Valley Advocate

A musician’s life is never easy. I’m not talking about those of us who pick up the guitar now and then, or even the many...

Thursday 9/1 Decline of Western Civilization: Classic chronicle of L.A.’s infamous punk bands screens with an introduction by Smith College professor Steve Waksman and...

Seba-(no)-dough Show Eric Gaffney says sayonara to summer with free Florence show Sebadoh co-founder Eric Gaffney rounds out the Acoustic Saturday Summer Series at JJ’s Tavern...

The Valley’s cheeriest new festival doubles in size for its second year The hip cats that comprise Lake Street Dive must be...

CT HorrorFest • Saturday My favorite time of the year is around the corner, and all these marvelous Halloween events keep popping up. This Saturday,...

Christina Courtin CHRISTINA COURTIN Saturday, 3:00 – 3:40 The Brooklyn-based Courtin may not be the only Juilliard-trained classical violinist and composer on hand this weekend, but she...

It was so hot and humid inside Pearl Street Nightclub during a metal show earlier this month that the ceiling was beading up with...

Positivity   As an artist, physician, and gay man, Dr. Eric Avery found himself at the epicenter of the AIDS public health crisis beginning in the early...

India has supposedly outlawed the “baby-tossing” religious test popular among Hindus and Muslims in rural villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, but a July...

Well-GroomedDo our canine companions understand what they’re playing for and whom they’re up against at dog shows? Hard to say. But surely they sense that all of...