Valley Advocate
The Lush Garden
A guide to summer cocktails from the garden
It’s hard to imagine a better way to top off an afternoon in the garden than by...
O, Cannabis! It Could be Worse, healthier ways to consume weed
At a concert — years ago — I was dancing in the front row when the familiar aroma of bright piney buds wafted by....
Kitten Stolen from Springfield Shelter — Watch the Security Footage
SPRINGFIELD — Dakin Humane Society is reporting that two unidentified women entered the animal shelter at 171 Union Street at approximately 12:30 p.m. on...
Between the Lines: Can Citizens’ Review Cure Ballot Voters’ Blind Spots?
In the American legal system, we trust citizens on juries to decide matters of life and death. But before jurors exercise that power, they...
Cinemadope: A Queen and Her Kings
A musician’s life is never easy. I’m not talking about those of us who pick up the guitar now and then, or even the many...
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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...
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Shake the Trees
The woods of Western Mass promise to be rather loud this weekend for RPM Fest, which brings three days of rock, punk,...
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Scratching the Surface
Greenfield artist and educator Karen Gaudette was trained as a printmaker, but she has always loved to draw. Scratchboard, it turns out,...
Scene Here: Mountain Park Funk
The old familiar smell of hundreds of people’s body odors mingles with the dust kicking up under our feet and the marijuana smoke hanging...
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Well-Groomed
Do our canine companions understand what they’re playing for and whom they’re up against at dog shows? Hard to say. But surely they sense that all of...