radioplasma podcast

Venezuelan music to celebrate the season holidays, with Betsayda Machado, Jorge Glem, and Diego Alvarez "El Negro". A musical gift and a great conversation with such talented musicians, previous to their show "Aguinaldos, Parrandas y Gaitas" at New City Brewery, in Easthampton. Música Venezolana para celebrar las Navidades, con Betsayda Machado, Jorge Glem y Diego Alvarez "El Negro". Un bello rega...

The Wistariahurst Museum and ArteSana, present Homespun, a fantastic exhibit, honoring one hundred years of Textile Arts in Holyoke. On this session, recorded at the Wistariahurst Mansion, Katy Moonan, Director of ArtseSana, and Kate Preissler, Director of Wistariahurst, explain the importance of this exhibit and the connection with generations, cultures, art, history, and textiles in our city. Ho...

This is a session made by our youth, part of the Media Literacy Program. The Holyoke High School Theater Company will feature the play "Caught in the Act" in January 11th and 12th, 2019. We had a conversation with two of the cast members, Shayleena Figueroa, and Stephany Perez, and we discussed the play and some details about their roles.

We welcome a very special guest from Boston. This is a delightful conversation with Paloma Valenzuela, who is the writer and creator of the web series "The Pineapple Diaries". On this session, we talk about the ideas that inspired the web series, her work, and the workshop on monologue writing she is doing at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke.

Music brings us together! And as we continue celebrating the National Hispanic Heritage Month, we welcome Edo Mor, from World Music Collider to talk about an exciting Latinx music and multi-cultural event, The WorldMusic Super Collider, Latinx Edition. With the Berkshire Bateria, Río Mirá, Ladama, and La Orquesta El Macabeo.

It's that time of the year to apply for grants at the Holyoke Local Cultural Council. With a deadline of October 15, 2018, all proposals for cultural, educational, community, events, activities, workshops, ideas, are welcome to apply for a grant. We visited the HLCC Drop-in session at the Holyoke Senior Center and met with Anne Thalheimer and Mark Dunlap, to talk about the grant, the deadlines and...

It's time to Celebrate Holyoke! And with a change of dates this year, set for October 5, 6, and 7, 2018, this free event is a vibrant music, food, games, arts, and community gathering, at the Holyoke Heritage State Park, in Downtown Holyoke. MA. In this session, we explore the fantastic music lineup and all the plans for this very special edition of a classic event to close the summer season.

The Taste of South Holyoke 3, is scheduled for September 22, 2018. This special feature, showcases some highlights from last year performances, to warm up the festivities taking place in front of Capri Pizza, in Cabot Street in Holyoke, MA. Enjoy of the recorded performances by Dawn Tallman; Diana Alvarez; Lily Rose, Synthia Figueroa, and Willie Valentin; and Danny Pease and the Regulators.

Tessa Murphy-Romboletti shares with us the news about the changes happening at the local entrepreneurship program Spark, now named Spark EforAll Holyoke. With this new model, local businesses and entrepreneurs will have more resources and support to start, to continue growing and to become successful.

The Holyoke Public Schools year 2018-19 is now in session, and after a two-day delay due to a heatwave, we got together at the Media Literacy Program to listen to Shayleena, one of our youth voices and her experience on the first day of school at Holyoke High School. This narrative is one of the most important to have, and to listen to, as is the reality from the student's point of view, and there...

This is a beautiful session, filled with inspiration, harmony, beauty, and live music in our studio. Pioneer Valley trio, Eavesdrop, are celebrating their tour, and release of their first full album, "Tides". We welcome Kara Rose Wolf, Kerrie T. Bowden, and Laura Marie Picchi in a conversation about their work, their album, how their inspiration works, and the details of their presentation at Gate...

Holyoke Craft Beer is a new nano-brewery, currently in development. In a visit to the new brewery space at the STEAM Building, Mike Pratt welcomed Radioplasma, and we talked about the concept of Holyoke Craft Beer, its one barrel system, and the all the potential in this business.

