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9/5//25: Max Page w/ AAUP Pres Todd Wolfson who won lawsuit when court ruled Trump illegally froze research grants from Harvard. 1st Congressional District candidate Jeromie Whalen. Northampton at-large City Council candidate Meg Robbins. Paul Gulla of Michelson Gallery: A Month of Music (Art.) Donnabelle Casis w/ Dir Rachel Rushing of HCC's Taber Art Gallery.
9/5//25: Max Page w/ AAUP Pres Todd Wolfson who won lawsuit when court ruled Trump illegally froze research grants from Harvard. 1st Congressional District candidate Jeromie Whalen. Northampton at-large City Council candidate Meg Robbins. Paul Gulla of Michelson Gallery: A Month of Music (Art.) Donnabelle Casis w/ Dir Rachel Rushing of HCC's Taber Art Gallery.
9/5//25: Max Page w/ AAUP Pres Todd Wolfson who won lawsuit when court ruled Trump illegally froze research grants from Harvard. 1st Congressional District candidate Jeromie Whalen. Northampton at-large City Council candidate Meg Robbins. Paul Gulla of Michelson Gallery: A Month of Music (Art.) Donnabelle Casis w/ Dir Rachel Rushing of HCC's Taber Art Gallery.
9/5//25: Max Page w/ AAUP Pres Todd Wolfson who won lawsuit when court ruled Trump illegally froze research grants from Harvard. 1st Congressional District candidate Jeromie Whalen. Northampton at-large City Council candidate Meg Robbins. Paul Gulla of Michelson Gallery: A Month of Music (Art.) Donnabelle Casis w/ Dir Rachel Rushing of HCC's Taber Art Gallery.
9/5//25: Max Page w/ AAUP Pres Todd Wolfson who won lawsuit when court ruled Trump illegally froze research grants from Harvard. 1st Congressional District candidate Jeromie Whalen. Northampton at-large City Council candidate Meg Robbins. Paul Gulla of Michelson Gallery: A Month of Music (Art.) Donnabelle Casis w/ Dir Rachel Rushing of HCC's Taber Art Gallery.
8/22/25: Mass Teacher Ass'n Pres Max Page: Labor Day & fighting for education. Rep Mindy Domb: ameliorating federal cutbacks. Ray Levasseur: “Coming Home—Radicalized by War & Incarceration.” Donnabelle Casis w/ Holyoke Art's Kathy McKean: the Storefront Gallery Project.
8/15/25: UMass Profs Max Page & Sam Redman: Trump v. the Smithsonian – what dies? MTA Pres Max Page: Trump's cuts & UMass -- the legislature to the rescue? Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: gerrymandering, troops on the streets, & democracy's future? Caterpillars at the Carle. Donnabelle Casis w/ the renowned Grace Lin: her retrospective at the Carle.
8/15/25: UMass Profs Max Page & Sam Redman: Trump v. the Smithsonian – what dies? MTA Pres Max Page: Trump's cuts & UMass -- the legislature to the rescue? Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: gerrymandering, troops on the streets, & democracy's future? Caterpillars at the Carle. Donnabelle Casis w/ the renowned Grace Lin: her retrospective at the Carle.
8.8.25. MTA Max Page with Jonathan Hecht on reforming stipends. Atty James Winston impact cuts to SSI & SSDI. Nina Kleinberg on Casablanca at Amherst Cinema. Northampton Mayoral Candidate David Dombrowski.
8/1/25: MTA Pres Max Page: UMass, the feds, the state & $. Prof Kevin Young: UMass protest policy – unfree speech? Activist Ethan Flamand: Amherst rally & a new Decl of Independence. Salman Hameed's Universe: incredible sites & insights. Donnabelle Casis w/ Daniel Elihu Kramer: “The Case for the Existence of God.”
7/25/25: MTA Pres Max Page: religion determining K-12 curriculum? Rep Mindy Domb: the fight for food. Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: advice and consent. John Feffer: his play "The Wedding Jester." Donnabelle Casis w/ Sierra Myers & Christine White from Art for the Soul Gallery: "Where Light Speaks."
7/18/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump killing DOE. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: the new Mass Shield Law. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's lawyer Emil Bove & an Epstein coverup? Silverthorne Theater Pres Ezekiel Baskin, Dir Cordelia Winter Dwyer & actors Donovan Stanfield & Sandra Blaney: “Comeuppance.”
6/26/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Holyoke's schools out of receivership -- mostly! Eric Reeves: the humanitarian disaster in Sudan. Rev Carole Bull on Mary Magdelene, organized religion & personal spirituality. Jon Anz w/ vocalist & trumpeter Bria Skonber – coming to Tanglewood.
