Podcasts about ex dir

9/4/26, Co-Host Josh Silver Andy Bukowksi, Josh Silver and Bill Newman Fishwrap the UMass football team's 37-21 victory over Rutgers— breaking the 16 game!!! losing streak—feels like 16 years. Then—this is extraordinarily serious—the lawsuits involving Trump's taking over mail-in voting and deciding who can vote. A decision is imminent. Jen Nery, from the Northampton Information Hub—on coffee and donuts, two upcoming informal Saturday morning gatherings with many Northampton elected officials. You are cordially invited. Celebrate resistance. Community Action Pioneer Valley Ex Dir Lev BenEzra and Marianne Bouthilette, Dir of Head Start, on the Trump administration's attack on the program-- killing it through new regulations and cutting off its funding. What you can do to help fight back. Celebrate discovery. Breaking news from outer space. Astronomer Salman Hameed on the demotion of Pluto from its status as a planet—the injustice of it all; the launch or the Nancy Grace Roman telescope—the secrets of the universe that will be revealed. More breaking news from outer space: dark matter particles discovered? Wow. Celebrate art and community. ArtBeat with Donnabelle Casis and Chloe Torri on the upcoming Flo Fest—the community celebration in Florece.

9/1/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark: election day issues, union solidarity, GOTV, your vote matters, gerontocracy, local races. Sen Ed Markey: his age, his issues, accomplishments, fears & hopes. Mass Fair Housing Ex Dir Vineeth Hemavathi: from this non-profit in Holyoke, their nationwide lawsuit against the U.S. Dept of Housing & Urban Development to prevent Trump from gutting fair housing – and the injunction they achieved last week. Eric Ross, UMass grad student & Co-Founder of Massachusetts Cuban Solidarity: conditions on the island; protesting and organizing against Trump's policies.

8/24/26. Co-Host Megan Zinn Mass Head Start Ex Dir Michelle Haimowitz: Trump's threats to Head Start and what you can do to help—which is a lot. Writers Block: Megan Zinn interviews Juliet Faithfull, author of “Liar's Dice” -- family secrets, class struggle, and overcoming enormous odds -- illiteracy and disability –her debut novel with a major publishing house. Ehmptn Mayor Salem Derby: a bike path for all –where is this going? Also, new housing and the budget after the override. Amherst Town Mgr Paul Bockelman and Comms Dir Samantha Giffen: openings – the new Amethyst Brook Elementary School (and public art in that school) –and yes, move-in day at UMass & Amherst College; also, the town's Block Party and the All About Amherst Civil Academy.

8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor's Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position. Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don't miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more. Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.

8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor's Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position. Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don't miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more. Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.

8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor's Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position. Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don't miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more. Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.

8/6/26: Co-Host Andy Bukowski Atty Michael Fenton, candidate for Governor's Council, explains what the Council is and does and why he is seeking this position. Taylor Haas, Ex Dir, the Three County Fair: no horses races but don't miss the school bus demolition derby, the horse and oxen pulls, agriculture exhibits, the fun animals, the midway and much more. Congressman Jim McGovern on the corruption in Washington, the wars in Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, the slush fund for Jan 6 insurrectionists, and the Midterms and how Democrats should run. Ruth Griggs, Pres, Northampton Jazz Festival on Jazz in the Valley and the fabulous artists in our midst.

8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today's Gazette. Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass' “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now. Hannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass'n, on the new Passport Program, downtown grocery stores, foot traffic, venues, the creative economy & housing. Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town's cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.

8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today's Gazette. Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass' “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now. Hannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass'n, on the new Passport Program, downtown grocery stores, foot traffic, venues, the creative economy & housing. Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town's cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.

8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today's Gazette. Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass' “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now. Hannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass'n, on the new Passport Program, downtown grocery stores, foot traffic, venues, the creative economy & housing. Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town's cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.

8/4/26 Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz. FishWrap: unionizing the Eric Carle Museum; the First Franklin race debate; Nhmptn City Councilor Laurie Loisel on trans rights—her piece in today's Gazette. Black in the Valley w/ the founders-- Professors Jacquelyn Smith-Crooks & Carlie Tartakov -- & Amilcar Shabazz on Frederick Douglass' “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will” -- applying that statement here and now. Hannah Rechtshaffen, Ex Dir, Greenfield Business Ass'n, on the new Passport Program, downtown grocery stores, foot traffic, venues, the creative economy & housing. Lisa Wong, South Hadley Town Administrator: the town's cannabis ban, food trucks, agricultural entertainment zones, Mount Holyoke College and the PILOT, and the Override vote on Sept 1.

