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Thomas Wilkins will lead The Boston Symphony Orchestra in two programs at Tanglewood this weekend: Saturday’s “BSO Family Concert: May I Have Your Attention Please” at 10:30 a.m., and Sunday’s Berkshire Day concert at 2 p.m., featuring music by Coleridge-Taylor, Ellington, and mandolinist Jeff Midkiff. The concert on Sunday is Tanglewood’s annual Berkshire Day performance - residents of Berkshire County may attend for free.

"Meet the Panelist" is a sporadic segment where we have in depth discussions with Roundtable Panelists to learn about their lives, careers and how they arrive at their various points of view. In this segment, we talk to Siena College Professor of Economics Aaron Pacitti.

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird. That's all, just a bird. We welcome back Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart for our monthly dose of ornithology. Call in! 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

It has been quite a while since Food Friday highlighted German cuisine. We end the hiatus today when we welcome Kurt Vincent, cook and president of the German-American Club of Albany. What's your favorite German dish? Give us a call and share the recipe. 800-348-2551. Ray Graf hosts.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Former EPA Regional Administrator, Visiting Professor at Bennington College, and President of Beyond Plastics Judith Enck, and Albany County District Attorney David Soares.

On Sunday, August 6 The Aaron Diehl Trio will perform a jazz program that includes Sir Roland Hanna’s 24 Preludes at Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood at 8 p.m.

On August 11 and 12, the Tanglewood Learning Institute in collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation, will offer two “Defiant Music” programs presented by Mark Ludwig.

Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as the music soars and Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. Disney’s "The Lion King" has returned to Proctors in Schenectady through August13.

July’s floods affected the Hudson Valley acutely.In today’s Congressional Corner, Pat Ryan, a Democrat from New York’s 18th district, continues his conversation with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in America’s foreign policy: a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public. The book, "War Made Invisible," by journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, exposes how this happened, and what its consequences are, from military and civilian casualties to drained resources at home.