September 11, 2024: Debatable

We’re exploring new connections with ourselves, each other, the land, and our creative spark

So we head to the hub of a new exhibit that has threads not just all over the valley, but halfway across the country as well. Exorcism equals Liberation is the title segment of a three part multi-disciplinary exhibit that takes a look at discourse, colonialism, and our inextricable ties to both. We’ll speak with the artist behind the work, Yanira Castro, as well as Kathy Couch from APE Gallery about the many landscapes that inspired the work, the myriad places and ways you can experience it including a dinner at the gallery, and the importance of coming together in real space to converse about the predominantly digital work. 

We’ll also head to Amherst where tonight the Old 97s will take to the stage at the Drake. The band has put out their 13th album, which just so happens to coincide with the 30th anniversary of their very first album, and we chat with lead singer and guitarist Rhett Miller about the drive of this new LP, all of his geeky passions, and the pains and pleasures of growing into their name. 

 And last night many of us gathered to watch what might the only presidential debate we’ll get between these two candidates at White Lion in Amherst. We’ll hear from many of the folx who joined us why that evening was important to witness, and how they thought it went.