Grow Food’s Tuesday Farmers Market new season underway
NORTHAMPTON — Grow Food Northampton’s Tuesday Market has returned for the spring and summer season, marking its 18th season in total and 10th season under the organization.
Community mural installed at Northampton City Hall
NORTHAMPTON — A new 14-foot community mural celebrating Northampton’s rich artistic and cultural history was unveiled inside of City Hall on April 28, and features famed opera singer Jenny Lind and the origin of the city’s nickname, “Paradise City.”
Bombyx Center to host first ‘Brass in Bloom’ Festival
NORTHAMPTON — Brass in Bloom, a new festival celebrating brass music, will launch for the first time on Saturday, May 3, at the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity. The event is open to the public, free of charge. The day will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and feature...
Runway 5K to support children in foster care on May 4
NORTHAMPTON — The Treehouse Foundation is lacing up for its third annual Runway 5K, an event that brings the community together and raises funds for foster care innovation.
Florence favorite ‘Poetry & Pie’ event to return
FLORENCE — In honor of National Poetry Month, the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity in Florence will once again host a thoroughly unique Western Massachusetts celebration of the art of poetry with “Poetry and Pie” on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
Welcome Home Northampton closed, citing federal cuts
NORTHAMPTON — Welcome Home Northampton, the refugee resettlement program through the Catholic Charities Agency, has been closed, citing federal budget cuts affecting its team like other resettlement and foreign aid agencies are seeing in the recent months.