January 13, 2026: Cures for the season

We’re bringing color to the drab days of winter in New England with tulips, music, and aliens. The history of aliens and our curiosity about their possibility is a colorful one and we’ll speak with Mr. Universe, Kainaat Studios and Hampshire College’s Salman Hameed, about the ties between the conjectures of the late Erich von Däniken and the Apple+ tv show: Pluribus. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is preparing to honor the memory of MLK Jr, and get folx to dance in their aisles. The program Let’s Groove Tonight brings the sounds of Detroit and Philly soul to their stage as conductor William Waldrop, soloist Cherise Coaches, and SSO president Heather Caissey Roberts show us how the orchestra gets down. And In Granby a young couple is bringing beauty to the season through a plethora of tulips. Bramble and Blooms is a brand new micro farm and flower CSA that are bringing more color to this the most bleached of seasons and we’ll speak with Lyle and Ryan Williams about the budding of this new business.