Community Calendar

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.

Comedy Show held at El Paraiso Colombiano. All proceeds go to help fund Los Fiestas Patronales De Holyoke. Comedy show is Hosted by Alex Martinez features a vast cast of comics of Puerto Rican Descent.

An evening of comedy, music and art hosted by Eddie Diaz! The first showcase (curated by MC Catalyst) was a hit…you don’t want to miss out on the second! Fun, food, music and drinks!

Register now for our Adult Beginner Introduction to Sweep Rowing lessons. After a just two weeks of introductory classes, you'll be ready to join our Adult Master's rowers, make some new friends and keep enjoying the Connecticut River. Four Dates: Monday May 22nd, Wednesday May 24th, Monday May 29th, Wednesday May 31st Discounts available. Email us for more information.