By Hannah Bevis For the Valley Advocate On most days, Andrew Curran, better known as his drag persona Magnolia Masquerade, is ...

By Jarice Hanson For the Valley Advocate Plays about difficult subjects, like the consequences of personal actions, politics, ...

“The Art of Grace Lin: Meeting a Friend in an Unexpected Place” will run through Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at the Eric Carle Museum. The show, which includes exhibition text and closed captioning on a ...

In “The Raider,” just published by Alfred A. Knopf, Platt offers the first full study of Carlson, who grew up in New England, left home at 14 to make it on his own, and served both in the Marines and ...

“ (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 ...

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In Hadge’s case, she wasn’t in a communicative space, so she spent hours with a staff member quietly putting together a ping pong table. Others I spoke to marveled at being able to do their laundry ...

Both of the owners are also established businessmen themselves outside of Wemelco: CEO Volkan Polatol currently owns Mulino’s in Northampton and owned Bishop’s Lounge for 14 years pre-pandemic, and ...

“When you create that space for them, you also create a lot of room for healing and repair for us,” says Wehman-Brown. “They’re able to see what joy looks like in the queer community: It’s whatever ...

Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is ...

When voters vote to legalize weed, their intent is to legalize weed. And yet, in states across America, devils lurk in the details of how weed is regulated. Some of these devils have turned out to be ...