Valley Advocate

Seba-(no)-dough Show Eric Gaffney says sayonara to summer with free Florence show Sebadoh co-founder Eric Gaffney rounds out the Acoustic Saturday Summer Series at JJ’s Tavern...

The Valley’s summer theaters have folded their figurative tents, but looking west, the season isn’t quite over. Out toward the Berkshires, five troupes are still...

In the American legal system, we trust citizens on juries to decide matters of life and death. But before jurors exercise that power, they...

We’re Back, Iraq Recent headlines announcing more U.S. troops to Iraq made me feel like the character in Bill Murray’s movie Groundhog Day, and with good...

Out Standing in Their Fields   For 26 years now, the Advocate has awarded high marks to all of those Valley musicians willing to pack their muscle,...

The Valley’s cheeriest new festival doubles in size for its second year The hip cats that comprise Lake Street Dive must be...

CT HorrorFest • Saturday My favorite time of the year is around the corner, and all these marvelous Halloween events keep popping up. This Saturday,...

Christina Courtin CHRISTINA COURTIN Saturday, 3:00 – 3:40 The Brooklyn-based Courtin may not be the only Juilliard-trained classical violinist and composer on hand this weekend, but she...

It was so hot and humid inside Pearl Street Nightclub during a metal show earlier this month that the ceiling was beading up with...

Positivity   As an artist, physician, and gay man, Dr. Eric Avery found himself at the epicenter of the AIDS public health crisis beginning in the early...