Valley Advocate
Down to Earth: Hope, the Environment, and the Election
I sometimes startle people by saying I don’t have much hope for the environment.“But you’re an environmentalist!” they stutter. “Surely, you must think we...
“Don’t be a chump reader”: an Advocate Chat on fake news
Continuing our weekly chats, the Advocate staff tackled the topic of fake news, that scourge to lovers of truth everywhere! The chat has been...
Stagestruck: Seeking Refuge
You wouldn’t expect to find close connections between the Sinai desert, urban Serbia and the Appalachian mountains, but a new play by UMass theater...
STRUT is Easthampton’s New, All-Inclusive Fashion Show
Everything Goes
Calling all designers, makers, artists, stylists, fashionistas, tattooers, dandies, body painters, costumers, and retailers: next Thursday, Easthampton turns all of its fashion dials...
Thursday: Barkada Quartet at UMass
The Four Winds
Although long distance commonly separates Christopher Elchico, Shane Rathburn, Steven Lawhon, and Justin Polyblank, the Barkada Sax Quartet seeks to remind its...
Cinemadope: All Together Now
Whatever your thoughts are about the outcome of last month’s election, it seems fair to say that a Trump presidency will be less welcoming...
The Rift
Reports of hate crimes have spiked across the nation in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, and dozens of people marched through...
Trump v. Punk
Influential music writer Jessica Hopper penned a piece earlier this month on MTV.com that sought to dispel “the silver-lining myth” that a Trump presidency would produce...
Winter Arts Preview
A Spirited DebateOne of two things will happen to you when confronted with the bold and brassy acts of clairvoyance that Rebecca Anne LoCicero...
Q&A with folk-pop duo The Weepies
After kids, cancer, and commercial success, the band strips their tour down to two
The Weepies: Completely Acoustic and Alone
Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m.
Calvin...