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

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

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Florence-based author and illustrator Grace Lin is known for books like “Where the Mountain ...

The first episode of “Customers From Hell” will premiere at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls on Sunday, June 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m, followed by a Q&A with director Alexis Hott, producer Liz ...

By MICKEY RATHBUN For the Valley Advocate John Smith likes it when people stop outside his house, a lovely Carpenter Gothic on a quiet street in Florence, to peek at his garden through the fence. “I ...

The Holyoke Paper Festival will be on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at De La Luz Soundstage at LightHouse.The day’s events include workshops and sessions on crayon art, silkscreen ...

Henrici began their path to veganism nearly three decades ago in California, when Henrici and their sister read “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, a novel about the horrifying conditions of the Chicago ...