Community Calendar

Organizing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives feels today like an idea whose time has come. A new model is emerging that is productive and profitable and works for everyone, not just a select few.

In fact, this is not a new idea or model, but has deep roots in Valley history. Historian Christopher Clark, author of the Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association, and Steve Strimer, thirty-year member of Collective Copies, explore a bold experiment that created a democratic workplace in Florence in 1842. Our conversation is moderated by public historian Tom Goldscheider of the David Ruggles Center. Introducing the panel is Larisa Demos, the current Board president of the Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives.

The 1840s Worker-Owned Cooperative at the Center of Florence’s Progressive Past

Organizing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives feels today like an idea whose time has come. A new model is emerging that is productive and profitable and works for everyone, not just a select few.

In fact, this is not a new idea or model, but has deep roots in Valley history. Historian Christopher Clark, author of the Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association, and Steve Strimer, thirty-year member of Collective Copies, explore a bold experiment that created a democratic workplace in Florence in 1842. Our conversation is moderated by public historian Tom Goldscheider of the David Ruggles Center. Introducing the panel is Larisa Demos of Green Mountain Spinnery and Flat Iron Café, two Vermont worker-coops, who is the current Board president of the Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives.

featuring work by the following senior Studio Art majors: Tori Gomez, Veda Hedgepeth, Lan Kung, Sequoia LeBreux, Nikté Lopez-Aleshire, and Risa Watanabe.

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!

featuring work by the following senior Studio Art majors: Tori Gomez, Veda Hedgepeth, Lan Kung, Sequoia LeBreux, Nikté Lopez-Aleshire, and Risa Watanabe.

featuring work by the following senior Studio Art majors: Tori Gomez, Veda Hedgepeth, Lan Kung, Sequoia LeBreux, Nikté Lopez-Aleshire, and Risa Watanabe.

Join Dabble for a poetry and paint workshop at The Intersection. We will play with words and images as we share poetry prompts for each participant to create their own written piece. Then we will guide you through the process of making a watercolor in response to someone else’s work. Each participant will leave with an original poem and an original painting. No experience necessary, just a willingness to explore.

Talk by Garth Myers, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Urban International Studies at Trinity College

This talk examines Fort-de-France, Martinique and Zanzibar, Tanzania. The story of architecture in these two cities illuminates how relationality and creolization can be assets for urban society, but in politically strangled contexts like Martinique and Zanzibar, it is difficult to build creolizing cities that are just, liberated, and ever-changing for the betterment of ordinary people.

Our 34th annual Autism Connections Conference in downtown Springfield, MA is on April 30! This conference is for you if you are a social worker, agency professional, educator, medical professional, therapist, family, friend, caregiver, or are autistic yourself.

The day-long conference features a keynote address by an autistic psychologist, a variety of 18 breakout topics in three sessions, and an exhibitor showcase to collect resources and find supports. Tickets include breakfast, a snack break, and a networking lunch. Once again, we'll also have a quiet sensory room to decompress and recharge.

Professional credits (PDPs, ABA credits and, pending approval, CEUs) are available for professionals working in the autism field.

Interested in sponsoring our conference or becoming an exhibitor? Click the ticket link for details.

The Kendall Square Farmers Market – led by BioMed Realty and Mass Farmers Markets – returns to Canal District in Kendall Square this summer and fall to bring a rich array of locally grown foods and handcrafted goods to the Cambridge community including fresh produce flowers quality meats and seafood specialty foods and beverages honey and more.

The Farmers Market series is sponsored by BioMed Realty and is managed by Mass Farmers Markets a non-profit organization that has been working to enhance farmers markets and support locally grown food for over forty years. This year’s vendors include Spring Brook Farm Captain Marden's Seafoods Stillman Quality Meats Far From the Tree Cider Far Out Ice Cream and others.

The market accepts cash credit/debit cards WIC/Senior coupons EBT cards and offers a weekly $15 SNAP Match. SNAP users can earn additional benefits through the healthy incentives program (HIP) at the market. Stop by and support your local farmers!

WHEN: Every Thursday starting May 29 through November 20 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.