Kite flying in Chesterfield, MA. (Photo credit: Sienna Wildfield)

SUGGEST AN EVENT

If you have a family-friendly event or educational program happening in Western Massachusetts that you’d like to let us know about, post your event on our “Suggest An Event” page.

HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW

Tune in to the Hilltown Family Variety Show on Saturdays from 9-10am on Valley Free Radio (VFR), 103.3FM (Northampton, MA), or listen via streaming audio at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org.

Every Saturday VFR offers four hours of commercial-free, quality family program from 6-10am, including Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child from 7am-9am. It’s better than Saturday morning cartoons!

FEATURED EVENT

ArtSpark this Saturday in Williamsburg, MA!

DATE NIGHT! – Come Surfin’ with the Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School!

Get a babysitter, grab the one you love and enjoy a night out at the HCCPS annual fundraising gala!  This year the event’s theme is “Surfin’ the Hills” and the evening will include dancing to the great local surf band SPF 4! It also includes silent and live auctions with items from local businesses and artists, including weekend getaways, dinners, bodywork, jewelry, and much more. ArtSpark will be held on Saturday, April 11th from 7 – 11 pm at the Williamsburg Grange on Main St.. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.  For more information contact Deirdre Arthen at the HCCPS at 413.268.3421.

Saturday – 04/11

• 7am-9am – Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child on 103.3FM WXOJ, Northampton, MA or starting at 8am on The River.
• 9am-10am – Hilltown Family Variety Show on 103.3FM WXOJ, Northampton, MA.
• 8am – Altantic Salmon Fry stocking.  Meet in the commuter parking lot at Westfield State College.  For more info call Caleb Slater at 508-389-6331 (Free)
• 9am-2pm – Easter egg hunt and breakfast at Look Park in Northampton, MA.
• 9:30am-5:00pm – Boy Scout Day at Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, MA.
• 10am-4pm – Hancock Shaker Village Baby Animals Events in Pittsfield, MA.
• 10am-1pm – Zoobilee! A live animal fair at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, MA.
• Noon-4pm – Take the kids to discover the Lost Art of Letter Writing at the Historic Deerfield Museum in Deerfield, MA. [Free with general admission. Check out a museum pass from your library]
• 1-3pm – Footprint Care and Art Project at the Dinosaur Footprints Reservation in Holyoke, MA.  RSVP required.
• 5-8pm – Easthampton Art Walk.  Storytelling for the family at PACE with Rona Leventhal & Bob Reiser.
• 5pm – “Walk Like MADD” walk in Easthampton, MA. Families welcomed.
• 5:30-8:30pm – Sunset hike and potluck with the Northfield Public Library in Northfield, MA. (Free)
• 7-11pm – DATE NIGHT: ArtSpark: Surfin’ the HIlls at the Williamsburg Grange on Main Street in Williamsburg, MA.  Surf music, food, silent and live auction. (Fundraiser)

 

Sunday – 04/12

Easter & Passover

• 10am-4pm – Hancock Shaker Village Baby Animals Events in Pittsfield, MA.
• 2-4:30pm – Lambs’ Open House at Winterberry Farm in Leverett, MA. (Free. Donation)
  
• 3:30pm – Sammy Spider Passover celebration at Beit Ahavah in Florence, MA.  RSVP required.

 

Weekday 04/13/09-04/17/09

 

For more events happening this week visit our “Suggest An Event” page. There are also fun suggestions on our THINGS TO DO, PLACES TO SEE page. If you know of an upcoming event that you would like to share with other families, please feel encourage to do so by posting it HERE.