Valley Advocate

They form an army you might meet in a nightmare. Nearly one thousand glazed white figurines dressed in symbols of hatred — such as...

Protesters clumped together like Gore-Tex penguins on the North Dakota, bridge. On Nov. 18, hundreds of people congregated at Backwater Bridge, in the path...

I’ve been thinking about writing to you for a long time. My husband and I are about to celebrate 11 years as a...

I feel a kinship with the musical Once, because in a former life I did my own share of street-busking, like the bluejeaned lead...

Enough Disappointment to Go Around I was sorely dismayed by the publication of your editorial as if Hillary Clinton had won (“Between the Lines:...

The Valley Advocate is starting up a new feature: chats! Our inaugural chat will be about mixing family and politics during Thanksgiving. If you...

While “democracy” in most of America means electing representatives to run government, on Nov. 8 in San Francisco it also expected voters to decide...

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...

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...

With Black Friday upon us this week, the maelstrom of the holiday shopping season has officially begun. Weekends will find increasingly desperate hordes descending...