Community Calendar

Postunderground’s ongoing music series returns with an immersive night of BLUES & SOUL featuring The MWALIM TRIO on Friday, June 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM. Led by award-winning composer and performer Mwalim, the trio delivers a dynamic blend of blues, soul, jazz, and original works built on deep groove, live improvisation, and spontaneous musical conversation with ZYG 808 on drums and Richard Johnson on bass.

This is live music in its most immediate form with no barriers and no background noise, just a room, a band, and an audience experiencing the music as it is created in real time.

Postunderground (VFW 364) 386 Washington Street. Doors 7:00 PM. Show 7:30 PM.
Arrive early and settle in for a night where the performance does not just happen, it unfolds.

For over 20 years, Django in June has been bringing world class jazz manouche -- that is, jazz in the tradition of Sinti guitarist Django Reinhardt -- to Western Massachusetts. For one fine week in June, hundreds of avid students of the style descend on the campus of Smith College to study and "djam." At week's end, the artists who have been teaching at Django Camp offer two concerts at the Academy of Music. They range this year from Austin (Hot Club of Cowtown) to Nantes (Gwen Cahue Quartet), and from a young North American prodigy (Sam Farthing), to one of the most celebrated Sinti artists of the last 40 years (Fapy Lafertin.)

CitySpace Presents: Levyosn
Yiddish song ensemble

The Western Mass release of Levyosn’s 2nd album, Levyosn's Dream

Levyosn (“leviathan”) is a Boston-based Yiddish/klezmer ensemble, featuring Adah Hetko (vocals), Lysander Jaffe (violin/vocals), Raffi Boden (cello), and Lexi Ugelow (keyboard/vocals). Levyosn is celebrating the release of their second album, Levyosn’s Dream, featuring new Yiddish songs and klezmer compositions, innovative arrangements of archival folk songs, and a cappella vocal pieces. Levyosn’s Dream will be released by Borscht Beat Records in 2026.

Founded in 2021, the ensemble has made its mark with thoughtful arrangements of originals, hidden gems, and Yiddish classics. Their sound is influenced by Ashkenazi and Americana sound worlds, featuring rich vocal harmonies and a healthy dash of jazz, pop, Philip Kutev, and chamber music sensibilities. They have performed at major Yiddish/klezmer festivals, universities, and folk venues around the U.S. and Canada.

Levyosn’s Dream was recorded with support from Combined Jewish Philanthropies and Club Passim’s Iguana Music Fund.

Ontologics, 9:30-11pm
June 12 @ 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Ontologics is genre-bending, multi-instrumentalists with 3 Top 30 albums featured in Relix Magazine,/Jambands Radio Charts, 4 collaborations with P-Nut of 311, 2024 Best Progressive Revelation Band nomineeTop 20 SubModern FMQB, extensive College radio support, and 10+ years of touring [Supported: Godsmack, Michelle Branch, Afroman, Gangstagrass, and more].

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JooYoung Choi is an astro-futurist artist whose expansive practice blends autobiography and invention. For over a decade, Choi's work has centered on developing narratives within a highly structured imaginary realm known as the Cosmic Womb.

Adventures of the Quantum Soup Surfer brings together early and recent paintings, a sculptural installation, and video works that chronicle one character's journey of self-discovery. Long known as Nina Blue, the Quantum Soup Surfer first appeared in the Cosmic Womb as a professional imaginary friend, contributing to the journeys of several legendary heroes of the Cosmic Womb.

The exhibition follows Nina Blue's passage from supporting character to protagonist. She emerges as the Quantum Soup Surfer--a celestial superhero and thoughtful navigator who channels the spiritual energy of water to brave uncharted territories and share her story of resilience.

Inspired by the Cosmic Womb's motto--"Have Faith for You have Always Been Loved"--this exhibition foregrounds imagination, curiosity, and art as tools for resilience that have been significant for Nina Blue's transformation into the Quantum Soup Surfer and the hero of this story.

Adventures of the Quantum Soup Surfer is made possible by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

This exhibition will explore movement as an integral throughline in Kwame Brathwaite’s work—one that spans his deep engagement with social and political movements and his keen attention to the body in motion. Brathwaite’s images intimate the powerful and transformative ways that action can convey joy, beauty, strength, and hope, even in charged moments.

Brathwaite (1938-2023) is perhaps most recognized for photographs celebrating Black beauty and excellence in fashion, music, and athletics. His studio portraits and concert photography like his documentation of historic marches, the everyday life of residents in Harlem and The Bronx, and of athletes such as Muhammad Ali convey the power of the body as a symbol of cultural strength, resilience, and pan-African solidarity. Through a selection of original and new prints from archival negatives, the exhibition will offer an opportunity to experience the breadth of his work and its resonance today.

Curated in close partnership with Brathwaite’s son and daughter-in-law, Kwame and Robynn Brathwaite (Amherst College Class of 1996 and 1998, respectively), Revolutionary Movements will expand stories about the artist's work and its international circulation.

Kwame Brathwaite: Revolutionary Movements is made possible by Teiger Foundation.

The Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum is seeking donations of gently used adult and children’s books, DVDs, and jigsaw puzzles for their upcoming book sale. Donations will only be accepted by curbside drop-off at the back door of the First United Methodist Church, 16 Court St., Westfield, during the weeks of April 6-11 and April 13-18 as follows: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10-1; Tuesday and Thursday from 4-7, and Saturday from 9-12.
Please note that we cannot accept musty or damaged books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks, Reader’s Digest books, or outdated manuals, travel books, or self-help books.
The book sale will be held at the Church on Thursday, April 23, 10-7; Friday, April 24, 10-5; and Saturday, April 25, 10-2. On Thursday only, we are offering a $5.00 discount for educators (bring your ID!) and new Friends members joining at the door.
The Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum is an all-volunteer 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization that supports the programs and services of the Westfield Athenaeum.

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

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

Join Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace June 13-14 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT. Admission FREE. Rain or shine. Citizens of Vermont’s Elnu, Nulhegan, Koasek, and Missisquoi Tribes share perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. Storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, singing, and children’s play area. Visit the Native American Arts Marketplace for jewelry, wampum, quillwork, stonework, woodworking, and more. Presented by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association.