Who’s ready?  I’m ready.  Saturday morning, 10:00, Flywheel in Easthampton, the triumphant return of Uncle Rock.  Plus, free pancakes!

Suggested donation of $5 each or just $10 for a whole family!

(He’s signing holiday songs in that picture.  Probably not at Flywheel.)

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On my regular (grownup) shift on the River on Sunday, I did a short interview with John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants.  They’ll be on the station Thursday afternoon before their show at the Calvin (don’t have tickets yet? get ’em now), and we’ll record an in-studio with them to air probably on March 17.  You can listen to Sunday’s interview here:

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Jonathan Coulton is opening the show, and we’ll be getting him in the studio too.

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For real.  Scott will tell you about it here:

They’re playing at First Churches in Northampton on Saturday, March 3, at 10:30, and everyone gets the parts to make one, and your child, too, can play an abbreviated national anthem.

We’ll air an in-studio with them that morning, including this excellent version of “Zudio,” from Many Hands:

 

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Man, we’ve got you covered for the afternoon of Saturday, October 29, and it’s all at the Eric Carle Museum!

1:00 Deedle Deedle Dees CD release show.  They’ll play stuff from their excellent new CD, Strange Dees, Indeed, and anyone who comes dressed as someone or something from a Dees song (check out a list of ideas here) will get a special special prize.  Just $6 at the door, benefiting the Northampton Community Music Center.  (Museum admission extra.)

And then at 2:00, Jarrett Krosoczka will be reading from his brand-new book, Ollie the Purple Elephant, followed by a family dance party!  (Free with museum admission.)

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Today (Saturday, September 17) at 1:00, it’s the Royal Order of Chords and Keys kicking off our yearly series at the Eric Carle Museum!  Tickets are just $6 at the door, and the show benefits the tremendous work of the Northampton Community Music Center.  Note that ticket purchase doesn’t include museum admission — but you can go to the concert without going to the museum too.

Here they are, rocking out on a warmer day in 2010:

 

We’ll present their in-studio from 2010 in an encore presentation on the radio this morning, too.

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Today at 3:00, Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower with very special guests Mates of State, at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.  It’s just $6 at the door, benefiting the Northampton Community Music Center!

Tickets will be sold starting at about 2:30.

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