Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience.
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Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience. 
Families can celebrate Halloween early with local trick-or-treat and rag shag events happening across Western Massachusetts. From classic downtown routes to creative trunk-or-treats, towns welcome kids in costume for candy, community, and festive fun. 
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The Superhero Run & Family Fall Festival in Northampton combines fitness, fun, and creativity. Races, crafts, music, and food highlight how families learn resilience together while supporting Cutchins’ programs for local children and families. 
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MISTER G’s 10th Halloween Fiesta at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton invites families to gather in costume for music, books, and community. Learn how storytelling and song connect Halloween joy with lessons from nature. 
Look Park in Florence hosts a Haunted Train Ride that turns Halloween into interactive theater. Families learn how staged frights and light displays bring imagination to life. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago. 
At Bartholomew’s Cobble in Sheffield, families can learn about biodiversity and natural history through a hike across varied habitats shaped by ancient bedrock. Trails offer opportunities to explore how geology influences plant life in this unique landscape. 
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The Southwick library hosts Professor Bugman for a Halloween adventure where kids learn with real bones and live bugs. Explore vertebrates and invertebrates, compare skeletons, and meet creepy crawlies while discovering how animal bodies reveal their survival secrets. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Families can celebrate Halloween early with local trick-or-treat and rag shag events happening across Western Massachusetts. From classic downtown routes to creative trunk-or-treats, towns welcome kids in costume for candy, community, and festive fun. 
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Join The Bridge Family Resource Center in Amherst for a free Trunk or Treat with costumes, candy, and decorated cars. Kids learn by engaging with neighbors, practicing safe trick-or-treating, and sharing community spirit. 
Join a women’s history walking tour in Northampton’s Bridge Street Cemetery. Learn stories of midwives, students, and community leaders through historic gravestones. 
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At the library in Belchertown, the Gravestone Girls present "Welcome to the Graveyard." Learn how cemetery art reflects changing beliefs, materials, and cultural values across 400 years of American history. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Families in Lanesborough can learn the basics of geocaching on Mount Greylock. Using GPS to find hidden treasures, kids and adults enjoy outdoor adventure while connecting tech with nature exploration. 
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Halloween began in Ireland as Samhain, marking the end of harvest and the start of winter. This event at the Irish Cultural Center in West Springfield invites families to learn the cultural roots of the holiday through storytelling, language, and crafts. 
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Join Mass Audubon at the library in Longmeadow to learn how bird feeders and seed choices support ecology, ornithology, and clever feeder design. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Families can celebrate Halloween early with local trick-or-treat and rag shag events happening across Western Massachusetts. From classic downtown routes to creative trunk-or-treats, towns welcome kids in costume for candy, community, and festive fun.
Look Park in Florence hosts a Haunted Train Ride that turns Halloween into interactive theater. Families learn how staged frights and light displays bring imagination to life. 
Pumpkins light up Springfield’s Forest Park during the Pumpkin Stroll After Dark. This free event lets families explore a storybook path with treats, traditions, and community spirit. 
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The Mount in Lenox invites kids ages 6–12 for a ghost tour mixing fun and folklore. Families learn the history of Edith Wharton’s estate through spooky stories and exploration. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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The Amelia Park Children’s Museum in Westfield invites families to celebrate Halloween with a day of fun. Kids can dress up, explore the “boo-seum,” and enjoy hands-on STEAM activities in a safe environment.
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Families can celebrate Halloween early with local trick-or-treat and rag shag events happening across Western Massachusetts. From classic downtown routes to creative trunk-or-treats, towns welcome kids in costume for candy, community, and festive fun. 
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Trick-or-treating meets the harvest season in this lively event at the library in South Deerfield. Enjoy costume selfies, hands-on games, and a taste of Western Mass agriculture with CISA. Learn about food grown close to home while sampling Clarkdale apples, Upinngil pumpkin treats, and other seasonal bites. |
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Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra in South Hadley invites families to a Kids Monsters Ball. Children join a creature parade, dance, and learn about instruments at the petting zoo, discovering how classical music has long been tied to Halloween storytelling. 
