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Saturday, March 25, 201703/25/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.25.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

The rant and the rave: national for profit media to do their jobs without playing the ratings game, which usually ends badly for journalism.
The 12th Annual Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival continues through April 4; lots to see on screens in Hampden, Hampshire and Berkshire counties cities and towns, and lots of opportunities to participate in discussions.More info here: www.pvjff.org.
Diana Mara Henry was the official photographer for the 1977 Women’s Forum in Houston. She attended the Women’s Forum held at Bay Path University in March and talks about inroads gained so far. Denise Jordan, chief of staff for Springfield Mayor Dominic Sarno, also spoke at the conference.
Michaelann Bewsee, executive director of Arise for Social Justice reassures us that all is not lost. In fact, there is a lot of work to do.
We are sung out by El Topo, a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, with “Solina, Solina.”
Image by permission: “Joe’s Violin” film

Saturday, March 25, 201703/25/2017

Western Mass Business Show 3.25.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

3.25.17 Tim O’Brien talks with Sean Cleary from Amherst Copy & Designworks

Saturday, March 25, 201703/25/2017

Valley Voices 3/25/17

WHMP’s Stephanie Slysz sits down with the Center for New Americans Executive Director Laurie Millman on plans for a new mural at their Gothic Street headquarters thanks to a grant from the Downtown Northampton Association in conjunction with the Awesome Foundation, which awards awards $1000 a month to a deserving project that will benefit downtown in some way. In the second half, DNA Executive Director Amy Cahillane explains how the whole grant process works and how YOU could be the next $1000 awardee.

Friday, March 24, 201703/24/2017

Sing For A Stranger

In Bill Newman

3/24: Founder Eveline McDougall previews the joy of the Amandla Chorus at the Shea Theater; Michael Kane from the Valley Syrian Relief Committee and Smith College professor of Middle East Studies Steven Heydemann on the humanitarian disaster unfolding in that country—a preview of the upcoming event at the Edwards Church; MHC professor of physics Kathy Aidala on upcoming offerings at the Sci-Tech Café.

Thursday, March 23, 201703/23/2017

Will Trumpcare Trump Romneycare in MA?

In Bill Newman

3/23: State Senate President Stan Rosenberg on Safe Communities, healthcare & Medicaid & TrumpCare, and marijuana and the legislature’s joint committee; Smith College prof. and renown sports expert Andrew Zimbalist on his new book about March Madness, money, and the NCAA monopoly; Rev. Vanessa Cardinale, pastor at the South Amherst Congregational Church, joins Rev. Peter Ives on “The Reverend and the Rabbi;” plus a preview of this Sunday’s community gathering– the Constitution at the Haymarket.

Wednesday, March 22, 201703/22/2017

Not In My Backyard or Yours

In Bill Newman

3/22: Katy Eisman, CEO of MassPLAN (Pipeline Awareness Network) and PLAN for the Northeast, on the recent win for environmentalists at the First Circuit Court of Appeals, perhaps a short-lived victory given the soon-be released decision by the state environmental agency; Sharon Saline on “Here’s Where I Let Go,” an original cabaret this weekend at the NHS Black-Box Theater; A very cool “Cool Films with Larry Hott” on PVJFF, the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival; And Vaya con Munoz, where we pose to Natalia Munoz the vexing question, “What have you done now?”

Tuesday, March 21, 201703/21/2017

Before The Vote/After

In Bill Newman

3/21: Jane Yolen on “Before the Vote [and] After;” Barbara Diamond Goldin on “The Passover Cowboy;” “Your State U “ on the disappearing $30 million at UMass Boston; and a make-you-pee-in-your-pants funny “Comedy Quiz” on Summer Camp with the Ha Has.

Monday, March 20, 201703/20/2017

Rise Up Singing

In Bill Newman

3/20: Serious Play and the return of “The Endgame Project” with Sheryl Stoodley and Rand Foerster; Elinor Lipman “On Turpentine Lane;” and a special edition of “Black in the Valley.”

Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017

Vaya Con Muñoz 3.18.17

In Vaya Con Muñoz

Larry Hott and the organizers on the 12th Annual Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Springfield Jewish Community Center, runs March 18 through April 4, 2017, screening 22 films in 9 cities and towns across Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties. More info here: http://pvjff.org
Also, Estela López, an educator living in Hartford, originally from Cuba and Puerto Rico, on mixed identities and desires.
The soul queen of Cuba, la Lupe, sings us out with “Lamento Boricano,” a national anthem of sorts for Puerto Rico. As Cuban journalist, poet and rabblerouser José Martí said, Puerto Rico and Cuba are two wings of the same bird.

Saturday, March 18, 201703/18/2017

Western Mass Business Show 3.18.17

In The Western Mass. Business Show

3.18.17 Ira talks with Angela Lussier on her new endeavor, Speaker Sisterhood.

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