Monte Belmonte
Host & Executive ProducerMonte Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
During his time as host of Mornings with Monte, he developed several local fundraising campaigns, including the annual pre-Thanksgiving “Monte’s March” for The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Monte also serves as the volunteer president of the board of the nonprofit Shea Theater Arts Center in his hometown of Great Falls (Turners Falls), Massachusetts. He is married to Smith College Spanish lecturer Melissa Belmonte, and has three incredibly creative kids, Atticus, Enzo and Pax.
You can reach Monte at monte@nepm.org.
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We check out NEPM's newest podcast with the creator, NEPM reporter Karen Brown, and find out more about the recent sale of Gateway City Arts to LightHouse Holyoke. Plus, Emily Brewster, the wordster from Merriam-Webster, answers a listener question about homonyms.
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We meet two of the three generations growing and brewing at Kosinski Farm in Westfield, get a tour and a temperature of the recently re-opened Triplex Cinemas with creative director Ben Elliot, and walk to the beat of the Pittsfield Jazz Fest with Ed Bride of Berkshires Jazz.
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We take a tour of the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility with advisory board members in honor of Earth Day and stumble into a brand new gem of a pizza spot in Great Barrington.
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We chat with Payton Shubrick of 6 Bricks Cannabis Dispensary about changes to the marijuana landscape, chat with Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, the imaginations behind the Spiderwick Chronicles, and listen to the tunes of Mary Jane Jones band.
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We chat with actor/director/producer Karen Allen about her career and more, head to Hadley to see the 50+ years of history that makes 20 Acre Farm what it is, and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern, who has a lot on his mind this week.
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We hear about the history of the Solar Rollers and the wave of rallies they've got planned for Saturday, and hear from poet Alex Woolner about the ways Attack Bear Press is celebrating National Poetry Month.
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We talk to folks from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center about literary activism with their new summer series, and chat with Kuwaiti author about her new book, "The Book Censor's Library."
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We hear about the upcoming Easthampton Film Festival, visit the Double Edge Theater before the one-character show, "SUGA," and chat even more eclipse stuff with Mr. Universe.
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We hear from the UnNameable Children's Project about their upcoming live production, hear about The Toy Box's upcoming 4-1-3 Day celebration, talk to some Valley Voices storytellers, and pit two natural reds against each other for this week's Thunderdome.
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NYT best-selling author, illustrator, animator Mo Willems shows us around his latest series of sketches, we visit one of the largest livestock farms in the area, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.