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At Historic Deerfield, storyteller Dennis Picard shares eerie folklore rooted in primary records and oral traditions. Listeners will learn how history, law, and medicine intertwined with fears of witches, vampires, and uncanny events. 
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Celebrate Day of the Dead at MASS MoCA in North Adams with live music, storytime, and art-making. Families learn together while adding offerings to a community altar. |
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Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience. 
Celebrate CiderDays across Franklin County with tastings, farm tours, and workshops that highlight orchard traditions. Visitors learn how apples connect food, farms, and culture, showing how seasonal harvests root communities in shared history and regional flavors. 
In Sunderland, the Potato Festival celebrates farming traditions and immigrant heritage. Families can learn about potato cultivation, local history, and the importance of supporting agriculture. 
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Ever wonder if that backyard find is a fossil or just a rock? At Amherst’s Beneski Museum, geologists and paleontologists help you learn to tell the difference. This hands-on event makes geology fun while sparking curiosity about the natural history beneath our feet. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
At Wistariahurst in Holyoke, the Community Ofrenda invites visitors to learn about Day of the Dead traditions. Families reflect on memory and culture through altars, art, and storytelling. 
RAD Springfield brings bike repair education to the streets, turning shared tools into shared knowledge. This mobile shop models collaborative consumption by helping neighbors fix brakes, learn mechanics, and keep bikes rolling through practical, hands-on support. 
Catch a college basketball game at UMass Amherst and get curious about how sports link math, history, and culture. Shooting stats and team rituals turn the court into a living classroom. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Egremont’s Saw-whet Owl banding nights with Berkshire Bird Observatory invite participants to learn about ornithology through hands-on conservation. Watch as owls are safely studied and released, deepening awareness of migration, ecology, and our shared connection to native wildlife. 
Each trip to the Tuesday Market offers a chance to connect with the land, local growers, and your neighbors. Learn about food origins, practice budgeting, and support sustainable choices, all while exploring nature’s seasonal rhythms. 
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Kids ages 9–14 are invited to Northampton for a lively graphic novel workshop where they learn storytelling through art. Blending drawing, dialogue, and imagination, the session supports literacy while showing how comics make reading and writing exciting and fun. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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At the library in East Longmeadow, kids discover origami as both art and STEM learning. By folding turkeys step by step, participants learn geometry, design, and problem-solving, while also connecting to cultural traditions where paper cranes symbolize peace and celebration. 
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Berkshire South in Great Barrington offers a Mini Vet Clinic where participants learn veterinary science by caring for animals, blending observation, empathy, and roleplay to connect science with compassion. 
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Learn how the American Revolution shaped East Longmeadow as researchers trace the stories of 47 local men who served. This program highlights daily life, duty, and identity, showing how history is preserved through records and memory in both local and national contexts. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Learn about ancient rivers through armored mud balls at Springfield Museums, where a rare Jurassic-era specimen will be unveiled. Geologist Richard Little will discuss their significance in local natural history, highlighting the Connecticut River Valley as a prime location for these unique formations. 
At the Bridge Family Resource Center, families join the Creative Connections Art Group to learn how shared art-making builds communication, well-being, and curiosity through weekly prompts and materials. 
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Step into an evening of music, laughter, and square dancing at The Eric Carle Museum in Amherst. Between dance sets, taste homemade pies and reflect on how traditions like dance and food strengthen bonds across generations. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
The Orionid Meteor Shower invites families to learn through science, art, and story. From comet trails to cultural myths, it turns the night sky into a classroom of wonder. 
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In Great Barrington, families with children ages 7-13 are invited to Family Night in the Woods. Learn through nature-based learning at twilight with stories, forest walks, and a community meal shared around the campfire. 
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Discover the wonders of space at the Springfield Museums during Stars Over Springfield. Kids ages 8+ and families can learn astronomy through hands-on demos, a planetarium show, and stargazing, exploring how stars, planets, and galaxies shape our sense of the universe. |
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Discover the living classroom of High Ledges in Shelburne with Mass Audubon. Learn about forest ecology, climate change, and the diversity of trees that shape this vibrant woodland. 
