Valley Advocate

New York City officially began licensing professional fire eaters earlier this year, and classes have sprung up to teach the art so that the...

This Rough Magic   Lost lovers of Shakespeare must labor each year — for centuries, apparently — against the preconception that the Bard’s work is boring. Surely,...

From the Valley, Born and Brewed The crafty little explosion of local breweries up and down the Valley over the last 20 years has become...

Self-described glamour-grunge witch-punks Deadbeat Club only played their first show earlier this spring. According to an interview in Maximum Rocknroll, they say the band formed “because were...

In the wake of complaints about officer discipline, the latest development in a long-running dispute over organization of the Springfield Police Department is going...

Editor’s Note: As an American woman who believes that words matter, I feel like I matter a little less today. Below is the editorial...

For the 2016 presidential election, Valley Advocate arts and production director Jennifer Levesque designed two posters: one for each candidate. The winner of the...

Deep breath: Donald Trump will be the president of the United States come January. The man who’s got a date with the Oval Office...

Tahirah Amatul-Wadud This story is part of a new project by writer Jenny Bender and artist Amanda Herman, who have teamed up to interview and...

New York has its Tonys and Obies, Boston its Nortons, and now the Berkshire region has its own rewards for outstanding work in theater...