May 8, 2026: All the goings on of Rivers and Easthampton

The unsavory necessities of today means that a city full of people are ostensibly also filling their bodies with food which eventually becomes… other things that fill up toilets and that we don’t want to keep in our houses. But if not there, where does that go? There’s actually several answers, but one of them sometimes affects the Connecticut River and your ability to go out on it and enjoy the things the water brings us. Andrew Fisk of American Rivers takes us on a walk along Springfield’s riverfront to explore what Combined Sewer Overflows (or CSOs) do and how they affect the nearby populations. We’ll also have Live Music Friday with the post-punk perfection of Grammerhorn Wren, whose intricate quitars and heady vocals are celebrating the release of their latest album AEOE with a show at the Marigold Theater tonight, May 8. And in that same city of Easthampton, we head just across Perfume Pond to celebrate the longer days at with the folx of Tip Top Wine Shop in a showdown of savory white wines for this week’s thunderdome.