Valley Advocate

Born a red diaper baby in, of all places, Liberty, N.Y., and raised on a hardscrabble poultry farm owned by his American Communist parents,...

Dear Yana, I’m a former power bottom now freshly-turned Dom in a new dynamic. I’ve been finding that when my sub and I are apart,...

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut Best Local MeterologistDave Hayes is the Pioneer Valley’s own down-to-earth, hyper-local weather nut, who has been combining his passion for...

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: So, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis walk into a recording studio...

Lost your thumb? Use your big toe A British cobbler was distraught after a freak accident last year — his thumb was caught in some...

Them, Verses, Us The Center for New Americans is a non-profit adult education center for the Valley’s immigrant, refugee, and migrant communities, with sites in Northampton,...

I’ve been obsessively watching kung fu movies. I’m not sure why. Perhaps the reason is related to the pandemic. It could be a midlife...

By JENNIFER LEVESQUE For the Advocate I pry my body up from my laid back lounge chair that was holding me for the last 53 minutes...

Filling a glass where Connecticut meets Mass Most night owls are easy when it comes to shifts in ambience, but I can’t say that many...

Rolling with the Punchlines A football team needs a good offensive line. So, too, does the lone, lowly comedian. That’s what Mike Birbiglia has been...