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Free for all, Community Day at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield invites visitors to learn about Shaker life through art, craft, and farming. With workshops, live demonstrations, and outdoor trails, it’s a day of discovery and connection to local history and community values. 
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At the Pelham Library, learn about the origins and mysteries of the cosmos with educator John Johansen. This engaging program connects physics, astronomy, and big-picture thinking in an accessible story-based format. |
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Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience. 
Historic Deerfield invites families to learn food history through a hot chocolate demo. Watch cooks use colonial tools and recipes while sharing the global story of cacao.
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Curious about what’s growing above sea level? Hike Tamarack Hollow with Naturalist Aimee Gelinas and explore a forest where every fern and fir has a story. From wild edibles to cascading falls, this 2-mile trek is full of living lessons. 
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Join the Berkshire Botanical Garden at the Rooted in Place Ecological Symposium in Stockbridge for stories, food traditions, and seed stewardship. Enjoy a screening of "Farming While Black" and a closing meditation on land and culture. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
Join The Bridge Family Resource Center in Amherst! Whether you're a first-time parent or returning to the newborn stage, this group offers connection, guidance, and encouragement as you navigate the early months (birth to 8 months). 
Free suppers at the Berkshire South Regional Community Center in Stockbridge highlight the value of intergenerational connection. These gatherings show how sharing food can support community-based education, where lessons come not from books but from conversations across the table.
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See Saturn’s rings up close! Observatory Night at the Springfield Museums invites families to learn about astronomy with telescopes, shows, and sky-gazing fun. |
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Experience the textures of autumn at Arcadia in Easthampton, where children learn through guided walks, sensory play, and creative crafts. The program fosters a sense of place by helping families notice seasonal changes in the natural world. 
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Tiny Trekkers in Lenox offers ages 0-5 a playful hour of nature-based learning. Kids learn about nuts, seeds, and wildlife through walks, stories, and activities. 
In Amherst, the Yiddish Book Center offers Sunday and Tuesday tours where visitors learn Jewish culture, history, and language through exhibits and stories. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
All aboard! The Polar Express is back at Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield with $1 tickets. This festive film lets families learn through music, animation, and story as a magical train ride reminds us of friendship, wonder, and the joy of the holiday season. 
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At Berkshire South in Great Barrington, kids explore culinary arts through hands-on learning as they prepare Italian-inspired dishes and discover how food connects to culture, history, and healthy eating. 
Join the drop-in Felting Club at Artspace in Greenfield to learn fun fiber techniques. From needle felting to wet felting, it’s hands-on creativity for all ages. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
In Northampton, caregivers and babies gather weekly for the Early Bird Infant Group. This relaxed drop-in supports early childhood development through community, play, and connection. 
In Amherst, public indoor ice skating offers a playful way to learn physics through experiential learning. Gliding, spinning, and jumping on the ice reveal the forces that shape motion, turning a favorite pastime into an exciting science adventure. 
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Learn about Ukrainian film and visual storytelling at Amherst College’s screening of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. This poetic masterpiece invites reflection on folklore, culture, and the art of cinematic imagination. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
Families are invited to the Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton for a free evening of creativity. Learn through hands-on artmaking and explore galleries featuring works from across the globe, connecting artistic practice with history, culture, and technique. 
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At Four Star Farms in Northfield, lifelong learners explore how hops, taverns, and revolution intertwined in early America. Learn how agriculture, community, and history shaped social life and political thought during the nation’s founding years. 
At the Montague Square Dance, music studies come alive in motion. From beginner-friendly moves to intricate patterns, each set reveals how dance links rhythm, culture, and community. A joyful way to learn together while celebrating tradition through movement and song. |
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At the Springfield Library, Chibicon invites teens to learn from artists and writers while celebrating comics, anime, and gaming. With cosplay, lightsaber practice, and creative workshops, this free festival turns fandom into a hands-on lesson in storytelling and art. 
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Learn hands-on fermentation at Red Fire Farm’s fall celebration in Granby. Sample harvest soups, join a sauerkraut demo, and discover how traditional food preservation connects culture, nutrition, and the rhythms of local agriculture. 
