ARTS & CULTURE

We talk to NEPM President Matt Abramovitz to bring a local context to eliminated federal funding for public media, hear live music with Florence's Lucia Dostal and imbibe at Tip Top Wine Shop.

We learn about the new W.E.B. Du Bois statue that will be unveiled in Great Barrington this weekend and talk about the state of American politics with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We learn about this weekend's Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival with live bagpipe music, talk to Word Nerd Emily Brewster about the suffixes "-ant" and "-aur," and listen to live music with Éilís Kennedy and Peter Blanchette.

After a prospective deal to sell the long-vacant Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass., evaporated, the city's license commission is offering up the building's liquor license.

We visit Maple Corner Farm for their pick-your-own blueberry season, chat with conductor Keith Lockhart as he celebrates 30 years with the Boston Pops and play pickleball to benefit the Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity.

We shoot some arrows with Mill River Archery, visit Black Birch Vineyard before their "Books and Bottles" event and explore distant solar systems with Mr. Universe.

"Cottage Street Studios: Past and Present" brings together artists who formed a community at a former mill building in downtown Easthampton before rents went up.

We talk to Senator Ed Markey as he prepares to run for reelection, learn more about Our Lady of Mount Carmel Italian Feast's return to Springfield and take the latest Wine Thunderdome to Provisions in Amherst.

We learn about PAHMUSA's Underground Railroad walking tour in Springfield, chat with author David Ambroz's memoir, "A Place Called Home," and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We hear about the production of "Still" at A.P.E. Gallery, learn more about this year's Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival and ask the Word Nerd about compound words.