Recap Map: Western MA Weekend Summary & Family Guide for June 3rd & 4th, 2017
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 June 3rd-9th, 2017 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 33 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Mesic Forest to Anadromous Fish. The Odyssey to Thomas Paine., and our monthly column, Berkshire Family Fun, for a list of premier educational, cultural highlights in Berkshire County for families, and our Summer Camp and Preschool directories.
June 3rd-9th, 2017
Saturday • Sunday
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday
Emily Dickinson ♦ The Odyssey ♦ Soil ♦ Etiquette ♦ Bald Eagles ♦ Hummingbirds ♦ Philosophy ♦ Books Clubs ♦ Literacy ♦ Agriculture ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Nature-Studies ♦ Habitat9 ♦ Stargazing ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Limnology ♦ Entomology ♦ Theatre ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Canoeing ♦ Local History ♦ Computer Programming ♦ Placemaking ♦ Music Studies ♦ Ornithology ♦ Art Studies ♦ Dance Studies
For more suggestions, check out our Bucket List of 75 recommendations from our readers of things to do and places to see in Western MA in the summer. (Add your own recommendation too!)
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- Book Clubs: Community-Based Opportunities to Support Literacy & Sense of Place
- Learning Ahead: Spring Harvest
- Eating Seasonally in the Spring
- Sense of Place: Spring Harvest
- Hindsight Parenting: A Tale of Two Trees
- HFVS Get Up & Get Movin’ Episode with Guest DJ, Dana Cohenour (Podcast/Radio Show)
- Berkshire Family Fun: June 2017
- STEM Opportunities at The Great Holyoke Brick Race
- William Cullen Bryant Homestead Teen Poetry Contest
FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES
- Resources for Mindfulness in Western Massachusetts
- In Appreciation: An Exercise in Perspective Taking
- Explore the Art of Dance Through Community-Based Resources
- Summer Camping Adventures Promote Nature-Based Play and Learning
- HFVS Music of the World Episode with Guest DJ, Keith Terry (Radio Show/Podcast)
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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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