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A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of Massachusetts in innumerable ways," Governor Maura Healey wrote in an executive order announced this week.
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There’s no mud or bugs, air is crisp, the sun late afternoon beams through hemlock needles that act like prisms scattering shards of light. Who’d want to miss that?
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We learn about the Northampton Art Council's ongoing initiative to fund local arts programs and how The Straw Dog Writers Guild is uplifting women and gender expansive authors of color. We'll also check in with Mr. Universe about his takeaways from the International Astronomical Union.
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We talk about this weekend's Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival with project manager Bianca Jimenez, music legend Ms. Lisa Fischer, and hip-hop artists T'Swan and Talynt. We also learn about the fifth Shelburne Falls Porch Festival and invite NEPM reporter Nirvani Williams to join our latest Wine Thunderdome.
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We hear about a paint recycling program happening this weekend with the NHS Key Club, check in with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren about some hotbed issues on her side of congress, and hear about a monthly Queer Open Mic night at 10 Forward to keep the National Poetry Month spirit all year long.
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We invite Mr. Universe in for a chat with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, head to the Berkshires to meet a winemaker encouraging everyone to drink more local wine, and bring in the noisy power trio True Jackie in for Live Music Friday.
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We hear about the history of the Solar Rollers and the wave of rallies they've got planned for Saturday, and hear from poet Alex Woolner about the ways Attack Bear Press is celebrating National Poetry Month.
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We talk to folks from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center about literary activism with their new summer series, and chat with Kuwaiti author about her new book, "The Book Censor's Library."
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NYT best-selling author, illustrator, animator Mo Willems shows us around his latest series of sketches, we visit one of the largest livestock farms in the area, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
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We hear about Childrens' Advocacy Center's awareness event, discover a new book about the Longmeadow boy who would become Johnny Appleseed with local author Melissa Cybulski, discuss idioms and Merriam-Webster developments with Word Nerd, and revisit our trip to the path of totality.