12/7: A special edition of Black in the Valley with co-hosts Professor Carlie Tartakov, Rev-Dr. Jacquelyn Crooks-Smith and a Hampshire College political activist; Dava Sobel—after three years in Northampton and research at Smith, this  best-selling author talks with us about “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars;” The Valley’s own Peter Blood and Annie Patterson, creators of “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again,” preview this Friday’s performance in Northampton.