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We find out how Latinas 413 and Hot Plate Brewing Company are teaming up for Dia de los Muertos festivities in Pittsfield, take an extra spooky tour of the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke with Director Megan Seiler, and use space as a metaphor for our greater humanity with Mr. Universe, Salman Hameed.
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Members of the cast and crew of the rock musical Lizzie, which takes a look at the life and motivations of Lizzie Borden, Richard Little stops by to tell us how we can help to take Jurassic Armored Mud Balls to the state level, and Congressman Jim McGovern gives his impressions of the new speaker.
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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."
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We speak to the director of community-based learning at Mt. Holyoke College, Maria Salgado-Catagena who has been chronicling the Puerto Rican history of Holyoke, hang out with Dean Cycon, formerly of Dean's Beans and who currently has just put out a new historical novel, and check in with Pittsfield Mayoral candidate John Krol
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We find out about the Springfield Dragon Boat Festival, discover how the team behind Latinas 413 is building community in the Berkshires, and continue our conversation with Greenfield mayor Roxann Wedegartner
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Connecticut author Kathleen Housely's biography tells the story of an intellectual and polymath, James Gates Percival, whose geological work laid the foundations for generations of Earth scientists.
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We hear the sounds and stories of pianist Carli Munoz, who plays at Smith College later this week, hear about the rebirth and new season of Pothole Pictures in Shelburne Falls, and hear about the possibilities of life on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
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We head to Springfield's first dual language program at Gerena Elementary School, find out what Osiris Rex discovered on its recent asteroid visit, and delve into the rich history and culture of Bomba with Brendaliz Cepeda and Saul Peñalosa of Bomba de Aqui.
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Following the murder of George Floyd, residents of the town of Amherst passed a resolution calling for an end to structural racism and to achieving racial equity for Black residents. The work of the town's reparations committee has just concluded.
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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".