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Metal Shenanigans at Shenanigans • Friday Once a month, Shenanigans in Westfield hosts a free metal night. A night full of metal, with a...

Thursday 1/26  Brown Bag Lunch with Police Chief Scott Liningstone: Noon. Part of the League of Women Voters’ series How a Small Town Makes Big...

Thursday 1/26  Brewmaster’s Jazz: Weekly at 7 p.m. Superb jazz played by the area’s hottest musicians with special guests every week. Includes fresh-brewed drinks and...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Westward Ho! is the name of a village in southwestern England. Its name is impressive because of the exclamation point....

My impression of the Women’s March in D.C. was one of amazement, relief, and hope. At first, the prospect of joining the march was...

Reflective CollectiveWhat happens when eight talented women — all of whom are involved in creative communities across Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties — meet to...

 Travels with a Masked Man, John Hadden’s compelling “two-character solo performance,” seems to fall squarely in the by-now-familiar genre of the one-person memoir, in this...

Shortly after Donald J. Trump gave his inaugural address Friday, the Rev. Franklin Graham described the rain that began when our nation’s 45th president...

What are your favorite Brian Eno albums? Mine are probably Before and After Science and Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics, but I also, of course,...

Editor’s Note: Scene stalwart Gary Carra’s Nightcrawler column has long been a fixture at the Valley Advocate — a history that goes back, as...