by Jack Brown | Apr 6, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Newsletter
After a long winter, spring has returned to Western Mass. And with it, as hotly anticipated as any crocus, comes a new season of Red Sox baseball. It’s a tradition that we have come to take for granted, and even when it’s not a great season — let’s face it,...
by Rob Brezsny | Apr 6, 2018 | Articles, Astrology, Newsletter
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries statesman Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He wrote one of history’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence. He was an architect, violinist, inventor, and linguist who spoke numerous...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 5, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, a Democratic primary challenger to longtime Congressman Richard Neal, is attacking her opponent from an unlikely angle — his seniority. Neal, a Springfield Democrat who has served in the House since 1989, would likely be appointed chairman of the...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 4, 2018 | Articles, Music, Valley Advocate Sessions
Ginja Low Main mixes its blend of jazz fusion and funk with a side of psychedelic rock. Check out the band’s complete Advocate Sessions performance filmed by Northampton Community Television and recorded by Signature Sounds Recordings. (Click on the video below)...
by Monte Belmonte | Apr 4, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter
When I started down the road to wine snobbery, I was one of those people that said “I’m a red wine drinker. I don’t like white wine.” What a young, foolish, naive, wine drinker I was. I have since realized that there are great and interesting manifestations of...
