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We chat with the folx behind the "Black Families of Greenfield" exhibit at the Lava Center, explore the bridge of tap dance with members of "They Dance for Rain" as they participate in the Nairobi Dance Life Festival, and drink with Amy McMahon of Mesa Verde in Greenfield while discovering her collaborations with Haitian refugees.
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Workers at a Massachusetts nonprofit organization that provides services for immigrant communities say they've been slammed since a new law allowing all state residents to get a driver’s license, regardless of their immigration status, took effect earlier this month.
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We hear a powerful excerpt of "Mother Tongue" from the Performance Group, have 4th perfect cocktails with Sean Billson of Gateway City Arts, and two more of our Roundhouse Kicks sessions from the Green River Festival with Larry & Joe, and Miko Marks.
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We talk with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, get into gamma rays with Mr. Universe, and meet soon-to-be American Gairy Wynter and see if we'd also pass the citizenship test.
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Western Mass. parades push on through a soggy Fourth of July, and 50 new U.S. citizens take the oathAlthough heavy rains put a damper on many Fourth of July activities, blue skies broke through at times Tuesday afternoon across western Massachusetts.
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A Massachusetts law will take effect on Saturday giving a new right to people who have entered the country illegally. Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles offices will begin accepting appointments for unauthorized immigrants to get driver’s licenses. But it’s going to take some time before many can drive legally.
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It was a big relief for many when the Biden administration extended protections from deportation for Haitians. But some who are trying to resettle in western Massachusetts are still waiting for these protections.
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The Center for New Americans brings recent immigrants to the stage at The Shea Theater, CISA connects us with Hilltown Mobile Market organizer Hunt Chase, and we watch the skies with local ornithologist David Sibley, and Candice Bradbury, the librarian bringing him to Treehouse Brewing for a fundraiser.
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We mcgovern with Rep. Jim McGovern, and chat with Edo Mor about Colliderfest, an international music festival.
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Rep. Jim McGovern gives us the low down on capital hill, the women of Hot Plate Brewing and Latinas 413 talk about their collective Cinco de Mayo event, and Monte celebrates May the 4th by grilling the NEPM staff with questions about wars in the stars.