Berkshire Film and Media Commission

Diane Pearlman, executive director of the Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission and JP Lipa, a film industry professional, join Carrie Saldo to discuss the commission’s efforts to attract more film production teams, and the jobs that accompany them, to...

Springfield Budget Cuts

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno discusses the proposed fiscal 2012 budget and the employee concessions he is requesting to close part of the anticipated $15.9 million budget gap. He has asked the city’s 1,500 employees to accept a wage freeze and a dozen furlough...

The State We’re In: Ellen Story

Our guest is State Representative Ellen Story – Democrat of Amherst and the 3rd Hampshire District. With the House ready to vote on its version of the 2012 budget next week, we’ll preview that debate. We’ll also get the veteran representatives take on cuts proposed in...

Monte Belmonte: Earth Day

Guest: Charlotte Causton, Sustainability coordinator, Northampton Schools Northampton schools try to create the largest trash bag ball for earth day event on April 23. Additional Info: WGBY Earth Day & Family Fun Fest   Watch this...

Hilltown Families

Sienna Wildfield, founder of the Hilltown families – an online grassroots communications network, does not subscribe to the notion that if you’ve seen one hilltown, you’ve seen them all. Hilltown families: a traveling photography exhibit makes its way across...

Prof. Joseph Ellis

Guest: Prof. Joseph Ellis, Mount Holyoke College, author, “First Family: Abigail and John Adams” National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis helps us mark Patriots Day week with a discussion of his recent book profiling Massachusetts’...

Springfield History

It all started back in 1892 with one man named Wilbur Fenelon Young. Together with his wife Mary Ida, he originally developed a natural formula of herbs and essential oils that was extremely effective for treating lame and overworked horses. Additional Info:...

Western Mass Saves

Director of Western Mass Saves Jonathan Edwards and participant Julie Marcus discuss the web platform that provides personalized energy saving recommendations and allows residents to compare and make energy efficient choices. Additional Info: Western Massachusetts...

Brooks Fitch

Connecting Point contributor Brooks Fitch interviews David Starr, president of The Springfield Republican, in a wide-ranging discussion about his many years at the helm of western Massachusetts’ largest circulation daily newspaper as well as his and wife Peggy’s...

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month and two western Massachusetts poets Taylor Mali and Marie-Elizabeth Mali join us to discuss their art. Additional Info: Taylor Mali Marie-Elizabeth Mali   Watch this...

Western New England College Poll

Director of the Western New England College Polling Institute Prof. Tim Vercellotti discusses the recent poll findings that confidence in the economy is on the upswing here as well as US Senator Scott Brown’s prospects for re-election in 2012. Additional Info:...

The Berkshire Museum

Take a close-up look at M.C. Escher’s rarely displayed work at the exhibit “Seeing the Unseen” at the Berkshire Museum. Interim Director Maria Mingalone and Communications Director Jeremy Goodwin discuss the exhibit along with Scott Jervas, the aquarium manager who...