by Advocate Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News
Here’s to your health A former British Marine became the first person to drink a cocktail using his own mummified toe, after he had lost it to frostbite during a long-distance race in Yukon. Bolton, U.K., resident Nick Griffiths had lost three toes during a 300-mile...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music, Podcast
Ali Kat and the Revelators perform rocking funk and soul with sax, guitars, and high energy vocals. For the video recording of this session, as well as over 100 other sessions performances, go to sessions.valleyadvocate.com. Listen here: You can hear more of the...
by Jennifer Levesque | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Music, Valley Show Girl
I recently met up with Valley country frontman Brian Chicoine to chat about some cool future projects he’s been working on. A unique benefit show, a solo album and, most importantly, working on bettering his health are just a few things keeping Mr. Chicoine busy these...
by Jack Brown | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Stagestruck
When it comes to superheroes, it’s pretty clear that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has claimed the throne in Hollywood. Picture a big-budget blockbuster from the last decade, and there’s a good chance it starred at least a couple of Avengers. DC Comics — their main...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 1, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Columns, Featured, Review, Stage, Stagestruck
Two Latinx plays in the area revolve around themes of dislocation — displaced neighborhoods, populations, and minds. Quixote Nuevo, at Hartford Stage, transplants Cervantes’ demented knight errant to a Texas border town, and Not for Sale, in Holyoke, puts the gente in...
