Simple Pleasures

Williamstown Film Festival

Guest: Steve Lawson, Williamstown Film Festival Director We’ll discuss “Lucky Thirteen,” this year’s Williamstown Film Festival, which begins 10/21. The festival is somewhat unique in that every film is screened just once, and no films overlap,...

Rail Trails: Part 1

First in a three part series about the regional bike path system.  Tonight we will look at the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail which is a former railroad corridor converted into a 10-foot wide paved, universally accessible, passive recreation path. The Ashuwillticook runs...

Big E Wrap Up

Guest: Wayne McCary, President and Chief Executive Officer Eastern States Exposition Wayne McCary, president of the Big E will discuss this year’s fair, what’s in store for the future and the contributions the Eastern States Exposition makes all year long....

USS Constitution

Guests: Matt Bonner, Commanding Officer USS Constitution, Anthony Barnardo, Second Class Petty Officer USS Constitution, Phil Gagnon, Boatswain’s Mate First Class, USS Constitution. The USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United...

Paradise City Arts Festival

Contributor Meghan Lynn Allen meets with Linda Post, one of The Founding Directors of Paradise City, Ranked #3 among all art and craft fairs nationwide, it’s an experience like no other – beautiful, unique, festive and fun! The festival goes into full...

Holyoke Blue Sox Baseball

Guests: Barry Wadsworth, Holyoke Blue Sox CEO, Trey Mancini, 1st baseman (Notre Dame University), Ben Mount, pitcher (University of Southern California). The 2011 season will represent the Holyoke Blue Sox’s 4th season in the Pioneer Valley, playing at MacKenzie...

Sky Diving

Guests: Cam King, Jumptown instructor, Nate Olsen, skydiver, Thomas Hughes, Professional skydiver. Connecting Point host Carrie Saldo experiences first hand the thrill of sky diving as she visits Jump Town in Orange, MA.  First a little training and lesson on how to...

Umass Football Program

UMass/Amherst Athletic Director John McCutcheon discusses decision to upgrade UMass football program. The University of Massachusetts football program will be moving up from the Football Championship Subdivision (the FCS – formerly Division 1-AA) to the Football Bowl...

Wilson’s Department Store

Guests: Kevin O’Neil, President, Wilson’s Department Store, Tamara Beauregard Vice President, Wilson’s Department Store, Mary Forbes: Store Customer Wilson’s Department Store in downtown Greenfield is one of the oldest locally owned Department Stores still...