Valley Advocate
I Wrote This For You: Catching up with local favorites, The Big Sway
The Big Sway formed in the Valley in 2007 and have been in their current lineup consisting of Joe MacFadzen, Tim Zucco and Mike...
The Shrinking Pot Pie? When it comes to dispensaries, how many is too many?
November 2018 was a momentous time for Massachusetts. That’s when the state officially joined the retail marijuana business, some two years after voters said...
Painting a Colorful Path: Common Wealth Murals Making a Difference
Britt Ruhe may not be an artist, but she has certainly splashed paint across the canvas of the Pioneer Valley.
For more than three decades,...
Who run the world: Jacob’s Pillow honors 50 years of hip hop with many...
By MELISSA KAREN SANCES
For the Advocate
When it was time for the hip hop tribute at this year’s Grammys, Black Thought took center stage to...
Stage Struck with Chris Rohmann: Putting down my pen
I filed my first article for the Advocate in May 1986. This one is my last.
After 36 years and some 2,000 reviews, previews, features,...
The power of women’s hair: Photographer uses 19th-century technique to re-imagine female portraits
By STEVE PFARRER
Staff Writer
“Goddess,” tintype by Rachel Portesi Image courtesy Rachel Portesi
Time was when Rachel Portesi did much of her photography using Polaroid film. She loved...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Aging wine is a lost art, even with us wine snobs
By Monte Belmonte
For the Valley Advocate
PHOTO BY MONTE BELMONTE
Aging wine is a lost art. It’s lost on me and I’m a self-described wine snob....
A music empire goes dark: Musicians, club owners wonder what’s happened to Iron Horse...
When she looks back at how her band first found its footing, Nerissa Nields sees one club in particular at the center of that...
A league of their own: Division Q, a new basketball league created by and...
By HANNAH BEVIS
For the Advocate
Every Sunday morning from November to early February, dozens of people rolled up to Easthampton Mountain View school to play...
