Here’s a recap of news and information posted on Hilltown Families this past week, along with a map for finding out what’s happening this weekend and next week throughout Western MA!

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Peruse our list of Suggested Events for October 19th-25th, 2013 for a comprehensive list of events happening throughout the four counties of Western MA, including: Bulletin Board Announcements, Featured Community Building Events, Hilltown Family Variety Show and our Autumn Bucket List!

Also check our weekly column, Learn Local. Play Local. for 29 Community Highlights: Witches Butter to Apple Cider. Beatbox to Native American Flute., and our column, Berkshire Family Fun: October 2013, for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families!

October 19th-25th, 2013

Saturday • Sunday
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday

Fall Harvest ♦ Landscape/History ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Literacy ♦ Culture ♦ Cemetery Tours ♦ Parent Workshops ♦ Community Service ♦ Science ♦ Community Meals

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• Westhampton Fall Festival: Home of the Great Pumpkin Roll!
• The Dinner Table: Don’t Yuck on My Yum!
• Let’s Play: Nature Based Play & Art in Autumn
• Hindsight Parenting: Cutting Cords
• One-Day Learning at Amherst College for Middle & High Schoolers
• 30 Mash Notes ❥ 1 Community
• Dig Up Local History at Historic Deerfield’s Archaeology Day!
• HFVS Nature Science Episode with Guest DJ, Birdie Mendoza (Radio Show/Podcast)

Visit the Hilltown Families Facebook page and Twitter stream for more news and information!

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. HFVS Halloween Episode with Guest DJ, Andy Z (Radio Show/Podcast)
2. One Clover & A Bee: Poetry for Halloween
3. 8 Halloween Costume Safety Tips
4. Packaging Girlhood: Halloween & Girls
5. What’s the Alternative to a Sexualized Halloween Costume? Make Your Own!

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