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FULL EPISODE: July 7th, 2022

Escape to one of New England’s most popular summertime destinations: Cape Cod. Explore the unpolished and undeveloped beaches that make up Cape Cod National Seashore. Visit the Provincetown Arts Colony – the oldest continually operated colony in the country. Tour the...

FULL EPISODE: June 30, 2022

Celebrate the 130th anniversary of basketball by digging into the archives at Springfield College, where the sport was invented and first played. Then, UMass Fine Arts Center Director Jamila Deria shares how the local arts scene continues to thrive in the face of the...

FULL EPISODE: June 23, 2022

Head to Cummington, MA and meet Sarah and Lee, the eponymous mamas behind Two Mamas Farm, a queer-owned farm specializing in organic maple products. Then, Anika Lopes of Ancestral Bridges talks about the Juneteenth Heritage Walking Tour, which explores the legacy of...

FULL EPISODE: June 16, 2022

Meet visual artist Mark Guglielmo, who pursued a career in the visual arts as a way to explore his roots. The large scale photo-collages, some of which are one display at the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro, draw inspiration from the artist’s...

FULL EPISODE: June 9, 2022

It’s peak Asparagus season here in western Mass, and we’re visiting some Pioneer Valley farms famous for growing bunches of “Hadley Grass.” Then, Out Now CT Festival Co-Director Shane Engstrom previews the films featured at this year’s Connecticut...

FULL EPISODE: May 26, 2022

Nick Lenski is so passionate about guitars, he learned to craft his own – and he’ll teach you how, too. Drop in for a musical lesson in woodworking from Nick Lenski at Berkshire Stringed Instruments in North Adams, MA. Then, after a two year hiatus, the annual...

FULL EPISODE: May 19, 2022

Visit STCC’s Carberry Gallery for a look a Filipina American artist Donnabelle Casis’s immersive, 3-D art installation, “Kinetic Peripatetic.” Then, head to the LAVA Center, where photographer and writer Alfonso Neal talks about his new exhibit, “Struggle and Hope,”...

FULL EPISODE: May 12, 2022

Originally more well known for her iconic red hat, Sarah Michel is now known as Sarah the Fiddler. Meet Sarah and hear how she blends elements of classical, bluegrass, and Celtic music to create a unique sound. Then, after more than three decades of coordinating the...

FULL EPISODE: May 5, 2022

When a young Elton Braithwaite fashioned a screwdriver found on the side of the road into his native Jamaica, he never dreamed it would lead to a 50-year career as a wood sculptor. Get an up close look at Braithwaite’s creations and learn how he’s...

FULL EPISODE: April 28, 2022

In the early days of the pandemic, visual artist Paul Bloomfield created the Covid Series, a series of paintings that usee twin structure of the lung to reflect on the duality of personal and collective suffering caused by the virus. Then, Nicole M. Young-Martin is a...

FULL EPISODE: April 21, 2022

Glass Artist Josh Simpson reflects on his fifty-year career of blowing lumps of molten glass into intricate, cosmically inspired works of art. And, Springfield Poet Laureate Magdalena Gómez talks about her work, including her careers in both writing and activism....

FULL EPISODE: April 14, 2022

Meet improvisational quiltmaker Ed Johnetta Miller, whose stunning works are nationally recognized and on display in museums like the Smithsonian. Then, learn how Jamaican-born visual artist Andrae Green’s work explores history, time, mythology, and memory...