O, Cannabis!: Getting the Best Deal on Medical Marijuana
If you get up real close to the New England Treatment Access medical marijuana dispensary in Northampton, you can smell the earthy aroma of...
Back Talk: Fight for Health Care, Feeling Bad for Trump
Enough Disappointment to Go Around
I was sorely dismayed by the publication of your editorial as if Hillary Clinton had won (“Between the Lines:...
How to talk politics with your family on Thanksgiving: an Advocate chat
The Valley Advocate is starting up a new feature: chats! Our inaugural chat will be about mixing family and politics during Thanksgiving. If you...
News of the Weird: Democracy in Action
While “democracy” in most of America means electing representatives to run government, on Nov. 8 in San Francisco it also expected voters to decide...
Nightcrawler: Talkin’ Turkey
Thanksgiving Eve is roundly considered one of the busiest bar days of the year. True to form, this Wednesday, Nov. 23, finds the Valley circuit...
Stagestruck: Closing the Gender Gap
Every year I take note of the plays I’ve seen that are written and/or directed by women, and those that revolve around a woman...
Cinemadope: Into the Woods
With Black Friday upon us this week, the maelstrom of the holiday shopping season has officially begun. Weekends will find increasingly desperate hordes descending...
Electrifying the Vinyl: Electric Eye Records in Florence is a vinyl lover’s go-to destination
That slight scratching sound the needle makes when you gently place it on the record. The brief static that comes through the speakers before...
Sweep it Under the River: The Battle Over the Housatonic River Cleanup Continues
Decades later and General Electric still hasn’t remedied its contamination of the Housatonic.
Woods Pond in Lenox is the picture of quaint backwoods New England:...
Lip Bomb: I Wanted to be the Cool Grandpa
High school sucked for me. Before college, I had no friends. My days consisted of going to school, talking to almost nobody, and coming...
