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5 days ago · By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer All the world’s a stage — but for two local comedians, their stage is a green and black bus. The Chuckling Charlie Comedy Bus, the creation of Northampton comedian and comedy producer Tim Lovett, has brought laughter to …

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Dec 5, 2024 · By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer It’s been 40 years since the band NRBQ played at Sunderland’s The Rusty Nail on New Year’s Eve, but a devoted fan and friend of the band kept the night alive with his concert footage. Later this month, the Academy of Music will screen that footage, showcasing the energy of […]

3 days ago · By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the 2024 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, one of the world’s most prestigious poetry awards. Gizzi’s book “Fierce Elegy” beat nearly 200 other competitors to take home the prize, which Gizzi accepted at an award ceremony at the […]

4 days ago · By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer All the world’s a stage — but for two local comedians, their stage is a green and black bus. The Chuckling Charlie Comedy Bus, the creation of Northampton comedian and comedy producer Tim Lovett, has brought laughter to locals since last September on a bus that travels around the Northampton […]

Apr 30, 2024 · By Melissa Karen Sances For the Valley Advocate “Emily’s mission in life is to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies.” This sentence mesmerized me. It’s an assured statement about a complicated topic: body image and sexuality, and it is the crux of sex educator Emily Nagoski’s work in her own […]

Apr 19, 2024 · “I’ve had so many people tell me ‘I bought a guitar and began learning to play because I wanted something to do’” during the pandemic, said Tobey Sol LaRoche, a singer and songwriter who since fall 2021 has hosted a weekly open mic at Wurst Haus, the Northampton German-style restaurant and bar.

Jan 24, 2025 · CitySpace in Easthampton will host CitySpace Bluegrass, a new monthly bluegrass jam session for musicians of all ages, in The Blue Room at Old Town Hall on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m., then on the first Saturday of …

Dec 27, 2024 · Roger Patnode, known to generations of community and professional theater goers, passed away on Oct. 29 at the age of 90. Popular with audiences who attended multiple theaters in Hamden and Hampshire Counties, Roger acted in shows for over 60 years, and was familiar to many through television commercials and voice-over work.