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

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

118 Elliot presents “I Lift My Light”, a month full of events including a gallery show and puppet building along with other artistic activities to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. Bread & Puppet Theater Alum Uriel Najera will lead ​free puppet-making workshops for adults and children at 118 Elliot to build a giant Statue of Liberty puppet and other puppetry performance elements that will be presented as part of the ‘Brattleboro Goes Fourth’ July 4th parade.

Saturday, June 20th 10am to 12pm Adults Workshop for building a Statue of Liberty puppet with performance elements
Friday, July 3rd 2-4pm Kids' workshop making wearable wings of different migratory birds, Gallery Walk 5-7 pm open-to-all completion of the Lady Liberty puppet & march
Saturday, July 4th 10am parade with the finished Lady Liberty puppet
July 3rd to 31st Statue of Liberty inspired Gallery show and "Mending Wall" to stitch your hopes for America together

All workshops are free with materials provided. To register, participants can write to 118Elliot@gmail.com or call (917) 239-8743

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

Free with admission
Outdoor public reading & Outdoor Music is free for those not entering the Museum

In collaboration with W. E. B. Du Bois Freedom Center, Norman Rockwell Museum will celebrate American independence and democracy with a special day of programming. Listen to a public recitation of the Declaration of Independence read by Berkshire County community residents and civic leaders. Reading will be introduced by Roberta McCulloch-Dews, Vice Chair, Norman Rockwell Board of Trustees and Marcus P. Smith, Du Bois Freedom Center, History and Interpretive Fellow.

Enjoy live music by performers Wanda Houston and Robert Putnam and folk singer Doug Mishkin. Visitors can experience Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings exploring themes of freedom and civil rights and reflect on what these ideals mean today, as well as make their own art to celebrate America’s birthday.

Spotlight Gallery Talks: 10:15 am, 11:00 am, 11:45 am, 12:15 pm (Spanish), 3 pm, and 3:30 pm.

Pop up Music by Doug Mishkin – Four Freedoms Gallery: 10:30 am to 12:15 pm

Community Reading of Declaration – 1 pm Terrace

Music by Wanda Houston and Robert Putnam immediately after Reading- Terrace

Drop-in July 4th Artmaking Activities – Terrace

Free with admission. Public reading and afternoon music is open to everyone. Picnic lunches are available for purchase at the Museum’s Terrace Café and visitors are encouraged to bring picnic blankets and enjoy the grounds all day.

For more information, visit https://www.nrm.org/events/we-hold-these-truths-july-4th-at-norman-rockwell-museum/

Join Museum Educators weekly, June - August 2026, for artmaking activities for all ages inspired by the American Stories: Revolution to Rockwell exhibition. Explore the galleries and then get creative. Everyone is welcome.

Free with Admission, Drop-in – no reservation required.

For more information, visit https://www.nrm.org/events/list/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=795&hide_subsequent_recurrences=1

Join the Agawam Historical Association at the historic Thomas Smith House for this once-in-a-lifetime event as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

• Community picnic - BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket)
• Reading of the Declaration of Independence
• Archeological dig at the Thomas Smith House
• Dedication of time capsule
• Bell ringing at 2 pm - BYOB (Bring Your Own Bell)
• Encampment, musket drills, and living history demonstrations of eighteenth century home
and work life by 25th Continental Regiment and Green Valley Homestead

The c. 1757 Thomas Smith House and 1920 Delmore Hawthorne Garage will also be open for tours.

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