March 20th, 2024: All of Montague a Stage
A new Shakespeare festival emerges in Montague, Word Nerd Emily Brewster reveals words that evolve backwards (assbackwords), plus a check in with Report For America.
The Fabulous 413 · Monte Belmonte & Kaliis Smith
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Show Notes
All the world’s a stage. Or at least a select part of Montague Massachusetts is a stage. At least for the next 3 weeks. The first ever Montague Shakespeare Festival descends upon The Shea Theater and working with the famous Royal Shakespeare Company, this is such stuff that dreams are made on for fans of The Bard. We’ll hear all about the method to the madness of The Montague Shakespeare Festival from Executive Director Kenny Butler and from Fiona Ross from The Royal Shakespeare Company
Word Nerd Emily Brewster needs your help in coming up with a word for a category of words that she’s been investigating where the poetic meaning of these words predates the prose
And we’ll hear about how to support local journalism when we talk with two Report for America journalists-The Springfield Republican’s Greta Jocem and NEPM’s Nirvani Williams