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Stephanie Montgomery says women aren't writing enough, so she created an online community where they can record their life experiences. The website allows authors to share their work and receive feedback. We'll talk with Stephanie about Memoir Cafe and the need she says it fills.

The state's fair season kicks-off this week with festivals in North Haverhill, Stratham and Canterbury. Whether you're a demolition derby person or someone who prefers livestock over Ferris wheels, chances are there's a festival out there that fits almost everybody's tastes. We'll explore this rich New Hampshire tradition with two men who've spent a lot of time at the fair: Steve Taylor is Commissioner of New Hampshire's Department of Agriculture, and Robert Lockwood is historian for the Canterbury Fair.

Most major media outlets these days are run by big companies, and that means lots of their programming comes from outside the communities they serve. But there are people out there working to keep radio and television as local as possible. We'll talk with two of them. Tim Stone is co-founder and general manager of WSCA, a low-power radio station serving Portsmouth, and Dave Rogers, co-producer and host of Granite Planet, a sketch comedy show that's carried on cable access stations around the state.

Pianist Alan Feinberg has performed as a soloist with some of the countries finest symphony orchestras. He?s premiered over 300 pieces and has made a career of playing a wide breadth of music, from William Byrd to John Adams. But according to Alan, his career path was not always so promising. He?ll talk to us about his unlikely success and his concerns about the role of serious music in our culture.

Alan is a board member of the Monadnock Music Festival. As part of the Festival, he will appear with the Ciompi String Quartet on Saturday, July 23, at 8pm. The concert will feature the works of Haydn, Ades, and Shubert.

Baseball came to Manchester 130 years ago, but it didn't exactly look like the same game we play today. We'll travel back in time to learn the origins of New Hampshire baseball (or "Base Ball") with Marylou Ashooh Lazos, curator of the Manchester Millyard Museum's exhibit on the subject. We'll also talk with Jon "Bang Bang" Pistey, who still plays by the old rules in a vintage baseball league called the Essex Base Ball Club.