Sourdough Starters, A Second Vote? and a Final Pour

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   Music for Healing at Paper City Clothing

   Fri Jul 17 · 2:30pm · Paper City Clothing Company, Holyoke

   Music for Healing is Angelica Olstad's free exhibition of visual, sound, and performance art at Paper City Clothing Company on High Street in Holyoke. The show centers on Transmission (2025), a video work in which Olstad performs her original score at the piano.

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   Sourdough at Clapp Library

   Fri Jul 17 · 4:30pm · Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown

   The Sourdough Workshop at Clapp Memorial Library brings in Amanda of Morning Glory Bread to walk through maintaining a starter, mixing and working with dough, and a straightforward method for baking sourdough at home. Friday afternoon in Belchertown.

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   Heather Lynn at Luthiers Co-op

   Fri Jul 17 · 7pm · Luthiers Co-op, Easthampton

   Heather Lynn plays the Luthiers Co-op on Cottage Street in Easthampton Friday evening, on the Narrows series.

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   Birding in Place at Arcadia

   Sat Jul 18 · 8am to 9am · Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton

   Birding in Place at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton is a one-hour Saturday morning session for adults. $8 for Mass Audubon members, $10 nonmembers.

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   Propagation under the tent at Mount Holyoke

   Sat Jul 18 · 1pm · Talcott Greenhouse, South Hadley

   The Mount Holyoke Botanic Garden runs a propagation workshop under the tent behind Talcott Greenhouse in South Hadley, covering the gardens' daily practices and how staff keep the living collection thriving. Saturday at 1pm.

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   Championship Final watch party at The Landing

   Sun Jul 19 · 3pm · The Landing at MassMutual Center, Springfield

   The Landing at MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield hosts a free outdoor watch party for the World Cup Final Sunday at 3pm. The winner of Spain v France will take on the winner of England v Argentina to wrap up what has been a successful World Cup.

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   Amherst Ballet Presents: Creative Movement for Kids

   Wed Jul 15 · 10:30am · Forbes Library, Northampton

   Ages · Toddlers and upCost · Free

   Amherst Ballet's Creative Movement session at Forbes Library is a short introduction to dance and music for the youngest movers, with imaginative games and gentle movement prompts. Siblings and caregivers are welcome to join in on the floor rather than watch from chairs.

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   Art Making with Donna Castellanos

   Wed Jul 15 · 11am · Springfield Museums, Springfield

   Ages · All agesCost · Free with museum admission

   Art Making with Donna Castellanos runs as a drop-in project inside the Springfield Museums quadrangle, included with admission. Land here first, do the art, then let kids move between the science, art, and Dr. Seuss buildings on the same ticket.

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   Butterfly Discoveries at the Westfield Athenaeum

   Wed Jul 15 · 1pm · Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield

   Ages · Ages 5 to 12Cost · Free

   Butterfly Discoveries at the Westfield Athenaeum spends an hour on the science of camouflage, migration, and metamorphosis, with the Activity Room and Court Street Lawn both in play. Built for families with kids 5 to 12, so bring older siblings who will actually ask questions.

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   Breezy Seeds Engineering Challenge

   Wed Jul 15 · 4pm · Jones Library, Amherst

   Ages · Ages 5 to 10Cost · Free

   The Breezy Seeds Engineering Challenge, presented by the Hitchcock Center at Jones Library, hands kids ages 5 to 10 materials to design flying contraptions modeled on how real seeds travel. It is a rare library hour that ends with kids testing prototypes rather than sitting still.

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   Piti Theatre DinoFest Performance

   Wed Jul 15 · 6pm · Greenfield Public Library, Greenfield

   Ages · Ages 3 and upCost · Free

   Piti Theatre's DinoFest at the Greenfield Public Library brings back the Story Wizard for an interactive show where the audience helps build a dinosaur story on the spot. Kids leave with a pre-loved dinosaur toy from the adoption table at the end.

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   Science Heroes: Digging It

   Wed Jul 15 · 6pm · East Longmeadow Public Library, East Longmeadow

   Ages · Ages 5 and upCost · Free

   Science Heroes: Digging It, at the East Longmeadow Public Library Community Room, is a high-energy audience-participation show built around earth science and dirt. Volunteers get pulled up throughout the hour, so seat the shy ones on the aisle.

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• · Town

  South Hadley School Committee voted at its July 6 meeting to push for a September override ballot, while the Selectboard is still weighing whether to call another special election. The override would fund the school budget; a date has not been set.

• · Opening

  Amherst Fire Department reopened its station this week after a weeks-long closure. The chief said crews returning to their homebase will help cover ground on emergency calls.

• · Town

  Greenfield School Committee has dropped plans for a district-wide literacy audit, citing what officials described as promising early-reading data. The audit had been on the table earlier this year as part of the district's response to state benchmarks.

• · Notice

  Easthampton Fire Department holds its annual open house Tuesday, July 14 at 32 Payson Ave. Free, all ages, with equipment on display and a chance to meet the crews.

• · Closure

  Two Weeks Notice Brewing Co. in West Springfield is pouring its final pints this weekend before closing the taproom for good. The brewery announced one last run of events on the way out.

• · Town

  Hampden County will receive a $500,000 state grant to expand healthcare workforce training. The money is aimed at growing the local pipeline of clinical workers.