December 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Winter Sports ♦ Curling ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Outfitting ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ Higher Education ♦ Ornithology ♦ Crows ♦ Christmas Bird Count ♦ Christmas Fair ♦ Craft Fair ♦ Winter Fair ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Tree Lighting ♦ Light Festival ♦ Yule Celebration ♦ Winter Lights ♦ Lantern Light Parade ♦ Holiday Train Ride ♦ Community Meal ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Non-Commercial ♦ Open Studios ♦ Placemaking ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Toy Exchange ♦ Gingerbread Build ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ Origami ♦ Papercrafts ♦ Book Arts ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Holiday Stories ♦ Music Studies ♦ Caroling ♦ Sing-A-Long ♦ Choral ♦ Chorus ♦ Orchestra ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Nutcracker ♦ Ballet ♦ A Christmas Carol ♦ Historic Architecture ♦ Sustainable Architecture ♦ New England History ♦ Restaurant History ♦ Food Studies ♦ French Culture ♦ Polish Culture ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, December 7-13, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

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November 29, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Skillsharing ♦ Placemaking ♦ Tree Lighting ♦ Merry Maple ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Festival Of Lights ♦ Global Holidays ♦ Holiday Lights ♦ St. Nicolas Day ♦ Holiday Festival ♦ Holiday Music ♦ Indonesian Music ♦ Jazz ♦ Celtic Music ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Psychology ♦ ADHD ♦ Community Hike ♦ Tiny Homes ♦ Living History ♦ Volunteering ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Language Arts ♦ Book Arts ♦ Word Games ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Poetry ♦ Musical ♦ Animation ♦ Caroling ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Sewing ♦ Felting ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ MYO Wreaths ♦ Pastry Arts ♦ Food History ♦ Gingerbread ♦ Community Breakfast ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market ♦ Ice Skating
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 30-December 6, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

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November 22, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

New England Food History ♦ Recipes ♦ Local Food History ♦ Thanksgiving Day ♦ Black Friday ♦ Self-Guided Hikes ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Holiday Food Traditions ♦ Local Food Tour ♦ Community Meal ♦ Community Potluck ♦ Food Security ♦ Indigenous Culture ♦ Buddhism ♦ Kindness ♦ Volunteering ♦ Historic Canals ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Belly Dancing ♦ Folk Dance ♦ Musical ♦ Folk Music ♦ Broadway Theater ♦ MYO Gifts ♦ Upcycling ♦ Handmade Crafts ♦ Artisan Traditions ♦ Wreath ♦ Glassblowing ♦ Sewing ♦ Sawing ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ Aviation ♦ Palaeography ♦ Christmas Trees ♦ Plant Biology ♦ Ecology ♦ Ferns ♦ Seed Swap ♦ Local Agriculture ♦ Winter Farmers’ Market ♦ Sports ♦ Football ♦ Ice Skating ♦ Sense of Place ♦ Short Stories ♦ Storytelling ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Placemaking ♦ Festival of Lights ♦ Holiday Lighting Ceremony ♦ Holiday Stroll ♦ Balloon Parade
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 23-29, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

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November 15, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Friendship ♦ Community Meal ♦ Animal Behavior ♦ Hibernation ♦ Turkeys ♦ Dairy ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Cookbook Club ♦ New England Thanksgiving ♦ Cider History ♦ Sake ♦ Vegetarian ♦ Animal Husbandry ♦ Butchery ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Horticulture ♦ Sugar Maples ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Glass Blowing ♦ Crafts ♦ Native Crafts ♦ MYO Ornament ♦ Sewing ♦ Origami ♦ Finger Weaving ♦ Natural Dyes ♦ Soap Making ♦ Fashion History ♦ Culture Studies ♦ Native American Heritage ♦ Climate Change ♦ Government Studies ♦ Religion Studies ♦ Literature ♦ Short Story ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Theater History ♦ Music Studies ♦ Indian Dance ♦ Musical ♦ Broadway ♦ Orchestra ♦ Sing-A-Long ♦ Acting Class ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Parent Workshop
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 16-22, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

