January 17, 2025: Behold! Inaugural mocktails!

There is an interesting confluence of events happening this Monday where by law we are required to install the new president on Jan 20, and by different laws we celebrate MLK JR Day on the closest Monday on or after his birthday. This year they’re at the same time, lucky usSo we’ll look at the connections between the Rev. Dr. King and the inaugurations of his time, as well as the long activist history of his wife, and the implementation of this holiday happening Monday with Prof. Ousmane Power-Greene of Clark University for another look at the Power of History  Live Music Friday sees Aaron Borucki of Behold! True Believers and Abby Hanna making a stop by our studios before you can catch them at Luthier’s Co-Op in Easthampton on January 17th, and we’ll hear how the long tenured band’s sound is continuing to evolve with the time, and maybe how convenient it is when one of your band members works at a music shop. And Dry January makes another stop with Jim Zaccara at Hope and Olive in Greenfield, where their non alcoholic menu has been serving up delicious concoctions for years, and we’ll taste a trio of beverages for the thunderdome.