September 10, 2025: Dombrowski's Onion Beach Party

Our chats with the candidates for Northampton mayor continue with David Dombrowski, a Northampton native and former police officer looking to fill the seat and address the issues he sees within the city including concerns over Picture Main Street, revitalizing the local economy, examining the housing and financial woes of the city and more. We’ll also head to Amherst to find out more about a new work that explores the boundaries and ties between humanity, memory, and technology. "The Onion" is a new opera in which family secrets collide with a memory-enhancing AI, and we’ll speak with the creative team that created the show as well as the stellar cast that will perform it this weekend.Plus triplex cinemas this weekend they’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of a cult classic. "Psycho Beach Party" is a campy romp through 50s tropes and 80’s slasher sensibilities that has just been added to the Criterion Collection, and we’ll meet two of the film’s stars who’ll be in conversation after the showing on Saturday: 413 resident and actor Lauren Ambrose, and screenwriter/actor Charles Busch.**Addendum: we mistakenly refer to Charles Busch as Chris Busch in the intro of this episode.