What’s The Status Of Women In Western Mass?

Donna Haghighat is the CEO of  the Women’s Fund of Western Mass who just released a study on how women…

Is The Ukraine Call The Straw That Broke The Congress’ Back? McGoverning with McGovern

The Democrats have been calling for impeachment from day one but is the call to the President of the Ukraine…

The Genius of Ocean Vuong

Northampton Poet and UMass Professor, Ocean Vuong, is now a bona fide genius. Not that he wasn’t before. But he’s…

New Sports Words: Pickleball, Free Solo and Tattoo?

Fun sports. Dumb sports. And a new sports sense of tattoo. Word Nerd Emily Brewster, resident wordster, from Merriam-Webster explains…

A Secret Trash Ravine on The Green River

It’s not the kind of secret that one likes to stumble upon but it’s part of the important work of…

A Natural Wine Dinner at Belly of The Beast

Curious about natural wines? Heard their too weird and wild? Try some for yourself as Belly of The Beast, Charles…

Kitty Stones and a Cat-theter: Heavy Petting

A VERY heavy Heavy Petting where Dr. Steve from Sunderland Animal Hospital gives a cat with kidney stones a catheter.…

Mr. Universe reviews Ad Astra

To the stars! Mr. Universe, Hampshire College astronomer Dr. Salman Hameed on the new Brad Pitt space travel movie. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mr-universe-reviews-ad-astra

Tempranillo-Shake It Up

It’s one quick way to decant and one great The Cars song. Shake it up. These Tempranillo are tempting and…

Andrew Bird teaches Monte how to whistle

His whistling is magical. And he teaches Monte a bit of his magic. Andrew Bird is a musical phenom and…