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

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer A new vegan food festival is about to take root in the Pioneer Valley. The inaugural Western ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Most people who have worked retail and food service jobs have dealt with customers who were ...

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 ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Two dark moments in Northampton history – the 1806 execution of two innocent immigrants and the 1960 arrest of a closeted Smith College professor – have an unlikely ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Celebrated lesbian singer-songwriter Linda Shear will play a benefit show for Straw Dog Writers Guild on Saturday, May 31, at 4 p.m. at Northampton Center for the Arts.

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 ...

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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 ...

By ALEXA LEWIS Staff Writer 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 ...

According to the timeline on the company website, Webs started selling yarn after the business outgrew the Elkins’ home. In the past 50 years, Webs moved three different times: into a unit at what is ...