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November 8, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Bilingual ♦ Food History ♦ Ice Harvest ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Plant Studies ♦ Horticulture ♦ Seeds ♦ Botany ♦ Physiology ♦ Entomology ♦ Geology ♦ Fossils ♦ Local History ♦ New England Food History ♦ LGBTQ Local History ♦ LGBT Music History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Military History ♦ Aviation History ♦ Robotics ♦ Writing History ♦ Short Stories ♦ Spelling Bee ♦ Hockey ♦ Installation Art ♦ Children’s Illustrations ♦ Pastels ♦ Glassblowing ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Short Plays ♦ Musical ♦ Music Studies ♦ Sacred Harp ♦ Drums ♦ Native American Studies ♦ Artisan Traditions ♦ Open Studios ♦ Ornithology ♦ Birds Of Prey ♦ Aging ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Parent Cafe
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 9-15, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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November 1, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Locally Made ♦ Community Meal ♦ Local Food ♦ Cider ♦ Pumpkin Pies ♦ Textile History ♦ Women’s History ♦ New England Heritage ♦ Colonial History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Swedish Dance ♦ Folk Dance ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Tailoring ♦ Furniture Making ♦ Buttons ♦ Palaeography ♦ Quill Pen Writing ♦ Language Arts ♦ Word Games ♦ Poetry ♦ Open Mic ♦ Open Studios ♦ STEM ♦ Geography ♦ Botany ♦ Fall Flowers ♦ Chrysanthemums ♦ Horticulture ♦ Seeds ♦ Meteorology ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Native American ♦ Abenaki ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Art Studies ♦ African Art ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Flutes ♦ Flamenco ♦ Sacred Harp ♦ Drums ♦ Choral ♦ Ornithology ♦ Birds Of Prey ♦ Loons ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Pet Fostering ♦ Family Night ♦ Haunted Festival ♦ Puppets ♦ Robotics ♦ Parent Workshop ♦ Parent Support ♦ Self Care ♦ Ayurveda
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, November 2-8, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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October 25, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Spooky Safari ♦ Spooktacular ♦ Monsters Ball ♦ Haunted Hangar ♦ Haunted Train Ride ♦ Rag Shag Parade ♦ Trick-or-Treat ♦ Gravestone Carving ♦ Haunted Farm ♦ Horror Film ♦ Paranormal ♦ Night Tour ♦ Day of the Dead ♦ Halloween Fest ♦ Dia de los Meurtos ♦ Spiders ♦ Bats ♦ Owls ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Film Studies ♦ Orchestra ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Biology ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Ornithology ♦ Zoo Adventures ♦ Local Food ♦ Vegetarian ♦ Butchery ♦ Apples & Cider ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Aviation ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Archaeology ♦ Pottery ♦ Woodworking ♦ STEM ♦ Women Engineering ♦ Date Night ♦ Parents’ Night Out ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Placemaking
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 26-November 1, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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October 18, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Relationships ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Family Dance ♦ Performance Art ♦ Qi Gong ♦ Drumming ♦ History ♦ Clock Tower ♦ Stone Walls ♦ Train Ride ♦ Cemetery ♦ Fall Harvest ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Town Festival ♦ Pumpkin Festival ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Apples ♦ Trees ♦ Sukkot ♦ Yiddish ♦ Polish Parade ♦ Immigration ♦ Carnival ♦ Halloween Show ♦ Halloween Parade ♦ Night Tour ♦ Occult ♦ Mini Golf ♦ Trivia ♦ Origami ♦ Nature Studies ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Fashion History ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Dressmaking ♦ Shoemaking ♦ Blacksmith ♦ Letterpress Printing ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Health Care ♦ Date Night
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 19-25, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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October 11, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Inspiration ♦ Halloween ♦ Trick-Or-Treating ♦ Spiritualism ♦ Pumpkin Festival ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Creative Placemaking ♦ Sense of Place ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Local Habitat ♦ Botany ♦ Outdoor Adventures ♦ Canoeing ♦ Bogs ♦ Herbariums ♦ Zoology ♦ Paleontology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Bats ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Vegetarianism ♦ Local Harvest ♦ Apples ♦ Apple History ♦ Corn ♦ Dairy ♦ Butchery ♦ Craft Fair ♦ Arts & Crafts ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Coopering ♦ Grist Milling ♦ Fiber Arts ♦ Felting ♦ Fashion History ♦ Medicine History ♦ Perfumery ♦ Social Studies ♦ Language Arts ♦ Writing Workshop ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Art Studies ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Drama ♦ Surrealism ♦ Telescopes
