Valley Advocate
Editorial: Take Northampton’s Pledge for Human Dignity
During now-President Donald Trump’s hateful and divisive campaign, Northampton’s Human Rights Commission noted anecdotally how even in this Western Massachusetts community, there seemed to...
Fire Letters on the Valley Advocate Sessions Stage
This week’s Advocate Sessions performance is by synth duo Fire Letters, which combines synth pop with alternative rock influences. Check out the band’s Sessions...
Staff Picks: Eleanor Levine, Left Hand Backwards, Hellen Fremont, and a movement workshop for...
Left Hand Backwards, Lobotomobile, The Freqs, and Sciencefight at 13th Floor Music Lounge // SATURDAY
Palmer-based punk and metal group Left Hand Backwards celebrates its...
Cinemadope: Child’s Work
Ask most Americans when slavery ended, and you’ll likely hear something about the Civil War and Abe Lincoln. Ask them about the rest of...
Letters to the Editor: Solar and recreation can coexist
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our letters to the editor page. Here you’ll find reader comments on Advocate articles and other news. We collect readers’...
Editorial: Still At It After 45 Years
Astute readers will no doubt observe the “plus” sign after the number 45 on this week’s cover. That is us coming clean that, no,...
Letters to the Editor: Forget the wall; plant a hedge
Forget the Wall; Plant a Hedge
I think that instead of building a wall along our southern border, we should plant a hedge. And granted...
Stagestruck: “Stagehand” Redux
One of the most adventurous endeavors in the past Year of Zoom has been Stagehand, a live immersive piece from Eggtooth Productions first seen...
Stagestruck: Sojourners in the Bardo
Imagine, if you will, that you suddenly find yourself in a weird netherworld, suspended between the life you knew and an uncertain future. You’re...
Review: Art made on an iPhone 6?
Turners Falls artist ixchelailee has produced a series of digital collages that stand toe to toe with any other non-digital artwork that you might...