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Explore the vibrant nightlife of big cities like Springfield, the lively college towns of Northampton and Amherst plus traditional New England towns and historic villages. Along the way, you’ll discover fun-filled attractions and distinctive distractions so varied, so enticing, that one visit here just won’t be enough.
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Springfield, Parade of the Big Balloons
Come and see the variety of balloons. Main Street in downtown Springfield will be filled with people, bands, motorized contingents, huge colorful balloon characters and much more the day after Thanksgiving, as the Spirit of Springfield launches the annual Parade of the Big Balloons. Santa will arriv...
November 29 @ 11:00 am - 11:59 pm
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Historic Deerfield, Exhibits
Extreme Fashion: Early and Late 19th-Century Women’s Dress at Historic Deerfield September 3-October 31, 2019 Stebbins House, Frary House Eye-catching 19th-century women’s fashion from the Historic Deerfield collection will be featured in two museum houses this fall. Neoclassical dresses from th...
October 1 - October 31Norman Rockwell Museum, Exhibits
Exhibitions Through October 27, 2019 Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated From man’s first steps on the moon to a gathering of 400,000 concertgoers on a farm in Upstate New York, 1969—the year of the Museum’s founding—witnessed momentous cultural transition. Culled from the Museum’s col...
October 1 - October 27UMass Art Gallery: Exhibition
The Herter Art Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is honored to inaugurate it’s 50th year on campus with Disruptions & Continuities: Recent Work by George Wardlaw. The significance of this exhibition is many-fold. While also tracing back to work made in the last six years, it...
October 1 - October 25Springfield Museums, Classes
Creativity is one of the essential ingredients to innovation, and innovation often leads to positive change. Attending classes at the Springfield Museums’ Museum School is a place to learn, explore and let your imagination join your creative energies! October 16 La France: Another Cultural Road T...
October 1 - October 30
