by Chris Goudreau | Oct 9, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured
Sitting in her home and studio in Easthampton with a collection of vibrant white paper roses, and a paper dress inspired by curved architecture nearby, artist Marguerite Belkin, a 75-year-old self taught “paper sculptor,” said 15 years ago when she started doing...
by Hunter Styles | Oct 8, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Food + Booze, Food Booze and Beyond, The Beerhunter
When the staff at Hitchcock Brewing Company unlocked the front door of their new taproom on South Street in Bernardston on Sunday morning at 11 a.m., customers were already waiting outside. The first pair to arrive at the bar ordered a crisp Columbus-hopped pale ale...
by Chris Goudreau | Oct 8, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, The CDs You Gave Me
“Speciecide,” the debut album by local Valley indie electronic/progressive rock duo Fuzz Puddle takes the existential dread of man made climate change induced mass extinction, throws in a smattering of Radiohead-influenced paranoia, and stirs that finely while adding...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Oct 7, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot
Hi Yana! So, my partner and I have started dabbling in threesomes and it looks like it may become sort of a trend. Specifically, we’re looking at having threesomes with cis dudes, and I just need a little assurance that condoms are a good form of contraception. I...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 4, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Acclaimed Valley indie rock, Americana, and folk singer-songwriter Heather Maloney stopped by the Valley Advocate Sessions stage ahead of her upcoming Oct. 12 album release show at Northampton’s Academy of Music Theatre. Interview with Heather...