regrets not having a no tolerance policy for sexual harassment and assault in the shop four years ago, but that there is now a no tolerance policy in place. There was harsh...
Off the Map Tattoo facing public backlash over alleged in-shop sexual assault

Off the Map Tattoo facing public backlash over alleged in-shop sexual assault

by Meg Bantle | May 2, 2018 | Articles, Featured, News, Newsletter

Editor’s note: Off the Map Tattoo was recently recognized in the Best of the Valley Readers Poll, which is awarded by readers. The Valley Advocate is not affiliated with the tattoo parlor. Off the Map Tattoo is facing public criticism online over its continued...
STAFF PICKS: Jazz, Folk, Funk, and Tattoos for a Cause

STAFF PICKS: Jazz, Folk, Funk, and Tattoos for a Cause

by Advocate Staff | Nov 13, 2017 | Articles, Staff Picks

Home Brewed Jazz // SATURDAY Hadley singer-songwriter Jacki Odess-Gillett already has a jazz album under her belt. In 2015, she recorded 10 original jazz tunes with local jazz masters, including Charles Neville, Miro Sprague, Dave Wertman (now deceased), and Billy...
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