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Scary Movie Club: Split
Spoilers ahead!
A pumpkin won the presidency, the Power Rangers are returning to theaters, and the Pats came back from 19 points behind in the...
From Golden Statues to Small Screens
There are few mediums more powerful than the moving image. Movies, TV shows, and even music videos can transport viewers to another time,...
A Video Bouquet for V-Day
Whether or not you’re settling down with a significant other on Valentine’s Day, you’ll probably end up watching something. That’s due less to our...
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Quick Flicks
February is typically rather bleak, and this year – once again – even Punxsutawney Phil can’t hack it. We don’t blame him. We’d be headed...
The Alternative Bangin’ Sex Playlist
Feel like makin’ love? You could bang along to the radio Top 40, Advocate reader, but that’s probably not your style. If you’re...
Craft Beer Goals for 2017
Last year, the Beerhunter offered some “brew year’s resolutions” to serve as a checklist for craft beer enthusiasts on a year-long quest to try...
Love Trumps Hate: Transgender women find romance in an insane world
In a warm cottage at the end of a dirt road in Jacksonville, Vermont, Breanna Harris and Amy McNeil discuss the “creepy” side of...
Out of Their Comfort Zones
Two shows this week find performers venturing beyond the usual parameters of their craft. At UMass, students in the music department’s Opera Workshop take...
Stagestruck: Identity Crises
The two shows now playing at Hartford’s rep theaters couldn’t be more different, but they still share some core themes. They are Shakespeare’s rambunctious,...
Racism in Heaven: Nick Cave at MASS MoCA
Nick Cave begins his immersive installation Until with a question: Is there racism in heaven? Instead of providing an answer, he has constructed a...