The War of 1812 on PBS

Larry Hott of Florentine Films/Hott Productions discusses his latest production, “The War of 1812” which airs nationally on PBS on Monday, October 10th. Additional Info: For two and a half years, Americans fought against the British, Canadian colonists and...

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Max Davis of Congregation B’nai Torah in Longmeadow will discuss the traditions and meaning of the upcoming Yom Kippur observance as well Rosh Hashanah....

Memorializing Grief & Tragedy

Prof. Karen Remmler, Mount Holyoke College and Director of the Five Colleges Women’s Studies Center discusses the 9/11 terror attacks – as well as other genocides and atrocities – and how we choose to memorialize such tragedies....

About Prohibition

Guests: Prof. Dan Czitrom,  Mount Holyoke College,  Guy McClain, Museum of Springfield History, and Kathleen Banks Nutter, Archivist, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College. When we paint the picture of prohibition in Western Massachusetts in the 19th century, what do...

Prohibition on PBS

Prohibition is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. Ken and Lynn sat...

Chair City Steam Bath, Gardner MA

The Chair City Steam Bath of Gardner, MA was built in 1922 to serve what was once a large Finnish population in the area. The Finns have a strong belief in the benefits of steam for cleansing and relaxation, and the Chair City Steam Bath was once one of 12 steam baths...

As Schools Match Wits

Guests: Beth Ward, show host, Todd Rovelli, show judge, Dr. Elizabeth Preston, Westfield State College, Steve Jendrysak, Chicopee historian. Our guests talk about the past 50 years of As Schools Match Wits. As Schools Match Wits Online Watch this...

B-17 Memorial

In July of 1946, 25 service men lost their lives when the B-17 carrying them home from Newfoundland crashed into Mt. Tom.  This July will mark the 65th year of that tragedy. Watch this...

Freedom Rider: Zilong Wang

Hampshire College student Zilong Wang is one of 40 students nationwide chosen for the 2011 Freedom Ride 50th Anniversary bus trip that will be travelling through the  South from May 6 – 16. Wang talks about his excitement for being part of this journey that changed...