FESTIVALS

We chat with Carlos Uriona of Double Edge Theater and Larry Spotted-Crow Mann of Oketeau Cultural Center about Little Amal's visit to Ashfield, and celebrate 50 years of the Mattoon St. Arts Festival with organizers Jason Alves, Bob McCarroll, and Freya Bromwich.

We find out what's wrong with local lilacs and even more wrong with local trees with Plant Pathologist Nick Brazee, head to Table & Vine to drink a much maligned grape with Michael Quinlan, and bring Franklin County's High Tea in for live music Friday.

The Word Nerd talks to us about the "ae" ending and its many pronunciations, Sheila Bandyopadhyay gets into her role as "Puck" in Shakespeare & Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and we discover the collection of plays at Historic Northampton that make up "Pulling Up the Roots".

We get further into the story of Frank Marchand, who now has a one man show going up at The Shea Theater this week, Chat with Springfield City Councilor Tracye Whitfield about Dine Black Springfield, and celebrate India's moon landing with Mr. Universe.

Mr. Universe tells us about the farthest star, we workshop a new name for a well-loved musical celebration in Northampton with Steve Sanderson and the Word Nerd, get our Lego on when Andy Price chats with us about Brick Con, and find out more about indictments with Jen Taub.

We chat with Juan Falcon of the Hispanic American Library about the New England Latino Festival, and with filmmaker Ido Mizrahi about a documentary he's made involving the family of local Astronaut, Cady Coleman.

We explore the collaboration between the Holyoke Housing Authority and Atlas Farm's Mobile Market, check out the Art of Brewing Festival happening at the Normal Rockwell Museum, and have our weekly talk with Rep. Jim McGovern about the latest farm bill.

We learn which words were most looked up this week with Ersatz Word Nerd Ammon Shea, talk with Sharron Frazier-McClain about the Third Annual Celebration of Black Voices at Barrington Stage, and speak with Megan Burke of the Community Foundation about their involvement with the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund.

We head to Tanglewood for their event Tanglewood on Parade, their annual showcase of all the musicians that have been nestled in the Berkshires all summer!

We have Live music Friday with The Fawns, We chat with Holyoke Mayor and Nueva Esperanza's Melvin Sanchez about Festival Patronales de Holyoke, and the Wine Thunderdome seeks to find a wine to go with grilled foods.