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Saturday, May 6, 201705/06/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 5.6.17

This show is dedicated to all the people who dream of things that they want to make real. 
Creatives and entrepreneurs have venues to light up the world with their ideas. First up, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott and I talk with Diane Pearlman, executive director of the Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative. The BFMC brings together people who want to start making films and film industry veterans for workshops and networking events, promotes Western Massachusetts to moviemakers and wants to connect with you! On May 12 from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm at the Sheraton Monarch Place in Springfield, BFMC is hosting a daylong workshop on how to make a quality video with itsy bitsy budget. It is led by producer and director Jem Schofield of theC47. He will focus on small to no crew production for in-house, corporate video and independent filmmakers. It will cover current digital cinema cameras, lenses, related support gear, audio recording and lighting gear that is best suited for small scale production teams. Go here to get tickets and more info: BerkshireFilm.com. Of course there will plenty of food as well!
And for business visionaries, Liz Roberts, CEO of Valley Venture Mentors, says the first step to developing your awesome idea is to get out of the house and come to the monthly meeting, held the second Wednesday of the month (this month it’s on May 10) at 5 pm on the first floor of Tower Square next to Champions Sports Bar. Whether you have a kernel of an idea or want to mentor an entrepreneur, Liz wants to meet you! And yes, there’s free food and drink here, as well as free parking and child care. OMG! Ramón Lorenzi says he showed up with an idea and VVM guided him to fully develop it into a now functioning company.
We are sung in by Connie Lim, whose “Quiet” song went viral after they sung at the Women’s March in Washington on Jan. 21. And we are sung out by Cuerdas de Borinquen, “Seis Fajardeño.”
Image o BMFC workshop invite courtesy of BMFC

Friday, May 5, 201705/05/2017

Locking Up The Community

Thursday, May 4, 201705/04/2017

Don’t Let The Pigeon Ruin The Country

In Bill Newman

Wednesday, May 3, 201705/03/2017

Patients Are A Virtue

In Bill Newman

Tuesday, May 2, 201705/02/2017

Valley Gives!

In Bill Newman

Monday, May 1, 201705/01/2017

Pride & Prejudice

In Bill Newman

Friday, April 28, 201704/28/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 4.29.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

We start off with the Northampton commemoration of Martyrs’s Day, held every April 24 to remember the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians. We hear from the event’s organizer, Gina Ayvazian, we hear the Armenian national anthem sung by Mr. Popken, and a moving story from Michael Garjian about his aunt Mabel.
Also, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Larry Hott on independent filmmaking in the Age of Trump.
Film critic Ariadna Goenaga on “Hell or High Water,” directed by David Mackenzie and screenplay by Taylor Sheridon. Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQoqsKoJVDw.
José Feliciano sings us out with “Qué será.” Not the Doris Day hit, but a different song about yearning for better days for one’s homeland.
Photo of Michael Garjian, holding a photo of his aunt Mabel, by Natalia Muñoz

Friday, April 28, 201704/28/2017

Resistance Hero

In Bill Newman

4/28: Women’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour on racial justice, civil rights, immigration, Donald Trump and resistance. Poet James Heflin on his new collection.

Friday, April 28, 201704/28/2017

Valley Voices 4/29/17

WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz with an update on the Massachusetts Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act with one author of the legislation, Laura Sylvester, who worked with the Hadley non-profit MotherWoman to get the bill where it is now…about to be passed by the legislature. Then, an update of the week’s news.

Friday, April 28, 201704/28/2017

Western Mass Business Show 4.29.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

Tim talks with Sharon Sharry Executive Director of The Jones Library

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