Community Calendar

Join us for Eastworks Open Studios 2025 on Saturday Nov 1 and Sunday Nov 2nd, 10am - 5pm!

Explore four floors of creativity, community, and inspiration. Discover more than 40 artist studios, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations inside Eastworks. Meet celebrated creators, learn about your favorite artist’s process, view works in progress, participate in hands-on workshops, purchase one-of-a-kind items, or stop by one of our restaurants or food trucks for a bite to eat.

This event is free and open to the public!

Kid Mart is back! Families are invited to come shop our patio full of kid makers, tinkerers, crafters, and artists. Come support our youngest entrepreneurs as they make & sell handmade art, wearables, decor, treats, & more! November 1 on the patio at High Five Books!

By popular demand, there will be two groups of sellers from 10am-12pm and from 2-4pm.

All sales final. Kid Mart is a rain or shine event!

Take a guided walking tour of downtown Stockbridge and discover how the town and its inhabitants both inspired Norman Rockwell and appeared in some of his most iconic works of art. Explore the history of this 1734 village–including its Mohican origins.

Stops will include Norman Rockwell’s home on South Street, his first studio on Main Street, the Old Corner House (site of the original Norman Rockwell Museum), Chief John Konkapot’s property, the Red Lion Inn, the former site of Alice’s Restaurant, and more! 

These tours do not take place at the Museum. Tour groups will meet in front of The Old Corner House, 48 Main Street. Transportation to Main Street from the Museum is not provided. Event is rain or shine.
Public on street parking, or designated spaces at Town Hall. Tour route is mostly flat, and on sidewalks.  

https://www.nrm.org/events/norman-rockwells-stockbridge-walking-tour-8/

It's time to celebrate!! This year join us for the 36th Annual Children's Illustration Celebration!
The opening reception will take place on Sunday, November 2nd from 4-6 pm.
Come meet your favorite Illustrators and Authors, at our biggest party of the year! The Eric Carle Museum will be here selling books and, as always, this event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
We can't wait to see you!

We’re thrilled to celebrate the picture book release of A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE on Saturday, November 8! Readers are invited to bring their special elders to this multigenerational storytime, featuring a reading and book signing by the author, Kaija Langley.

ABOUT ‘A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE’
Baby girl Jasmine heads south with her dad to join the family in celebrating Great Grandma Caroline’s 100th birthday. Jasmine knows one hundred years is a very long time. It’s longer than a goldfish lives, or a hamster—or even a dog! When she gets to Great Grandma Caroline’s house, she asks: how did she get to be so old?

According to Caroline, living such a long, hearty life takes a heap of patience, a dollop of determination, and a whole lot of faith—just like learning to skip stones on the lake. And the most important thing is surrounding yourself with family and those who love you.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

AMERICAN AGITATORS is a story of courage, persistence, and the power of collective action. Fred Ross Sr. was a pioneer for racial and economic justice and impacted generations, showing them how ordinary people can achieve extraordinary change. Dolores Huerta, who along with Cesar Chavez was trained by Ross, says, “Bringing Fred’s life to the screen is the medicine our society needs right now. He empowered people to be engaged in the democratic process.”

Mr. Lobster (Christian Loftus) brings fun, family-friendly music to UUSE on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 2 PM. Join us at Unitarian Universalist Society East, 153 Vernon Street West, Manchester, CT. Suggested donation: $15 for adults; kids attend free.

Mr. Lobster is Christian Loftus, an elementary general music teacher from Connecticut. Christian has his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Education, as well as his Orff and Kodaly certifications.

Please join us in celebration of the new middle-grade novel by bestselling local author Alex Gino, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. You’re invited to scour High Five Books on a scavenger hunt for titles mentioned in the new novel, meet Alex, and have books signed.

Alex will read at 5pm; scavenger hunt is 5:30-6:30pm. Books will be for sale. Readers are also welcome to bring their own beloved copies of Alex’s earlier books for signing.

ABOUT ‘CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND’
From the award-winning author of MELISSA comes a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.

This is not the summer Chris had planned …

Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her grandparents aren't bad -- they just don't let Chris do what she wants to do, which is sit around and read all day. And her sister, Becca, is the opposite, never sitting still and never being quiet.

The good part is that Chris's grandparents are always telling her to go outside and "get some air" -- so she can escape into the woods with a book and get some alone time. Or at least it's alone time until Mia comes along. Mia is also in town for the summer, and she understands Chris in a way that Chris's family just can't.

Soon Chris is sneaking off to spend as much time with her friend as possible. But is there more to Mia than Mia is saying?

Please join us in celebration of the new middle-grade novel by bestselling local author Alex Gino, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. You’re invited to scour High Five Books on a scavenger hunt for titles mentioned in the new novel, meet Alex, and have books signed.

Alex will read at 5pm; scavenger hunt is 5:30-6:30pm. Books will be for sale. Readers are also welcome to bring their own beloved copies of Alex’s earlier books for signing.

ABOUT ‘CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND’
From the award-winning author of MELISSA comes a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.

This is not the summer Chris had planned …

Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her grandparents aren't bad -- they just don't let Chris do what she wants to do, which is sit around and read all day. And her sister, Becca, is the opposite, never sitting still and never being quiet.

The good part is that Chris's grandparents are always telling her to go outside and "get some air" -- so she can escape into the woods with a book and get some alone time. Or at least it's alone time until Mia comes along. Mia is also in town for the summer, and she understands Chris in a way that Chris's family just can't.

Soon Chris is sneaking off to spend as much time with her friend as possible. But is there more to Mia than Mia is saying?