Florence Utopian Bike Tour set for Saturday “In the early to mid 1840s there was a utopian society based in Florence committed to radical abolition and gender equality: The Northampton Association of Education and Industry.
Now, The Friends of Northampton Trails and the David Ruggles Center for History and Education are partnering to offer [continue reading]

MS+MA: Routes to the Blues Thursday, June 17, 7:00-8:30pm
Hosted by  Mass Humanities
Free and open to the public
Register online:  eventbrite.com
Event Details :
MS + MA is a joint project of the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mass Humanities. We’re bringing together [continue reading]

Shot heard ’round the world? Russell teen’s cannonball discovery raises questions about hilltown site “Eighteen-year-old Zackary Cernak stumbled — literally stubbed his toe — on a mystery wedged under a rock on a hillside overlooking the Westfield River valley.
A senior about to graduate from Westfield Technical Academy, Cernak was working on his network [continue reading]

Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936 Tuesday, April 27, 7pm
Hosted by Historic Northampton
Free and open to the public
Online: historicnorthampton.org
Event details :
In his forthcoming book, Connecticut River Valley Flood of 1936, author Josh Shanley recounts [continue reading]

Rediscovering Northampton: A Natural History Q & A Free-for-All Thursday, April 22, 7pm
Hosted by  Historic Northampton
Online:  historicnorthampton.org
Free and open to the public, register to attend
Event Details :
Ever wonder why the Mineral Hills are called the Mineral Hills? Or, [continue reading]

Agriculture, Art, Tourism and the Natural History Northampton’s “Meadows” Wednesday, April 7, 7pm
Hosted by Historic Northampton
Free and Online:  historicnorthampton.org
Event Details :
Northampton’s extensive and fertile floodplain along the Connecticut River has been continuously farmed and managed for thousands of years-first [continue reading]

On the 30th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act Thursday, April 1, 7-8pm
Hosted by  Smith College
Online via Facebook Live
Event Details :
Judy Heumann and Tom Hehir—leaders in the movement for disability rights—will offer a Presidential Colloquium “On the 30th Anniversary of the Americans [continue reading]

The River and the Machine: A Biocultural History of Holyoke with Kurt Heidinger Thursday, February 11, 6:30pm
Hosted by Wistariahurst Museum
Preregister here: wistariahurst.org/events
Event Details :
Holyoke is one of the world’s most interesting cities because it did not appear through the [continue reading]

Winter Evening Entertainment: History of Chocolate in Early New England Wednesday, January 6, 20, February 3, 6:30-7:30pm
Hosted by  Historic Deerfield
Tickets : free to members, $10 one session, $25 for all 3 sessions
Facebook event details :
There’s nothing better than chocolate – especially [continue reading]

River Stories: How colonist John Pynchon acquired Deerfield and environs “The last installment of the Nolumbeka Project’s series, “River Stories 2020: Recovering Indigenous Voices in the Connecticut River Valley,” on Nov. 29, focused on the suspicious transactions that allowed Massachusetts to incorporate the land stretching from present-day Deerfield to Leverett, Sunderland and Montague.” Read the [continue reading]