MUSEUMS

We get a preview of the Fall Festival at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, find out how the Bogin Playscape Project will improve outcomes for children in western Mass., and talk next steps on the government shutdown with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Get a preview of the music at Saturday's Easthampton Porchfest, explore a local museum in a new light with The Carle After Dark, and hear about the new 12th Collegiate Dictionary from Merriam Webster

We visit MASS MoCA to hear from the co-founders of Bang on a Can before LOUD weekend, David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon. Plus, we listen to a percussive performance from Jason Treuting of Sō Percussion.

We find out about Genuine Culture and Wistriahurst's Juneteenth celebration, talk to Ancestral Bridges about their Juneteenth walking tour and break down language history in America with the Word Nerd.

One of the best known battles of the American Revolution may have been in Lexington, Mass. But a historic house about 100 miles west, in the town of Hadley, Mass., is among the many locations where people lived and labored — and played lesser known roles leading up to 1776.

We talk to multi-disciplinary artist Saul Williams before his performance at Mass MoCA, hear live music from Ciarra Fragale and taste wines for our latest Wine Thunderdome.