Arcadia’s Wild Turkeys program in Easthampton invites children to explore the sounds and habits of these remarkable birds. Through turkey games, nature crafts, and observation, young learners discover how animals adapt and thrive as winter approaches. |
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Friends of Children will host its first Artisan Market on Sunday, November 16, 2025, from 10:30am-4:30pm at the Garden House at Look Park in Florence, MA. Shoppers can explore more than 30 local artisans offering handmade pottery, jewelry, textiles, woodworking, photography, and more, perfect for holiday gifts. An online silent auction launches on November 5, featuring artisanal works, items, and experiences. This festive event offers an opportunity to shop local and handmade for the holidays while supporting Friends of Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the dignity and well-being of youth in the child welfare system. 
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Glide into winter sustainably by joining the Nordic Ski Equipment Swap hosted by Berkshire Trails Ski Team at Notchview in Windsor. Learn how collaborative consumption keeps gear in motion, reduces waste, and connects skiers through a shared love of snow, sport, and stewardship. 
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Big Band rhythms and 1940s swing steps bring history to life in this moving tribute by Small Planet Dancers in West Springfield. Learn how music and movement honor stories of courage—from the Tuskegee Airmen to the Code Talkers—keeping living history in motion. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
A self-guided walk through the Lyman Conservatory in Northampton offers a chance to learn about botany, from ancient ferns to desert succulents and tropical crops. 
MASS MoCA in North Adams is full of creativity! Families can learn by joining guided tours, making art in Kidspace, and exploring music, sculpture, and theater together.
RAD Springfield brings bike repair education to the streets, turning shared tools into shared knowledge. This mobile shop models collaborative consumption by helping neighbors fix brakes, learn mechanics, and keep bikes rolling through practical, hands-on support. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Little ones can join in the fun at Arcadia in Easthampton, where the week’s theme is squirrels and chipmunks. Through hands-on crafts, outdoor exploration, and curious observation, children learn how these busy creatures shape the forest and adapt to seasonal change. 
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Teens and lifelong learners can explore the history and beauty of Hebrew calligraphy in this hands-on workshop. Learn how language, art, and history intertwine as participants create illuminated letters that connect written form to cultural heritage. 
Explore rhythm and sound at Art in Motion in Easthampton with a mixed-level tap dance class. Participants learn how music and movement interact, practicing listening and rhythm recognition while experiencing dance as both art and self-expression. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
Step into a world where curiosity sparks creation. The Springfield library East Forest Park Branch Makerspace offers hands-on learning with 3D printers, coding robots, and craft tools. Learn how design, problem-solving, and innovation come alive through making. 
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Experience Indian classical music at Williams College in Williamstown and learn how raga and tala shape this tradition. Students share what they have learned in sitar and tabla studies, offering an inviting way to hear how melody and rhythm communicate meaning across cultures.
At Amherst Cinema, learn how Caravaggio transformed art history through dramatic light, bold emotion, and vivid storytelling. This film invites reflection on painting, film, and the stories artists reveal, offering a rich introduction to one of Western art’s most influential figures. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Arcadia’s Wild Turkeys program in Easthampton invites children to explore the sounds and habits of these remarkable birds. Through turkey games, nature crafts, and observation, young learners discover how animals adapt and thrive as winter approaches. 
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The Soweto Gospel Choir brings powerful harmonies that blend music and history at the UMass Fine Arts Center. Audiences learn how gospel expresses resilience and community, discovering connections between rhythm, storytelling, and the lived experiences behind each song. 
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Hear Middle Eastern Music at Williams College and learn how maqamat and iqa’at shape melody and rhythm across cultures. This Williamstown performance invites listeners to notice how musical traditions carry history, language, and cultural experience through sound. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
Friday mornings at The Bridge Family Resource Center invite playful learning through stories, toys, and shared activities. Children explore language through pretend play and picture books, laying the groundwork for reading in a cozy, literacy-rich setting. 
At Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, learn how creativity and tradition meet at the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees. Decorated trees fill the historic barn, celebrating Shaker craftsmanship, local art, and community imagination. 