7/22/26, Co-Host Brian Adams Center for New Americans Ex Dir Laurie Millman & paralegal Ursula Wolanska-Fettes: taking the citizenship exam, what are the questions, surviving the citizenship interview, and can you correctly answer the questions? Dr Cory Harris, CHD urologist: how is your prostate performing? What can you do about it? History Professor Marge Bruchak on which side(s) native people fought for in the Revolutionary War and why, the historical consequences & some amazing stories. Cool Films: Larry Hott speaks with filmmaker Allen Moore: “The Shepherds of Berneray” (1981) & his return to this film, this story, this remote island, part of Scotland, 45 years later—a story and lesson for all of us.

7/21/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College's land, 260 acres in Hadley. Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre. Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire. Governor's Councillor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor's Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

7/21/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College's land, 260 acres in Hadley. Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre. Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire. Governor's Councillor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor's Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

7/21/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College's land, 260 acres in Hadley. Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre. Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire. Governor's Councillor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor's Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

7/21/26, Co-Host -- Carrie Baker Nathaniel Malloy, new Hadley Town Administrator: Rt 9 development, the Overrides, regional planning & what will happen with Hampshire College's land, 260 acres in Hadley. Hannah Williams, Chester Theatre Managing Director and the playwright Mark St Germain on “Amchitka,” the atomic bomb explosions, isolation, knowing the unknowable & the uniqueness of Chester Theatre. Millicent Jackson, Ex Dir, Voices from Inside: living and writing inside and outside the razor wire. Governor's Councillor Tara Jacobs: what and why is the Governor's Council, its advise & consent role in confirming judges, clerk-magistrates & parole bd members and consideration of commutations & pardons.

7/7/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters. Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.” Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead. Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador's authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

7/7/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters. Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.” Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead. Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador's authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

7/7/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters. Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.” Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead. Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador's authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

7/7/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters. Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.” Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead. Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador's authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

7/7/26, Co-Host Amilcar Shabazz Sen Paul Mark, Commission Chair of America 250 in Mass, on how and why we are celebrating the Declaration of Independence; also, freeing children from social media exploiters. Amilcar Shabazz on freedom in our history, celebrating Juneteenth, & “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Tom Weiner on “In Defiance: 20 Abolitionists You Were Never Taught in School.” Monica Cage, owner of Crown by Cage & Sec of Black Business Assoc of Amherst Area on Black entrepreneurship in western Mass, community support & the road ahead. Noah Bullock, Ex Dir, Cristosal, the Central American human rts org, on human rts abuses & the death of the rule of law in El Salvador & the tight friendship between Pres Trump &, El Salvador's authoritarian right-wing President, Nayib Bukele.

7/2/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski. Award-winning poet Martín Espada on “Shame” – the story of, his poem on, Alligator Alcatraz, featured in this month's special edition of the Nation Magazine along with pieces by Jane Fonda, Bill McKibben, Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and other progressive luminaries. Max Page, Pres of Mass Teachers Ass'n: ballot questions on taxes and rent control stuck from November's ballot—for different reasons; Trump's school voucher program in Mass; more $ for our schools? Congressman Jim McGovern: celebrating the 250th, government dysfunction, the housing bill, wars in Iran, Ukraine & Gaza, USAID, Trump's 2026 election-rigging plans, & reflections on the reflecting pool. Kristin Neville, Ex Dir, Blues to Green, & Lorenzo Gaines, Social Media & Community Engagement Guru, on the next weekend's joyous Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival – free and open to all—an amazing lineup of musicians.

7/2/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski. Award-winning poet Martín Espada on “Shame” – the story of, his poem on, Alligator Alcatraz, featured in this month's special edition of the Nation Magazine along with pieces by Jane Fonda, Bill McKibben, Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and other progressive luminaries. Max Page, Pres of Mass Teachers Ass'n: ballot questions on taxes and rent control stuck from November's ballot—for different reasons; Trump's school voucher program in Mass; more $ for our schools? Congressman Jim McGovern: celebrating the 250th, government dysfunction, the housing bill, wars in Iran, Ukraine & Gaza, USAID, Trump's 2026 election-rigging plans, & reflections on the reflecting pool. Kristin Neville, Ex Dir, Blues to Green, & Lorenzo Gaines, Social Media & Community Engagement Guru, on the next weekend's joyous Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival – free and open to all—an amazing lineup of musicians.