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 12-18, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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October 4, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Fashion History ♦ Music History ♦ Rock & Roll ♦ Afro Cuban ♦ Jazz ♦ Piano ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Art Studies ♦ Post-Impressionism ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Surrealism ♦ Drama ♦ Art Installation ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Art Museum ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Bats ♦ Squirrels ♦ Pollinators ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Homeschool ♦ Science Museum ♦ Fiber Optics ♦ Geology ♦ Paranormal ♦ Anthropology ♦ Language Arts ♦ Sign Language ♦ Poetry ♦ Writing Club ♦ Open Mic ♦ Upcycling ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Tinsmithing ♦ Letterpress Printing ♦ Broom Making ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Rural Culture ♦ Urban Culture ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Fall Harvest ♦ Fall Festival ♦ Autumn Parade ♦ Food Culture ♦ Food Tradition ♦ Potatoes ♦ Pudding ♦ Pumpkin Pie ♦ Vegetarian Cooking ♦ Wine & Cheese
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, October 5-11, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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September 27, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Folk Music ♦ Contra Dancing ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Historical Comedy ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Japanese Theater ♦ Japanese Storytelling ♦ Bullet Journaling ♦ Textile History ♦ Women’s History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Trolley Festival ♦ Country Fair ♦ Local Agriculture ♦ Food Traditions ♦ Shaker Heritage ♦ Puerto Rican Food Traditions ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Culinary Traditions ♦ Pies ♦ Silversmithing ♦ Stoneware Pottery ♦ Basket Making ♦ Scarecrows ♦ Local Harvest ♦ Seed Saving ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Garlic ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Botany ♦ Herbalism ♦ Natural History ♦ Geography ♦ River Clean Up ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Biology ♦ Zoology ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Hawk Migration ♦ Bears ♦ Reptiles ♦ Food Security ♦ Community Meal ♦ Charity Bike Ride ♦ Parent’s Night Out ♦ Arts Night Out ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ STEM ♦ 5K ♦ Art Studies ♦ Drawing ♦ Installation Art ♦ Rural Placemaking ♦ Urban Placemaking ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Civics
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 28 – October 4, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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September 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Transportation ♦ Bike Riding ♦ Boat Cruise ♦ Kayaking ♦ Trains ♦ Robotics ♦ Food Chemistry ♦ Science Cafe ♦ Permaculture ♦ Forest Bathing ♦ Native Fauna ♦ Entomology ♦ Geology ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Autumn Equinox ♦ Rosh Hashanah ♦ Social Justice ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Film Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Grassroots Music ♦ Arabic Music ♦ Art Installation ♦ Language Arts ♦ Poetry ♦ Word Games ♦ Story Hour ♦ Bread Festival ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Apple Festival ♦ Apple Harvest ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Agricultural Heritage ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Fermentation ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Homesteading ♦ Colonial History ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Butter Making ♦ Seed Saving ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Sustainability ♦ Silk ♦ Fashion History ♦ Fiber Arts
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 21-27, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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September 13, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Hispanic Heritage Month ♦ Puerto Rican Parade ♦ Mardi Gras Parade ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Harvest Festival ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Local Heritage ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Historical Museum ♦ Textile History ♦ Industrial History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Cooking for Teens ♦ Colonial Cooking ♦ Farm Festival ♦ Rosh Hashanah ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Corn Maze ♦ Chili Peppers ♦ Hawk Migration ♦ Monarch Butterflies ♦ Tagging Butterflies ♦ Bioblitz ♦ Silk Worms ♦ Pollinators ♦ Dinosaurs ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Biology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Textiles ♦ Community Gathering ♦ Block Party ♦ Community Meal ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Safety ♦ Language Arts ♦ Rural Public Art ♦ Experiential Art ♦ Pop Culture ♦ Poetry ♦ Date Night ♦ Parenting Workshop ♦ Film Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Family Podcast ♦ Cajun Music ♦ Grassroots Music ♦ Kirtan ♦ Canoeing
