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From the creators of the award-winning New England Christmas Festival comes the New England Spring Craft Festival!

Celebrate Mother's Day weekend and the beauty of springtime at the spectacular New England Spring Craft Festival on May 10 & 11, 2025 at the Earth Expo at Mohegan Sun!

Dive into a world where artistry meets gourmet delights at this unique fusion of a craft festival and food showcase featuring 250 Talented Artisans.

Escape to our Relax & Recharge Zone, where tranquility meets fun! Enjoy an express facial, a rejuvenating chair massage, or a refreshing manicure. Ready for some action? Take a swing at our golf simulator. Stay tuned—many more exciting experiences are on the way!

Saturday: 9am to 6pm Sunday: 9am to 5pm

Celebrate the sweet bond between people and pets by joining in Dakin Humane Society's 4th annual Will Run for Cookies event. This family-friendly 5k run/2K walk takes you and your best canine or human friends through Westfield's Stanley Park on Saturday, May 10th. Registration is open and includes winner prizes, chip timing for 5k runners, and a cookie for every participant (human or canine!) Proceeds help animals at Dakin.

Come and enjoy this exhibit of the uplifting art of Maria Termini which includes serigraphs, collages and acrylics. Her new work includes creation art inspired by ancient rock art and also painted music inspired by her experience of diverse musical forms. Maria Termini is an artist, musician, and author. Adventure, beauty, rich images, music, and a search for justice are the threads woven into the rich tapestry that is her life. Visit www.mariatermini.com to learn more.

An indoor/outdoor bazaar with new, used, up-cycled and hand-crafted items. Dozens of vendors selling a variety of items, including baked goods, plants, vintage items and much more. All the registration proceeds are donated to the Cheshire Food Pantry, a local non-profit that serves individuals and families in need. A fund-raising raffle is also being held to benefit the pantry - winner need not be present to win. The local Mason's Lodge will be cooking breakfast and lunch items in the giant food truck throughout the day.

SCMA presents the exhibition Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now through July 13, 2025. Join us into the rich and varied world of Younes Rahmoun as it takes root across four locations in western Massachusetts.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor highlights selections from Rockwell’s most amusing artworks drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor runs concurrently with What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, this summer’s landmark exhibition of original art from one of America’s oldest humor publications. These thematically linked exhibitions juxtapose and illuminate two strikingly different veins of American humor, from the gently comical to the outrageously satirical. The underlying unity, however, is apparent in the brilliance of the illustrations and the successful intent to prompt viewers’ laughter and, perhaps, invite rueful self-recognition.

https://www.nrm.org/2023/11/norman-rockwell-illustrating-humor/

William Baczek Fine Arts in Northampton, Massachusetts is proud to announce a three-person exhibition of oil paintings by three masters of realist art. Julie Beck, Larry Preston, and Scott Prior all explore various subjects and themes in their oil paintings that are at once astonishing for their technical excellence, as well as their diverse methods for the examination of the physical world in paint. The exhibition will be on display from Wednesday, April 23 to Saturday, June 14, 2025. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, April 26 from 4 – 6 p.m.

Join us for the 5th annual Easthampton Clay Spring Pottery Sale!
Just across from the beautiful Easthampton water front, over 30 local artists will be vending handmade ceramics at 50 Payson Avenue on Saturday, May 10th. This event draws thousands to the great downtown area of Easthampton each spring, just in time for Mother's Day! Whether you're celebrating Mom, shopping for gifts or simply enjoying spring weather, there will be something for everyone at this event. Easthampton Clay artists cast a wide net of ceramic styles and techniques, so come see what they've been working on!
Come hungry for food trucks, we'll be joined by local legends Vegan Pizza Land, Myers Catering, Crooked Stick Pops, and more!