In Lenox, The Mount hosts NightWood, a family-friendly trail of lights and sound. Learn how storytelling shines through gardens and woods as families explore a magical winter evening together. |
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Teens and adults can learn traditional fire cider techniques at the Springfield library, exploring garlic, ginger, onion, and herbs as seasonal remedies. This hands-on workshop connects food history, plant knowledge, and preservation while participants make a jar to take home. 
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Children learn how dance brings stories to life as Amherst Ballet shares the folktale of Snegurochka at the library in Hadley. Through storytelling, movement, and creative exploration, families discover how dancers shape character and emotion using the language of the body. 
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Springfield Museums invites lifelong learners to make festive origami ornaments and learn how paper folding links math, art, and culture. Guided by an experienced teacher, this hands-on program turns geometry into design while sparking joy in both tradition and innovation. |
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Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience.
A self-guided walk through the Lyman Conservatory in Northampton offers a chance to learn about botany, from ancient ferns to desert succulents and tropical crops.
At Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, learn how creativity and tradition meet at the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees. Decorated trees fill the historic barn, celebrating Shaker craftsmanship, local art, and community imagination. 
Join the Beaver Detectives program at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lenox. Kids 6–12 will search for signs of busy beavers and learn how these resourceful engineers transform wetlands, creating habitats that support wildlife and highlight the balance of nature. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Join The Bridge Family Resource Center in Amherst! Whether you're a first-time parent or returning to the newborn stage, this group offers connection, guidance, and encouragement as you navigate the early months (birth to 8 months). 
Bike repair builds more than skills. Through collaborative consumption, neighbors share tools and knowledge, strengthening community ties. RAD Springfield supports this work with mobile access to education, helping residents keep bikes—and connections—rolling. 
In South Hadley, Evening Pajama Storytime supports literacy by helping children connect reading with warmth and comfort. Families are invited to enjoy cozy read-alouds. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago. 
Visit Magic Wings to learn about butterflies up close. With thousands flying freely, this indoor garden is full of color, motion, and life. Explore butterfly behavior, rainforest ecology, and the delicate balance between pollinators and plants in this living classroom.
Free suppers at the Berkshire South Regional Community Center in Stockbridge highlight the value of intergenerational connection. These gatherings show how sharing food can support community-based education, where lessons come not from books but from conversations across the table. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
In Amherst, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art presents an exhibition where visitors learn how food shaped Carle’s art. His collages reveal how everyday meals become lasting stories through creativity.
In Amherst, public indoor ice skating offers a playful way to learn physics through experiential learning. Gliding, spinning, and jumping on the ice reveal the forces that shape motion, turning a favorite pastime into an exciting science adventure.
In Lenox, The Mount hosts NightWood, a family-friendly trail of lights and sound. Learn how storytelling shines through gardens and woods as families explore a magical winter evening together. |
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Manna Thanksgiving Meal Delivery invites volunteers into meaningful service-based learning as they help prepare and deliver meals across Northampton and nearby towns. This regional effort offers a chance to notice how shared work strengthens food access, community care, and local connection. 
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Join Stone Soup Café in Greenfield for a community meal honoring Indigenous history and gratitude. Guests learn through shared food, reflection, and storytelling, connecting culinary traditions with community awareness and empathy. 
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A warm community meal awaits in Great Barrington as The Guthrie Center hosts its free Thanksgiving dinner, honoring gratitude and shared tradition. Guests learn how gathering around food strengthens connection and reflects the cultural history of the Berkshires. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Shelburne Falls glows with intergenerational joy during Moonlight Magic, a celebration of lights, music, and local craftsmanship. This cherished event fosters a sense of place by bringing families together to honor community traditions under the winter sky.
In Lenox, The Mount hosts NightWood, a family-friendly trail of lights and sound. Learn how storytelling shines through gardens and woods as families explore a magical winter evening together. 
