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Day ScreamingGhosts are scary. Zombies are scary. Being surrounded by too many kids in Disney princess costumes is scary. If you’d rather run...
Staff Picks: Reap the benefits of the fall harvest at Northampton Restaurant Week
Hell Night at The Quarters • Sunday
Hell Night returns to The Quarters on what many people consider “Devil’s Night,” the night before Halloween. There...
New albums by And The Kids, Wild Pink, and Sad13
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And The Kids
Signature Sounds
Northampton-based indie pop heroes And the Kids released their sophomore album this past June. It’s the same kind of dreamy,...
Scene Here: Easthamptonshire
If Frodo had been living in Easthampton’s new Mill 180 Park when Gandalf stopped by, he probably would have turned down the wizard’s all-powerful...
Back Talk: Charter schools and third party candidates, questions this years election brings
Charter schools hurt larger society
Certain institutions should always be public. Social Security, prisons and education are three of them. We dodged a bullet when...
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Calling All Hallows
Admit it: we’re a happy Valley because we’re all a bunch of freaks. And Halloween seems to be the time of year...
Halloween’s Biggest Hits
Holidays have unique soundtracks. Christmas has Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want...
Between the Lines: Are the Elections Rigged?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has spent the last several months asserting that the Nov. 8 election will be rigged against him.
He doesn’t have...
Playing the Trump Card
You, my friend, are fucked.” So begins Trump Card, a one-man show created by monologist Mike Daisey that deconstructs the Republican presidential candidate. Next week...
O, Cannabis: Worried About Weed? Then Legalize It
A stoner buddy of mine recently shocked me when she said she has no intention of voting on Nov. 8.
Weed is already practically...
