Community Calendar

Launching in Holyoke: June 15th – June 30th Join us for the second year in a row as Beyond Walls collaborates with city officials, local business leaders, educators, and nonprofits across the state to create over 25 large scale, world-class murals in 2023 that celebrate the vibrant and diverse communities of Massachusetts. When? The installations will commence in Holyoke on June 15th and continue for two weeks till June 30th. Artists will transform the city’s exterior walls, some as tall as 50 feet high and 170 feet long, into a vibrant display of art. What’s New? In addition to the mesmerizing art […]

The Robert E. Barrett Fishway at the Holyoke Dam opens for the season on May 10th. Come see our amazing fish elevator and the underwater fish viewing windows. Open May 10 through June 18 Wednesday - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Also open Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 2023

SUMMER YOGA MINI-SESSIONS on Race St. HOLYOKE SESSION I ($80 for 4 weeks) Mondays 6/5-6/26 LEVEL 1: 5:30-6:30 PM INTRO YOGA: 7-8 PM SESSION II ($100 for 5 weeks) Mondays 7/10-8/7 LEVEL 1.5: 5:30-6:30 PM LEVEL 1: 7-8 PM SESSIONS I + II ($160 for 9 weeks) Sign up for both sessions for discounted pricing. These are instructional yoga courses for students who want to learn yoga asana (postures) or who wish to deepen their practice. Classes will focus on the alignment and mechanics of yoga asanas. We will cover standing poses, twists, back bends, and forward folds. The series […]

Join us for a mid-day dance showing at Holyoke Media! LOCULUS Collective shows a new work created in collaboration with PVPA's Catalyst Dance Company and Lailye Weidman shows a work in progress. The show will be less than an hour and free so swing by on your lunch break and watch some dance!

The National Blank Book Company at the foot of Cabot Street (and later in Chicopee) was a Holyoke fixture for nearly a century and a half, producing internationally-distributed products from workforce ledgers, to diaries, to custom binders.  It ingrained itself in local factory culture in the process. As one former employee explained, "If you talked to a Holyoker and they didn't know someone who worked there or hadn't worked there themself, you knew they were new in town." Join us on Thursday, June 15 at 5pm for a Community Room panel discussion, Every Book Guaranteed Perfect: The National Blank Book Company in Retrospect. The History […]

Learn the tricks of the trade to become a kitchen wizard in a cooking class taught by Nadim Kashouh, Chef and Owner of Nadim’s Downtown Mediterranean Grill. Enjoy an evening of hands-on instruction, beer & wine, and of course decadent homemade food. Seating is limited so please register ASAP!