HISTORY

The town of Montague hired historical investigators to fill in details of the "Falls Fight," where 250 Native people were killed more than 350 years ago. The study was funded by the National Park Service.

We talk with Kitty Hendricks-Miller about the 12th annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, learn about the multi-cultural dance found in "Urban Love Suite" at Jacob's Pillow and taste wines at Dare Bottleshop in Lenox.

We talk with writer and producer Haile Eshe Cole and assistant producer Nicole Young-Martin of emerging play "Belly," and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We speak with the organizers of the African Community Festival in Springfield, visit the Westfield Farmers Market and discuss the term "Adams' apple." with the Word Nerd.

Residents and visitors to Great Barrington can now take a seat on a marble bench, next to a life-size statue of the post Civil War scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. Organizers who brought the bronze likeness of Du Bois to life hope it creates a new curiosity about the co-founder of the NAACP — one of the town's most famous native sons.

We take a tour of the Shakespeare & Company campus and bring the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight to the Kolakoski Farm Stand.

We learn about the new W.E.B. Du Bois statue that will be unveiled in Great Barrington this weekend and talk about the state of American politics with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We learn about PAHMUSA's Underground Railroad walking tour in Springfield, chat with author David Ambroz's memoir, "A Place Called Home," and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We visit the dairy girls at Fletcher Farm, talk with a couple DJs who will liven Northampton for "Parties in the Park," and learn about the Yiddish Book Center's upcoming Yidstock.

We hear more from our Green River Festival pop-ups with band THUS LOVE and musician Ali McGuirk and reflect on the Fourth of July through the words of Frederick Douglass.