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On today's episode of Artful Living, we welcome Amy Comparetto, Owner and Founder of Figaro Music Studios. Tune in and get to know a little about Amy and her Music Studio located right in Concord, NH!

New Hampshire’s largest day of giving takes place next week with the 8th annual “NH Gives”. Joining the show was Kathleen Reardon, the Executive Director of the N.H. Center for Non Profits.

The date of this year’s “NH Gives” event is June 6&7 starting at 5 PM on the 6th and continuing for 24 hours. Last year 13,000 donors contributed more than $3.5 million dollars to 575 non profits in the state.

Melissa is a Community Health Specialist with a history of working in the public health, education & health care industry in NH. Current Council Member of The Governor’s Council on Physical Activity & Health. She provides technical assistance to NH coalitions on implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework and the Well-Connected Communities Change Cycle. She is an instructor in Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid as well as a variety of chronic disease prevention and self-management programs.

Becky teaches income eligible families, seniors and youth how to make lifestyle changes for better health. Rebecca is an alumna of the University of New Hampshire and received a Master’s in Health Education from Plymouth State University in 2010. She has worked with Nutrition Connections since 2014. Her work includes nutrition education programs in Head Start programs throughout Rockingham county, healthy living programs for adults and families, and collaboration with community health organizations such as the local public health initiative, wellness committees, and food pantries.

A musical guest joined us to talk about her remarkable career. A Massachusetts native, Grace Kelly is a jazz musician, composer, vocalist and arranger. She continues to tour the world and will have several stops in New Hampshire in the coming months. To find out more about Grace, listen to our chat as well as her amazing music and log on to www.gracekellymusic.com!

Host Chris Ryan goes in-depth on the NBA's Eastern Finals as the Celtics look to climb out of a 3-0 series hole, now trailing 3-2. His guests this week are Paul Pierce, and the Red Sox Adam Duvall and Triston Casas.

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."

Detective Sergeant Dick Perreault of New Hampshire State Police joined the conversation to talk about the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in NH. Sgt. Perreault is the state facilitator for DARE in NH and oversees the training and funding the organization needs to continue its’ work in elementary, middle and high schools.

Artful Living welcomes back Katelyn Patterson-Gagnon from GoodLife here in Concord. They highlight all the upcoming and new offerings and how you can take advantage of free classes and inexpensive day trips in New Hampshire and beyond. It is always a fun chat with Jane and Katelyn - hope you can join us!

This week on Facing the Future, we talk with Greg Bertelsen, CEO of the bipartisan Climate Leadership Council about so-called 'border carbon adjustments.' The concept is getting substantial interest in Congress from both Republicans and Democrats and would impose fees on imported goods whose production pumps a high amount of carbon smog into the atmosphere. It's meant to raise revenue, reduce carbon emissions, and improve the competitive standing of American manufacturers who run much cleaner operations than rivals in China or India.

Plus, we'll get an update from Texas on what's happening at the US-Mexico border from immigration lawyer and former US Ambassador to Belize George Bruno.

In today’s episode of ‘Cail & Company LIVE,’ Dan Weed, owner/operator of Weed Family Automotive of Concord since 1995, joins us. Dan and Ken discuss why some newer car manufacturers like Ford, BMW and Tesla have removed AM/FM radios from their vehicles.