BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

We dance with BCUC for Live Music Friday, wrap up our collaboration with the Media Lab Fellows and their series "Books for Young People", celebrate Dare Bottleshop & Provision's 2nd birthday with a tour of Beaujolais, and introduce you to a new voice in jazz here at NEPM.

We head to Leverett to chat with drink wine with Ken Washburn and find out about their inagural Harvest Festival, Kaliis gets interviewed about her book "Sir Morien: A Tale of a Knight of The Round Table" by Media Lab Fellow Jeremiah Merced, young guitar phenom Louie Phipps joins us for Live Music Friday to celebrate his second album, and we explore the incoming crops at Riverland Farm in Sunderland.

There has been devastating news in Israel and Gaza in recent days — with some areas now fully at war. That was not the case over the summer, when Serenitee Graham, a Ludlow High School student in NEPM's Media Lab, interviewed Hannah Moushabeck about her new book, "Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine."

The Media Lab is interviewing western Massachusetts authors of books for young readers. Next up: Kaliis Smith, co-author of "Sir Morien: The Legend of a Knight of the Round Table."

We have Live Music Friday with Ciarra Fragale, playing Hawks & Reed this and next weekend, explore our local and global eating options with Andy Cox and German Alvarado of Smith College Dining Services, hear the final product of what the NEPM Media Lab Fellows got up to this summer, and head into the Wine Thunderdome at Table & Vine in West Springfield with one extra Mike and a whole lot of tradition.

Mychal Connolly Sr. is himself a business owner. He shared his motivation for the book during an interview with with NEPM's Media Lab.

Tiffany Jewell is the author of "This Book is Anti-Racist" and — more recently — "The Anti-Racist Kid." She was interviewed by Kiara Lee, a student at Springfield Honors Academy and intern with NEPM's Media Lab.

Author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka talks about his new book "Sunshine" along with a reading happening at the Academy of Music, Mr. Universe chats with us about JUICE, and we marathon a-typical events for Patriot's day.

Hannah Moushabeck stops by to talk about her new book, "Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine," with a couple special guests. Plus, we check in with Hampshire College astronomer Salman Hameed.

John Hodgman, former western Mass. resident, stops by to chat on his new tv show, we take a tour of the Clark Museum in Williamstown, and Rep. Jim McGovern gives us the Capitol Hill rundown.