August 26, 2024: Extra-curriculars

Today we learn the things we've always wanted to, but weren't sure of the channels to do it with. 


Including a thing we talk about a lot: Music! The parlor room collective has just announced a Fall workshop series of classes offering tons of opportunities for newbies and veterans alike to come together and build more music. We’ll talk with Executive Director Chris Freeman, and Leo Harrison, Parlor Room Collective Programming co-ordinator about this expansion of offerings, many of which are specifically BIPOC and LGBTQIA2+, and the importance of giving everyone access to art. 


Plus it’s time to look at the skies again! Arunah Hill is an organization that brings dark skies events to areas so people can see more of the heavens. This weekend in Cummington, they’ve got two nights of activities planned for those who want a better look at the stars, and we’ll chat with Jenny Powers of the Springfield Science Museum and amatuer astronomer Ed Faits about how much more you can see when the lights go out, and the extra fun things they've got planned to do during the daytime too. 


And our resident astronomer, Mr Universe, Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed, is ironically not watching the stars today, but screens and walls and stages. He got to experience an artist talk at Mass MoCA, so we’ll hear his take about Osman Khan’s recent exhibit "Road to Hybridabad", which you can also see in North Adams.