Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Join High Five Books and local author Meghan Armstrong for a reading of her sweet bilingual English / Spanish picture book, Emmalina Is Still Nursing / Emmalina Todavia Toma Pecho.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

Join High Five Books and local caretakers Mel and Sarah from The WillowRoot Collective for a reading of the helpful picture book, The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions, written and illustrated by Anna LLenas, on Saturday, September 19, from 10-10:30am. Storytime is free and no registration is required to attend.

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group every third Saturday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm at the Resilient Community Arts studio, #238 in the Eastworks building (116 Pleasant Street Easthampton). Enjoy art-making in community and exploring RCA’s art supplies.

Dry Humor is heading back to the Easthampton Farmers Market on August 23 and September 20! Stop by their booth to browse and shop a curated selection of ice-cold non-alcoholic beer, wine, mocktails, and functional beverages. Whether you're sober, sober-curious, or simply looking for something new to sip, we'd love to help you discover your next favorite drink.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

This is a bi-weekly program happens on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7pm! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.  Pre-registration for Queer Trans Art Group is appreciated but not required.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

Join Transformation Fitness WMA members and friends for a FREE balance-oriented workout for all fitness levels.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Whether it be a monologue or scene from a work that they really want to perform, a story they want to tell, a piece from something they’ve written, or something new entirely, we’re looking forward to welcoming all of these stories and performers to the stage and giving performers a space to say something - and for you to hear it!

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Wistariahurst Museum will be welcoming October with a haunting exhibit all about death and dying in the Victorian era. Visitors will see historic items relating to mourning, while learning what mourning customs were common in the late 1800s. Wistariahurst opens Memento Mori just in time for spooky season, on October 1st, 4:30-6:30 pm.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

Queer Kids Fest is BACK for 2026! On Saturday, October 3, 10am-3:30pm, 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!

Echoes of Nature is a collaboration between Kim Hoff and Jess Martin. What began as a local project in Hampshire County has blossomed into a multi-county journey of art, resilience, and community. 

The time is yours! Drop In Public Studio is part of Easthampton City Arts ART WALK, and supervised by RCA studio assistants and instructors. Each Drop-In Saturday includes a featured activity, but you are always welcome to just hang out in community, use any of RCA’s supplies, and create independently!

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints, and collected odds and ends, so we figured it was time to give you collage fanatics a special program just for your cut 'n paste treasure hunts!  

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

On Thursday, October 8, join megastars Jeff Kinney and Tony DiTerlizzi on stage at the historic Academy of Music in Northampton, MA, for Wimpy & Wumpy: A Spooktacular Evening!, produced by High Five Books and BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity.

Join Jess Martin for a supportive, queer-affirming monthly Song Share session dedicated to nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters and creatives. This is a low-pressure, generative community space designed to share works-in-progress, lyrics, poetry, or any creative musings that are currently inspiring you.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

Join High Five Books and local author Angela DiTerlizzi for a reading of her adorable picture book, A Very Scary Book, written by Angela and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, on Saturday, October 10, from 10-10:30am. Storytime is free and no registration is required to attend.

Step past the cemetery gates and peer behind the veil with Wistariahurst as our volunteers channel the spirits of Holyoke's ancestors, leading you through the meandering paths of Forestdale Cemetery. Established in 1860, Forestdale Cemetery is a serene yet beautiful landscape and the final resting place for many of Holyoke's founding families, politicians, and other notables who helped breathe life into the city. Guests will walk amongst the monuments, markers, crypts, and crosses to discover the mystique of Holyoke's vibrant heritage.

Queer Story Slam: AWAKENINGS

Tell us your stories of awakenings- to queer desire, to a new understanding of the self, to a community or place that holds you, perfectly or imperfectly, just as you are. How has your queerness/transness saved the day? When did you first have a brush with queer utopia and what did it feel like?

Family Make & Take Sundays are a special studio play time for kiddos ages 3+ and their caregivers. Join us from 10-am-12pm on the second Sunday of each month for a featured activity ranging from painting, 3D sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and more! Families are welcome to Make & Take the featured activity, or just have a ball playing with all the materials in the studio.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Wistariahurst Museum is delighted to welcome guests for our Darkened Hallways Tours this fall. Immerse yourself in an evening of spine-tingling discovery and feel the lingering energy of past inhabitants and workers that once occupied these haunted halls. As our docent leads you through the home by candlelight, you will uncover stories of the Skinner family, the tragedy that moved their home and business to Holyoke, and other chilling tales from the mansion's history.

