Valley Advocate
Stagestruck: Woman on the Edge
For a 19th-century male, Henrik Ibsen was quite the feminist. His best-known play, A Doll’s House, ends with one of the theater’s most famous sound...
Between the Lines: Losing Our Rights, So Write
Online ads for an upcoming Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 book The Handmaid’s Tale got me thinking: it’s really about time I...
Missed Connections: Thank you for saving my life with your cigarette!
If you’ve never checked out Craigslist’s Missed Connections section, you really should. The Western Mass forum is full of wistful near-meets and longing. Below...
News of the Weird: The Man With the Golden Mop
San Francisco’s best-paid janitor earned more than a quarter-million dollars cleaning stations for Bay Area Rapid Transit in 2015, according to a recent...
The V-Spot: My Boyfriend Might Be Gay. Should I Care?
I recently began “dating” my best guy friend over this winter break. He’s told me that he was raised by a super religious mom...
Tonight at Click Workspace: A new music series
The Katz and the Fiddle
Click Workspace, downtown Northampton’s coworking HQ, drew a big enough crowd at a January concert to warrant a brand-new live music...
Stream Queen: Animation Staycation
As far as media genres go, animation is one that rarely gets its due. Cartoons enchant us as children, but are then left in...
Get Weed Now — No Medical Card Required
Standing outside a strip mall in Springfield, I pull on the handle of the double-deadbolted door of a storefront with dark windows and a...
The Short List
It’s easy, when Oscars season rolls around, to feel jaded about the cult of celebrity that Hollywood engenders. It can seem that the same kinds...
Thursday to Saturday: Student Voices on Stage at UMass
Our Voices
Our new president has committed to limiting access to legal abortions, and explicitly said on the campaign trail that there “has to be...
