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R.I.S.E. Fest, McGoverning with McGovern

We have several reads for you today, a lot of them for your littles of whatever size and age they come in.

The 2nd annual R.I.S.E. Festival is bringing authors, artists, musicians and more to the Northampton Center for the Arts to celebrate the written and illustrated word, as well as promote the wellness that the arts can instill in all of us. We speak with organizer Jarret J. Krosoczka about all of the folx joining the festivities and how this year’s festival has packed even more activities into one very full day. And we preview one of the young performers, local musician Louis Phipps.

Plus, Congressman Jim McGovern checks in on the way to his offices in D.C. to explore the congressional votes on a war resolution in Iran, Trump’s current trip to China, the spread of redistricting fever in the fallout of the Louisiana v. Callais decision, and the hotbed issue of rotisserie chicken that arises from a bevy of listener questions.

Christopher “Monte'' 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.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413.