It’s not déjà vu we’re feeling, but there’s something familiar in the air.

It’ll be in the annals of history as a talk about Shay’s Rebellion explores the untold stories of the conflict in new context. This Saturday January 27th sees local author Daniel Bullen present his book “Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion” at the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, where the movement was fired upon, leading to the deaths of four participants. The book re-frames the context of the resistance from the propaganda of the times in a way that feels very familiar, and we look at how the commonwealth became a keystone of the national changes to come.

It’s in a familiar set of octogenarians finding a new home that might invite more folx to their number. American International College has made the Young at Heart Chorus an artist-in-residence, meaning that the singers have a new home in Springfield, a new student body to interact with, and a new community to bring into their fold. We head over to their rehearsal to speak with Frank Borelli, director of Arts, Media and Design at AIC, about bringing the choral body to the campus, co-director Julia van IJken about joining the creative leadership, and with several members of the chorus about what this move can mean for their participation in the group.

And Mr. Universe, Hampshire College professor Salman Hameed, shows us how it’s in how Japan has just become the fifth nation to land on the moon, despite the ensuing problems with landing. There’s always something new to discover in space, we find, and UMass is proving that with their aid in recent revelations about black holes.