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 14-20, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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September 6, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Placemaking ♦ Sense Of Place ♦ Creative Placemaking ♦ Mardi Gras Parade ♦ Community Celebration ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Community Meal ♦ Art Festival ♦ Chalk Festival ♦ Street Festival ♦ Local Heritage ♦ History Museum ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Blacksmith ♦ Guided Tours ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ County Fair ♦ Kids Concert ♦ Puppetry ♦ Puppet Show ♦ Yo-Yo ♦ Computer Science ♦ Robots ♦ STEM ♦ Architecture ♦ Perennial Gardening ♦ Canals ♦ Civics ♦ Geology ♦ Astronomy ♦ Butterflies ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Woolley Bears ♦ Lobster ♦ Chickens ♦ Apple Picking ♦ Culture Studies ♦ Paganism ♦ Greek Culture ♦ Music Studies ♦ Symphony ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Chalk Art ♦ Art Installation ♦ Botanical Illustrating ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Hat Design
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, September 7-13, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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August 30, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Labor Day ♦ Natural History ♦ Pioneer Valley History ♦ Holyoke History ♦ Hilltown History ♦ Canals ♦ Yo-Yos ♦ Hiking ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ Regional Heritage ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Placemaking ♦ Community Meal ♦ BBQ ♦ Food Festival ♦ Greek Food ♦ Peaches ♦ Zoology ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Bones ♦ Snakes ♦ Beavers ♦ Livestock ♦ Birding ♦ Butterflies ♦ Entomology ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Green Living ♦ Date Night ♦ Salsa Music ♦ Kirtan ♦ Train Rides ♦ Arts Night Out ♦ Installation Art ♦ Fine Art ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Poetry ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Ballet ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Fundraiser
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 31-Sept 6, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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August 23, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Suggested Activity)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

New England Heritage ♦ Agricultural Fairs ♦ Grange Fair ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Gaelic Harvest Festival ♦ Shaker Food Traditions ♦ Tomato Festival ♦ Food Truck Festival ♦ Food History ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Graham Crackers ♦ Community Meal ♦ Civics ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Placemaking ♦ Motorama ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Back To School ♦ History Hike ♦ Hilltown History ♦ Holyoke History ♦ Civilian Conservation Corps ♦ Geology ♦ Zoology ♦ Junior Rangers ♦ Native Species ♦ Beavers ♦ Mammals ♦ Equine Studies ♦ Equine Therapy ♦ Birding ♦ Monarch Butterflies ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Art Studies ♦ Installation Art ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Leonardo Da Vinci ♦ Figure Drawing ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contra Dance ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Scrabble ♦ Singing ♦ Youth Symphony ♦ Classical Music ♦ Astronomy ♦ Physics ♦ STEM
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 24-30, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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August 16, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Folk Traditions ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ New England Heritage ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Textiles ♦ Agricultural Fair ♦ 4-H ♦ Sustainable Living ♦ Art Studies ♦ Teen Art ♦ Installation Art ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Social Movements ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Glass Art ♦ Music Studies ♦ Shape Note Singing ♦ Symphony ♦ A Cappella ♦ Classical Music ♦ Community Concert ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Folklore ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Outdoor Performance ♦ Fairies ♦ Starfish ♦ Rabbits ♦ Beavers ♦ Amphibians ♦ Geology ♦ Astronomy ♦ STEM ♦ Computer Coding ♦ Architecture ♦ Economics ♦ Culinary Design ♦ Community Meal ♦ Tea Time ♦ Blueberries ♦ Peaches ♦ Harvest Supper ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Paranormal ♦ Roller Derby ♦ Tai Chi & Aikido ♦
