Simple Pleasures

Tennis Champ

Judy Van Raalte will discuss her U.S. Tennis Association national championship win this summer. (Van Raalte is a Prof. at Springfield college and was the women’s tennis coach there from 1992-1997.) U.S Tennis...

French Heritage Center

Marie Meder, Acting Director of the  French Heritage Center Committee; Jeanne Hebert, Assistant Director; and Elise Bernier Feeley, history and genealogy consultant for the Committee — discuss efforts to establish a French Heritage Center in the...

Imagine Wilbraham Day

Members of the Wilbraham Vision Task Force discuss “Imagine Wilbraham” Day events scheduled for December 8. We speak with task force members Chuck Phillips, Chair; Karen Furst, Business Team Leader;  and Susan Burk, Data Team...

Hadley Winery

Unlike the Napa Valley, New England isn’t usually synonymous with fine wine, but Mt. Warner Vineyards in Hadley, MA is trying to change that with their selection of award-winning wines made with locally-grown grapes right here in the Pioneer Valley! Mt. Warner...

Small Batch Books

Trisha Thompson of Small Batch Books in Amherst and Anna Bowen, local author of “Hattie” a novel published by Small Batch Books, discuss the role and growing importance & influence of small book publishing companies. Small Batch...

Gateway Cities

As the Springfield Armor prepare to begin their season in November, team President Alex Schwerin discusses the NBA D-League, the upcoming season, and how this young team is doing in the current challenging economic climate. Springfield...

Old Sturbridge Village Special

  Connecting Point goes on the road to Old Sturbridge Village.  Host Carrie Saldo gets a lesson in preparing a traditional Thanksgiving meal as it would have been done back in the 1800’s. She will also learn how to fire a musket with Old Sturbridge Village Lead...

Bright Nights

Judy Matt, President of Spirit of Springfield, discusses the upcoming “Parade of the Big Balloons” on Friday, November 23, and this year’s edition of “Bright Nights”, starting  November 21 at Forest Park. Spirit of...

All in a Dog Day’s Work

Theo, America’s only known canine newspaper columnist, and his agent Bob Chipkin chat with host Carrie Saldo. Theo’s thoughts appear regularly in the Republican Life & Leisure section and MassLive. Bob is City Editor of the Republican. Read more:...

Chowder Book Author

Robert S. Cox, Head of Special Collections & University Archives and Adj. Professor of History at UMass Amherst, has written two books on traditional New England food. The first was about Clam Chowder and his second recently completed book is about Cranberries....