Event Calendar

Upcoming Events in Western Massachusetts

from Bloom Local’s Partner Network

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Art & Flowers at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Apr
25
to Apr 27

Art & Flowers at the Wadsworth Atheneum

Join Small Victories at the 42nd annual Art & Flowers event at this historic art museum. See breathtaking arrangements inspired by artworks across the museum, enjoy live entertainment, and visit the exhibition Paper, Color, Line: European Master Drawings. We'll be in the Artisan Boutique with our handmade plantable seed cards and other Small Victories creations.

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Radical Futures
May
2
to May 25

Radical Futures

Travel from the world we live in today in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts, to a future in this same place 100 years beyond the fall of capitalism. The River Valley Radical Futures exhibit shares the future visions co-created by members of at least 14 local groups who enact alternative ways of being in the Valley today.

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Radical Futures Opening Reception
May
9

Radical Futures Opening Reception

Travel from the world we live in today in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts, to a future in this same place 100 years beyond the fall of capitalism. The River Valley Radical Futures exhibit shares the future visions co-created by members of at least 14 local groups who enact alternative ways of being in the Valley today.

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Unamericana
Mar
9

Unamericana

Unamericana is a three-day public art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born and raised in Northampton, MA. As a free & public facet of the Back Porch Festival, Unamericana will be housed at Northampton Memorial Hall (240 Main St) from March 7-9th.

Immerse yourself in Indë’s interactive musical performances and paintings of queer and trans Black figures, as they weave their narratives into the history of Northampton's Memorial Hall.

Friday, March 7th

7pm: Concert (FREE)

Saturday, March 8th

12-6pm: Public Gallery Hours

2pm: Opening for New Dangerfield at the Academy of Music (Back Porch Fest Ramble Pass Required)

Sunday, March 9th

1pm: Workshop “Freedom Songs: Using Call and Response” (FREE)

3pm: Concert (FREE)

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Unamericana
Mar
8

Unamericana

Unamericana is a three-day public art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born and raised in Northampton, MA. As a free & public facet of the Back Porch Festival, Unamericana will be housed at Northampton Memorial Hall (240 Main St) from March 7-9th.

Immerse yourself in Indë’s interactive musical performances and paintings of queer and trans Black figures, as they weave their narratives into the history of Northampton's Memorial Hall.

Friday, March 7th

7pm: Concert (FREE)

Saturday, March 8th

12-6pm: Public Gallery Hours

2pm: Opening for New Dangerfield at the Academy of Music (Back Porch Fest Ramble Pass Required)

Sunday, March 9th

1pm: Workshop “Freedom Songs: Using Call and Response” (FREE)

3pm: Concert (FREE)

Click/tap the button below to learn more about this offering.

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Unamericana
Mar
7

Unamericana

Unamericana is a three-day public art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born and raised in Northampton, MA. As a free & public facet of the Back Porch Festival, Unamericana will be housed at Northampton Memorial Hall (240 Main St) from March 7-9th.

Immerse yourself in Indë’s interactive musical performances and paintings of queer and trans Black figures, as they weave their narratives into the history of Northampton's Memorial Hall.

Friday, March 7th

7pm: Concert (FREE)

Saturday, March 8th

12-6pm: Public Gallery Hours

2pm: Opening for New Dangerfield at the Academy of Music (Back Porch Fest Ramble Pass Required)

Sunday, March 9th

1pm: Workshop “Freedom Songs: Using Call and Response” (FREE)

3pm: Concert (FREE)

Click/tap the button below to learn more about this offering.

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“SHEDDING LAYERS” paintings by Elayna Sturm of The Fantasies of Youth - Opening Reception
Mar
7

“SHEDDING LAYERS” paintings by Elayna Sturm of The Fantasies of Youth - Opening Reception

"SHEDDING LAYERS" paintings by Elayna Sturm of The Fantasies of Youth at the Amherst Town Hall Gallery, on show March 4th 2025 through the end of April 2025.

Reception will be Friday March 7th at 6pm.

Shedding Layers explores both what we can shed to feel lighter, and what we can transform to create the lives and worlds we want to be a part of. Venturing to get to the core of what matters, Shedding Layers seeks to cultivate brighter joy and deeper roots.

Elayna Sturm is a lover of singing, a friend of trees, a hopeful curious witch, realm traveler, and an interdisciplinary artist. Elayna resides in Western Massachusetts, with ties to the North Shore of Massachusetts, the Bay Area of California, and the Olympic forests of Washington state.

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