6/20/25: MTA Pres Max Page: More support needed for educ from Gov. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on marijuana. Prof Austin Sarat: political violence, social security, & No Kings. FCCPR's Susan Triolo reports on recent & upcoming protests, e.g. Tristate Overpasses for Democracy. Donnabelle Casis w/ Ex Dir Britt Ruhe of Comm Murals on "Paint the Town" fundraiser.
6/13/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ UMass Profs Krista Harper & Michael Ash: critical grants gutted. Founder Andrew Lawrence w/ guitarists Joscho Stephan, & Sven Jungbeck on DJANGO IN JUNE! Prof Salman Hameed: cuts to NASA budget threaten science. Young Feminist Party's Marisol Bonifaz & activist Alice Jenkins on Saturday's NO KINGS Rally.
5/30/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Massachusetts legislation to save K-12 and higher ed. Hon. Mary Lou Rup & Ruth Griggs: celebrating Leah Kunkel's life, her music and advocacy. Elizabeth Minnich: "The Evil of Banality….” on Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt, Trump and ourselves
5/23/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ labor expert Eric Blanc: "We are the Union…" today's rank & file leadership. Rep Mindy Domb: the fabulous, the horrible and the future. You can see the cosmos this weekend! with Arunah Hill's Ed Faits. Adam Hinds on Trump's bill in the US Senate. Donnabelle Casis w/ Spfld Museum ‘s Elizabeth Kapp: “Witch Panic! Massachusetts before Salem."
5/16/25: MTA Pres Max Page: federal cuts v our commonwealth. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: education & health care. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: SCOTUS, birthright citizenship & autocracy. Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra's Joe Ricker, Bob Fishman, & Rich Buckman: the Bombyx show. DNA's Kevin McAllister: tomorrow's BIG clean-up
5/9/25: MTA Pres Max Page: a Fair Share from billionaires. Human Rts atty Laura Pitter: birthright citizenship at SCOTUS next week. Northampton Bike Week w/ George Kohout, Pres of Nhmptn Trials, & Tom Draudt.
5/2/25: MTA Pres Max Page: May Day rally yesterday, MTA Annual Mtg tomorrow. Clare Higgins: Head Start & other Health & Human Services cuts. CEO Erika Kuester & Holly Mott: Treehouse Foundation 5K Fundraiser for kids/families in Foster Care. Salman Hameed: signs of life on a faraway planet? Donnabelle Casis w/ Sunny Allis & Alix Gerber: A.P.E exhibition "River Valley Radical Futures."
4/25/25: MTA Pres Max Page asks us to join him May Day (5/1) in celebrating labor, as well as May 3rd. Rep. Mindy Domb: share your story on how federal cuts impact you, your schools, your business. CEO of Ted Kennedy Inst Adam Hinds on civics education & the future of democracy. Francisco on neo-Nazi group NSC-131 planning demonstration in Northampton Sunday at 1:00. Donnabelle Casis w/ Linda McInerney of Eggtooth Productions' "Tony Montanaro: A Love Story."
MTA Pres Max Page: Higher Ed needs collective response to Trump's assault, May Day rally in Spgfld. Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: budget chaos. Prof Austin Sarat: Fist bumps to Harvard, to local democracy, and the courts. Richard Cahillane & Teresa Lorenzo - Big Yellow Taxi show at Shea Theater 4/19. Donnabelle Casis w/ Pasqualina Azzarello of Easthampton City Arts on Poetry Month.
4/11/25: MTA Pres Max Page & UMass Ed Prof Jack Schneider: DEI, lawsuits, & the Civics Summit. CT River Conservancy's Nina Gordon-Kirsch: the relicensing battle -- can we save the river? NYT best-selling graphic novelist Jarrett Krosoczka: the R.I.S.E Fest. Bombyx Exec Dir Cassandra Holden w/ Rachel Blackman, Coordinator of "Poetry and Pie."
4/4/25: MTA Pres Max Page: threats to education, some rays of sunshine. Comm Action PV Exec Dir Clare Higgins: the not-so-bad-yet effect of fed employee firings. Amy Fairchild & Lonesome Bros' Ray Mason w/ organizers Robert Markey & Pam Cote: musical benefit for CA wildfire victims tomorrow. Astronomer Salman Hameed: NASA, the moon, & Musk. Donnabelle Casis w/ Jennifer Polins, Founding Art Dir, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought.
3/28/25: MTA Pres Max Page w/ labor activist Stephen Lerner: light in dark times. Rep Mindy Domb: Trump rewriting history, leg transparency & priorities. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: the constitution's survival. Amherst Survival Ctr Exec Dir BenEzra: the Empty Bowl Fundraiser. Donnabelle Casis w/ Sierra Myers, Dir, Art for the Soul Gallery: neon art.
