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Between the Lines: If You’re Defending Columbus, You’re Not Paying Attention

Between the Lines: If You’re Defending Columbus, You’re Not Paying Attention

by Kristin Palpini | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Between the Lines, News

Here are some things that, if you do them, should disqualify you from ever having a national holiday in your honor:Driving civilizations that once consisted of millions of people to near-extinction through starvation and murder;Enslaving people to force them to work...
Club Life: Happy Brffday to the Queen of Crossplay; Lamb of God Tribute, more

Club Life: Happy Brffday to the Queen of Crossplay; Lamb of God Tribute, more

by Advocate Staff | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Leisure, Music, News, Stage

Happy Brffday, GirlThe self-anointed Queen of Crossplay (a blend of cross dressing and cosplay) Serenity Lockhart is having a birthday party Saturday night at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke and everyone is invited. Dress to impress Her Majesty and to coordinate with the...
The Big Easty, early jazz with a modern twist

The Big Easty, early jazz with a modern twist

by Advocate Staff | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music

The Big Easty New Orleans and Easthampton are 1,500 miles and a couple of cultural lightyears apart, but both cities love good music like nothing else. Brewmaster’s Jazz, the recently-opened concert venue inside New City Brewery on Pleasant Street, hosts a two-night...
Cinemadope: ‘April and the Extraordinary World’ plays this weekend; Longevity serum, missing scientists, and a talking cat named Darwin

Cinemadope: ‘April and the Extraordinary World’ plays this weekend; Longevity serum, missing scientists, and a talking cat named Darwin

by By Jack Brown | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film

Ask people what they like in art, and you might think that all they want is “the real world” mirrored back at them. We hail the Old Masters — their mastery of light and shadow, their ability to make hard marble seem like supple skin. But where would we story lovers be...
The V-Spot: My ‘Orgasm’

The V-Spot: My ‘Orgasm’

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Columns, The V-Spot, Wellness

Hello Yana,I’ve been dating my boyfriend for almost a year. We’re in our 20s, and he’s a few years older than me. There have been times when we’re intimate when he doesn’t provide me with oral sex. He’s never close to ejaculating while inside me. He only does so...
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