WINE & SPIRITS

We chat with folx from The Massachusetts Review in honor of National Poetry Month, have a Live Music Friday with Springfield artist Parris, and return to State Street Fruit Store for the latest Wine Thunderdome.

We check out the first Berkshires Book Con at the Pittsfield Atheneum, hear live music with musician Liz Longley, and have a Wine Thunderdome with Franklin County wine friend Ken Washburn.

We get a double Live Music Friday with Mattie and Dabbie and Suitcase Junket and bring the latest Wine Thunderdome to Provisions.

We hear incredible Tuvan throat singing LIVE with ALASH, take a tour of artist Don Blanton's exhibit at Westfield on Weekends and test out Michael Fors' Liquid Jazz Experience decanter.

The Dream Eaters perform for Live Music Friday, we talk with the leadership at Tapestry Health about their programs and upcoming gala fundraiser, and a women-produced sparkling Wine Thunderdome at Tip Top Wine Shop with Lauren Clark.

We speak with the Boston Globe journalist whose investigative work revealed decades of systematic abuse among the Archdiocese of greater Boston and inspired the Oscar-winning film, "Spotlight." We also get into our own Oscar predictions and try wines at State Street Fruit Store.

We hear live music with the Blues legend Corey Harris, try wines with winemaker Filipa Pato at Provisions, and take a look at Merriam-Webster's new slang dictionary webpage.

We check out the exhibit, "River Valley Radical Futures" at Holyoke Community College, hear live music from a capella group The Zumbyes and sip wine with Franklin County Wine Friend Ken Washburn.

We talk to Clark Universty professor Juan Pablo Rivera and NEPM's Elizabeth Román to understand Bad Bunny, speak with musician Roddy Bottum about his new memoir and taste wines at Tip Top Wine Shop.

We talk to Dave Hayes the Weather Nut about the impending snow storm, have a Live Music Friday with DJ Unagi and try wines at State Street Wine Fruit Store.