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Featured•Jun 15
Mixtape: One-man band and a collection of punks: A couple local releases from two very different musical acts
By Jennifer Levesque For the Valley Advocate Peter Lo Iacono “Waiting for Tuesday” Peter Lo Iacono (pronounced Loy-uh-CO-no) has been a guitarist for more than 50 years. He originally started out playing in cover bands in the 1970s in his home state of New Jersey, which was how he made a living for […]
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Featured•Jun 15
Monte Belmonte Wines: Sipping through the semiquincentennial: Exploring the wine preferences of one of America’s founding fathers
By Monte Belmonte For the Valley Advocate When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to look back on the semiquincentennial anniversary of certain events — and perchance to celebrate said events in order to pursue happiness — mayhaps we will do what the author of the Declaration of Independence himself did, […]
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Featured•Jun 14
Theater Matters with Jarice Hanson: The joy of live theater
By Jarice Hanson For the Valley Advocate The summer season abounds with opportunities to attend shows that may reconnect audiences with the joy of being alive. The three shows profiled in this edition of “Theater Matters” take us to a place where memory meets contemporary life, with stories that warm hearts and give hope. The […]
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