ARTS & CULTURE

We learn about all the community-forward healthcare that is provided by local organization Tapestry Health, learn about the invasive spotted lantern fly with NEPM reporter Philip Bishop and Jennifer Foreman Orth of MDAR and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We join Rep. Jim McGovern at Foxtrot Farm as he tours various farms across western Mass., talk with the Word Nerd about contradictory phrases and find out what's new in the world of gaming in the latest installment of Nerdwatch.

We talk to Way Finders President Keith Fairey and MassINC Polling Group Research Director Rich Parr about a new survey to gauge transportation in western Mass. and take a trip to Coyote Hill Farm.

We learn about the the 2025-2026 program of the Hope Center of the Arts, pet some instruments at the Northampton Community Music Center and hear more about the lunar eclipse with Mr. Universe.

We talk with CitySpace's Zoë Fieldman and Pay It Forward grant recipient Chestina Thrower and have our latest Power of History segment with professor Ousmane Power-Greene.

We talk with local author David Daley about the modern context of gerrymandering, learn about the Nipmuc community's traditional mishoon practice and find out what's in store for this year's RPM Fest.

We talk with comic book author Diane DiMassa about her new anthology, learn about what the Arcadia Folk Festival has in store this year, and ask the Word Nerd about common misnomers.

We learn about Stone Soup Cafe's 20th annual Harvest Supper and The Triplex Cinema's Queer Cinema Club. Plus we take the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight to Autumn Mist Farm.

We hear about how festival Transformance 35 benefits the local arts and talk with Mr. Universe about the upcoming lunar eclipse and not-so-far-away planets.

Two Palestinian American women have become the second generation of their family businesses. One is a restaurant owner in Brooklyn, New York. One is a book publisher in Northampton, Massachusetts. They're connected through their culture, their families — and through the publishing of a new Palestinian cookbook.