Valley Advocate

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Lip Bomb, the new Advocate feature that brings opinion pieces written by area college students that touch on the topics...

Roots Reggae Returns   Everton Blender was one of the most prominent reggae musicians and producers in Jamaica in the ’90s, and his smooth tenor, up-tempo arrangements, and...

Food and Family, A Stone’s Throw Away   Community is everything at the Stone Soul Festival in Springfield, a celebration that began in 1989 as a Mason...

Spotty Results I learned some shocking things about Spotify recently. The average employee rakes in $166,000 a year, and the highest executive compensation has increased...

I’m a 38 yo male currently involved with three women. One is a long distance relationship. We met at a concert and had one...

Thursday 9/1 Decline of Western Civilization: Classic chronicle of L.A.’s infamous punk bands screens with an introduction by Smith College professor Steve Waksman and...

 Amherst Chamber of Commerce Art Gallery: Portrait and landscape drawings by Gregory Chilenski. A painter for two decades, Chilenski has also been a therapist...

Thursday 9/1   Borys Bakum: Acoustic set. 6 p.m. No cover. Patrick’s Chicopee, 154 Main St., Chicopee. (413) 331-2666.  Brewmaster’s Jazz: Thursdays, 6 p.m. Superb jazz played...

Seth in the City   Billy Flynn sings his smarmy way through Chicago with the promise of razzle dazzle. “Give ’em an act with lots of...

Three Cheers for the Woo The local craft beer movement has taken off in every nook and cranny of Massachusetts, and Worcester is no exception....