THEATER

We chat with Amanda Freeman, Marissa Chiapperino, Franchezka Bermudez about changing policy and making bureaucracy easier to navigate in the 413, Discover the century of history nestled in Great Barrington at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and Mr. Universe tackles issues both terrestrial and cosmic.

Members of the cast and crew of the rock musical Lizzie, which takes a look at the life and motivations of Lizzie Borden, Richard Little stops by to tell us how we can help to take Jurassic Armored Mud Balls to the state level, and Congressman Jim McGovern gives his impressions of the new speaker.

We speak with mayoral hopeful Justin Hurst about his bid for the seat and his plans for Springfield, and hear about the Youth Performance Festival's collaboration with Make It Springfield.

Eggtooth Production's Linda McInerney and the band Cloudbelly talk about A Happening III, happening in Turners Falls. Plus a Wine Thunderdome with orange wine at Provisions. And NEPM Media Lab's Maggie Kocsmiersky talking with author Mychal Connolly Sr.

We eat tasty treats at East Longmeadow's The Apple Place, delve into the evolution of the singular "you" with The Word Nerd Emily Brewster, and laugh for good causes with the folx of Comedy Cause 5.

We chat with Carlos Uriona of Double Edge Theater and Larry Spotted-Crow Mann of Oketeau Cultural Center about Little Amal's visit to Ashfield, and celebrate 50 years of the Mattoon St. Arts Festival with organizers Jason Alves, Bob McCarroll, and Freya Bromwich.

The Word Nerd talks to us about the "ae" ending and its many pronunciations, Sheila Bandyopadhyay gets into her role as "Puck" in Shakespeare & Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and we discover the collection of plays at Historic Northampton that make up "Pulling Up the Roots".

We get further into the story of Frank Marchand, who now has a one man show going up at The Shea Theater this week, Chat with Springfield City Councilor Tracye Whitfield about Dine Black Springfield, and celebrate India's moon landing with Mr. Universe.

We learn which words were most looked up this week with Ersatz Word Nerd Ammon Shea, talk with Sharron Frazier-McClain about the Third Annual Celebration of Black Voices at Barrington Stage, and speak with Megan Burke of the Community Foundation about their involvement with the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund.

We hear how the USDA is helping local farmers in the wake of all the summer's climate disasters, Find out more about the Massachusetts Renaissance Faire happening in Cummington, and get Rep Jim McGovern's take on the latest set of Trump indictments.