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 70 summer programs in and around western MA from which to choose!

Peruse our list of Suggested Events for July 30th-August 5th for a comprehensive list of events happening throughout the four counties of Western MA, including Bulletin Board Announcements, Ongoing Story Hours & Playgroups and the Hilltown Family Variety Show.

Also check our weekly column,  Learn Local. Play Local. for 37 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Guided Nature Walks to Literacy. Sports to History, and our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun, for a list of premier educational and cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families.

July 30-August 5, 2016

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

Zoology ♦ Chiropterology ♦ Guided Nature Walk ♦ Art Studies ♦ Earth Science ♦ Oceanography ♦ Circus Arts ♦ Upcycling ♦ Music Studies ♦ History ♦ Witchcraft ♦ Sports ♦ Literacy ♦ Creative Free Play ♦ Sustainability ♦ Dance Studies

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• Visual Art in Western MA: August Openings, Closings & Calls for Art
• Let Them Grow: Art Abandonment Supports Acts of Kindness Through Creative-Free Play
• Community-Based Nature Writing Opportunities this Summer
• Open Sesame: Must-Read YA Summer Novel
• Handbill & Callboard: Theater Studies Through Engagement in Western MA for August
• 5 Ways to Explore Science with the Summer Sun
• The Ripple: Lessons of Drought
• Historical Learning through Swordfighting
• HFVS Novelty Music Episode with Guest DJ, Jack Forman from Recess Monkey (Radio Show/Podcast)

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. The Good Life: Summertime Downtime
2. Soup’s On: Picky Eaters, Part 2
3. When Dinosaurs Walked…Western Mass
4. Journal-Making: Creative Outlet for Bringing Family Together
5. Monarch Butterflies: The Life & Science

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARDS

• History Bulletin Board
• 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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