Community Calendar

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

Holyoke Gas & Electric’s Annual Shad Derby is a FREE event that invites the region's anglers to fish the waters of the Connecticut River in a contest to catch the largest shad. Contestants must bring their fish to the official weighing station located by the Robert E. Barrett Fishway, near the Route 116 Bridge. Official weighing is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Derby Days. Prizes will be awarded at the tournament's conclusion on Sunday, May 21 at 5PM. 2023 Derby Days: May 13-14 & 20-21 For official rules please visit www.hged.com/shadderby

Welcome to the Wistariahurst Plant Sale, where beauty blooms and history is preserved! All of our plants are lovingly grown right here on our property, ensuring that they are acclimated to our unique climate and soil. By purchasing our plants, you’re not only getting a piece of Wistariahurst’s history, but also investing in the health and vibrancy of your own garden. Our selection includes a wide variety of perennial favorites, such as delicate Bleeding Hearts, vibrant Primroses, and bold Daylilies. We also offer fragrant Catmint, towering Foxgloves, and many other unique and hard-to-find varieties. Not only will these plants add […]

Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, Ward 4 City Councilor Kocayne Givner and a group of community members will mark the birthday of Malcolm X with a ceremony at City Hall on Friday, May 19. Mayor Garcia will read a proclamation honoring the life and mission of Malcolm X, an American Muslim minister and human rights activist prominent during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Assassinated in 1965, he remains a highly regarded figure within African-American and Muslim-American communities for his pursuit of racial justice. The Holyoke observance will be held in the Mayor’s Office starting at 2pm.

You are enthusiastically invited to the Grand Opening of Holyoke Media. What once was solely a television platform to show municipal meetings, has become a multimedia and multicultural community center for all to benefit from.. and it's for free. Cuatrista extraordinaire Fabiola Méndez will play music with the traditional Puerto Rican guitar, el cuatro. CRAVE will serve up empanadillas of all kinds. The cash bar will be run by White Lion Brewing Company. Please visit our website for more details!

Ex-Temper creates pivoting, unpredictable, guitar-driven rock layered with catchy melodies and three-part vocal harmonies. Once described as “Fugazi meets the Andrews Sisters” and credited with playing “heavy, head-banging riffs,” their lyrics explore everything from heartbreak and obsession, to prominent social issues like police brutality, mass shootings, the inefficiency of white guilt, and mansplaining; as well as mysteries like the Green Children of Woolpit, and existential questions such as if an organ donor’s consciousness or memories can be transplanted into the recipient’s mind. Psychedelic, thumping, melodic, and driving, Goldsetter’s music doesn’t take us where each song should go, but where it […]

For adults and teens. Migrant birds are now returning from various regions in the south. Join the park interpreter to search for birds in canals, trees, ground cover and riverside. Learn of the amazing distances they travel, difficulties they face, and how climate change is affecting them. Be ready to walk around Holyoke Heritage State Park and up to Pulaski Park. Bring binoculars. A few sets are available to borrow. A spotting scope is available for participants’ use. Program is free. Meet at the Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitor Center. Dress for the weather. Severe weather cancels. Call for more […]

McMahon’s 3nd Annual Plant Sale Saturday, May 20th / 10am - 2pm 75 Kane Rd, Holyoke, MA 01040   We’re excited to host our 3rd Annual Plant Sale and fundraiser for McMahon School. We have a great variety for plants this year including indoor house plants, annual vegetables, outdoor flowers, and perennial edible plants. It’s for a great cause. All the plants, pots, and soil are donated by the community and 100% of the sales goes directly to the school. To date, we have raised $2,700 dollars for the school and with that money put in 10 raised bed gardens, […]

We invite you to join the Springfield Symphony Chorus for their concert "Sing, Praise, Light" on Saturday, May 20 at 4 pm at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Holyoke. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 with proceeds benefiting The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. For more information on the SSO Chorus, please visit our website.