Community Calendar

Discover the Pioneer Valley, one bookshop at a time! Visit 10+ bookstores to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win $800 in bookstore gift cards. Each additional bookstore you visit is another entry into the drawing! And the more bookstores you visit, the greater your chances of winning. More info: http://tinyurl.com/pvbc26

AWS OF MANIFESTATION a creative musically assisted visualization workshop

Bringing the goal or object of your dream into present time through creative imaging and dynamic make believe… Bring a sketchbook,drawing pad or journal and favorite friendly writing tool. You will be offered guidance in updating the working title of your goal,vision. And in exploring the imaginary state of your personal success manifesting here and now. Using the laws of CREATIVE VISUALISATION, FOCUSED CONCENTRATION, EMOTIONAL ANIMATION, and ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE FOR TRANSITIONING INTO YOUR SUCCESS MINDFLOW AND BODY LINGO. Fun, interactive, transformative, playfully liberating and empowering.

Join soprano Tinky Weisblat, composer/pianist Jerry Noble, and friends for a reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a brief history of the United States through song. Highlights will include major wars; the best-known campaign song of all time, “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”; an African-American Spiritual; the temperance movement; the Great Depression; and much more. The audience will be encouraged to sing along on several songs, from “Yankee Doodle” to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

The program is part of Hawley Day, the hamlet of Hawley’s annual reunion, but is open to the public. The day will begin with the annual meeting of Hawley’s Historical Society at 11 a.m. Lunch will follow; then the musical program. On display throughout the day will be examples of Hawleyites’ creativity, from metalwork to books to cookies.

This event is free, sponsored by the Sons & Daughters of Hawley, several local cultural councils, and Mass Humanities. Donations to the Sons & Daughters, Hawley’s historical society, are welcome, however.

Discover the Pioneer Valley, one bookshop at a time! Visit 10+ bookstores to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win $800 in bookstore gift cards. Each additional bookstore you visit is another entry into the drawing! And the more bookstores you visit, the greater your chances of winning. More info: http://tinyurl.com/pvbc26

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!

Monday Night Tango's 8 week Argentine tango series for absolute beginners runs Mondays, July 13 through August 31, at East Street Dance Center in Hadley.

Each night starts with a beginner class from 7 to 8 PM covering the walk, the embrace, musicality, floorcraft, and figures you'll actually use at a social dance.

Class is followed by a practica from 8 to 10 PM. That means guided practice and social dancing, where the night's material turns into real dancing.

No partner or experience needed. Coming solo is normal, and partners rotate.

East Street Dance Center, Studio 4
47 East St, Hadley, MA 01035

Look for the water tower, then the red door on the street side of the building. Plenty of parking in back.

Full series: $200
Drop in class and practica: $20 to $40 sliding scale, suggested $30
Practica only: $10 to $20

Details and signup:
https://abtango.com/beginnerseries

Questions:
andibriantango@gmail.com

Discover the Pioneer Valley, one bookshop at a time! Visit 10+ bookstores to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win $800 in bookstore gift cards. Each additional bookstore you visit is another entry into the drawing! And the more bookstores you visit, the greater your chances of winning. More info: http://tinyurl.com/pvbc26

Discover the Pioneer Valley, one bookshop at a time! Visit 10+ bookstores to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win $800 in bookstore gift cards. Each additional bookstore you visit is another entry into the drawing! And the more bookstores you visit, the greater your chances of winning. More info: http://tinyurl.com/pvbc26

Discover the Pioneer Valley, one bookshop at a time! Visit 10+ bookstores to be entered into the Grand Prize drawing to win $800 in bookstore gift cards. Each additional bookstore you visit is another entry into the drawing! And the more bookstores you visit, the greater your chances of winning. More info: http://tinyurl.com/pvbc26

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.