As the new school year, 2018-2019 is getting ready to start, Enlace de Familias hosted a community conversation with Receiver, Superintendent of Holyoke Public Schools, Steve Zrike. This informational session includes all the current information on changes, updates, and new structure in all Holyoke Public Schools.

As part of the Media Literacy program for youth by Radioplasma, we feature this special session recorded at The Care Center, with author Steve Bernstein and a group of students, who have been participating of a summer reading program, and now they interview Steve Bernstein on their experiences learned from his book "Stories from the Stoop".

Singer-songwriter Greg Hall, shares with us his music, stories, and experiences recording a live album, ready to be released on September 7th, 2018. As a way to celebrate this release, Greg Hall and the Barnhouse Band will be performing at Gateway City Arts on September 9th, 2018 in Holyoke, and we have a musical sample, recorded in the studio.

On this session, combining audio, and video, we welcome Cait Simpson, from Gateway City Arts, who is the organizer of Undisclosed Holyoke: Secrets and Stories of the Valley. This is a collaboration between Gateway City Arts, Holyoke Media, and Radioplasma, on the exploration into where we have been, and where we can go - all told through anonymous stories directly from the locals who have lived an...

On this episode, we welcome Hailee Enriquez, Ali Pinschsmidt, D'Lena Duncan, and Jaylynn Rentas, to talk about the campaign "Don't Take That Receipt" to bring awareness about the presence of bisphenol-A (BPA) and bisphenol-S (BPS) in receipts. A powerful team of women, with an important message of public health awareness.

THIS IS AN ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION Listen to the backstage interview with Alejandro Luján, "El Gambimbas", singer, or "cantaor"; Victoria Macias, dancer, or "bailaora" and Pablo Giménez, guitar player. They are the young members of Flamenco trio Corazón de Granada, in a conversation about their art, their inspiration, and their performances at New City Brewery in Easthampton, MA. and FallsFest. Thi...

[AN ENGLISH VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE] Escuchen la entrevista con Alejandro Luján, "El Gambimbas", cantaor; Victoria Macias, bailaora y Pablo Giménez, guitarrista. Ellos son los jóvenes integrantes del conjunto de Flamenco, Corazón de Granada, en una conversación grabada tras bastidores, previa a su presentación en New City Brewery in Easthampton, MA. Esta entrevista incluye una probadita musical...

Marcos Marrero, Director of Planning and Economic Development for the City of Holyoke is our guest on this follow up on the Valley Bike Share program. We talked about the bike stations in Holyoke, accessibility, the advantages, benefits, and expectations for the community to enjoy from this program, and we addressed some questions and concerns related to this program, as a tool for information and...

This is the official ceremony, at Holyoke City Hall, swearing in Manuel Febo as the new Chief of the Holyoke Police Department. Thanks to Holyoke Media for providing the audio feed of this coverage.

This is a music session in the studio with singers, songwriters Ayla Brown, and Rob Bellamy, previous to their concert at Gateway City Arts. This is also a takeover interview, produced, recorded and hosted by our interns, Victoria and Rosa. Talent all over the place. Enjoy of this genuine inspiring conversation and some exclusive songs performed by Ayla and Rob.

The Valley Bike Share Program is starting this summer, and we wanted to share the details of how this program works, how you can sign up, and learn all about the technology enclosed in the 500 bicycles that will be located in docking stations across the cities of Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield, Amherst, and UMass. We visited the Planning Office at Northampton City Hall, where Wayne Feiden share...

We visited The Teens Room at The Holyoke Public Library, to talk with Rachel Dowd, Teen Librarian, about the plans for the summer. This was a beautiful conversation among many teens utilizing the resources at the library, and we discussed all the plans, activities, experiences happening in this safe and welcoming space that Rachel has shaped for the needs of our youth to enjoy and discover.

Natasha Colon-Ortiz, founder, and manager of Paper City Art Kids gives us an update of her work, the plans for the Summer, the growth of a unique business model, and her artistic involvement on some of the Volleyballs that will be placed in several points across the City of Holyoke.