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An Air Quality Alert remains in effect today due to smoke and haze making its way south from Northern Ontario and Quebec. Valerie Wales talks with Buffalo's National Weather Service.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare, presented by Shakespeare in Delaware Park, had a very entertaining opening. And Theater Talk mourns the loss of beloved Buffalo character actor, two-time Artie Award winner, Jerry Maher. For 30 years (as of November 2022) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, and The Stratford Festival are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.

We sit down with Christine Carr-Barmasse, Executive Director of Mission: Ignite, a group dedicated to promoting computer literacy. Discover her inspiring efforts to bridge the digital divide and empower students, teens, and adults with essential digital skills. Don't miss this enlightening conversation on the future of digital literacy and its role in shaping Buffalo's progress.

On this week’s Producers’ Picks highlights episode we revisit our previous conversations with: Na’Kya McCann from the Buffalo All-Star Extreme dance and cheer team, Dan White and Asman Ndayisabwa from Healing Grounds Coffee and Sanctuary, and the barbers and customers of Signature Cutz Barbershop.

Rev. James T. Hemphill Sr. will have a street named after him in honor of his trailblazing work in childcare and education; and Theater Talk with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase.

Police are investigating incidents of vandalism at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Mayor Byron Brown appoints new Deputy Mayor of Operations and Deputy Mayor of Community Engagement, and in sports, Buffalo Bills training staff honored at ESPYS with Pat Tillman Award for Service for their efforts in saving Damar Hamlin.

State officials are distributing masks across the state due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires. Elections officials are at a loss to explain the low voter turnout for last Tuesday's primary elections. The City of Buffalo has developed a Housing affordability Taskforce.

On this episode we meet Nicholas Ramirez, a Civil Rights attorney with the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo. Nicholas specializes in criminal law but aids the public by advocating for and educating individuals in all things pertaining to social justice.

A local business is taking a proactive approach to the presence of an anti-Semitic symbol left by a vandal. A new state law could help with the shortage of lifeguards.

We welcome the co-chairs of the East Side Garden Walk, Renata Toney and Samantha White. Afterwards, we continue speaking with Samantha about the Western New York Law Center’s School Discipline Project.