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The Big Sway at The Still • Saturday
Funky jam band The Big Sway are headed back to The Still for a night two sets...
O, Cannabis! Coming Out – to kids, parents, husbands – as a Weed Enthusiast
I came out as a marijuana enthusiast to my family when I was 16 and fell on my mother.
Late at night, I had...
LuxDeluxe Delivers with New Album “Let’s Do Lunch”
LuxDeluxeLet’s Do Lunch
(Spirithouse)
Release date: 5/5/17
The latest release from these Northampton rockers is a pretty straightforward affair. In fact, the album’s opening track, “Intro,” even...
Nightcrawler: Rock the Boot
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Thomas Delmer “Artimus” Pyle comes to the Valley this Saturday, Aug. 20. He’ll be performing with his Artimus Pyle...
Stagestruck: Sitting Targets
Years ago, when I was living in England, one day the doorbell rang and there stood two painfully clean-cut young men in white Oxford...
Missed Connections: ‘we were both wearing Edelman jerseys’
If you’ve never checked out Craigslist’s Missed Connections section, you really should. The Western Mass forum is full of wistful near-meEts and longing. Below...
The Man Upstairs
Let me say this right up front: I’ve never acted a day in my life. The closest I came was tagging along with a...
Monte Belmonte Wines: Let these dozen rosés meet your desires
Rosé is not a grape. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been at a party or restaurant and someone asks me, “Would...
Cinemadope: CatVideoFest at Amherst Cinema
If you’ve been around the interwebs for a bit, you’ve almost certainly run across Henri. Henri — or, to use his full title, Henri,...
Stagestruck: Pillow in Motion
Kyle Abraham, who calls his company A.I.M (Abraham In Motion) and dedicates his work to “issues of social and historical significance” and “identity in...