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 July 19th-25th, 2014 for a comprehensive list of events happening throughout the four counties of Western MA, including Bulletin Board Announcements & Hilltown Family Variety Show.

Also check our weekly column, 33 Community Highlights: Whalemobile to TrolleyFest. Scottish Festival to Bang on a Can and our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun: July 2014, for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families.

For your summer plans, our Summer Bucket List for Western MA has a growing list of reader recommended places to go and see this summer, our 2014 Summer Camps and Programs in Western MA has a list of over 55 summer camps & programs.

July 19th-25th, 2014

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

Animal Studies ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Transportation ♦ Culture ♦ Playgrounds ♦ Nature Studies ♦ Agriculture/Farm Tours ♦ Local History ♦ STEM ♦ Insects ♦ Community Meals ♦ Geology ♦ Festivals

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• ‘Stories from the Kitchen Sink’ Installation Challenges Conventions
• What to Play? Make Your Own Toys!
• Hand Clapping Games: Summer & Schoolyard Creative Free Play that Supports Learning
• Hindsight Parenting: Modeling a Positive Body Image
• Thunderstorms: Those Rumbling Science Shows
• The Good Life: Small Hardships Swept Away by Joyous Enthusiasm
• Literary Guide for Jeanne Birdsall’s “The Penderwicks”
• HFVS Guest DJ, Morgan Taylor of Gustafer Yellowgold Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)
• Photography Exhibits Capture Scenes of Everyday Life at Home and Abroad
• The Garden Plot: Tending Gardens & Family Learning Opportunities

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

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. Let’s Play: Water Paints
2. 16 Swimming Holes in Western MA
3. Hilltown Family Variety Show Archived Podcasts
4. Three Programs Kids Can Use to Learn How to Create Video Games
5. Q&A: Where to Get New/Used Bikes for the Family in Western MA

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