Ayu Suryawan/NEPMWe talk to folks from the Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and visit Plainvill Farm for asparagus season.
We talk to Jazz à la Mode host and Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski about the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and learn about little red dots with Mr. Universe.
Courtesy/Secret Mall ApartmentWe hear live music from Cheap City, learn about the documentary, "Secret Mall Apartment," and try wine at Tip Top Wine Shop.
Courtesy/Green River FestivalWe talk with John Sanders of DSP Shows about this year's Green River Festival, check out Franklin County Technical School's food pantry and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.
![The Fabulous 413 hosts Sally Loomis of Hilltown Land Trust [not pictured], Claire Higgins of Community Action Pioneer Valley, Jim Hicks of The Massachusetts Review, and Ilan Stavans of Restless Books [not pictured] for a roundtable chat to review how their and other organizations across the 4 counties of western Mass. are attempting to remediate in the fallout of these recissions.](https://image.staticox.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims4%2Fdefault%2F281c9d3%2F2147483647%2Fstrip%2Ftrue%2Fcrop%2F1280x713%2B0%2B7%2Fresize%2F280x156%21%2Fquality%2F90%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%252F43%252Feb%252F8398023445f59c7700c87be1aafa%252Fscreenshot0.jpg)
![Kevin Moran, executive editor of The Berkshire Eagle; political consultant Anthony Cignoli; Laura Colarusso, editor of The CommonWealth Beacon [not pictured]; and NEPM reporter Jill Kaufman.](https://image.staticox.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpr.brightspotcdn.com%2Fdims4%2Fdefault%2Fad38559%2F2147483647%2Fstrip%2Ftrue%2Fcrop%2F880x490%2B0%2B26%2Fresize%2F280x156%21%2Fquality%2F90%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%252F3a%252F57%252Fe707b5cd470786502c264e73b869%252Fgrove.png)
Today on The Rundown, Carrie Saldo and ists discuss ICE presence in western Mass., how federal funding cuts could impact the local arts and culture economy, how municipalities prepare for future climate disasters and much more.
We speak with author Heidi Stemple about her latest book, "The Poetry of Car Mechanics," agonize over better words to describe terrible things with Word Nerd Emily Brewster and check out the arborvitae at Amherst Nurseries.
We explore the movie music curation of Randall Poster, get a tour of Full Well Farms with Meg Bantle in Adams and hear how budget cuts could affect Cutchins Programs for Children and Families.
We talk with Mr. Universe about funding cuts to scientific research and education, find out about the expansion of the Mass Kids Lit Festival and check in with the Center for New Americans they face changes in programming.
We are visited by musicians JayWood and Kris Delmhorst and find out about sustainable wine production for this week's Thunderdome.
Today on The Rundown, ists discuss the first 100 days of the Trump istration, the Mass. Latino population’s significant contributions to the state’s economy, returning Holyoke schools from state to local control and much more.
We learn about some exciting productions from Nero Orchestra and Eggtooth Productions and the nuances behind depicting the history of enslavement in picture books.
Apple NewsWe check out roosting falcons atop the W. E. B. Du Bois library at UMass Amherst and check in with Amherst College's The Common as it celebrates 25 years of publication.
We speak with some of the organizers and creatives behind the Easthampton Film Festival and find out about urban farming with Nordica Community Farm.
We learn how to celebrate authenticity with this weekend's Hampshire Pride and the Rainbow Players Theater and discover life on planets far, far away with Mr. Universe.