Upcoming events
Happenings in Western MA by and for LGBTQIA+ folks and our allies
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
Collage Club
RCA is know for their endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints and collected odds and ends. They figured it was time they give the collage fanatics a special program just for you!
Kid Creatives: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Artists in grades 2nd-5th go on an artistic adventure, this time exploring sculptures and comics IN SPAAAAACE: alien beings, paper mache rocket ships, comic books detailing trips around the milky way!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
La Mimosa Collective
La Mimosa Collective is performing at NCMC November 7th. The mimosa flower is an international symbol of female empowerment. Expect performances of flute, cello, viola, violin, piano, and voice.
Special Elders Storytime with Kaija Langley
High Five Books is thrilled to celebrate the picture book release of A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE on Saturday, November 8! Readers are invited to bring their special elders to this multigenerational storytime, featuring a reading and book signing by the author, Kaija Langley.
Scavenger Hunt Book Launch with Alex Gino!
Please join High Five Books in celebration of the new middle-grade novel by bestselling local author Alex Gino, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. You’re invited to scour High Five Books on a scavenger hunt for titles mentioned in the new novel, meet Alex, and have books signed.
Family Make & Take Sundays
This one's for the tiny creators with big ideas!! Family Make & Take Sundays are a special studio play time for kiddos ages 3+ and their caregivers.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
Inked in Symbolism
Learn about symbolism found in tattoos, their cultural significance and more at this talk with Donnabelle Casis.
Kid Creatives: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Artists in grades 2nd-5th go on an artistic adventure, this time exploring sculptures and comics IN SPAAAAACE: alien beings, paper mache rocket ships, comic books detailing trips around the milky way!
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Felted Pillow Friends
Come build your own cozy pal to cuddle all winter long! This 2 hour workshop invites artists of any experience level to make a unique and functional piece of fiber art.
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!
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
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!
Benefit Class: Sound Bath for Sensitive Souls
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.
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.
Autumn Musical Feast
Nestled in the hills of Amherst, the historic Red Barn offers breathtaking mountain views during this year’s Autumn Musical Feast. Supporters of the Northampton Community Music Center are invited to join us for a Balkan dinner and lively performance by Orkestar Banitsa.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
Kid Creatives: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Artists in grades 2nd-5th go on an artistic adventure, this time exploring sculptures and comics IN SPAAAAACE: alien beings, paper mache rocket ships, comic books detailing trips around the milky way!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
Carts and Crafts
Come get some shopping done at River Valley Co-op in Easthampton while RCA minds your kids FOR FREE!!
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.
Trans and Gender-Diverse Book Club: Compound Fracture
Join Transhealth for another Trans and Gender-Diverse Book Club! This month’s group will be reading and discussing “Compound Fracture” by Andrew Joseph White.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
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.
Yoga and Sound
Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
Kid Creatives: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Artists in grades 2nd-5th go on an artistic adventure, this time exploring sculptures and comics IN SPAAAAACE: alien beings, paper mache rocket ships, comic books detailing trips around the milky way!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
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.
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.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
NCMC Winter Concert
NCMC Annual Winter Concert is back! Featuring New Horizons Band of Western Mass, High Definition, and Ujima Singers. The concert will last about 90 minutes and is free admission.
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
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!
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
We Celebrate the Light
You’re invited to a sparkling community interfaith holiday celebration for families with beloved local authors Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple!
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
Kid Creatives: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Artists in grades 2nd-5th go on an artistic adventure, this time exploring sculptures and comics IN SPAAAAACE: alien beings, paper mache rocket ships, comic books detailing trips around the milky way!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Full House Fridays: Space Sculptures & Cosmic Comics
Full House Fridays is an opportunity for both K-2nd students and for 3rd-5th graders; a perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups!
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
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.
Open Studios: Kids Comics Jam
Hang out with other comic-crazy kids and draw, talk comics, and hear what it’s like running a comic book store from Xtian of Comics n’More!
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.
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.
Open Studios: Block Printing Mini Tapestries
Learn from featured teaching artist Lo Roux (@lo.and.behold.ceramics) how to create your own lino-block print, and use that to create your own mini-tapestry! Perfect to add a unique touch to your wall, or to gift
Kid Mart!
Kid Mart is back! Families are invited to come shop our patio full of kid makers, tinkerers, crafters, and artists. Come support our youngest entrepreneurs as they make & sell handmade art, wearables, decor, treats, & more! November 1 on the patio at High Five Books!
Spooktacular Ball for All
Our Resilient Futures 2025 fundraiser kicks off 10/30 at the Spooktacular Ball for All! Join us for a night of artmaking and raffles, dancing and drag, a costume contest and more! Because NOTHING is scarier than arts funding cuts...
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Intro to the Alexander Technique
Open to professional musicians, as well as amateur musicians with at least two years' experience on their instrument. Attendees should bring their instrument with them to the workshop and wear comfortable movement attire.
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.
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
Spooky Suzuki
A free, family-friendly concert by Suzuki violin, cello, and piano students of the Northampton Community Music Center, followed by a candy toss! Come in costume and have some fun 🎃🎶
Yoga and Sound
Immerse yourself in this blissful workshop of movement and sound meditation. This 90-minute Yoga & Sound workshop combines a revitalizing yoga practice with the deeply relaxing and restorative benefits of sound meditation.
Queer Kids Fest!
Hooray, it’s Queer Kids Fest 2025! On Saturday, October 25, 10am-2:30pm, join us for a joyful festival of music, art, books, and creativity for 2SLGBTQIA+ kids, families, and allies at the Northampton Center for the Arts!
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.
Swap n Stitch Costume Upcycling
Bring an old costume or trade for something new and use our supplies to refresh your Halloween look! Don’t miss this chance to get creative, swap ideas, and save both money and materials!
Early Bird Infant Group
Join NPC director Lindsey King for a free weekly drop-in group for infants and their caregivers. Coffee and tea included and siblings welcome.
Queer & Trans Art Group (QTAG)
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!
Echoes of Nature: Hampshire County
Join us for a powerful evening of story, sound, and place. Live music, poetry, and multimedia storytelling. Free event — All are welcome! Presented with support from the Williamsburg Cultural Council.
Half Day Studio Jam
Solve the scheduling puzzle during October half-days and send your students to RCA when school lets out early!
RCA Teen Studio
A supportive, flexible environment for teen artists, letting them shape their own creative journeys through a wide range of mediums— printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more!
Northampton Parents Center Free Weekly Playgroups
Northampton Parents Center’s Fall & Winter 2025 weekly schedule
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.
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
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.
J.S. Bryant School Opening Celebration
Please join the team at the J.S. Bryant School for their Opening Celebration! They can't wait to invite the community in for a very special day filled with queer ceremony and joy.
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.
October Postpartum Doula Workshop: Part 2
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.
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!