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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We’re busy at work putting together our Summer Camp post! If you have a summer program or camp you’d like to add to our list, click on the banner to find out how!

Peruse our list of Suggested Events for February 27th-March 4th, 2016 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,  Learn Local. Play Local. for 51 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Herpetology to Carpentry. Community-Building to Cultural Studies., our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families, and our list of  Winter Classes, Auditions & Open Houses in Western MA.

February 27-March 4, 2016

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

Cultural Studies ♦ Japanese Film ♦ Morris Dancing ♦ Botany ♦ Language Arts ♦ Graphic Novels ♦ LitFest ♦ Theater ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Carpentry ♦ Ornithology ♦ Herpetology ♦ Winter Sports ♦ Physics ♦ STEM ♦ Art Studies ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Photography ♦ Fishing ♦ Music Studies ♦ Sing-Along ♦ Community-Building ♦ Neurodiversity ♦ History ♦ Swordfighting ♦ Parenting Support

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• Suggested Events for February 27th-March 4th, 2016
• Berkshire Family Fun: March 2016
• Goshen Rocks! Teen Initiated Arts Expo Comes to the Hilltowns.
• Community Film House Celebrates 100 Years in Berkshires
• Open Sesame: Spotlight on Jerry Pinkney
• Community-Based Resource Support Art History: The Clark
• Norman Rockwell’s Civil Rights Era Works on Google Cultural Institute
• Maker Spaces: Community-Based Opportunities to Think, Make, Do, Learn and Share!
• The Ripple: Life in the Riparian Zone
• HFVS Black History Month Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)
• Sprout Film Festival Bring Neurodiversity to the Big Screen

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

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. Let’s Play: Keeping the Childhood Love of Drawing Alive!
2. 5 Late Winter Family Gardening Tips
3. Maple Syrup Time: Eight Featured Sugar Shacks in Western MA
4. HFVS Sheep Shearing & Maple Syrup Episode (Radio Show/Podcast)
5. “This Day in History” Video Series

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