Steampunk

Steampunk is an artistic and design subculture which combines science fiction, history, fantasy, and the Victorian era into a fanciful blend. The term originated during the early 1980s when Steampunk was used to describe a fantasy world where steam-powered machines...

Vietnam Veterans Day

Vietnam Veterans Day is Sunday, March 30. We’ll talk with Springfield Veterans Activities Committee members Richard J. Tyrell and Peter Lappin about events planned, as well as the importance and meaning of this...

Local Author Fair

The Springfield City Library connects writers with interested readers and new audiences at their biannual Author Fairs. Matthew Jaquith, Adult Program and Training Librarian for Springfield Library and local author Kevin Allen discuss the upcoming Author Fair at...

Minorities on Springfield City Council

For the first time in the city’s history, voters elected minorities to the majority of seats on the Springfield City Council. Council President Michael Fenton is joined by councilors Bud Williams and Zaida Luna to talk about the new representation of diversity on the...

Police Prep for School Shooting Scenario

Sgt. David Kane from Springfield Police Department talks about the police department taking this week that the kids are on school break to train for a possible school shooting. They are working with STS Consulting in South Hadley, MA that provides training for law...

Mark Schand’s Story

Mark Schand’s Story After 27 years in prison, Mark Schand was released after being convicted and sentenced to life without parole for a murder in Springfield that we now know he didn’t commit. After Centurion Ministries was able to prove his innocence, Schand...

Howdy Awards

Greg Chiecko, Chair of Howdy Awards for Hospitality Excellence for the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, and James Watts, former Howdy Award winner, discuss this annual tradition honoring those who serve visitors to our...

Web Premiere: LIVESTRONG

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a 12-week small-group program designed for adult cancer survivors who have become de-conditioned or chronically fatigued from their cancer or treatment. The program is offered without cost to the participants and over 200 people have gone...

Female Entrepreneurs

Lioness Magazine, the digital magazine for female entrepreneurs, is based in Springfield, MA, and recently announced that they, along with Northampton Area Young Professionals (NAYP), are launching a new series titled 5.  5 talks will be hosted four times per year...

Springfield Museums’ Rare Find

Stored on a shelf for over 100 hundred years, a rare anthropological treasure was recently discovered in the Springfield Science Museum’s permanent collections. Originally cataloged as an “Aleutian hat,” the artifact had been preserved in museum collections for over a...

Triple Play Day at MassMutual Center

Michael Hurwitz, Board Chair of the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, discusses the work of the new Western Mass Sports Commission and the Saturday December 7th “Triple Play Day” events scheduled at the MassMutual Center with NCAA...