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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".
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Historic house museums of famous writers are renting out their famous rooms for a hefty price.
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The Trustees of Reservations has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize record books of a family that enslaved Black people, including Elizabeth Freeman. Freeman sued for her freedom and won in 1781.
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We hear how the USDA is helping local farmers in the wake of all the summer's climate disasters, Find out more about the Massachusetts Renaissance Faire happening in Cummington, and get Rep Jim McGovern's take on the latest set of Trump indictments.
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We speak with members of the Hestia Collective on the restoration of their Northampton Mural, and with David Brule and Amalia Fourhawks of the 10th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival.
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At the Springfield Museums, an exhibit about Native Americans, land and Colonial-era maps pushes visitors to think about how Indigenous peoples describe land.
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We talk with Senators Jo Comerford and Karen Spilka, and Tim Garvin of the United Way about efforts to help farmers affected by the flooding and ongoing rains, Mr. Universe joins local filmmaker Bob Krzykowski to talk about Barbenheimer, and Calvinmania comes to Forbes Library.
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We chat with Rachael Maddow and Isaac-Davey Aaronson about their new podcast, McGovern speaks on all the recent flood damage, and despite the rain, the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival endures at Look Park.