Hilltown Families 
SUGGEST AN EVENT If you have a family-friendly event or educational program happening in Western Massachusetts that you’d like to let us know about, post your event on our “Suggest An...
SUGGEST AN EVENT If you have a family-friendly event or educational program happening in Western Massachusetts that you’d like to let us know about, post your event on our “Suggest An...
SUGGEST AN EVENT If you have a family-friendly event or educational program happening in Western Massachusetts that you’d like to let us know about, post your event on our “Suggest An...
LOCAL FOOD BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER Last year my family went to the Greenfield Free Harvest Supper and had a wonderful time! This annual dinner is a community celebration of local agriculture...
In August we celebrate local blueberries, peaches, tomatoes, corn and event pesto with their very own festivals.
Eat & Dance the Blues Away Organic blueberries at Running Fox Farm in South Worthington, MA. – (c) Sienna Wildfield It’s a banner blueberry season! My family has already gone pickin’...
Free Outdoor Family Concert with Recess Monkey in Northampton on Saturday! Recess Monkey has released another wonderful family album, Tabby Road – and we are in luck! They will be in...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: BENEFIT FOR VALLEY FREE RADIO ON AUGUST 9TH (POSTPONED!) SUGGEST AN EVENT If you have a family-friendly event or educational program happening in Western Massachusetts that you’d like...
Catch the Sippy Cups at the Iron Horse on Saturday @ 3pm! Kids afternoon rock show with THE SIPPY CUPS and special guest Ulysses S. Dee of The Deedle Deedle Dees!...
ON VACATION This week’s Suggested Events is on vacation. But we’ll return next week so be sure to check back. If you’re looking for something to do, don’t fret … visit...
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY – 2008 Here’s a Fourth of July firework schedule of upcoming firework displays in Western Mass. Do you know of another display not listed here? Post it...
Local Farmer's Markets are in full swing! Take the family - there's a lot kids can learn at farmer's markets, and a lot of local, good food choices to bring home...
Canoeing, Fishing & Father’s Day CANOEING This past week the Hilltown Families Outdoor Adventure Spring Program concluded two weeks of canoeing. Under warm sunny skies, families learned about safety on the...
June? Already! Can you believe it’s June already? One week until Father’s Day; two weeks until summer; and only three weeks until the last day of school! Just like that (snap!)....
Spring Festivals Are Blooming! Spring festivals bloom this time of year and are always great fun to take the family to. A couple of weeks ago the Hilltown Spring Festival celebrated...
Sheep & Woolcrafts This weekend is the 34th Annual MA Sheep & Woolcraft Fair at the Cummington Fairgrounds. It’s a great event to take the family to, and it happens all...
BIKE RIDING Other than the Cummington Fairgrounds, there aren’t may places for kids to learn to ride their bikes in the hilltowns. Driveways are often gravel or dirt. Country roads can...
It’s All About the Hilltowns This Saturday The 2nd annual Hilltown Spring Festival happens this Saturday at the Cummington Fairgrounds. Last year it rained. Big bummer. But not his year …...
CASSEROLE RECAP Last week’s concert with Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could was rockin’! These folks are just the nicest people you’d ever want to meet and they put...
Boxcars Full of Rock ‘N’ Roll! Be sure to catch Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could at Lyman Hall in Northampton this Friday, April 25th @ 5pm! It’s a...
Hilltown Families & Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Present … A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CASSEROLE MUSICAL POTLUCK AND DEBUT CONCERT WITH BRADY RYMER & THE LITTLE BAND THAT COULD! Friday,...
Local School Fundraisers Raising Fun! With springtime comes an assortment of annual school fundraisers, ranging from pancake breakfasts, like the one held by the Ashfield Community Preschool this weekend, to silent...
TIN-CAN ICE CREAM SOCIAL This past Monday was the last day of the Outdoor Adventure Program winter session in Chesterfield (see photos). We ended the program with a tin-can ice cream...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS Bowlers wanted for the annual “Bowl for Kid’s Sake” Bowl-A-Thon on 04/05 & 04/06, sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County. Call 413.253.2591 The spring Outdoor...
Spring is here, officially arriving early Thursday morning. My daughter asked me if this meant that the sun would be coming home now … how can I tell her not to...
KIDS ROCKIN’ CONCERT THIS SATURDAY @ 1:30PM IN NORTHAMPTON! Saturday, March 8th @ 1:30pm in Northampton. Princess Katie & Racer Steve, will make a triumphant return to Northampton with a rock...
MARK YOUR CALENDARS Saturday, March 8th @ 1:30pm in Northampton .Princess Katie & Racer Steve, will make a triumphant return to Northampton with a rock concert for kids and their parental...
Red Fred in the Shed & Orienteering On Monday at the Hilltown Families Outdoor Adventure Program in Chesterfield, MA, participants continued their exploration and use of a compass. Learning the compass...
Wow! What a great list of fun events and powerhouse women! Have a wonderful weekend!
IT’S THE HALF WAY POINT OF WINTER … LET’S CELEBRATE! We’re starting off February with several fun and exciting events to shake those winter blues away! On Friday (02/01) over at...