ARTS & CULTURE

We learn about the Holiday Pops concert at Tanglewood, hear live music with local band Bunnies and have an end-of-year recap with Rep. Jim McGovern.

The traveling program, created by Naomi Westwater, aims to give credit to the role of musicians of color in the folk music genre while supporting today's non-white folk artists.

The first-ever Italian Christmas Market was held in Springfield's South End neighborhood recently.

Evelyn Harris, a prominent Pioneer Valley musician and one-time member of the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble "Sweet Honey in the Rock" has died suddenly.

We hear the East African sounds of sounds of Zikina for Live Music Wednesday, review the runners-up for Merriam-Webster's word-of-the-year, and mourn the loss of beloved singer Evelyn Harris.

We take a trip to Ellison Farm Beef in Ludlow, talk with Ricky McKinnie of the Blind Boys of Alabama before their show at the Hope Center for the Arts, and learn how introverts can survive the holidays with Janice Chaka.

We talk to organizer Imani Wallace about the 3rd annual Black AF Conference, learn Merriam-Webster's word of the year with the Word Nerd, and reflect on the year in astronomy with Mr. Universe.

We are joined with rock legend Juliana Hatfield for Live Music Friday and head to Tip Top Wine Shop for the latest Wine Thunderdome with special guest Nirvani Williams.

We check in with organizers behind Yet Another Queer Pop-Up Market, find out about the "30 Poems in November" showcase fundraiser for the Center for New Americans, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss legal social cannabis consumption coming to Mass., a lack in racial diversity in western Mass. public offices, and stalled development of Sublime Systems expansion in Holyoke following a grant rescission.