by Jack Brown | Apr 29, 2019 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Film
Much has been written, by better minds than mine, about the human penchant for horror. That impulse to indulge in our most deeply seated human fears and frailties is behind both traffic jams at accident scenes and modern gods-and-monsters tales about the undead (or...
by Rob Brezsny | Apr 29, 2019 | Articles, Astrology, Featured
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “How slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!” Your first assignment in the coming days, Aries, is to devote yourself to quenching the...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
This week’s Advocate Sessions band is electro fever-pop, new wave and experimental pop duo Home Body. The duo just released their new record, Spiritus, and will be performing at their release show on Friday, May 3 at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls. Check out...
by Our Readers | Apr 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured
Thoughts on the Stop & Shop Robots In response to “Human Support for the Striking Shop & Stop Workers,” published April 18-24. I fully support Stop & Shop workers in their strike but I don’t understand the hate for the robot. It roams around the...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 25, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Anne Undeland, the playwright and star of Lady Randy, says she wanted to find a 19th-century woman to build a one-person show around. “It soon became clear that if I wanted name recognition, I had to find a woman who was associated with a famous man. Dammit!” She...