Upcoming events
Happenings in Western MA by and for LGBTQIA+ folks and our allies
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.
October Postpartum Doula Workshop: Part 1
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.
September Birth Doula Workshop: Part 2
Learn what's different about becoming a doula or deepening your doula practice with midwife Michelle L'Esperance-Muñoz of Warm Welcome
September Birth Doula Workshop: Part 1
Learn what's different about becoming a doula or deepening your doula practice with midwife Michelle L'Esperance-Muñoz of Warm Welcome
Sustainable Birthwork: Continuing Education Workshop for Doulas
This heartfelt class invites you to explore sustainable, effective, embodied self-care—not as a luxury, but as a vital element of the work we do. Through reflection, mentorship, and practical tools, we’ll explore navigating the inevitable challenges of this path without burnout or martyrdom. When we care for ourselves with intention and compassion, we offer families not just better support, but a living model of resilient, grounded caregiving
Summer Bling & Beads Workshop at Wistariahurst Museum
Get ready to soak up the sun and get creative with our Summer Bling & Bead's workshop happening on June 28th at Wistariahurst Museum! This hands-on event is being hosted by Trudy Monson of Gem's Creations and she's inviting guests of all skill levels to explore the art of jewelry with a fun, summer theme!
Warm Welcome Birth Doula Workshop
Learn what's different about becoming a doula or deepening your doula practice with midwife Michelle L'Esperance-Muñoz of Warm Welcome.
Designed and taught by a Midwife who also works as a Doula
Together, you’ll teach a class to pregnant parents on day 4
All essential skills to launch or deepen your inclusive doula practice!
In-person training with lots of opportunity for guided hands-on practice
Registration
Click/tap the button below to learn more about this offering and to register.
Warm Welcome Birth Doula Workshop
Learn what's different about becoming a doula or deepening your doula practice with midwife Michelle L'Esperance-Muñoz of Warm Welcome.
Designed and taught by a Midwife who also works as a Doula
Together, you’ll teach a class to pregnant parents on day 4
All essential skills to launch or deepen your inclusive doula practice!
In-person training with lots of opportunity for guided hands-on practice
Registration
Click/tap the button below to learn more about this offering and to register.
Zine Making Workshop with J.S. Bryant School & Seeing Rainbows
Join the J.S. Bryant team for a Zine Making workshop in collaboration with trans arts liberation organization, Seeing Rainbows!
This workshop's theme is "Seeing Past the Storm". You’ll put hearts to paper materials and collectively envision the future of queer education and resistance as J.S. Bryant opens the country's first therapeutic highschool for LGBTQIA+ teens, this fall in Cummington, MA.
Email rsvp@jsbryantschool.org to let them know you're coming, or just show up!
The UnNameable Children’s Project Presents: The Garden of Recycled Delights
As part of the "Moving Museum" free art pop-up series, the UnNameable Children's Project is collaborating with the Children's Museum at Holyoke on four art workshops, free to the public, and open to all ages. Each session will be an hour long led by an artist from the UnNameable Children's Project. Participants will collaborate with the artists to create fantastical garden installation out of recycled materials. Each artist will focus on a different component of the garden which will be put together into a whimsical and magical environment that visitors can walk through and performances can take place in. The project will emphasize group collaboration, imagination, and celebrating nature in spring!
Registration
This is a FREE event. Click the button below for more information!
The UnNameable Children’s Project Presents: The Garden of Recycled Delights
As part of the "Moving Museum" free art pop-up series, the UnNameable Children's Project is collaborating with the Children's Museum at Holyoke on four art workshops, free to the public, and open to all ages. Each session will be an hour long led by an artist from the UnNameable Children's Project. Participants will collaborate with the artists to create fantastical garden installation out of recycled materials. Each artist will focus on a different component of the garden which will be put together into a whimsical and magical environment that visitors can walk through and performances can take place in. The project will emphasize group collaboration, imagination, and celebrating nature in spring!
Registration
This is a FREE event. Click the button below for more information.
Spring Equinox at Sulis Studio
Registration
Hosted by Elayna Sturm (they/them)
Coming out of Winter, a state of rest and dreaming, we enter into the freshness of Spring! We shed our winter layers of insulation and protection as we grow anew into the world. Sewing hopeful seeds, we embrace intentional action and create the world(s) we want to live in. In this spring equinox event, we will come together to reflect on winter and set our intentions for spring through a communal altar, planting seeds (literal and metaphorical) and collaging/vision boarding. If you’re curious but not sure if this is your jam, you are invited to come anyways with any craft you want to work on and bask in the cozy creative space of Sulis Studio with us!
Planting/potting supplies will be provided, as well as some collaging supplies. If you want to bring something to add to the communal altar (a small trinket, candle, note, drawing, flower, leaf, etc.) or bring your own crafting supplies, you are welcome to.
This event has a cap of 20 people. Pre-registration is recommended, though I will do my best to update the website/my instagram story with information about how many spaces we have left the day of.
If you have any questions/inquires about the event, please don’t hesitate to email me at thefantasiesofyouth@gmail.com or dm me on instagram at @thefantasiesofyouth
Sulis Studio Accessibility info: Sulis Studio is on the second floor, #253, and can be accessed via stairs or ramp plus elevator. If you plan to use the elevator, please contact Elayna (thefantasiesofyouth@gmail.com or insta: @thefantasiesofyouth) to assist in operating it. The studio has lots of open space for moving around in, and a variety of seating/standing options. There are stalled and wheelchair accessible bathrooms on the first floor of the building.
*Masks are required for this event*
Tackling Imposter Syndrome: How to Shift from Fear to Flow - Beth Pellettieri
Your business dreams are waiting for you — right on the other side of what scares you.
In theory, it should feel easy to take action, but in reality, it seems impossible.
Imposter syndrome is all about shame, guilt, and a nervous-system response to fear. In this workshop, Beth will break down how to work with imposter syndrome, so you can simultaneously feel safe while taking steps to grow your business.
You’ll leave the workshop with practical strategies for quieting the fear voice, fresh tips for creating action steps that feel good, and DIY coaching tools to ease yourself out of fear and into flow.
Tickets & Registration
FREE Event
Facilitator
Beth Pellettieri
Beth Pellettieri (she/her) is a Certified Martha Beck Life Coach who works with heart-centered, creative business owners to implement new evolutions of business growth with fun, fulfillment, and financial flow. Need help getting started? Beth’s door is always open!