by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 17, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
It used to feel worthwhile to list off the terrible things that Donald Trump has done since assuming office in the beginning of 2017 — particularly the examples of his blatant racism. The Advocate did as much in a story at the beginning of 2018 pushing back on when he...
by Chris Goudreau | Jul 17, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured
Let’s All Go to Area 51 At least a million people have pledged over Facebook to raid the United State Air Force’s Area 51, a highly classified Nevada military base that conspiracy theorists and UFO-ologists claim houses or once housed remains of alien spaceships and...
by Jack Brown | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured
Everyone has their own idea of what really makes it summer in New England. For some, it’s getting that first soft serve, melting in the after-dinner sun. Another might mark it with the first visit to a favorite swimming hole, when the water is still just a little too...
by Jennifer Levesque | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl
From concerts to theatrical plays, from art galleries to a bistro and even co-working spaces and drag queen bingo. Holyoke’s Gateway City Arts has something for everyone. Located on Race Street in a beautiful old industrial building, it has been reinvented into an...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
It’s summer, folks, time to get off our butts and take some exercise. A little stroll, perhaps, to enjoy the scenery – and a play. That’s the current invitation from two hilltown theaters. Double Edge Theatre presents a brand-new Summer Spectacle on its Ashfield farm,...