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Our in studio guest on Tuesday was award-winning author and Vermont native Clayton Trutor. In 2021, "Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports" was published by the University of Nebraska Press and in 2023 the same publishing house released Dr. Trutor's "Boston Ball: Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams and the Forgotten Cradle of Basketball Coaches".

On Monday's show we recapped a busy weekend on the local scene with the 50th Annual Market Days Festival in downtown Concord and the USA Today 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Also, John Leahy joined us to preview tonight's Stanley Cup Final Game 7 with the Florida Panthers hosting the Edmonton Oilers.

Today’s guest was my friend Jennifer Sue Rockwell. Jenn and I go wayyyyy back and it was time to do some catching up. Her acting resume is darn impressive with gigs at the Seacoast Rep, the Palace Theatre, some stints with National touring companies and she’s even spent some time performing in Maui!!! She directs, does 1- on -1 acting coaching AND she’s now doing floral artistry with her business “Flowers by Jennifer” (flowersbyjennifer.com). One hour just wasn’t enough, but, we managed to get in the good stuff!

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

This week on Facing the Future we'll look at new federal budget projections showing a $2 trillion deficit this year as interest costs are rising to alarming levels. We'll also review the latest economic data and what it means for interest rates.

Jane welcomes Michael Gonzalez on Artful Living today. A lyric tenor from the Boston area, Michael will be singing the role of "Canio" in Pittsfield Players presentation of I Pagliacci in July. You are invited to join us!

Thursday we previewed the 50th Annual Market Days Festival in downtown Concord which opens today and continues through Saturday. One of the major attractions of the festival is the great music from start to finish. Joining us to talk about some of the performers was local musician Lucas Gallo who has coordinated the Home Grown Stage at Concord's Bicentennial Square for the past 13 years.

On Wednesday we highlighted the 10th Annual Blues Festival set for August 24 in Londonderry

to benefit our veterans who need assistance in New Hampshire. Event coordinator Dennis "Dr. Harp" Martin, Eddie "Sticks" Raczka and guitarist Rick Shaw of the Rik-Sha Blues Band provided some great live Blues in studio while the Commander of NH5-1 Combat Vets Motorcycle Association, Matt Verhelle, explained where the proceeds of the event will be going.

We are fast approaching the end of June and that means that theaters are gearing up for opening nights!!! And so I take a look at some of the plays that just opened or will be opening shortly like Jersey Boys at the Winnie Playhouse, A Night of One Acts and Opera at the Pittsfield Players. I also talk about my disappointment with the recent Frankie Valli concert that my wife and I attended at Mohegan Sun as well as give a (somewhat) review of tKapows recent show “Paradise Now” at the Bank of NH Stage. Concord’s Market Days comes up and I may have veered somewhat off track at a point or two as I fell into a couple of rabbit holes, but, hey, that’s just the way we roll!!!

On Artful Living today, Jane speaks with Janice Goodwin, a painter from Exeter, NH. Jane and Janice chat about her portrait painting and her love of antiques. Please join our conversation!