Events Calendar

Name: Reading Frederick Douglass Together – Community Reading
Start: 2025-08-03T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-03T14:30:00-04:00
Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

The Explore Holyoke community events calendar highlights the arts and cultural events throughout the city of Holyoke to help plan your visit. You are invited to submit your event. Events encouraged to be submitted are art openings, dance concerts, open mic events, cultural lectures. Events not allowed on the calendar are, political fundraisers, city meetings, daily specials from restaurants and events outside the city of Holyoke.

Reading Frederick Douglass Together – Community Reading

August 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Join the Greater Holyoke Council for Human Understanding as we celebrate the Legacy of one of Frederick Douglass’ most famous speeches, “What to the Slave is the fourth of July”. Sponsored by Mass Humanities and the Mass Cultural Council, this event will be held at 1:00pm on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 485 Appleton Street, Holyoke. The reading will be introduced with music by St. Paul’s Church Organist, Curtise Mercier. This event is FREE to the public and all are encouraged to attend and participate in the post-performance discussion and singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. Free refreshments will be provided. Contact Gina Nelson at ginanelson5@gmail.com with any questions.