7/2/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski. Award-winning poet Martín Espada on “Shame” – the story of, his poem on, Alligator Alcatraz, featured in this month's special edition of the Nation Magazine along with pieces by Jane Fonda, Bill McKibben, Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and other progressive luminaries. Max Page, Pres of Mass Teachers Ass'n: ballot questions on taxes and rent control stuck from November's ballot—for different reasons; Trump's school voucher program in Mass; more $ for our schools? Congressman Jim McGovern: celebrating the 250th, government dysfunction, the housing bill, wars in Iran, Ukraine & Gaza, USAID, Trump's 2026 election-rigging plans, & reflections on the reflecting pool. Kristin Neville, Ex Dir, Blues to Green, & Lorenzo Gaines, Social Media & Community Engagement Guru, on the next weekend's joyous Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival – free and open to all—an amazing lineup of musicians.

7/2/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski. Award-winning poet Martín Espada on “Shame” – the story of, his poem on, Alligator Alcatraz, featured in this month's special edition of the Nation Magazine along with pieces by Jane Fonda, Bill McKibben, Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and other progressive luminaries. Max Page, Pres of Mass Teachers Ass'n: ballot questions on taxes and rent control stuck from November's ballot—for different reasons; Trump's school voucher program in Mass; more $ for our schools? Congressman Jim McGovern: celebrating the 250th, government dysfunction, the housing bill, wars in Iran, Ukraine & Gaza, USAID, Trump's 2026 election-rigging plans, & reflections on the reflecting pool. Kristin Neville, Ex Dir, Blues to Green, & Lorenzo Gaines, Social Media & Community Engagement Guru, on the next weekend's joyous Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival – free and open to all—an amazing lineup of musicians.

5/28/26 Eric Jay Dolin, author of “ The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair and Deliverance in the Age of Sail.” An amazing story. Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass Ex Dir: the ACLU's fight in Mass federal court against Trump's Ex Order putting him and his Post Office in charge of voting. The hearing is Tuesday. Pastor Carole Bull: Having faith in a time of political turmoil. All that Jazz with John Anz and Liz Longley, coming to the Iron Horse.

5/28/26 Eric Jay Dolin, author of “ The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair and Deliverance in the Age of Sail.” An amazing story. Carol Rose, ACLU of Mass Ex Dir: the ACLU's fight in Mass federal court against Trump's Ex Order putting him and his Post Office in charge of voting. The hearing is Tuesday. Pastor Carole Bull: Having faith in a time of political turmoil. All that Jazz with John Anz and Liz Longley, coming to the Iron Horse.

5/20/26(Co-Host Brian Adams) We Fishwrap Picture Main Street and the news on Hampshire's closing. From Transitions Through Motion in Hatfield -- Leora Barry, Ex Dir, and Theresa Fischer: horses helping people. Kate Buckman, Aquatic Ecologist with the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy: happening here – fish on elevators, the great migration, nest building male fish, shad's return from their world tour, local sea lampreys – don't call them eels or snakes. Filmmakers Larry Hott and John Manulis on “Fortunate Sons” – highly recommended.

5/20/26(Co-Host Brian Adams) We Fishwrap Picture Main Street and the news on Hampshire's closing. From Transitions Through Motion in Hatfield -- Leora Barry, Ex Dir, and Theresa Fischer: horses helping people. Kate Buckman, Aquatic Ecologist with the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy: happening here – fish on elevators, the great migration, nest building male fish, shad's return from their world tour, local sea lampreys – don't call them eels or snakes. Filmmakers Larry Hott and John Manulis on “Fortunate Sons” – highly recommended.

5/20/26(Co-Host Brian Adams) We Fishwrap Picture Main Street and the news on Hampshire's closing. From Transitions Through Motion in Hatfield -- Leora Barry, Ex Dir, and Theresa Fischer: horses helping people. Kate Buckman, Aquatic Ecologist with the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy: happening here – fish on elevators, the great migration, nest building male fish, shad's return from their world tour, local sea lampreys – don't call them eels or snakes. Filmmakers Larry Hott and John Manulis on “Fortunate Sons” – highly recommended.

5/20/26(Co-Host Brian Adams) We Fishwrap Picture Main Street and the news on Hampshire's closing. From Transitions Through Motion in Hatfield -- Leora Barry, Ex Dir, and Theresa Fischer: horses helping people. Kate Buckman, Aquatic Ecologist with the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy: happening here – fish on elevators, the great migration, nest building male fish, shad's return from their world tour, local sea lampreys – don't call them eels or snakes. Filmmakers Larry Hott and John Manulis on “Fortunate Sons” – highly recommended.

