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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Check out our comprehensive list of summer camps with 65 summer programs in and around western MA from which to choose! New camps added every week!

Peruse our list of Suggested Events for May 14th-20th, 2106 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 57 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Engineering to Bicycling. Food Security to Fire-building, our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families.

May 14-20, 2016

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

Ornithology ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Community Meal ♦ Service-based Learning ♦ Botany ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Local History ♦ STEAM ♦ Makerspace♦ Architecture ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Woodworking ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Language Arts ♦ Quilting ♦ Visual Arts♦ Youth Theater ♦ Music Studies ♦ Film Studies ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Parenting

RECAP

• Supporting Spanish-Language Learners
• Exploring the History of Fashion through Bicycling
• In Appreciation: Gratitude Discussions Inspired Joyous Living
• Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum Opens Doors on 3 Centuries of Rural Living
• Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary Sparks Learning through Art, Film & Poetry
• Natural and Cultural Histories of Northampton’s Meadows
• Clouds Connect Learners to the Local Environment & Nature Studies
• Learning Landscapes: Re-Framing Creativity
• Chemistry is F9 U92 N7!

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. How Does Your Sunscreen Rate?  
2. Play Spring Walk Bingo!  
3. Little Homes for Little Folks: Make Your Own Gnome Home
4. DIY: Social Platform for Kids Aims to Build Confidence in Creativity
5. 18 Story Books on Weather for Kids

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• Sustainability Bulletin Board
• Theater Bulletin Board
• Visual Art Bulletin Board

• Community Announcements Bulletin Board
• Community Suggested Events
• Community Suggested Camps
• Community Suggested Classes

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