3/21/25: MTA Pres Max Page: the damage from Dept of Ed's demise. Amherst Prof Austin Sarat: Trump's authoritarian attacks on free speech & universities. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa: effect of Trump's cuts on health care & education. Donnabelle Casis w/ SCMA's Clara Ma: an amazing exhibit, solace for the soul.
3/14/25: MTA Pres Max Page: saving the Dept of Ed! Sarang Sekhavat of the MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition: the fed and state policies clash. Talkin' Baseball w/ Duke Goldman: the boys of spring. Donnabelle Casis w/ artist Kahli Hernandez: the world famous "artoonist's" "Art Heist."
3/7/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Trump dismantling DOE & DEI. Clare Higgins: Trump-induced chaos & an upcoming gov't shutdown? W Mass Code Pink activists Paki Wieland & Susan Triolo on Intl Women's Day. Astronomer Salman Hameed: planets aligning, Space X exploding, landers tipping over & the upcoming lunar eclipse. ArtBeat -- Donnabelle Casis w/ William Baczek: the Landscape Exhibition.
2/28/25: Rep. Mindy Domb—now Chair of Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Recovery. MTA Pres Max Page on Sen. Markey's bill to preserve ed funding. Filmmakers Larry Hott & Julia Mintz on her film “Four Winters” -- surviving and fighting Nazis. Hope for peace in Palestine & Israel with Roots Co-founders Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger & Khaled Abu Awwad. Dr. Kemar Brown, cardiologist & Am Heart Ass'n volunteer: heart transplants and saving yr loved ones with CPR.
2/14/25: Rep Aaron Saunders: sorting crises and confusion from D.C. & Gov's budget. MTA Max Page, from DC: the Linda McMahon hearings & her promise to abolish the Dept of Ed. Donnabelle Casis w/ Nima Nikakhlagh: Zamharir ("Torture for the Naked Eyes)"at GCC. Recorder's Anthony Cammalleri: Mass App Ct. affirms $1 million + verdict against Gfld Police. Amherst Town Council Pres Lynn Griesemeron BIG construction projects & Amherst Coll's payment in lieu of taxes.
2/7/25: Prof Salman Hameed on the consequences of NASA backing off its commitment to DEI in the face of administration's demands. MTA Pres Max Page on the administration's threats to education & the workers responsible for delivering it. Donnabelle Casis w/ Laylah on the UMass Museum of Contemporary Art: “Is anything the matter?" Community Action PV E.D. Clare Higgins on her plans to retire, on fuel assistance, and income tax filing assistance. Larry Hott w/ filmmaker Kate Way on her film "Banned Together" on book banning.
1/31/25: MTA Pres Max Page: Massachusetts #1 ! Co-Director Julie Lichtenberg: Performance Project's "Mother Tongue" at the Shea. Donnabelle Casis w/ Vanessa Query & Jan Maher of Gnfld's LAVA Ctr. UMass Prof Kevin Young & student Eric Strong respond to the encampment report finding the Chancellor justified in ordering arrests. Jess Tyler of The Valley This Morning signs off.
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline - today! MTA's Max Page: the Gov's State of MA,” Youth Summit & Fair Share $. Donnabelle Casis w/ Marcia Gomes: the musical “Still Singing.” Frank. Co. Council of Gov's Kat Allen & Nick Hathaway: the Student Health Survey -- drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental health & screens. Adam Hinds, CEO, Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the confirmation process
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline - today! MTA's Max Page: the Gov's State of MA,” Youth Summit & Fair Share $. Donnabelle Casis w/ Marcia Gomes: the musical “Still Singing.” Frank. Co. Council of Gov's Kat Allen & Nick Hathaway: the Student Health Survey -- drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental health & screens. Adam Hinds, CEO, Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the confirmation process
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline - today! MTA's Max Page: the Gov's State of MA,” Youth Summit & Fair Share $. Donnabelle Casis w/ Marcia Gomes: the musical “Still Singing.” Frank. Co. Council of Gov's Kat Allen & Nick Hathaway: the Student Health Survey -- drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental health & screens. Adam Hinds, CEO, Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the confirmation process
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline - today! MTA's Max Page: the Gov's State of MA,” Youth Summit & Fair Share $. Donnabelle Casis w/ Marcia Gomes: the musical “Still Singing.” Frank. Co. Council of Gov's Kat Allen & Nick Hathaway: the Student Health Survey -- drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental health & screens. Adam Hinds, CEO, Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the confirmation process
1/17/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: her priorities & bill filing deadline - today! MTA's Max Page: the Gov's State of MA,” Youth Summit & Fair Share $. Donnabelle Casis w/ Marcia Gomes: the musical “Still Singing.” Frank. Co. Council of Gov's Kat Allen & Nick Hathaway: the Student Health Survey -- drugs, alcohol, tobacco, mental health & screens. Adam Hinds, CEO, Kennedy Inst. for U.S. Senate: the confirmation process
1/10/25: MTA Pres Max Page: being at the White House w/ President Biden. Bill & Buz on Trump's cases. Donnabelle Casis w/ Amherst Coll student curators Mel Arthur & Angie Camarena: "RePresenting: Art Beyond the Color Line.” Kyiv School of Econ students: Asta Motrenko, Oleksandra Horusieva, Marharyta Nechytailo, Karyna Lutsenko. GTMO atty John Chandler: the prison's 23rd anniversary & the recent transfers
1/3/25: MTA Pres Max Page: change K-12 funding & other 2025 priorities. Bill & Buz: the meaning of the oath that Congress takes today. Donnabelle Casis w/ New England Visionary Artists Museum Co-directors Michael Tillyer & Susan Foley. Community Action's Claire Higgins on Housing. Human Rights Attorney Laura Pitter: the issue is genocide.