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 17-23, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

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August 9, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

New England Heritage ♦ Agriculture History ♦ Agricultural Fairs ♦ Rural Heritage ♦ Farmers’Market ♦ Country Fair ♦ Apple Orchard ♦ Book Sale ♦ Downtown Celebration ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Zoology ♦ Mammals ♦ Bats ♦ Beavers ♦ Religious Studies ♦ Kirtan ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Theater ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Hansel & Gretel ♦ Mother Goose ♦ Art Studies ♦ Chinese Painting ♦ Van Gogh ♦ Picture Book Art ♦ Social Movements ♦ Reading To Dogs ♦ Literacy ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ Music Festival ♦ Symphony ♦ Classical ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Placemaking ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Sustainability ♦ Skillshare ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Commerce ♦ Architecture ♦ Aviation ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ Yo-Yo ♦ Natural History ♦ Astronomy ♦ Planetarium ♦ Meteor Shower ♦ Constellations ♦ Sturgeon Moon
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 10-16, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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August 2, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
Tags: CBEdu, Community Based Education, Community Development, Experiential Learning, Lifelong Learning, Personalized Learning, place-based education, Placemaking, self-directed learning, Sense of Place
Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Revolutionary War ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Native American Heritage ♦ Shaker Foodways ♦ British Culture ♦ Blacksmithing ♦ Qi Gong ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Musical Instruments ♦ Music Performance ♦ Classical Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Immersive Theater ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Folk Stories ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Cider Pairing ♦ Tea Time ♦ Lobster ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Beavers ♦ Owls ♦ Native Species ♦ Astronomy ♦ Economics ♦ Urban Ecology ♦ Rowing ♦ Helicopter ♦ Bike Repair ♦ Magic ♦ Paranormal ♦ Renaissance Fair ♦ Native American Festival ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Community Meal ♦ Intergenerational ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Placemaking ♦ Commercial Free
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, Aug 3-9, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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July 26, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights, Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Folk Traditions ♦ Skillsharing ♦ Preserving Fruit ♦ Pottery ♦ Farming ♦ Textile Arts ♦ Agricultural History ♦ Local History ♦ Transportation History ♦ Aviation ♦ Buckland ♦ Deerfield ♦ Springfield ♦ Middle Ages ♦ Renaissance Fair ♦ Gather In Festival ♦ Block Party ♦ Art Walk ♦ Music Festival ♦ Family Outdoor Concert ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Jazz ♦ Klezmer Music ♦ Musical Instruments ♦ Botany ♦ Ecology ♦ Ferns ♦ Birds ♦ Native Species ♦ Stargazing ♦ Solar System ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Autobiographical ♦ Musical ♦ Youth Theater ♦ Clowning ♦ Puppet Theater ♦ Marionettes ♦ Ghosts ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Reading to Dogs ♦ Canoeing ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Skateboarding ♦ Baseball ♦ Motorcycles ♦ Jets ♦ Chess ♦ Knitting
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 27-Aug 2, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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July 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Outdoor Adventures ♦ Waterways ♦ Canoeing ♦ Stargazing ♦ Mountain Hike ♦ Boat Cruise ♦ Baseball ♦ Cultural Studies ♦ Scottish ♦ Shaker ♦ Rural Living ♦ Indigenous Heritage ♦ 60s Pop Culture ♦ Folk Traditions ♦ Canning ♦ Emily Dickinson ♦ Edith Wharton ♦ Mary Poppins ♦ Storytelling ♦ Ice Cream Social ♦ Tea Party ♦ Blueberry Pie ♦ Local History ♦ Colonial History ♦ Living History ♦ Agriculture ♦ Canals ♦ Astronomy ♦ Aviation ♦ Jets ♦ Pollinators ♦ Moths ♦ Native Species ♦ Wildlife ♦ Beavers ♦ Stars ♦ Ornithology ♦ Ecology ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Rivers ♦ Family Performance ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Experiential Theater ♦ Family Theater ♦ Youth Theater ♦ Musical ♦ Improv ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Klezmer
