March 8, 2024: Sounds like a party

Music, wine, and a movie sounds like a good time, right? Sometimes, you gotta take that good time on the road. We heard about Juicebox from our Franklin County Wine Friend and sommelier Ken Washburn, who mentioned it’s opening as he opened his oldest bottle for us to try. We are always down for a field trip, so we make the journey to Shelburne Falls to visit this tiny gem of a wine bar and pit its amazing list of low intervention wines against each other for our Wine Thunderdome, which also gets a surprise guest! On occasion, you’re the good time itself. Dennis Crommett brings is very sweet and comfy sounds as a singer songwriter to the studio for Live Music Friday. We figure his upcoming set a the Back Porch Festival next week might lean heavily on his latest album “Get Gone'“ but we also get to be curious with the guitarist about the differences in playing for oneself, as opposed to the valley mainstays he’s also a part of: Winterpills and Spanish for Hitchhiking. And the Oscars are this weekend, and even though Kaliis has seen nearly none of the nominees, we get to ask some local figures who are a bit more involved with them about their picks and how important the awards can be. Filmmaker and actual academy member Larry Hott gives us some insight to the voting and viewing process, as well as what the actual award ceremony is like, while Amherst Cinemas programming director George Myers talks about how this period of time can be crucial to smaller community movie houses.