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Celebrate the season at the Springfield Museums, where the community tree lighting transforms the grounds of the museums into a gathering of neighbors and friends. This joyful tradition highlights a shared sense of place and reminds all ages of the warmth found in community celebration. |
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Stone Soup Café in Greenfield welcomes volunteers ages 15+ to join a Friday or Saturday shift. From chopping veggies to serving meals, volunteers learn through service-based learning while helping strengthen food security and community connections. 
Visit Whip City Animal Sanctuary in Westfield for a free day with rescued animals. Families can learn about animal welfare and how to support the sanctuary’s volunteer work. 
Old Sturbridge Village invites families into living history with lantern-lit paths, handcrafted gifts, and music that reveal how holiday traditions took shape. Visitors learn through period crafts, decorated homes, and quiet moments that show how communities once marked the winter season. |
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23 events,
Tilton Library’s volunteer packet highlights how Western MA communities thrive through kindness. Learn how giving time and care strengthens local resilience.
In Amherst, the Yiddish Book Center offers Sunday and Tuesday tours where visitors learn Jewish culture, history, and language through exhibits and stories. 
Smith College is where women’s basketball began in 1893. Attending a game offers the chance to support curiosity in history, equity in athletics, and the strategies that shape play on the court.
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Celebrate the season in Whatley, where the community tree lighting transforms the town green into a gathering of neighbors and friends. This joyful tradition highlights a shared sense of place and reminds all ages of the warmth found in community celebration. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago. 
At South Egremont's Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington State Forest, self-directed learning comes alive through geology. A hike to Massachusetts’ tallest waterfall reveals how glaciers, water, and time carved this dramatic landscape, inviting reflection on Earth’s ancient processes. 
Ancestral Bridges in Amherst reimagines landmarks through art and history. Each sculptural hat invites visitors to learn about the town’s Black and Afro-Indigenous heritage, linking creativity, community, and place. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection. 
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Civics 101 helps community members gain the tools and confidence to engage with government. This program in Florence with Representative Lindsay Sabadosa pairs with a “Civics Made Easy” video to highlight why civic education matters, how advocacy works, and how citizens can take informed action in a democracy.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago.
Ancestral Bridges in Amherst reimagines landmarks through art and history. Each sculptural hat invites visitors to learn about the town’s Black and Afro-Indigenous heritage, linking creativity, community, and place. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Smith College is where women’s basketball began in 1893. Attending a game offers the chance to support curiosity in history, equity in athletics, and the strategies that shape play on the court.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago.
Ancestral Bridges in Amherst reimagines landmarks through art and history. Each sculptural hat invites visitors to learn about the town’s Black and Afro-Indigenous heritage, linking creativity, community, and place. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago.
Ancestral Bridges in Amherst reimagines landmarks through art and history. Each sculptural hat invites visitors to learn about the town’s Black and Afro-Indigenous heritage, linking creativity, community, and place.
In Northampton, caregivers and babies gather weekly for the Early Bird Infant Group. This relaxed drop-in supports early childhood development through community, play, and connection. |
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Families across Western Massachusetts can connect through local playgroups and family resource centers. These gatherings offer opportunities for social play, parent support, and community connection.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago.
Ancestral Bridges in Amherst reimagines landmarks through art and history. Each sculptural hat invites visitors to learn about the town’s Black and Afro-Indigenous heritage, linking creativity, community, and place. 
Discover how paper manufacturing shaped Turners Falls on a self-guided historic walking tour beginning at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Learn how canals, mills, and workers built an industrial village where water, labor, and ingenuity powered community and innovation. |
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At Amherst Cinema, learn how Caravaggio transformed art history through dramatic light, bold emotion, and vivid storytelling. This film invites reflection on painting, film, and the stories artists reveal, offering a rich introduction to one of Western art’s most influential figures.
Stone Soup Café in Greenfield welcomes volunteers ages 15+ to join a Friday or Saturday shift. From chopping veggies to serving meals, volunteers learn through service-based learning while helping strengthen food security and community connections.
Explore the prehistoric past of Turners Falls on a self-guided geologic walking tour that begins at the Great Falls Discovery Center. Perfect for intergenerationallearning, this walk highlights local rock formations and fossil evidence that reveal how the land was shaped nearly 200 million years ago. |
