Connecting the arts across the ocean are two W. Mass based composers who'll each have premieres performed in Florence at Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity on April 12th.  Ensemble Télémaque is currently touring on a project they initiated to collaborate with US composers for the first time in their tenure, linking American scores and literary pieces with ties to Marseille. We speak with Kate Soper and John Aylward about writing for this group of musicians, and some of the spectacle you’ll hear as part of this Sunday's performance. 

We’ll also meet members of Greenfield Community College's upcoming production of The Laramie Project, a devised theater work that looks at the circumstances and impact of the murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming and on the rest of the nation.  Alex West, Jesse Archambault, Ioana Teutsch, and Tom Geha of the production team make a visit to our studios to discuss how the piece continues to strike chords with the people, policies, and policy makers of today as they prepare to put it onstage next weekend.    

And in Granby, a collaborative partnership is getting local produce on the tables of seniors. We head to Dave’s Natural Garden to learn more about the senior shares they provide  through a partnership with CISA and local governance. There farmer Meghan Hastings shows us around  not just their farm store, but how they’re significantly shifting their growing practices for a changing climate, as Claire Morenon of CISA and Andy Rogers of South Hadley's Council on Aging elaborate on how this triumvirate keeps the community healthier.