By Emilee Klein Staff Writer Around 50 years before the infamous Salem witch trials, fear of witches first plagued the ...

By SAM FERLAND Staff Writer CitySpace’s Pay It Forward Program offers performers funding to produce a show. But it is also ...

By TINKY WEISBLAT For the Valley Advocate Readers will no doubt be intrigued by the title of a new book from Olive Branch ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Painter Robert Rauschenberg once said, “The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in ...

What is going on at Table & Vine in West Springfield? Given that you are reading a wine column, I assume you partake of the grape. Then you probably know that Table & Vine is the wines, beer and ...

By Hannah Bevis For the Valley Advocate On most days, Andrew Curran, better known as his drag persona Magnolia Masquerade, is a whirlwind of activity, brainstorming ideas for future shows, creating ...

By Jarice Hanson For the Valley Advocate Plays about difficult subjects, like the consequences of personal actions, politics, and social change, require more of the audience in terms of asking them to ...

Stephen Platt, who teaches 19th and 20th century Chinese history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, made a significant name for himself with his two last books. “Autumn in the Heavenly ...

By Monte Belmonte For the Valley Advocate “Godspeed, everyone. May your supplier discounts be generous, and may wine on the water be saved by the powers that be.” It was a striking quote on a Facebook ...

“ (The) general vibe of roller derby is sort of like a mix of red rover, rugby, and burlesque on skates,” Peter Pandemonium (government name: Alex Kapitan), one of the more experienced skaters for ...

Best CELEBRATING THE 2025 BEST OF THE VALLEY READERS’ POLL WINNERS ...