MUSIC

We speak with astronaut Cady Coleman about promoting democracy with the new astronaut-led nonprofit Astronauts for America and talk to the legendary singer Bettye LaVette.

We get Live Music Firday with Hazel Basil, speak with host Marshall Escamilla of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids about 'Dino Map Adventure Live!', and speak with poet Martín Espada about the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

We speak with the new director of the Academy of Music in Northampton, Ray Dumont, and check in with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We hear about the 3rd annual Queercore Fest, visit Wheel-View Farm in honor of CISA's Climate Change and Farming Week, and dive into the digitization of Merriam-Webster with the Word Nerd.

We visit the cute highland cattle at Roaming Farm, get a Live Music Session with Larry and Joe, and speak with interim Word Nerd Peter Sokolowski.

We speak to Arcadia sanctuary Manager MJ Rappaport and Jim Olsen of Signature Sounds about the 2026 Arcadia Folk Festival, speak to punk icon Laura Jane Grace, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

The eighth annual benefit concert, founded by Signature Sounds, takes place at the 700-acre wildlife sanctuary on Saturday August 29.

We chat with Stone Soup Cafe about their annual Harvest Supper, speak with the creatives behind Roomful of Teeth's "The Puerto Rico Experiment," and have a Live Music Session with Sable Island Pony.

We check out the Berkshire Opera Festival, speak with playwright and director Erica Terpening-Romeo about her one-woman show "The Songbook," and chat with Rep. Jim McGovern.