August 19, 2026: The words that move us

We hear how a Franklin County community and farm is collaborating with a community and farm across the border in the 802.The Kibilio Community and Farm in Leyden, MA is rooted in Black and Queer land sovereignty.  And the Susu Community’s Afro-Indigenous farm and healing sanctuary in Newfame, Vermont draws its inspiration from Black Womanism. This Saturday the communities team up to celebrate Audre Lorde’s teachings on self-care as political warfare, and the transformative wisdom of our bodies, through the healing power of vibration and sound. We’ll hear more from Kibilio’s David Ragland and Susu’s Amber Arnorld.Starting tomorrow, the Great Barrington Public Theater will reinterpret a late 19th century work of horror through the lens of the pandemic with the premiere of the play Yellow Wallpaper 2.0 2020. We’ll meet the director of the show Judy Braha and Playwright, Jennifer Maisel. And our interim summertime Word Nerd, Merriam-Webster and NEPM’s own Peter Sokolowski, examines when and how all the poetry got scrapped from the dictionary and how dictionary-ese was born right here in Springfield