FILM & MOVIES

We continue to preview First Night performers with local legend Ray Mason, reflect on a year since the revival of the Triplex Cinema, and explore words-of-the-year beyond Merriam-Webster with the word nerd.

We learn about a new NEPM documentary project that highlights local Black history, find out how the Pioneer Valley Symphony will be spreading holiday joy this year, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We learn about local filmmaker Kate Way's new documentary, "Banned Together," visit the Tuesday Market to gain farmer perspectives on cuts to the Healthy Incentives Program, and have a post-election check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We hear live music from musician Antwaun Stanley, capture the life of painter Gregory Gillespie, and talk about words used by young people with wordster Emily Brewster.

We have a double Live Music Friday with west coast-based band French Cassettes and a Lucinda Williams tribute from local musicians. Plus, we walk through a list of 200 films produced here in the Bay State.

We talk with musican Omar Sosa, McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern, and talk about homegrown media with ChicopeeTV.

We delight in fright at McCray's Farm, uncover lost films with Garden Cinemas, and explore Springfield Symphony Orchestra's upcoming program.

We learn about Amherst Cinema's Five on Film series highlight talents the area's five college consortium, talk to Local Heroes from Ben & Meg's Farm and Garden Store, and prepare for NEPM's VP debate watch party.

We kick off the spooky season with a new film series at Images Cinema, discuss feeding the community with the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, and explore volcanoes on the moon with Mr. Universe.

We're live at FreshGrass! We talk to some of the artists taking stages across MASS MoCA's campus and some of the organizers behind the festival.