HISTORY

We break down a lawsuit filed alleging racial segregation in western Mass. schools, the end of federal oversight on the Springfield police department, the 350th anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre, the legacy and passing of former Rep. Barney Frank and much more.

We talk with founder and organizer of the Odenong Powwow Justin Beatty before event's 6th iteration, visit Growing a Bunch Farm in Ashfield, and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We check out the "Legoland" theater production at CitySpace and tour Arrowhead, Herman Melville's country estate as it opens for the season.

We head to Franklin County to tour the site of the Great Falls Massacre 350 years after it was carried out by Captain William Turner, for whom the surrounding village is now named after, with Nolumbeka Project President David Brule.

We broadcast from the Emily Dickinson Museum with Executive Director Jane Wald, Program Director Brooke Steinhauser, and poets Nathan McClain and Rebecca Hart Olander.

We talk to the organizers of Hampshire Pride that will hit the Northampton streets on May 2, speak with mezzo soprano Catilin Felsman ahead of Opera on Tap coming to The Iron Horse, and have our weekly chat with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We get a sneak peak of the 5th annual Easthampton Film Festival, check in with the David Ruggles Center before their Founders Day Symposium, and take the latest Local Hero Spotlight to Woodstar Cafe.

John Gennari’s book explores how race and place intersect — and how that connection shapes the music that emerges.

We play western Mass. trivia with Chris Bigelow of Cloud 9 Productions and talk to Lieutenant Gov. Kim Driscoll, ornithologist David Sibley for a very special 413 Day celebration broadcast.

We speak to the highly accomplished author Jesmyn Ward before her lecture at Smith College and talk to Mr. Universe about the science in the movie, "Project Hail Mary."