This is a bi-weekly program happens on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7pm! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.  Pre-registration for Queer Trans Art Group is appreciated but not required.

Step back in time and into the halls of Count Orlok's castle during a screening of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. This horror classic is the perfect way to enjoy the Halloween season. This film screening will take place outdoors in the gardens of Wistariahurst Museum, on a large 12-foot screen courtesy of One Holyoke. Bring your own blankets and chairs to get comfy in the historic gardens and enjoy this cult classic.

Something awesome is happening in Easthampton—and we’re looking to rally teams of fun-loving friends to celebrate the best parts of Easthampton with us! Easthampton’s Arts & Ale Trail is a choose-your-own-adventure afternoon through Easthampton’s Mill District, with interactive art, local bites, music, special pours, and plenty of reasons to celebrate.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

Wistariahurst Museum’s "Skeletal Secrets" tour unveils ghostly guides and eerie tales of death and spirits. Do you dare to learn more? As the night grows long and a chill lingers in the air, Wistariahurst Museum is delighted to announce a new, frightfully fantastic character tour: Skeletal Secrets with the Skinner Servants. Join a ghostly guide as former residents of this historic house manifest to speak of eerie events and strange happenings that occurred during their mortal lives. Discover dark tales of death, loss, and spirits that are said to still roam our halls to this day as you wander through the home.

You’re invited to the underground brewery of Giganta’s Mansion, where a cabaret of ghosts and ghoulies await to surprise you this October. A drag performance inspired by a certain action-adventure ghost-hunting game.

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group every third Saturday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm at the Resilient Community Arts studio, #238 in the Eastworks building (116 Pleasant Street Easthampton). Enjoy art-making in community and exploring RCA’s art supplies.

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.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

This is a bi-weekly program happens on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7pm! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.  Pre-registration for Queer Trans Art Group is appreciated but not required.

Full House Fridays is a special opportunity for K-2nd students to get a taste of afterschool time at RCA, and for 3rd-5th grade students to soak up extra studio time. A perfect option for families with siblings in different age groups with a different theme introduced every other month. Students are split into groups after snacktime, then come back together for an art share at the end of the session.

RCA is know for our endless supply of Nat Geo magazines, wacky prints, and collected odds and ends, so we figured it was time to give you collage fanatics a special program just for your cut 'n paste treasure hunts!  

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

This is a bi-weekly program happens on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7pm! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.  Pre-registration for Queer Trans Art Group is appreciated but not required.

Join Jess Martin for a supportive, queer-affirming monthly Song Share session dedicated to nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters and creatives. This is a low-pressure, generative community space designed to share works-in-progress, lyrics, poetry, or any creative musings that are currently inspiring you.

Family Make & Take Sundays are a special studio play time for kiddos ages 3+ and their caregivers. Join us from 10-am-12pm on the second Sunday of each month for a featured activity ranging from painting, 3D sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and more! Families are welcome to Make & Take the featured activity, or just have a ball playing with all the materials in the studio.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Join Translate Gender and Resilient Community Arts for an all-ages version of Queer and Trans Art Group every third Saturday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm at the Resilient Community Arts studio, #238 in the Eastworks building (116 Pleasant Street Easthampton). Enjoy art-making in community and exploring RCA’s art supplies.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

This is a bi-weekly program happens on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7pm! Come hang out, make art in community, or just connect with other queer and trans folks in a safer space.  Pre-registration for Queer Trans Art Group is appreciated but not required.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Join Jess Martin for a supportive, queer-affirming monthly Song Share session dedicated to nonbinary, trans, and women singer-songwriters and creatives. This is a low-pressure, generative community space designed to share works-in-progress, lyrics, poetry, or any creative musings that are currently inspiring you.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.

Kid Creatives invites young artists in grades 3rd-5th to go on an artistic adventure, each semester encountering new discoveries based around a special theme that rotates every other month. Each day, a new activity connected to the theme is introduced. Kids get to use choice-based centers to explore different art materials to bring their ideas to life.

Teen Studio invites young artists grade 6th-9th to explore their creativity in a supportive, flexible environment. Whether working independently or collaborating in small groups, teens will shape their own artistic journeys through a wide range of mediums—including printmaking, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, and more.