Upcoming events

Happenings in Western MA by and for LGBTQIA+ folks and our allies

Song Share Sessions for Nonbinary, Trans and Women Singer Songwriters
Nov
13

Song Share Sessions for Nonbinary, Trans and Women Singer Songwriters

Calling all nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters! Our next Song Share Session happens the second Thursday of every month. We kick off at 7 PM with a community check-in and intention setting. Want to refine your performance? Get feedback on a new song? Connect with fellow artists? This space is for YOU. If you’d like feedback, bring copies of your lyrics!

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Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Nov
15

Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group. Open to anyone who identifies as queer, trans, or gender-expansive, come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space!

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Benefit Class: Sound Bath for Sensitive Souls
Nov
15

Benefit Class: Sound Bath for Sensitive Souls

  • Sanctuary, Thornes Marketplace Third Floor (map)
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with Jorie Morgan: Special Sound Bath to raise funds for Trans Relocation Support in Western Mass. Every being has the right to feel safe and comfortable enough to relax, regroup and heal. In this time, when transgender and nonbinary individuals are being threatened and denied care and services, let us open our hearts and our capacity for giving. Let us support those of us who need sanctuary, and work to create communities of belonging. For this special Sound Bath, Certified Sound Healer Jorie Morgan will curate a journey of sound designed to settle our nervous systems, ground and open our energetic systems, and invite in qualities of lightness, curiosity, hope and connectivity. All who attend are invited to show up mindfully with intentions of allowing sound to settle our bodies so that we may engage in the work of healing.

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HYPHAE Fundraiser Pop Up Market
Nov
16

HYPHAE Fundraiser Pop Up Market

Join us in the 50 Arrow Gallery and across the Eastworks foyer, to dream with us in the future HYPHAE space with a makers market. Browse 20+ vendors with a variety of high-quality, handmade wares across mediums of print, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and more. Learn more about HYPHAE and shop to help open the doors to this amazing dream while also supporting local makers! Then buy some local veggies and fruits at the Easthampton Farmers Market! Masks required per radical community care.

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HYPHAE Fundraiser Pop Up Market
Nov
23

HYPHAE Fundraiser Pop Up Market

Join us in the 50 Arrow Gallery and across the Eastworks foyer, to dream with us in the future HYPHAE space with a makers market. Browse 20+ vendors with a variety of high-quality, handmade wares across mediums of print, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and more. Learn more about HYPHAE and shop to help open the doors to this amazing dream while also supporting local makers! Then buy some local veggies and fruits at the Easthampton Farmers Market! Masks required per radical community care.

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Benefit Class: Thanksgiving Day Yoga
Nov
27

Benefit Class: Thanksgiving Day Yoga

with Sebastian Merrill: All are welcome to join us for this special Thanksgiving Day yoga class to benefit Transhealth. Transhealth serves trans and gender-diverse communities through primary care, mental health care, community support, education, and advocacy. They are the only independent, non-profit healthcare organization in the U.S. solely devoted to serving trans and gender-diverse communities. All experience levels welcome. Pay-what-you-can, by donation: $5-$150.* All proceeds will go to Transhealth. Thank you for helping us support our local community.

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Wistariahurst Holiday Open House and Festive Market
Dec
6

Wistariahurst Holiday Open House and Festive Market

There’s snow place like Wistariahurst during the holiday season!Wistatiahurst’s upcoming Holiday Open House and Festive market is perfect for those pine-ing for some holiday cheer, gifts from local businesses and artists, and family fun. The museum will be open December 6th and 7th from 11:00am-2:30pm for this joyous event.

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Wistariahurst Holiday Open House and Festive Market
Dec
7

Wistariahurst Holiday Open House and Festive Market

There’s snow place like Wistariahurst during the holiday season! Wistariahurst’s upcoming Holiday Open House and Festive market is perfect for those pine-ing for some holiday cheer, gifts from local businesses and artists, and family fun. The museum will be open December 6th and 7th from 11:00am-2:30pm for this joyous event.

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Song Share Sessions for Nonbinary, Trans and Women Singer Songwriters
Dec
11

Song Share Sessions for Nonbinary, Trans and Women Singer Songwriters

Calling all nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters! Our next Song Share Session happens the second Thursday of every month. We kick off at 7 PM with a community check-in and intention setting. Want to refine your performance? Get feedback on a new song? Connect with fellow artists? This space is for YOU. If you’d like feedback, bring copies of your lyrics!

