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 September 10th-16th, 2016 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 29 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Economics to Psychology. Nature Walks to Migration., and our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun, for a list of premier educational, cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families, and our featured post of Fall Classes, Auditions & Open Houses in Western MA.

September 10th-16th, 2016

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

Industrial History ♦ Cutlery ♦ Seed Saving ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Climate Change ♦ Immigration ♦ Economics ♦ Guided Hikes ♦ Food Studies ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Migration ♦ STEM ♦ Opera1 ♦ Computer Programming ♦ Horticulture ♦ Bilingualism ♦ Ornithology ♦ Food History ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Entomology ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Financial Literacy ♦ Psychology ♦ Cartography ♦ Ancestry ♦ Cemetery Walk

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• Learning Ahead: Agricultural Fairs
• Agricultural Fairs Support a Sense of Place & Interest in Domestic Arts
• Learning through the Lens of Quilts: Featured Exhibits & Events
• Why Quilting?
• Why Knitting?
• Community-Based Education Resources: Explore Your Interests in the Domestic Arts
• Learning through the Lens of Textile Arts: Featured Events
• Western MA Landscape: Farmers’ Castles by Robert Strong Woodward
• In Appreciation: The Value of Being Bored
• Off the Mat: Old Traditions, New Stories
• Hindsight Parenting: He’s Her Brother
• Under the Hat: Songwriting with the Seasons

FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES

1. Neuroscience for Kids: Understanding the Brain for Deeper Learning
2. Our Growing Roots: Farmers’ Markets Feed a Sense of Community
3. Astronomy Resources for Budding Scientists
4. Using Math to Map Constellations Deepens Sense of Place in the Universe
5. How to Get Kids to Practice Their Musical Instruments

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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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