Give Me The Business – Healy Guitars Easthampton

This week we’re featuring a luthier based out of East works in Easthampton called Healy Guitars. Over at suite 058 you can find founder Trevor Healy and fellow luthier Calvin parent hard at work restoring, repairing and modifying stringed instruments and building electric guitars and basses. Their goal is to get your instrument performing at it’s best whether you’re a beginner or professional!

Give Me The Business – Item Shop Easthampton MA

This week’s episode of give me the business is featuring a business that hasn’t even opened yet in Easthampton called item shop located at 45 & ½ union street! from what i can tell it looks like a shop filled to the brim with vintage toys, collectables and custom-made art! With a opening date of October 3rd. get to know the owner Mark Teffer, how he got into the world of collecting and more!

Give Me The Business – Works On Paper Greenfield

this week’s Episode is featuring a brand new business in Greenfield Called Works on paper. They’re located at 16 miles street open Friday – Sunday with more days to come!

There you can find stunning stationary supplies, hand crafted cards, zines and books by independent presses and artists. Pencil cases, pens, highlighters. Anything you need to keep organized, send a loved one a letter or get ready for back to school!

get to know the owner Alexis, how she landed in greenfield and so much more!

Give Me The Business – Blackbird Venue Northampton

This week’s episode of Give Me The Business is featuring a brand new venue called Blackbird based right here in Northampton at 27 pleasant street. There you can catch some incredible local bands, sing karaoke with friends, or even put in for your band to perform! get to know the owner Lauryn Winiarski, how they got into the world of music venues, offerings and more!

Give Me The Business – Chickadee karaoke Easthampton

This week’s episode is featuring Chickadee Karaoke based on 24 cottage street in Easthampton. open Thursday through Sunday. There you can sing with friends in one of their four private Karaoke rooms, that can fit anywhere from 3-14 people. get to know the owners James Crawford and Ash anglin, how they got into karaoke rooms, offerings, future goals and more!

Give Me The Biz – Hiking Paws Bernardston

This week’s episode of Give Me The Business is featuring Hiking Paws based out of Bernardston. Hiking paws specializes in daily adventures for active dogs! They believe Routine exercise is vital to a dog’s health and well-being. get to know the owner Margot Van Natta and how your dog can join their pack for off leash adventures!

Give Me The Biz – Lucky’s Tattoo and Piercing Northampton

This week’s episode of Give Me The Business is featuring Lucky’s Tattoo and Piercing located at 37 main street in Northampton, plus multiple other locations that we’ll talk about! They’re Open Monday through Sunday 11-7. With a goal to be a welcoming, safe, and accessible shop for everyone!

get to know the owner Zach Torrin as well as general manager/tattooist Patrick MacDonald

Give Me The Business – Four Star Farms Brewery Northfield

This week we’re featuring a farm turned brewery Four star farms! They’re located in Northfield along the Connecticut river open Wednesday through Sunday!
There you can enjoy a beer surrounded by giant hops, play some games with the kids and on weekends enjoy some delicious food from a local food truck!

Today we have in the owner Robin L’Etoiles and head brewer Christopher Sellars!

Give Me The Business – Northampton Photobooth Thornes

This week’s episode of Give Me The Business is featuring a Tiny But Beloved business, The Northampton Photo Booth based on the second floor of Thornes open Monday through Friday.
This booth is a rarely encountered, “dip and dunk” analog photobooth. There are only about one hundred of these booths still in public use across the country! The booth costs $5 to use (exact cash only) and develops a black & white one-of-a-kind strip of four photos. get to know the owner Ryan Stratton, how he because the owner of this long standing booth and more!

Give Me The Business – Mary Fraser Baskets Montague

This week’s episode of Give Me The Business is featuring Mary Fraser Baskets Based out of Montague
Mary Fraser is on a mission to offer handmade willow caskets to her local and greater new England community. Additionally, she wants to help usher in the next generations of weavers across north America. You can take basketry classes with Mary, have a hand in building a loved one’s casket or purchase a fully made casket/burial tray. find out how she got into the work that she does, how you can apprentice and more!