Recap Map: Western MA Weekend Summary & Family Guide for July 29th & 30th, 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 July 29th-August 4th, 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 Community-Based Educational Highlights: Graffiti to Robotics. Tricksters to Liars. Mindfulness to Placemaking. 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.
July 29th-August 4th, 2017
Saturday • Sunday
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday • Friday
Mindfulness ♦ Robotics ♦ Community Meal ♦ Placemaking ♦ Entomology ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Botany ♦ Local History ♦ Art Studies ♦ Transportation History ♦ Agriculture ♦ Sports History ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Organic Chemistry ♦ Mythology ♦ Human Behavior ♦ Paleontology
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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- Four Picture Books Teeming with Animals
- Clapping Games 101
- Learn About Local Food & Chemistry through Fermentation
- Learning Ahead: Season of Berries
- Blueberries: How Do They Grow?
- The Ripple: River Seasons
- HFVS Weather Episode with Guest DJ, Alison Faith Levy (Radio Show/Podcast)
- Science & Folktales of Thunder & Lightening
- Nature-Based Resource: Clouds
- Learning Ahead: Summer Storms
FIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES
- Web-Based Space Explorations Blast Off Through NASA Kids’ Club
- Nature’s Patterns Reveals Mathematical Reasoning
- Local Nature Centers Connect Families to Nature Through Interpretive Programs
- Maker Spaces: Community-Based Opportunities to Think, Make, Do, Learn and Share
- In Appreciation: Reading as a Tool Towards Empathy
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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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