Hilltown Families 
Come Surfin’ with the Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School! This year the event’s theme is “Surfin’ the Hills” and the evening will include dancing to the great local surf band SPF...
Notes from Nan: More Mayhem and now a Caravan Swings … BY HF Contributing Writer, Nan Parati Thanks for all the Pen-love! We got all kinds of pens, even from people...
Jeanine Fitzgerald is offering a series of free parenting workshops for parents of children birth to age 8. Workshop: Tips for Handling Children’s Violent Play and Aggression Wednesday, March 25, 2009...
Notes from Nan: Help Support the Elmer’s Ball Point Pen Drive! BY HF Contributing Writer, Nan Parati Every morning we start out with a stack of ballpoint pens for the waitresses...
Naturalist and Author Jon Young to Speak on Nature, Culture & Community Jon Young, an animal tracker, educator, and author, will speak about The Galvanizing Moment: Nature, Culture, and Community on...
Batches of Butterflies February 10 – May 30, 2009 The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA invites friends, families, and schools throughout the country and abroad to create their own butterflies...
Join Marcy Gregoire at the Cup and Top in Florence, MA for a FREE after school show on Wednesday, Feb. 11th at 4pm! (click image to enlarge) An afternoon of FREE...
FREE TICKETS Family Performance The Golden Dragon Acrobats present Cirque D’Or @ The Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA On Sunday, March 1st, 2009 @ 4pm We are pleased to offer four...
Felice Wolfzahn of Shelburne Falls, MA writes: My daughter has been wanting to learn quilting. I just talked to Becky Stratton from A Notion to Quilt and she’s willing to run...
Leni Fried of Cummington, MA writes: Our monthly Hilltown Sustainability meeting is coming up, this Wednesday (02/04/09) at 7:30pm at the Village Congregational Church on Main Street in Cummington, MA. I’d...
Good Food: Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century The public is invited to attend a series of 12 free Green Living seminars and workshops at the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center (BERC)...
Sunday Concert: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Remember, folks, this Sunday (02/01/09), we’ll have Secret Agent 23 Skidoo performing at Lyman Hall at First Churches, downtown Northampton, MA. A portion of proceeds...
Notes from Nan: Come watch the Inauguration at Elmer’s Tuesday morning! BY HF Contributing Writer, Nan Parati We will have our big screen TV back for Inauguration Day! Tuesday from 8am...
Uncle Rock tomorrow, plus other updates and an announcement We’ve had some great turnouts at the shows we’ve had recently, and they just keep on coming…most importantly for right now, here’s...
I Have A Dream Of Unity: A Change Embraced A Community Gathering honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Northampton, MA, January 19,...
LEARN FROM A LOCAL HERO By CISA If you’re looking for a new hobby to pick up this winter season, take the opportunity to learn from our local experts. Many Local...
Andrew Baker, Executive Director of HCDC, of Chesterfield, MA writes: Below is a brief update on Hilltown CDC’s affrodable housing programs in the Hilltowns. If you have friends or neighbors who...
The Fairy Circus Tanglewood Marionettes Catch the Tanglewood Marionettes at the Cummington Community House in Cummington, MA, for a free family performance this Sunday (01/04/09) at 3pm. Featuring over twenty beautifully...
Eco-Family Annual Winter Fair As an alternative to traditional holiday buying, the Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School will host their annual family book and “green” craft fair on Saturday December 6,...
Every year I send my parents a gingerbread house for their solstice dessert party, complete with their last name iced on the front door. The door with their name is left...
Moonlight Magic in Shelburne Falls on November 28th, 2008 It’s exciting and magical! Moonlight Magic takes over Shelburne Falls on Friday, November 28, 2008 from 4:30 – 10:00 PM. Moonlight Magic...
Jude McGowan of the Forbes Library in Northampton, MA writes: Please help us to make the holidays happy for children who are less fortunate than our own. Tell all of your...
Gorge aprés Gorge at the Chesterfield Gorge This is the time of year families are cooking and traveling and getting ready for their big Thanksgiving feast (= gorge #1). Following a...
Sheri Rosenblum of Plainfield, MA writes: 2nd ANNUAL COMMUNITY HOLIDAY POTLATCH (Potlatch: A word of Chinook origin that means GIVING) Saturday, 6 December 2008 Cummington Village Congregational Church in Cummington, MA...
The following lecture is happening on November 24th, 2008: Remote Control Childhood: How Disney Princesses and Darth Vadar Contribute to Bias and Anti-Social Behavior … and What You Can Do About...
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo in Noho Check ’em out this Sunday, Nov. 9, 4:00 pm – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo brings positive hip hop for kids to Northampton! Lyman Hall, First...
Corky Klimczak of HCFN writes: Here is the flyer for the Jeanine Fitzgerald parenting workshop series which is sponsored by the Hampshire County Family Network this year. The workshops are free...
Tom Adams of Williamsburg, MA writes: Hi all, My son and I have been going to basketball in Williamsburg on Wednesday nights at 6pm for the past two weeks and there’s...