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The Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary Sara Danius talks to journalists as she leaves a meeting at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

Head Of Swedish Academy Steps Down Over Handling Of Sex Abuse Allegations

Permanent Secretary Sara Danius resigned on Thursday from the institution that awards the Nobel Prize for literature.

2023 NEA Jazz Masters (left to right): Louis Hayes (photo by Janette Beckman), Regina Carter (photo by Jeff Dunn), Kenny Garrett (photo by Jimmy Katz), Sue Mingus (Photo courtesy Mingus Archives)

Jazz Night toasts the NEA Jazz Masters class of 2023

Jazz Night in America honors the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters: Louis Hayes, Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Sue Mingus. Four newly crowned masters, with plenty of music, stories, and memories.

Former Inmate Of Secretive Prison May Visit Saudi Arabia, Judge Says

A federal judge will allow a former inmate in a restrictive prison unit designed for terrorists and other prisoners to travel to Saudi Arabia for up to a month to visit his "ailing and infirm mother," according to a court order released Friday.

Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith are with musicians Charlotte Malin and Sophie Lippert.

April 4, 2024: Lands real, imagined, and connected

We dive into the virtual worlds designed for this weekend's Power of Truths festival with designer Khalif Neville, hear about pushing the boundaries of chamber music at Sunday's Connections Concert, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Monte Belmonte is with bluegrass musicians Peter Rowan, Max Wareham, and Chris Sartori.

May 10, 2024: Vertical legacies

We bring homegrown bluegrass legend Peter Rowan in for Live Music Friday, explore a local high school quiz show, "As Schools Match Wits," with show host, Beth Ward. Plus, we honor the late Steve Albini with two local musicians and enjoy our latest wine Thunderdome.

This week’s panel for The Rundown includes NEPM reporter Dusty Christensen, Namu Sampath, a reporter with the Springfield Republican newspaper, and attorney and former State Senator Eric Lesser (not pictured).

VP Harris in Pittsfield, Superior Court nominees, property tax burdens

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign stop in Pittsfield, the nomination of local federal prosecutor Deepika Shukla to the Superior Court, the burden of past-due property taxes on Massachusetts homeowners, the Summer Olympics and more.

House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., in this file photo from 2019.

Jan. 23, 2025: First we feast

We take the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight to Local Burger in Northampton, learn about a mezcal pairing-dinner event in Holyoke, and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

The Fabulous 413 speaks to Andrew Morehouse, the executive director of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Food Bank of WMass, Hutghi's at the Nook, Word Nerd

We check in with the executive director of The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts about SNAP benefits, learn about Westfield's Hutghi's at the Nook, and learn about mounweasels with the Word Nerd.

Henry Threadgill's <em>Old Locks and Irregular Verbs</em> was voted the No. 1 jazz album of 2016.

The 2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

Critic Francis Davis surveyed the jazz community to determine the best albums of the year. The winner has had a very good 2016.

Celebrate summer fruit with these berry delicious recipes

The blueberries are just beginning to morph from green to their stunning purple-blue and August means blackberries will be ripe any day now.

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