MUSIC

We visit Born Free Food Pantry in Springfield, hear live music with musician Jude Roberts and discuss silent letters with the Word Nerd.

We speak to the folks at Turn It Up CDs and More as they transition leadership, taste Eastern Bloc grapes for the latest Wine Thunderdome and hear music from Misty Blues.

We visit the Toy Box as they prepare to have adults connect with their playful side, talk with jazz legend Arturo Sandoval before his concert in Springfield and discuss dashes with the Word Nerd.

We visit the Center School's new building in Greenfield, we speak with East Forest before his performance at the Hope Center for the Arts and take the latest Thunderdome at Tip Top Wine Shop in Easthampton.

Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles.

We speak with North Adams mayoral candidate Sean Berglund, take a tour of Pittsfield Cemetery with the Berkshire Historical Society and chat with band The Autumn Defense.

Rival Galaxies join us for Live Music Friday, we hear about local style at Fab Passion Fashion Week, meet the Spirits go Blah folx behind an ambitious residency at A.P.E. Gallery, and pit two American spirits against each other at Provisions

We talk about the 70's era Noir films that make up Triples Cinemas' Hard Boiled series, Hear about Secret Planet's upcoming concert with Dogo du Togo with its Sabich popup, and Congressman McGovern answers many listener questions.

Monte and Kaliis are taking some time off, but while they're gone, they explore the Cricket Creek Farm Fall Festival, the Write Angels Conference, A new play "Swamped" in Wendell, new documentary "Hunting Yellow Pigs", and Recordville's Northampton Record Fair.

K&E Theatre Group tells us about their production of Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George," composer Rafiq Bhatia shares his two solo albums and his picturesque modern sounds, and Norma Dream performs on Live Music Friday.