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8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda
Nov
3

8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda

Stop by Wistariahurst Museum for a unique chance to connect with the rich tapestry of Dia de Los Muertos and contribute to a vibrant, communal ofrenda. Dia de Los Muertos is a special tradition that allows people to celebrate and remember deceased loved ones by decorating an ofrenda, a communal altar dedicated to those dearly departed.

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8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda
Nov
2

8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda

Stop by Wistariahurst Museum for a unique chance to connect with the rich tapestry of Dia de Los Muertos and contribute to a vibrant, communal ofrenda. Dia de Los Muertos is a special tradition that allows people to celebrate and remember deceased loved ones by decorating an ofrenda, a communal altar dedicated to those dearly departed.

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8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda
Nov
1

8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda

Stop by Wistariahurst Museum for a unique chance to connect with the rich tapestry of Dia de Los Muertos and contribute to a vibrant, communal ofrenda. Dia de Los Muertos is a special tradition that allows people to celebrate and remember deceased loved ones by decorating an ofrenda, a communal altar dedicated to those dearly departed.

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After-School Draw-Along with Kayla Miller
Oct
28

After-School Draw-Along with Kayla Miller

Come draw along with bestselling graphic novelist Kayla Miller! The author/illustrator of CLICK, CAMP, ACT, CLASH, CRUNCH, BREAK, STUCK, and BESTIES will be in the High Five Books studio after school from 3-5pm on Tuesday, October 28. Please join us for a free meet-and-greet (and draw!) with Kayla, who’ll show us how they draw Olive and their other WORLD OF CLICK characters.

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Shadow, Sound, Spectacle: Literary Monsters
Oct
24

Shadow, Sound, Spectacle: Literary Monsters

Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story. This 50-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater and video. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Anne Rice, and others, told through live music, shadow puppetry, video, and narrative. All are welcome, but recommended for adults and teens. Q&A to follow.

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Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat
Oct
19

Sensory Friendly Trick or Treat

Wistariahurst Museum is delighted to bring another fang-tastic and ghoulishly delightful sensory-friendly event into our halls for the Halloween season! Our bewitching trick-or-treat event will let you and your little goblins enjoy an adventure in our haunted halls designed for families with sensory. Monsters of all ages will have a chance to collect six spook-tacular items through gentle exploration throughout the museum and choose from prizes ranging from candy to fidget toys. Guests are welcome and encouraged to wear their fun, festive costumes throughout their journey through the museum.

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8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda: Calaveras Event with AttackBear Press
Oct
19

8th Annual Holyoke Community Ofrenda: Calaveras Event with AttackBear Press

Get ready for another amazing Dia de Los Muertos celebration with Attack Bear Press and Wistariahurst Museum with a special calaveras (skull) painting event. Dia de Los Muertos is a special tradition that allows people to celebrate and remember deceased loved ones by decorating an ofrenda, a communal altar dedicated to those dearly departed. On October 19th, we invite you to paint your clay calaveras to add to the annual ofrenda hosted at the museum again this year

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The Art Band Presents: The Living Room
Oct
18

The Art Band Presents: The Living Room

The Living Room is the third annual exhibition produced by The Art Band, featuring multi-media works by Amelia Moore, hani rosenbaum thompson, Maddie McDougall, Marciela Garcia, Mary Noyes Craig, Ryan Murray, and Sharona Color.

In a moment when joy feels radical and connection feels urgent, Living Room offers a warm, tactile alternative to the sterile “white cube” of the art world. This exhibition by The Art Band is a space to gather, sit, laugh, and talk — with each other and with the artists themselves. It’s intergenerational, informal, and full of play: a collage of colorful, messy, textured work that invites interaction, familiarity, and conversation.

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HYPHAE Art Supply Swap & Pop-Up Market
Oct
18

HYPHAE Art Supply Swap & Pop-Up Market

Looking to get some art supplies on the cheap? Or to rehome supplies you have around? And shop an amazing mix of BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ artists and makers at the same time? As part of a fundraiser series to open HYPHAE’s doors, join us at this multi-faceted event at Eastworks on Saturday, October 18 from 2P-5P.

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October Postpartum Doula Workshop: Part 2
Oct
18
to Oct 19

October Postpartum Doula Workshop: Part 2

  • Greenfield, MA, 01301 United States (map)
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Postpartum Doulas ease the way during the tender early weeks and months, providing infant care, supporting healthy physical and emotional transition, offering baby feeding guidance and practical household support. They are not only for parents dealing with postpartum depression; in fact most families who hire a postpartum doula are not experiencing PPD.

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Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
Oct
18

Family Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group. Open to anyone who identifies as queer, trans, or gender-expansive, come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space!

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