by Jack Brown | Jul 23, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Film
It can be interesting to track how new editions of popular books change with the times. Even the titles, sometimes, can reflect the state of the era. When Lewis Hyde’s now-classic book The Gift was first published in 1983, it carried the wonderfully evocative subtitle...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 23, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
The Taming of the Shrew is Shakespeare’s trickiest play to perform these days – a thoroughly misogynistic tale in which daughters are auctioned to the highest bidder and the “shrew” of the title is “tamed” by a cunning fortune hunter. He (of course, he) is Petruchio,...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Podcast
Michael Kusek, who used to be the marketing manager at the Valley Advocate and publisher of the now-closed Take Magazine, has just come out with his first issue of Different Leaf, a cannabis publication. Kusek talks with Advocate editor Dave Eisenstadter about his...
by Dusty Christensen | Jul 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
HOLYOKE — It’s official: U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, has a 2020 challenger for his seat in the 1st Congressional District. After months of speculation about his political plans, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse officially jumped into the race on Monday. He will...
by Advocate Staff | Jul 19, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
This week’s Valley Advocate Sessions performer is bluesy indie rock and soul pop group Bad Tenants. Interview with Bad Tenants:
