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"Learn Local. Play Local." is your weekly summary of learning highlights happening in the region that get you out and engaged in your community! -- Yuletide to Colonial Christmas. Human...
Colonial Christmas to Taiping Rebellion. Birds of Prey to Honey Bees. Domestic Service of the Gilded Age to Culinary Curiosities.. These are just a few of the community learning highlights...
Calling all budding botanists... Smith College's Lyman Conservatory has an audio tour for kids & adults! With ten different indoor exhibits to explore, the learning possibilities offered by the conservatory are...
Thanksgiving to Hanukkah. Violins to Locomotives. Democracy to Presidents. Glassblowing to Basket-Weaving... These are just a few of the community learning highlights we’re featuring this week! Peruse our list...
Turkeys to Cougars. Unquomonk Mountain to Ice Glen. Medieval Music to Rock ‘n’ Roll. Roosevelt to Kennedy... These are just a few of the community learning highlights we’re featuring this...
20 community and educational highlight featured this week in "Learn Local. Play Local." Ichnofossils to Illumination. Linens to Opera. Shoes to Soap. These are just a few of the community...
Buttons to Apparel. Chrysanthemums to Bubbles. Opera to Beatles. Superman to Lydia Maria Child... These are just a few of the community learning highlights we’re featuring this week! Check...
Invite yourself to the opportunity of experiencing a side of the Bear Hole watershed in West Springfield that many do not experience... at night! The West Springfield Environmental Committee is offering...
Take thee to the river! This month in "The Ripple: Stories About Western MA Rivers," Kurt challenges you to stop and look for the rivers and brooks nearest you, and to...
Frankenstein to Ghost Tours. Stargazing to Birdwatching. Simple Machines to Science Labs. Museum Adventures to Musicals. These are just a few of the community learning highlights we’re featuring this...
Witches Butter to Apple Cider. Bear Hole to Old Burying Ground. Beatbox to Native American Flute. Community Service to Community Meals... These are just a few of the community...
Barns to Trolleys. Matcha to Blueberries. Honey to Bread. Canoeing to Storytelling. These are just a few of the community learning highlights we’re featuring this week in "Learn Local. Play...
"Learn Local. Play Local." is up with 33 community learning opportunities for families in Western MA! Talc Mines to Papermaking. River Cleanups to Storytelling. Russian Food to Apple History. These are...
"Learn Local. Play Local." is up with 28 community learning opportunities for families in Western MA! Hoosac Tunnel to Comet Ison. Plein Air Painting to Piano Music. Community Meals to Local...
Last week an energetic group of Hilltown Families citizen scientists and Kurt Heidinger, Executive Director of Biocitizen, conducted our fourth annual rapid biotic assessment of the Westfield River in West Chesterfield....
Honeybees to Wild Edibles. Chinese Moon Festival to Tibetan Sand Mandalas. Arugula to Grapes… These are just a few of the learning highlights we’re featuring this week in our Friday...
Coffee to Silk. Watercycles to Watersheds. Literacy to STEM... These are just a few of the learning highlights we’re featuring this week in "Learn Local. Play Local." Peruse our list...
Monarchs to Macroinvertebrates. 19th-Century Chores to Food Traditions. Intergenerational Story Swap to Nature-Based StoryWalk... These are just a few of the learning highlights we’re featuring this week! Find out...
West African Drumming to Greek Dancing. Bridges to Comets. Stockbridge Mohicans to Victorian Technology... These are just a few of the learning highlights we’re featuring this week! Peruse our list...
Kurt's call to action this month in "The Ripple"... be stewards of the rivers! Take action in September as citizen scientists by joining Hilltown Families and Biocitizen for our 4th annual...
Our column, "Learn Local. Play Local." is up! This week it's Tractors to Airplanes. Tomato Fest to Breakfast. Reggae to Gershwin... These are just a few of the learning...
Don't let the change of seasons happen without engaging your kids/students with the new exterior design that Mother Nature provides! Collectig leaves, creating land art and using them in arts &...
Nature-based learning through naturalist activities in the winter offer experiential learning that is place-based within the seasons.