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 20-26, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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July 12, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Folk Traditions ♦ Fruit Preserves ♦ Shaker Gardening ♦ Masonry ♦ Music Festival ♦ Town Fair ♦ Beach Party ♦ Community Picnic ♦ Outdoor Film ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Zoology ♦ Entomology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Ecology ♦ Geology ♦ Cosmology ♦ Daytime Canoeing ♦ Evening Paddle ♦ Moonlight Canoeing ♦ Guided Hiking ♦ Beavers ♦ Dragonflies ♦ Native Species ♦ Wetlands ♦ Waterways ♦ Aviation ♦ Lunar Landing ♦ Solar System ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Musical ♦ Biographical Theater ♦ Immersive Theater ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Music Studies ♦ Swing Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Drumming ♦ Kirtan ♦ Religious Studies ♦ Shaker ♦ Local History ♦ Agriculture ♦ 4-H ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Storytelling ♦ Reading to Dogs ♦ Summer Playgroup ♦ Baseball ♦ Postcards ♦ Magic
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 13-19, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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July 5, 2019 at 4:00 am (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Literature In Translation ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Storytime ♦ Butterflies ♦ Beekeeping ♦ Bird Watching ♦ Geology ♦ Natural History ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Biodiversity ♦ Pond Ecology ♦ Zoology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Mycology ♦ Ecology ♦ Invasive Species ♦ Apiculturists ♦ Service-Based Learning ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Gardening ♦ Canoeing ♦ Evening Paddle ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Aerodynamics ♦ Aviation History ♦ Local History ♦ Frederick Douglass ♦ Shakers ♦ Dance Studies ♦ Religion Studies ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Ice Cream ♦ Tea Time ♦ Picnic ♦ Social Issues ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Outdoor Film ♦
Music Festival ♦ Folk Songs ♦ Musical ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Black Comedy ♦ Family Comedy ♦ Circus Arts ♦ Contemporary Dance ♦ Aquarium ♦ Museum Adventures ♦ Library ♦ Watershed
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, July 6-12, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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June 28, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights, Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Summer Reading ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Reading To Dogs ♦ Farm Animals ♦ Native Species ♦ Watershed ♦ Ornithology ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Lavender Festival ♦ Garden Tour ♦ Manufacturing History ♦ Textile History ♦ Living History ♦ New England History ♦ Aviation History ♦ Solar System ♦ Star Gazing ♦ Dinner Theater ♦ Musical ♦ Play ♦ Fairy Tale ♦ Mary Poppins ♦ Into The Woods ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Zoology ♦ Family Concert ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Playgroup ♦ Baseball ♦ Fireworks ♦ 4th of July ♦ Parades ♦ Food Justice
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 29-July 5, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
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June 21, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Wild Foods ♦ Astronomy ♦ Aviation ♦ Transportation ♦ STEM ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Open Studio Tour ♦ State Parks ♦ Community Picnic ♦ Lavender Festival ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Naturalist Program ♦ Civic Organizations ♦ Local History ♦ Colonial History ♦ Nautical History ♦ Summits ♦ Zines ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Literary Studies ♦ Art Supplies ♦ Fireworks ♦ Baseball ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Podcasting ♦ Musical ♦ Literature In Translation ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Geology ♦ Interpretive Walk ♦ Ornithology ♦ Entomology ♦ Spiders ♦ Fireflies ♦ Goats ♦ Pigs ♦ Cows ♦ Beavers ♦ Magic
These are just a few of the community-based education (CBEdu) highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 22-28, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!
