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Acts and Celebrations

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Acts and Celebrations

9/10/26, Co-Host Andy Bukowski

The Hull/Hawley Plays at Historic Northampton’s Shepherd Barn. We interview playwrights Betel Arnold, author of “The Widow’s Land,” the story of Bathsheba Hull, a Black woman in 1765 living  in Northampton with her children, who the City is evicting from their home; and Harley Erdman, author of “Hold These Truths”— about  Joseph Hawley, prominent Northampton lawyer  & delegate to the Continental Congress, battling melancholia; and the Producer of Western Massachusetts Plays in Place Tayla Kingston.

The Protect Act is now the law of the Commonwealth! We speak with legislative sponsors, representatives  Aaron Saunders and Priscilla Sousa about what the law provides and how and why it was enacted. Rep Sousa shares her and her family’s story of being undocumented.

The Jewish High Holidays. Beit Ahavah Rabah Riqi Kosovske shares the joys, obligations, meaning and history of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

All That Jazz. Northampton Jazz Festival President Ruth Griggs with the amazing Jazz Fest headliner, alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan. We have one word—WOW!

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