5/19/26 (Co-Host - Carrie Baker) Paradise City Arts Festival at the Fair Grounds this weekend—we visit with the show Director, Mariah Swanson—200+ artists and craftspersons, musicians (new, larger stages) and perfect weather for the show. Sci- Tech Café with MHC Prof Kerstin Norstrom & Hampshire Coll Ecology & Global Change Prof Jennifer Van Wyk: bees (gender is a social construct!), No Mow May, and bugs v insects. Also, Hampshire College's commencement and its closing. Comedy Quiz –on bugs and bees—with Happier Valley Comedy's Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Ekus & special contestant Carrie Baker. Feminist Futures with Smith Coll Prof Carrie Baker. Carrie interviews Marianne Winters, Ex Dir of Safe Passage about the two recent domestic violence homicides in our community—at UMass and in Belchertown.

5/19/26 (Co-Host - Carrie Baker) Paradise City Arts Festival at the Fair Grounds this weekend—we visit with the show Director, Mariah Swanson—200+ artists and craftspersons, musicians (new, larger stages) and perfect weather for the show. Sci- Tech Café with MHC Prof Kerstin Norstrom & Hampshire Coll Ecology & Global Change Prof Jennifer Van Wyk: bees (gender is a social construct!), No Mow May, and bugs v insects. Also, Hampshire College's commencement and its closing. Comedy Quiz –on bugs and bees—with Happier Valley Comedy's Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Ekus & special contestant Carrie Baker. Feminist Futures with Smith Coll Prof Carrie Baker. Carrie interviews Marianne Winters, Ex Dir of Safe Passage about the two recent domestic violence homicides in our community—at UMass and in Belchertown.

5/19/26 (Co-Host - Carrie Baker) Paradise City Arts Festival at the Fair Grounds this weekend—we visit with the show Director, Mariah Swanson—200+ artists and craftspersons, musicians (new, larger stages) and perfect weather for the show. Sci- Tech Café with MHC Prof Kerstin Norstrom & Hampshire Coll Ecology & Global Change Prof Jennifer Van Wyk: bees (gender is a social construct!), No Mow May, and bugs v insects. Also, Hampshire College's commencement and its closing. Comedy Quiz –on bugs and bees—with Happier Valley Comedy's Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Ekus & special contestant Carrie Baker. Feminist Futures with Smith Coll Prof Carrie Baker. Carrie interviews Marianne Winters, Ex Dir of Safe Passage about the two recent domestic violence homicides in our community—at UMass and in Belchertown.

5/19/26 (Co-Host - Carrie Baker) Paradise City Arts Festival at the Fair Grounds this weekend—we visit with the show Director, Mariah Swanson—200+ artists and craftspersons, musicians (new, larger stages) and perfect weather for the show. Sci- Tech Café with MHC Prof Kerstin Norstrom & Hampshire Coll Ecology & Global Change Prof Jennifer Van Wyk: bees (gender is a social construct!), No Mow May, and bugs v insects. Also, Hampshire College's commencement and its closing. Comedy Quiz –on bugs and bees—with Happier Valley Comedy's Maddy Benjamin, Scott Braidman, Sally Ekus & special contestant Carrie Baker. Feminist Futures with Smith Coll Prof Carrie Baker. Carrie interviews Marianne Winters, Ex Dir of Safe Passage about the two recent domestic violence homicides in our community—at UMass and in Belchertown.

Play Among the Stars 4/3/26: MTA Pres Max Page: school funding & tax cutting. Community Action Pioneer Valley's Lev Ben Ezra (Ex Dir) & Frances Hall (Dir, Community Services): WIC prospers. Astronomer Salman Hameed: going to the moon, Mars & war. Silver on Iran & November. Donnabelle Casis' ArtBeat w/ Northampton Playwright Lab's Harley Erdman & Talya Kingston.

No Foolin' Around 4/1/26: DA David Sullivan & Kara McElhone, Ex Dir, Children's Advocacy Center - Hamp Co: April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month. Historic Deerfield's Lauren Whitley & Phillippa Pitts: “Picturing and Dressing the Revolution.” Sal the Salamander, Woody the Wood Frog, Pete the Peeper & Brian Adams: crossing over. Pam Victor, Head of Happiness @ Happier Valley Comedy: Yes And.

No Foolin' Around 4/1/26: DA David Sullivan & Kara McElhone, Ex Dir, Children's Advocacy Center - Hamp Co: April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month. Historic Deerfield's Lauren Whitley & Phillippa Pitts: “Picturing and Dressing the Revolution.” Sal the Salamander, Woody the Wood Frog, Pete the Peeper & Brian Adams: crossing over. Pam Victor, Head of Happiness @ Happier Valley Comedy: Yes And.

