Community Calendar

The Garden Club of the Holyoke Senior Center is hosting its second annual plant sale on Saturday, June 6, from 9 am - 1 pm. The selection will include native and non-native, annual and perennial, vegetable and decorative plants.
The funds raised will be used to improve and expand the Holyoke Senior Center gardens.
This event is tented; thus, no rain date.

Join us June 6th for the opening of our Myall Creek Memorial Exhibition at Ceramic Break Sculpture Park. View the artworks of our First Nations artists, peruse the wares at the Aboriginal Artisan Gather and Trade markets and participate in demonstrations and discussions. Food and beverage available for purchase from Rotary Warialda on the day. Make a weekend event for the whole family and attend the Myall Creek Memorial symposium at Armidale on June 5th and the commemoration of the Myall Creek massacre on June 7th at Myall Creek to remember, reflect and learn.

Join us to explore how the Parks Commission is protecting ash trees from an invasive
beetle, planting trees for the next generation of forests, and using a resilience harvest
and slash wall to create a healthier more diverse forest. Together, we will explore the
ecology of this forested landscape and the plants, birds, and wildlife that depend on it. Please register at https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FL2s4J3Wqk6PAn7P8ogjL2y_-eOt0fBIvbyB2l8C-9lUQTQ0T0VQU09FVVFMVlZXVkpONUcwRTFKNS4u

Join us for our American Stories Gala—an evening marking 250 years of American stories and honoring the extraordinary 40-year leadership of Laurie Norton Moffatt.

A landmark exhibition. A remarkable legacy. A future filled with possibility.

Be among the first to see American Stories: From Revolution to Rockwell, a Museum-Wide exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, exploring our shared history through the powerful lens of illustration art.

An evening of art, inspiration, and gratitude to celebrate 250 years of America’s visual stories–and the leader who helped ensure these images will endure.

To learn more about the Gala, go to https://www.nrm.org/summer-2026-gala/

Each service includes an uplifting talk that touches on real-life experiences—like relationships, resilience, and personal growth—offering down-to-earth reflections to help you navigate life with clarity, compassion, and a sense of connection.

The healing portion of the service begins with a peaceful, guided meditation accompanied by live harp music, creating a calm and supportive space. Those who wish may then receive gentle, hands-on energy healing from certified Spiritualist healers while seated.

The service concludes with a demonstration of mediumship from the podium, where the medium shares messages from loved ones in spirit. These brief, heartfelt messages are intended to provide evidence of the continuity of life and offer comfort, healing, and connection.

10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House
by Marian Pierre-Louis, Northeast House Historian

Co-sponsored by the Agawam Public Library, Agawam Historical Association, and Agawam Historical Commission

Learn how to uncover the past of any home—whether it’s 20 years old or 200. House historian Marian Pierre-Louis will introduce where to find the deeds to your house, how to chain a deed, and locate other sources of information such as the US Federal Census records, maps and tax records. And you’ll learn how to find the stories that bring the history of your house alive. Come learn 10 steps to get you started on your house history research. This talk is appropriate for both beginners and those who have research experience.

Marian Pierre-Louis is an educator who specializes in house history research, southern New England genealogy and historic cemetery research. Marian has been researching house histories for over 25 years. She has researched hundreds of houses across Massachusetts and New England. She contributed a chapter to The Stories Houses Tell – A Collection of Little Compton [RI] House Histories (2015) and again in a new volume (2022) A Second Collection of Little Compton House Histories. She also wrote the Old House Secrets series in the Medway & Millis Local Town Pages. For two years Marian was a volunteer docent at the Fairbanks House, the oldest timber-frame house in the United States. Her website, the Northeast House Historian, is a resource for everyone who wants to research the history of their home.

Marian is also the Online Education Producer for Legacy Family Tree Webinars where she produces online genealogy education classes. You’ll find her online each week hosting live broadcasts at Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

She has presented 200+ talks across the U.S. and online.

This event is free and open to the public.

This event is supported by the Agawam Center Library Association & Agawam Historical Commission.

Please register with the Agawam Public Library for this event beginning 18 May 2026.

The Northampton Scrabble Club prides itself on being a welcoming group where the priority is on FUN, not strict competition. Come in at any point in the evening and we'll get you in a game! Some players stay for one game, others for multiple games. We have a wide variety of skill levels represented, so come join the fun!

Are you interested in making a global impact? Join this short 20-minute information session to learn about The Borgen Project and how you can help fight global poverty through advocacy, awareness, and community action. This is a great opportunity to get involved, ask questions, and explore ways to make a difference.

Join us for an upcoming exhibition, Portrait Project: Honoring 250 Years of Changemakers, a collection of artwork from AFH teens. In concert with other local organizations celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, AFH teens respond to this historic time by bringing attention to both widely recognized figures and those whose stories are lesser known.

By celebrating the stories of both historical figures and emerging teen artists, we encourage visitors to look both backward and forward, considering how our past informs our future, and how creativity, community, and equity continue to shape our evolving story.

Exhibition Duration: June 10 – August 17, 2026

Event Timing: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Artist Talk: Wednesday, June 10, 5pm–6pm
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 10, 6pm–8pm

Location: the AFH Gallery
Contact: exhibitions@afhboston.org
https://www.afhboston.org/events

In 1985, 1986 and 1992 older community members from the Lee Senior Center worked with renowned multi-generational, multi-ability choreographer Liz Lerman to prepare for an Inside/Out performance called Still Crossing. In 1993 Lee Senior Center members danced in an off-site piece called HERE about the Housatonic River in partnership with the Housatonic River Initiative, a Lee-based nonprofit organization. Get to see exclusive videos of these seniors rehearsing, performing, and being interviewed and learn more about how these productions came together.

This is a free event that will be held at the Lee Council on Aging located at 21 Crossway Street in Lee. Lunch to follow.

Be sure to check out the "Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Mass." exhibit at the Lee Library during June 2026. The exhibit traces the long and often overlooked relationship between the internationally renowned dance hub Jacob’s Pillow, and the neighboring town of Lee from the early 1930s to today. The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from the Lee Cultural Council, a local agency funded by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.