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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Jeffrey Foucault joins us for Live Music Friday, we chat with Damany Gordon of Genuine Culture, LLC about their Ramsey Lewis Tribute show, and we enter the wine thunderdome with Michael Quinlan of Table & Vine in West Springfield. -
We bask in the presence of Springfield native and 2 time Oscar Winner Ruth E. Carter, Ask Rep. McGovern why he had problems with the debt ceiling deal that passed, and give you the briefest of rundowns on Pride Events happening this weekend.
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We take a tour of the Berkshire botanical gardens, have sightings of famous folx in western Mass, and dig into the unlikely union of German and French that gives us the modern English language with The Word Nerd.
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We take a look at the folx coming together to bring us Summer on Strong for the 3rd year running, sit down with the outgoing director and some graduating students of The Literacy Project, and Meet the Mayor with Gian-Louise Sciarra of Northampton.
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We dig into canned wine with the folx at Provisions, The Threesies deliver live music free from common time signatures, and we get an explanation of what's actually happening with Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity right now.
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We take a look at the MAPS program's collaborations, Find out about rock and magic camps with Scotty Swan, and Rep. Jim McGovern's past words about AI prove prescient.
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We head to Tanglewood to check out the trees, hear how a local farm has had to pivot through pandemics and inopportune frosts, and hear about School for Contemporary Dance and Thought's performances that bring young people together to collaborate.
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June Millington of Fanny and IMA talks about the documentary airing on PBS about her seminal group, the organizers of the Odenong Powwow invite us in to chat about their event this weekend, and Mr. Universe tells us of the swiftness of Mars
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Sandy Thomas visits to chat about Beefest, we drink rose at Nejaime's Wine Cellar in Lenox for the Thunderdome, and Pamela Means joins us for Live Music Friday.
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The barbershop quartet Saffron stops by with educator Marcos Carreras, Rep. Jim McGovern dabbles with chat AI, and poets Martin Espada and Rich Michaelson read us a preview of poems they'll read at their respective events this weekend.
