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Terpenetics 101: A hatchet job
By Robin Goldstein
For the Valley AdvocateThe weed world is always full of buzz, and lately you might have heard everyone buzzing about terpenes. Should...
Mixtape: An album decades in the making: Chris Croteau releases ‘Mesmir’
By Jennifer Levesque
For the Valley AdvocateLocal musician Chris Croteau took a musical hiatus to focus on parenthood, but is now back with an album...
A league of their own: Division Q, a new basketball league created by and...
By HANNAH BEVIS
For the Advocate
Every Sunday morning from November to early February, dozens of people rolled up to Easthampton Mountain View school to play...
Best Bites: Ordering off the kid’s menu: 9-year-old budding food critic shares his top...
By AZAI DUGGER and ROBIN GOLDSTEIN
For the Advocate
Note from Robin Goldstein: For this column, I asked my 9-year-old nephew and co-author Azai Dugger to...
Best Bites: Where to eat dinner right now: The top 35 Valley spots for...
By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN
For the Advocate
If I were writing the Pioneer Valley chapter of a travel guide to New England, this would be its section...
‘O’ is for Oman: Northampton man completes mission of traveling the alphabet of countries
By JAMES PENTLAND
Staff Writer
FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLISGerard Simonette of Northampton talks about his trip to Turkey, where he climbed Mount Ararat, in September 2019. In...
Rare views into an earlier age: Clark Art Institute exhibits some 80 original images...
By DON STEWART
For the Advocate
COURTESY CLARK ART INSTITUTEGustave Le Gray’s 1856 image of a “Brig on the Water” wowed viewers at the time, given...
In time for downbeat: Jazz record designer Jack Frisch hosts new show on Valley...
By STEVE PFARRER
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLISJack Frisch, who’s been involved in the jazz scene for years in different capacities, now hosts a weekly show,...
‘Creole love call’: Gombo launches new music series starting Feb. 2 with jazz reedman...
By STEVE PFARRER
Staff Writer
When John Piskor opened his Cajun-style restaurant, Gombo Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar, in Northampton last year, he said he eventually...
‘You don’t look like a doctor’: Documentary film looks at the biases and challenges...
By STEVE PFARRER
Staff Writer
Dr. Khama Ennis had come a long way in her medical career.
Images courtesy of Faces of MedicineDr. Rose Cesar, left and...