Community Calendar

The 2nd Annual Belchertown Community Yard Sale is Almost Here!

🗓️ When:
August 8–10th | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
🌧️ Rain dates: August 15–17th

📍 Where to Start:
Stop by the Town Fields at the Belchertown Senior Center (60 State Street, Belchertown, MA) to grab your official $5 yard sale map. Maps will be available only at our booth during event hours. Please note: maps will not be sold inside the Senior Center or before the event.

Looking to declutter, find unique treasures, or just enjoy a weekend of community fun? This is your chance. This year’s event features households across Belchertown offering a wide variety of items—from antiques and furniture to books, clothes, and unexpected gems.

New for 2025: In addition to yard sales across town, you’ll also find vendors set up at the Town Fields next to the Senior Center—more sellers, more treasures, all in one convenient spot.
Proceeds will benefit the Belchertown Senior Center and Council on Aging, helping to support vital programs and services for older residents in our community.

📲 Stay in the loop:
Visit www.belchertownyardsale.com for sign-up info, vendor details, and more!

Are you a resident or want more updates? Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1By2qZyd6z/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Let’s make this a weekend to remember!

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.

You bring the fabric items—t-shirts, bags, hats, pillowcases, etc.—and we’ll have blocks & ink! This is your family's chance to print amazing images from our wall mural (by local artist Sunny Allis) on the goodies you want. (Yes, we'll have our logo available, too!)

Our instructor Corrie will have all the supplies ready for you to block print on our patio and bring your items home to rinse. Drop in anytime 10am-6pm on Friday August 8 and/or Saturday August 9 to come craft!

All ages welcome. Grownups are expected to stay and supervise any kids under age 11.

(Registration is helpful for us to prepare supplies, but feel free to invite friends and just drop in, too!)

SLEEPING BEAUTY-In a magic kingdom where good and bad fairies roam, the prick of a spinning wheel needle sets off a curse that puts the entire kingdom to sleep. With the help of a good fairy, only a brave Prince can defeat evil and wake the Princess from her sleepy kingdom.

IMPACT Children’s Theatre travels to different venues throughout the state of NH and features a professional cast of 5 actors, plus set pieces, costumes, props, original music, and more! Our 45-minute adaptations are written to be enjoyed by both children and adults alike.

Local transgender artist Jacob Clayton's black and white photo series Paradise City POV focuses on the intangible imprint that the glaring public display of acceptance in Northampton, Massachusetts, will have on those navigating a difficult path in life.

Debuting during Arts Night Out in the Emerging Artist Showcase from August 2 through August 29, 2025, at the Barn Door Gallery – 33 Hawley Street, Northampton. The opening reception is Friday, August 8 from 5 to 8 PM. Artist talk at 7PM. Admission is free.

The Canton Artists’ Guild began in 1960 and has been continuously operating ever since, making it the longest running of any artist guild in Connecticut. The membership, which today draws on artists from 30 surrounding towns, is presenting work in celebration of this 65th Anniversary. Paintings, drawings, graphic arts, sculpture, ceramics, fiber/beadwork, mixed media and photography are displayed in all three of the galleries in the circa 1872 former school house that is now Gallery on the Green.

The reception is Saturday, July 12 from 6:00-8:00 pm and will include refreshments. The show and reception are free, and the public is warmly invited.

Opening Reception: Cultural Fusion: A Neon Installation Show
Cultural Fusion is an immersive neon installation exploring social issues, isolation, and human connection through light and humor. Artist Bill Myers, whose first installation was at Zone Art Center in 1995, brings his signature fusion of history, satire, and light to this striking exhibition. Inspired by Dante’s Inferno and The Twilight Zone, the show transforms installation art into a bold blend of critique and spectacle. Vivid neon environments invite viewers to navigate thought-provoking spaces, confronting inequality and shared experiences with both intensity and whimsy. This unforgettable showcase redefines social commentary through light, humor, and history. This show will run from March 23, 2025 - August 10, 2025.

Students of the VJC’s 50th Summer Workshop in concert.

Faculty-coached ensembles 3:30 & 7:30 sets
Piano Trios- 3:30 set
Vocal features- 7:30 set

$5 suggested donation at the door

Please call (802) 254-9088 to facilitate accessibility.

https://vtjazz.org/about/1accessibility/
sarah@vtjazz.org
www.vtjazz.org

Please note location is the Putney School, not the Brattleboro VJC concert hall.

Michael S. Currier Center at the Putney School
418 Houghton Brook Rd Putney Vermont 05436

To continue the centennial celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's purchase of the Steepletop property in Austerlitz, New York, Millay Society literary officer and Millay biographer Krystyna Poray Goddu will present a look at the life and work of the legendary poet. Millay (1892-1950) moved to Austerlitz with her husband Eugen Boissevainn in the summer of 1925, and many of her most famous works were written in a small wooden writing cabin on a hillside above the main house. Millay died at Steepletop n October 1950, having lived there nearly half of her life. After her death, her sister Norma preserved Steepletop and its contents so Millay's legacy could be shared with future generations.

Goddu, author of the 2016 biography A Girl Called Vincent: The Life of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, will discuss Millay's childhood in Maine, her years at Vassar College and in Greenwich Village, and her ground-breaking poetry. The presentation will also look at Millay and Boissevain's transformation of the abandoned blueberry farm in Austerlitz, which they named Steepletop, into their beloved home: a working farm with flower, herb and vegetable gardens; MIllay's writing cabin; guest houses; a tennis court overlooking the Berkshire hills, and a sunken garden with a spring-fed swimming pool.