Sweet: A Tasty Journey, through - April 26, 2020, Wood Museum of Springfield History. People at Work and Other Environmental Portraits by Tad Malek, through - July 12, 2020, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Voices of Resilience: The Intersection of Women on the Move, February 15 –April 26, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit, February 1 –May 10, Springfield Science Museum. The Essence of Nature Paintings by Marlene T. Yu (Green Movement in Art), February 8 –May 3, D'Amour Museum of Fine…

Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, January 17–April 12, 2020 Comprised of nearly 100 works in many media, Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem surveys close to a century of creative achievement by artists of African descent, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Maren Hassinger, Norman Lewis, Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, James VanDerZee, and Kehinde Wiley. Founded in 1968, The Studio Museum in Harlem has built an incomparable collection and become a model for how…

MONEY MATTERS: MEANING, POWER, AND CHANGE IN THE HISTORY OF CURRENCY Through June 21, 2020 Money comes in a surprising multitude of forms and serves a variety of functions. We can trade it, we can hoard it, we can use it to measure our debts. However, Money Matters: Meaning, Power, and Change in the History of Currency demonstrates that money is much more. VIEW EXHIBITION

The Pursuit of Everything: Maira Kalman's Books for Children, November 10, 2019 - April 5, 2020. Under the Sea with Eric Carle, September 7, 2019 - May 31, 2020. Now & Then: Contemporary Illustrators and their Childhood Art, December 14, 2019 - May 10, 2020. Ireland's Eye: Picture Book Views of Ireland, August 13, 2019 - August 2, 2020. The Pursuit of Everything: Maira Kalman's Books for Children November 10, 2019 - April 5, 2020 The Pursuit of Everything presents a…

Fallacies: Black Identity Extremist = Black Identity Enthusiast, Feb. 3-29, Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery: Kiayani Douglas has spent the last three years developing an interdisciplinary body of work called Black Identity Enthusiast. B.I.E. is a body of work geared toward curating conversations rooted in race history and privilege. She creates workshops where students of all disciplines can learn about American Black History, while making connections to math, science, history and literature. A series of student workshops and art…

In celebration of Black History Month, Western New England University will present “Keeping the Arts Alive,” a program featuring artist and educator Don Blanton from January 26 to February 27, 2020. The gallery is located in the St. Germain Campus Center. All gallery events are free and open to the public. Blanton works in a variety of media including sculpture, painting, and wearable art. He is well known for his alabaster sculptures and is credited with the development of the…

Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys, a new exhibition at the Norman Rockwell. On view through Monday, May 25, 2020. This special exhibition documents the complex emotional realities of adapting to a new life thousands of miles away from where their stories began, through compelling visual memoirs inspired by the personal journeys of four master illustrators, Frances Jetter, David Macaulay, James McMullan, and Yuyi Morales. More than 200 original drawings, paintings, linoleum block prints, and digital mixed media works by the artists draw upon…

A Shtetl in the Sun, featuring photographs of Jewish Miami Beach in the late 1970s taken by the American photographer Andy Sweet, is on exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center. Upwards of 20,000 elderly Jews made up nearly half the population of Florida’s South Beach community in the late 1970s—all crowded into an area of barely two square miles like a modern-day shtetl, the small, tightly knit Eastern European villages that defined so much of pre-World War II Jewry. As journalist…

Stop in and enjoy some tropical warmth and greenery with our butterflies! Our orchids are blooming beautifully in these colder days! Come check them out. Open 7 days a week Every day of the year except Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day Year-round: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission of the day sold at 4:30 p.m.  

Three Days of Fabulous February Fun and Fascinating Adventures! Monday, February 17 Mission Impossible, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (2 Sessions)  - All Ages (Registration Required!) - FREE! Ice Sculpture, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM - All Ages - FREE! Old-Fashioned Hot Dog Roast, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM - All Ages (See Flyer For Cost) Face Painting, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM - All Ages - FREE! BTC Entertainment (Magic, Comedy, Ventriloquism), 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - All…

Schools out! Let's race! We will be open all of our normal hours during school vacation week. Come on down this School Vacation and have fun with the whole family! 3 Races for 1 person. Each race is 8min long. Races can be saved for another day. Races never expire. $40.

Winter is a great time to visit Sonny's Place! All of our indoor activities are open and ready for you! Every Sunday, join us for some great acoustic entertainment in the afternoon and with special events like Late Night Laser Tag, there's plenty to do!  Sonny's Place is open all week for President's Week! Visit us daily 11am-7pm! All your favorite indoor activities are open, check them out below! Laser Tag by LaserTron Not your average game of Laser Tag. Join…

Hofbrauhaus Traunstein Dunkel. Strong dark brown with a delicate caramel flavor. Soft to drink with pleasant proud dark ale character, wonderfully full-bodied. Our Dark is brewed according to an old tradition from over 400 years. A beer from the good old times. Price of $15.95 includes: One stein of Traunstein Dunkel, a buffet-themed dinner of German favorites including a carving station featuring a whole roasted pig, live music, prizes, giveaways, and more! Tickets should be purchased in advance and are…

A Wrongful Incarceration Kristine Bunch, Executive Director of JustIS 4 JustUS, Inc., will share her story of wrongful conviction and incarceration and talk about her work to help other exonerees. Kristine spent more than 17 years behind bars after she was arrested and charged with setting a fire that claimed the life of her three-year-old son, Anthony. Although a defense expert testified that the fire was accidental, two experts for the prosecution testified that an accelerant was used and therefore the fire…

“For the Love of the Games” The Center for International Sport Business (CISB) will host a talk by Tim Restall, president of the Hartford Yard Goats on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. in Sleith Hall, Wood Auditorium on the University Campus. This event is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Western New England University Alumni Association. The Hartford Yard Goats are a Minor League Baseball team (Eastern League) and Double-A affiliate of the Colorado…

Visitors to Old Sturbridge Village in February will be treated to a festive story experience in which residents of a 19th century New England town prepare for a seasonal celebration – a winter ball, filled with “warmth and cheer!”  Each trade shop, home, and business on the Village Common will be brought to life by costumed historians as they talk about how 19th- century folks would have prepared for such a lively event.  While such occasions were relatively rare, rural…

Sketch Club – Digital Day: Personal Geographies Create images with digital technology inspired by images from the Finding Home exhibit. Who are we, where are we going, and how can we show it in an image? This class encourages experimentation and skill development using iPads (provided). Check out #nrmsketchclub online. $8, $5 members. Ages 7 and up. FOR KIDS!   (Programs are free for Museum members, children 18 and under, or included with admission, unless otherwise noted. Adult(s) should plan to stay at…

RMS Titanic sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into the ship's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Discover Titanic Where It All Began. Home of the World Famous Titanic Historical Society Collection. The collection covers a broad scope of Titanic’s rich history, from original blueprints of her tank top donated by her builders, Harland & Wolff, to the 21st century where the ship has become a popular icon from…