Arts & Culture
David Adam Beloff
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Springfield Symphony Orchestra
American symphonic composer JoAnn Falleta speaks with NEPM about what it takes to lead an orchestra that isn't your own, and the challenges women face when training to conduct.
Kaliis Smith
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NEPM
We take a tour of the collaborative business efforts of Marketplace at Gasoline Alley in Springfield, hear music and words from David Wilcox and check in with the Word Nerd.
![In for Carrie Saldo, NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman covers these topics and more with reporter G. Mike Dobbs of FOCUS Springfield; MassLive political editor John Micek [not pictured]; and political consultant Ryan McCollum.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a13911f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/880x495+0+24/resize/1920x1080!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2F90%2F367c80fc415a90838afb9e6632a5%2Fgrove.png)
Tony Dunne
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NEPM
In for Carrie Saldo, Jill Kaufman discusses with panelists about continued federal funding cuts to library and historical services and disaster prevention in western Mass. Plus, how a 10% tariff will impact local commerce.
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![Father Piotr Calik, vicar general [farthest left], Bishop William Byrne, Shaina Rodriguez, Catholic Charities Agency’s new executive director, [center], Father Michael Goudreau, president of Catholic Charities, and Michael Ford, chief financial officer [farthest right] in the press room at the diocese pastoral center in Springfield.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ebeccee/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4022x2241+0+95/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F3c%2Fd4a93472430cbaaadfc27f6df333%2Fimg-8845.jpg)
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