Next week the Massachusetts legislature is holding its first hearing on the Children's Mental Health Commission. As WFCR's Karen Brown reports, some members of the Children's Commission say they want to continue their work --...
In an interview With WFCR's Charlene Scott, the incoming Northampton Academy of Music Director Elisa Jetto says she hopes to work with the community and with the theater's Managing Director Duane Robinson to take the Academy to...
Bob Paquette's focus on the arts this Friday looks ahead to March and the 15th Annual Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont. Over three weekends, more than twenty films, by...
College basketball's post-season is upon us. Tonight, Westfield State College will host Worcester State in a first-round Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference tournament game. This post-season marks the end of organized...
In a recent survey, Connecticut voters gave Joe Lieberman a 65 % approval rating. He is running for a 4th term in the U.S. Senate this year, despite his continued support for the war in Iraq. Almost two-thirds of Lieberman's...
Bob Paquette speaks with theater critic Chris Rohmann about The Exonerated, a new play about six innocent persons on death row that's now runnning at Hartford's TheaterWorks.
Julius Lester's latest book is Day of Tears. Bob Paquette recently spoke with Lester, who read some excerpts from the book. Lester's exhibition of photos from the rural south during the Civil Rights Movement is...
Blogging has become a popular means of communication. Some educators in western Massachusetts are looking for ways to use blogging to improve student writing skills. WFCR's Susan Kaplan reports.
On this Valentine's day we decided to ask a couple of experts how important food is when it comes to love. According to local food writer Betty Rosbottom and chef Max Brody of the Night Kitchen, in Montague...
It's an unlikely story. The grandson of a slave going to one of the most prestigious music schools in the country at the end of the 19th century, a time when black Americans struggled for dignity and respect. This weekend Chamber...
The main theme of Connecticut governor Jodi Rell's State of the State Address yesterday was tax cuts. Tax cuts for businesses to spur economic growth, and in a big surprise, a proposal to eliminate the property tax on...
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will lead a new global effort to develop vaccines and tests for animal diseases that threaten agriculture and the world's food supply. The U.S...
A University of Massachusetts professor is trying to find a way to save a building in downtown Holyoke from the wrecking ball. The building, known as the Skinner Coffee House, is just a few blocks away from another building that...
In the last two years the state of Massachusetts has taken on a bold new strategy to improve the management of its forest resources. This week on Field Notes, naturalist Laurie Sanders...
Bob Paquette speaks with Five College Opera Project Staging Director Drew Minter about a unique production of two short operas never before combined, and performed in English: L'Enfant et les Sortilges by...
