Today on the fabulous 413, more art from our communities to bring more joy and more solidarity as well! 

QueerCore Fest, a powerful new festival created by queer and trans folks for the community and its allies, happens next weekend on Sept. 28th, and we’ll speak with organizers Ben and Issley, about the mediums that are coming together for this afternoon of art, music, and more in Easthampton, and the importance of building cross cultural support  and rally cries. 

Plus we’ll head just around the corner from the Station to where community members are joining with the folx of Commonwealth Murals to restore a third Nelson Stevens mural. We talk with the people working on the restoration, those from the building where the art will now live, and other as everyone gears up for a ribbon cutting ceremony this Saturday that will officially present the finalized “The Old, The Young, The beautiful” to the public. 

And our weekly chat with US. Representative Jim McGovern sees the congressman frustrated by the tactics of yet ANOTHER government shutdown, concerned by the apparent stalling of the Harris Walz campaign, and his take on his opponent for his congressional seat: Cornelius Shea. 

Note: The song that ends this podcast is "Mongoose" by Film & Gender.