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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...
Editorial: Don’t Let Big Money Win the Argument Over Medicare for All

Editorial: Don’t Let Big Money Win the Argument Over Medicare for All

by Dave Eisenstadter | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News

Every year around this time, I take a look at my pay stubs and look at the accrued total I’ve paid in health insurance premiums. This year, it will be almost exactly $5,000, which doesn’t include the additional copayments as well as the hundreds spent on dental...
Valley Show Girl: Alice Loves Alien

Valley Show Girl: Alice Loves Alien

by Jennifer Levesque | Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Valley Show Girl

Life and music partners Gina Andia and Brendan Clark aren’t new to the Valley music scene, but their latest project Alice Loves Alien is fresh to our ears. I don’t mean to judge a book (or album) by its cover but when I received an early copy of the self titled debut...
Bizarro Briefs: Eating a $120,000 Banana

Bizarro Briefs: Eating a $120,000 Banana

by Advocate Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News

A man walked into the Art Basel gallery in Miami Beach, Florida, and ate a work of art that had recently sold to an art collector for $120,000. The piece of art consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall and was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and titled...
The Beerhunter: Kismet Brewing Company Prepares to Open in Westfield

The Beerhunter: Kismet Brewing Company Prepares to Open in Westfield

by Hunter Styles | Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The Beerhunter

After 10 years together, Rich and Liz DeSousa are trying to find a way to spend more time in the same room. That’s the kind of marriage you’re supposed to study for pointers — or maybe for the reveal of some secret ingredient. In my most recent visit with the couple:...
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