12/27/24: Rep Mindy Domb: this week's big legislative victory. MTA Pres Max Page: 2024's top ten Mass. education stories. Amherst Coll Prof Austin Sarat: Biden's death row commutations & democracy (?) under Trump. First Night performers Kalpana Devi & Manou Africa of ReBelle.
12/20/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa: mental health on Beacon Hill; MTA Pres Max Page: MCAS as grad req'mt -- again? New Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren: fire & ambulance mutual aid among our cities & towns. EM Kennedy Inst CEO Adam Hinds: the ghost of gov't shutdowns past.
12/13/24: Rep Natalie Blais: Trump v. Massachusetts, climate, & econ devel. MTA's Max Page: HS diplomas for students MCAS failed. Donnabelle Casis w/ HCC's Taber Art Gallery Dir Rachel Rushing on the exhibit "Thrive." Smith Prof Steven Heydemann & human rts atty Laura Pitter: Assad's fall & Syria's future.
12/6/24: MTA Pres Max Page: $2.4B!! from Fair Share. Astronomer Salman Hameed: the moon, Mars, Elon Musk & China. Donnabelle Casis w/ Maddie McDougall & Libby Keller of Resilient Community Arts. Community Action's Clare Higgins: heat for poor people. “The View from Gaza” w/ Mass. Review editors Jim Hicks & Michel Moushabeck.
11/22/24: Dangerous recess appts. MTA Pres Max Page: strikes, no family medical leave & subminimum wage. Donnabelle Casis w/ Jason Montgomery, 50 Arrow Gallery: "Words" & art. Jillian Morgan: March for the Food Bank. Local human rts atty Laura Pitter: coming assault on rts.
11/15/24: Rep Lindsay Sabadosa on House decisions: independent audit of the House, the Climate & Econ Devel bills. MTA Max Page on what will happen after the vote to remove MCAS as grad req't. Donnabelle Casis w/ Holyoke artist & PULP owner Dean Brown on upcoming exhibit. Northampton Police Chief John Cartledge. CEO Adam Hinds of Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate on the US Senate's Advise & Consent role.
11/8/24: Rep Natalie Blais reacts to the election - from the heart. MTA Max Page: election results, state and federal, & the future. Donnabelle Casis w/ Shinnecock artist Courtney Leonard on "Breach: Logbook 24/ Staccatto (a Right Whale).” Matt Spurlock: the Israel arms embargo. MA Fire Marshall Jon Davine: fires raging throughout MA.
11/5/24: Sen Jo Comerford celebrates progressive activism this election, thanks poll workers, & explains her Q2 advocacy. Northampton Mayor GL Sciarra: the city's 52-acre brush fire & robust early voting. Bill & Buz on the 5 ballot questions (MTA Pres Max Page joins them.) Book banning: Megan Zinn w/ director Kate Way, former NHS teacher: her documentary, “Banned Together.”
11/1/24: Ballot Q 1: Auditor Diana DiZoglio backs her ballot question. Q 2: MTA Pres Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy: YES to eliminate MCAS as.grad reqmt. Donnabelle Casis w/ prof Sarah Stefana Smiith: her amazing exhibit at Hampshire College. Community Action E.D. Clare Higgins: kids are on the ballot. Amherst prof Austin Sarat: the election & democracy.
10/25/24: Smith Prof, Doctor of Rock, Steve Waksman: amplifying voices & Living History. MTA Pres Max Page w/ Lynn School Supt Evonne Alverez: MCAS as grad req't is discriminatory. SupraNatural Curator Donnabelle Casis & STCC Art Prof & Gallery Director Sondra Peron: Go see this show! Matthew Spurlock & Molly Merrett, leaders of the call for River Valley Co-op to boycott Israeli products.