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Artistic director Jane Eilber and dancer Anne Souder of The Martha Graham company chat with us on legacy and evolution ahead of their show at Umass, and we hang out with Laurie Cuevas of Thomas Farm & Dairy in Sunderland, who lets us hug it out with all the baby goats.

Louise Dunphy of Celtic Crossings gives us a rundown of Celtic happenings in western Massachusetts this weekend. Kristen van Ginhoven, artistic director of WAM Theater, joins us to talk about their mission and their upcoming show. And since it's Thursday, we mcgovern with the one and only Rep. Jim McGovern.

Local musician Kimaya Diggs previews her new album "Quincy," plus Nipmuc cultural steward Andre Strongbearheart Gaines Jr. tells us about the Smithsonian Crossroads program, and we enter the Wine Thunderdome once again with Bruce and Benson from Provisions.

Massachusetts Maple Month begins, plus we chat with Ang Buxton of Ten Forward in Greenfield, and Amy Traverso gives us the rundown of what to expect at NEPM's Wine & Food Lovers' Weekend.

We chat with the staff behind the Smith College basketball team, plus Mr. Universe tells us who space really belongs to, and we begin our search for the best pizza in western Mass.

We have the folx from the Tumble podcast teach us a thing or two, singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey joins us in studio for a song or two, and we bring you the first iteration of the wine thunderdome.

If approved by the Massachusetts Senate the bill ill would direct $86 million toward expanding the emergency shelter system and placing affected students into local schools, $65 million for the universal school meals program and $130 million towards SNAP benefits.

We take a tour of the Ruggles Center in Florence, delve into the pages of local author Margot Douaihy, and raise a glass with Ray Berry of White Lion Brewery.

The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts said it will do all it can to help fill the gap of approximately $95 million a month in lost federal SNAP benefits going away in early March.

Slower consumer spending and a stubbornly tough housing market are some of the economic realities we can expect going into 2023, according to experts.