Hilltown Families 
What In The World? Kids’ Music Goes Global by Bill Childs Dan Zanes caused a stir a few months ago by noting the overwhelming whiteness of a particular national parenting magazine....
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Snap-Shots & Juice On-The-Rocks @ Jalopy’s The Brooklyn Hootenanny was F-U-N! Bill & Audra did a swell job putting it together. My daughter & I are still tired! But it was...
Hilltown Family Variety Show PREMIERE!!! Hilltown Families is very excited to announce the Hilltown Family Variety Show (HFVS) Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm on WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio...
All Together Singing in the Kitchen With their children at their sides Nerissa and Katryna Nields of Conway, MA, performed a family show to a packed house at the Jones Library...
The Fids & Kamily Awards by Bill Childs Late last year, two family music bloggers (Stefan Shepard of Zooglobble.com and Amy Davis of TheLovelyMrsDavis.com ) and myself organized the “Fids and...
We’ve all met them, and, silently, some of us are them … modern day treasure hunters who find all sorts of unique loot at flea markets, transfer stations and curbside on...
Yesterday would have been Bob Marley’s 62nd birthday. Many of Marley’s songs have a very positive message that young and old enjoy, including songs like “One Love/People Get Ready,” and “Get Up, Stand...
On Saturday morning Gustafer Yellowgold performed Gustafer Yellowgold Wild Wide World at Flywheel in Easthampton, MA, a family concert much supported and organized by Bill Childs of Spare the Rock, Spoil...
Several hilltown families have begun to gather for an informal French language learning group with their children. Families from Ashfield, Chesterfield, Cummington and Shelburne Falls participated in the first...
Elizabeth Street did a live family concert this Saturday morning in Florence, performing music from their debut album, Different. “Sometimes my initial response to new music is, “Wow, that’s really, um,...
With clear winter skies and no snow in sight, you couldn’t have asked for a better day to explore all the family activities happening on Sunday afternoon for Northampton (Noho) First...
Winter Solstice Tradition Begins, 2006 By Sienna Wildfield ASHFIELD, MA (Dec 23, 2006) – Ancient and modern Winter Solstice traditions were celebrated on the town green in Ashfield, MA this past...
Hanukkah in the Hills Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah, Chanukah, Hanukah, Hannukah and Channukahis) is the Jewish Holiday known as the Festival of Lights. For eight days Jewish families kindle the light...