Sawtooth Frank and Stomping Jen have interesting conversations with people and talk about life, entertainment, news, and whatever else comes to mind.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Anthropologist Virginia McLaurin talks to us about iShape MA, a (free!) educational campaign sponsored by the Belchertown Justice Collaborative that is focused on celebrating and promoting Indigenous history and rights. This resource is accessible, flexible, and perfect for students and families.
Virginia also talk to us about her experiences as an indigenous person, and her research as an anthropologist, some of which you can find here:
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Chris Bordenca is a painter from Belchertown, MA. His work focuses on a personal connection to objects and places from his youth in the seventies and eighties including paintings of action figures, toys, and arcade games from the era.
After a ten year hiatus he returned to painting mid 2018. Since then Chris has shown his work around the valley in group shows, as well as a show in Australia to benefit victims of the wildfires.
His painting "Starless Sea With Keys" recently won first place for acrylic painting at the 2020 Northeast Fine Arts Exposition.
Chris is the Amherst Public Art Commission featured exhibiting artist for the months of November & December, 2020.
Chris is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst who lives with his family in Belchertown, MA.
https://www.instagram.com/chris_bordenca_art/
https://www.facebook.com/bordencaart/
https://www.facebook.com/amherstpublicartcommission
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Brian Giggey, Chris Grazioso, and Nick O’Connor join us to talk how Belchertown, MA, is creating the town's first disc golf course, Quabbin Valley Disc Golf (QVDC).
Disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. This is due in large part to the minimal costs associated with playing the sport and developing courses. Disc golf is also a lifetime sport enjoyed by people of all ages and provides a full body form of exercise.
- Quabbin Valley Disc Golf (QVDG):
https://www.facebook.com/quabbinvalleydg/ - https://quabbinvalleydg.com
Brian Giggey; Course designer, Explore Disc Golf:
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
We are joined by guests Shiverin’ Jim, Lily Stowe-Alekman and Legs to talk about the 2020 National Election.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Our friend Jason Montgomery from Attack Bear Press joins us to talk about the 2020 Community Ofrenda project in Holyoke, Massachusetts from October 31 -November 2, 2020.
Attack Bear Press. https://www.attackbearpress.com/community-ofrenda-2020
On Twitter: @attackbearpress. https://twitter.com/attackbearpress?s=20
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/attackbearpress
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Melina Bourdeau Editor of The Belchertown, Granby, and Amherst Sentinel, a hometown newspaper focusing on the Western MA towns of Belchertown, Granby, and Amherst.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/melinabourdeau
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TurleyPublications
Web: http://sentinel.turley.com
Email: sentinel@turley.com
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Kelvin Molina-Brantley is Executive Director of Foundation for TJO Animals, which funds medical care, and treatment to benefit the homeless animals at the Thomas J. O'Connor Animal Control & Adoption Center to improve their chances for adoption.
- https://www.facebook.com/FoundationforTJOanimals
- https://www.tjofoundation.org
- http://www.tjoconnoradoptioncenter.com
Kelvin also helped host the city of Springfield, MA annual Puerto Rican Day Parade online for 2020.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
- Sawtooth updates.
- Nerdy Nellie updates.
- Stomping Jen updates.
- Election anxiety and Civil War.
- Town Trump rally.
- Observations about town community forums.
- Social Dilemma. Netflix.
- The Boys, Season 2, Amazon Prime.
- Big Brother All Stars. CBS All Access.
- Bastard Children of Dharma Bums. Joshua Michael Stewart. Amazon.
- SMG and Associates Are We Here Yet? podcast.
- Dan Carlin, Common Sense Podcast, Steering Into the Iceberg.
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Lindsey and Matt Baird, owners of Belchertown’s Oak & Ash Forest Farm
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Furr, of the the 439th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, talks to us about MA's Westover Air Force Base, life in the military, and all sorts of other stuff.