No Foolin' Around 4/1/26: DA David Sullivan & Kara McElhone, Ex Dir, Children's Advocacy Center - Hamp Co: April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month. Historic Deerfield's Lauren Whitley & Phillippa Pitts: “Picturing and Dressing the Revolution.” Sal the Salamander, Woody the Wood Frog, Pete the Peeper & Brian Adams: crossing over. Pam Victor, Head of Happiness @ Happier Valley Comedy: Yes And.

No Foolin' Around 4/1/26: DA David Sullivan & Kara McElhone, Ex Dir, Children's Advocacy Center - Hamp Co: April is Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month. Historic Deerfield's Lauren Whitley & Phillippa Pitts: “Picturing and Dressing the Revolution.” Sal the Salamander, Woody the Wood Frog, Pete the Peeper & Brian Adams: crossing over. Pam Victor, Head of Happiness @ Happier Valley Comedy: Yes And.

Insights 3/31/26: Dr. Xiomara Herman, Amherst School Super, on time-outs, restraints & the Blue Room. ACLU Mass Ex Dir Carol Rose on birthright citizenship, tomorrow at SCOTUS & the PROTECT Act in Mass. DM Gordon: “Loosestrife for Porcupines” & the poetry of resistance. Larry Hott: films on Mel Brooks, Ben Stiller & Anne Meara, & Jayne Mansfield.

Explosive Content 3/6/26: MTA Pres Max Page: AP scores --we're no.1!, rural school $, the Bright Act & the tax cut referendum. Community Action Pioneer Valley's Ex Dir Lev BenEzra & Bd Pres Charity Day: Help—an emergency need for fuel assistance funds & the lived experience. Hampshire Coll Prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the Iran War & other Black Holes. Donnabelle Casis w/ Heart for the Soul Gallery Ex Dir Sierra Meyers: the Inhairitance Exhibit.

Explosive Content 3/6/26: MTA Pres Max Page: AP scores --we're no.1!, rural school $, the Bright Act & the tax cut referendum. Community Action Pioneer Valley's Ex Dir Lev BenEzra & Bd Pres Charity Day: Help—an emergency need for fuel assistance funds & the lived experience. Hampshire Coll Prof & astronomer Salman Hameed: the Iran War & other Black Holes. Donnabelle Casis w/ Heart for the Soul Gallery Ex Dir Sierra Meyers: the Inhairitance Exhibit.

1/28/26: Manna Comm Kitchen Ex Dir Niki Landowski & Dev Dir, Kaitlyn Ferrari: combatting hunger here. Cooley Dick Hosp Pres & COO, Kevin Whitney: paying for health care. Citizens Awareness Network Ex Dir Deb Katz: Gov Healey is wrong—No Nukes! “Cool Films” w/ Academy Award voter Larry Hott: his movie recommendations.

1/28/26: Manna Comm Kitchen Ex Dir Niki Landowski & Dev Dir, Kaitlyn Ferrari: combatting hunger here. Cooley Dick Hosp Pres & COO, Kevin Whitney: paying for health care. Citizens Awareness Network Ex Dir Deb Katz: Gov Healey is wrong—No Nukes! “Cool Films” w/ Academy Award voter Larry Hott: his movie recommendations.

1/14/26: Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff. Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here. Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books. Amherst Cinema's Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.

1/14/26: Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff. Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here. Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books. Amherst Cinema's Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.

1/14/26: Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff. Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here. Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books. Amherst Cinema's Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.

1/14/26: Amherst Councilor Lynn Greismer: schools & the 2026 financial cliff. Phil Ringwood, Ex Dir, Dial Self: homeless youth here. Hillary Caws-Elwitt: light eaters, romantic turtles, talking trees & books. Amherst Cinema's Alex Horbeck & George Myers: films you really want to see.

12/5/25:MTA Pres Max Page & Harry Feder, Ex Dir, Fair Test: high stakes testing in Mass—again? Community Action's Lev BenEzra & Jess Thompson: food and heat – for all? Matteo Pangallo (Pres, Valley Players), John Bidwell (Wayfinders) & Chris Rohmann (theatre maestro): “It's a Wonderful Life." Josh Silver w/ Ben Scott, Ex Dir, Reset, the int'l org: digital disinformation and democracy. Donnabelle Casis w/ George Kohout, Pres. Friends of N'ton Trails: the mini museums here.