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June 14, 2019 at 4:00 pm (Highlights)
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June 7, 2019 at 6:00 pm (Highlights)
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May 31, 2019 at 6:00 pm (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Occupations ♦ Ranger ♦ Naturalist ♦ Asparagus ♦ Community Meal ♦ Food Festival ♦ Agriculture ♦ Oenology ♦ Farmers’ Market ♦ Pancake Breakfast ♦ Collaborative Consumption ♦ Placemaking ♦ Block Party ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Beginning Naturalist ♦ Vernal Pools ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Herbal Gardens ♦ Herbal Medicine ♦ Farm Animals ♦ Bird Watching ♦ Goats ♦ Pigs ♦ Butterflies ♦ Pollinators ♦ Scenic Byways ♦ Hike ♦ Bike Safety ♦ Summer Playgroup ♦ Storytime ♦ Lifelong Learning ♦ Toddlers ♦ Architecture ♦ Living History ♦ Local History ♦ Militia History ♦ Medieval Studies ♦ 19th-Century Dance ♦ Haitian Dance ♦ Circus Music ♦ Ukulele ♦ Yo Yos ♦ Angling ♦ Entomology ♦ Ornithology ♦ Geology ♦ PictureBooks ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Writing Contest ♦ Poetry ♦ Open Mic ♦ Art Studies ♦ Contemporary Art ♦ Figure Drawing
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, June 1-7, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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May 25, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

Falcons ♦ Bird Houses ♦ Art Festival ♦ Sheep & Woolcraft ♦ WoolHistory ♦ Herbalism ♦ FiberArt ♦ Textile History ♦ Local History ♦ Medieval Studies ♦ Food Trucks ♦ Nutritional Anthropology ♦ Farmers’ Markets ♦ Farm Adventures ♦ Farm Tour ♦ Comic Books ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Botanical Illustration ♦ Book Design ♦ STEM ♦ Physics ♦ YoYo School ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Geology ♦ Dendrology ♦ Labyrinth ♦ Placemaking ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Scavenger Hunt ♦ Nature-Based Learning ♦ Waterfalls ♦ Walt Whitman ♦ Sojourner Truth ♦ Cemetery Tour ♦ Night Hike ♦ Ecology
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 25-31, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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May 18, 2019 at 6:00 am (Hilltown Families)
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Community-Based Education Highlights
for Western Massachusetts

STE(A)M ♦ Robotics ♦ Picture Book Arts ♦ Graphic Novels ♦ Zines ♦ Literature in Translation ♦ Library Adventures ♦ Poetry Walk ♦ Bird Walk ♦ Guided Hike ♦ Scavenger Hunt ♦ Natural History ♦ Rivers ♦ Volcanos ♦ Wild Flowers ♦ Plant Sale ♦ Horticulture ♦ Ecology ♦ Botany ♦ Mycology ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ CulinaryArts ♦ Cheese Making ♦ Mushrooms ♦ Native American History ♦ LocalHistory ♦ Russian History ♦ Living History ♦ Walking Tour ♦ Guided Tour ♦ Historic Homes ♦ Architecture ♦ Industrial History ♦ Horology ♦ Civics ♦ Entrepreneurship ♦ Transportation ♦ Trains ♦ Placemaking ♦ Experiential Learning ♦ Podcasting ♦ Musical ♦ Improv ♦ Play Reading ♦ Comedy ♦ Youth Circus ♦ Family Music ♦ Lawn Concert ♦ Baby Sign Language ♦ Parent Cafe ♦ Buddhism ♦ Mindfulness
These are just a few of the community-based learning highlights we featured this week in our eNewsletter for the week, May 18-24, 2019. Click through, peruse our list, and make plans to get out into your community and learn while you play! ♥ Want to have our highlights and spotlights delivered to your inbox every Thursday? Click here to subscribe!

Learn Local. Play Local. is supported in part by a grant from the Agawam, Buckland, Deerfield, Gill, Hadley, New Salem, Plainfield, Shelburne Southampton, Tolland, and Westhampton Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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