Community Calendar

Smith performance faculty members explore the famed duos for violin and piano, violin show pieces, and piano trio repertoire. This recital will feature the music of Messiaen, Beethoven, Sarasate, Price, and Smetana. Join violinist Robyn Quinnett, pianist Jiayan Sun, and cellist Marie-Volcy Pelletier in collaboration for a thrilling evening of beautiful music.

Celebrate National Poetry Month at Next Stage with an evening of poetry, conversation, and dancing! Join poet Diana Whitney for the release of her new book, Girl Trouble, which readers are calling “unstoppable” and “deeply subversive.”

Girl Trouble excavates the terrain of female adolescence in a brazen journey through rape culture from the 1980s to the #MeToo era. Whitney’s earthy poems spill secrets, make trouble, and reckon with stories of desire and harm while exploring the agency and oppression of women and girls. Deeply rooted in the natural world, the collection grieves the planet’s degradation even as it celebrates queerness and seeks healing for the next generation. By the end, a chorus of voices rises to a full-throated roar, revealing the power and release of truth-telling. This is a book for survivors and advocates, for mothers and daughters, and for anyone moving through trauma with resilience.

Whitney is a queer writer and educator who believes fiercely in the power of poetry to connect us to ourselves and one another. She is the editor of the bestselling anthology You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, winner of the Claudia Lewis Award, and the author of two previous poetry collections, Wanting It and Dark Beds. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications. An advocate for survivors of sexual violence in her Vermont hometown and beyond, Whitney works as a developmental editor and community organizer for a rural LGBTQ+ nonprofit.

Whitney will be in conversation with poet Eve Alexandra, whose prize-winning collection None of Us in White was released in 2025.

Snacks will be provided, a cash bar will be available, and books will be for sale from Everyone’s Books.

Featuring work by the following senior Studio Art majors: Ilana Diddams, Rowan Howe, Joan Kobayashi, Isa Norris-Howard, Sarah Seligman, and Eloise Van Meter.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, 2026 at 4-6 p.m.

GARDENING FOR TODAY & TOMORROW

Saturday, April 11, 2026
9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Lenox Memorial Middle & High School
Lenox, MA

Doors open at 8:00 AM for Registration, Vendor Sales, Environmental Organization Tables, Puzzle Sale, Used Gardening Book Sale,. Houseplant Sale & FREE Refreshments.

9:00AM : Keynote Address: Sustainable Landscaping to Support Berkshires Wildlife by Nicaela Haig : Mass Audubon Naturalist

11:00AM :
A. Kitchen Medicine: Cooking with Herbs with Hannah Morano : Founder of Sweet Birch Herbals
B. Invasive Species of Western Mass with Diane Van Kempen : WMMGA MG
C. Growing Better Blueberries with John Galvan, M.S., Small Fruit Extension Educator III, Mass Extension
D. Deer Defense: How to Outwit the Wiliest of Wildlife with Chris Ferrero, Cornell MG
E. Localizing Your Landscapes with Native Trees and Shrubs with Jay Vinskey

Log onto: wmmga.org for registration information.

Join us every Saturday 9:30AM to 1:30PM from now through April 25th in the Wilton Mall food court!

Shop from 50+ local vendors while you listen to live music.

Make the Saratoga Farmers’ Market part of your weekly shopping plan. Come visit the market — We are the Saturday Place to Be!

Free with museum admission, Kids, teens, and Members free. Reservations required for family tours.  

Inspired by the Illustrators of Light exhibition, kids and families can explore how Norman Rockwell and other artists captured attention and sold ideas through illustration. These artists didn’t just tell stories; they designed advertisements to make products irresistible and showcase everyday life in captivating ways. Take a tour with one of our educators, to learn more, then see if you have what it takes to create an eye-catching advertisement just like the masters!

Family Tours at 10:15 pm, 11:30 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm
Tours Recommended for ages 5-12; reservations required

Drop-In Artmaking activities – 10 am to 4 pm
All ages welcome; no reservations required

50th Annual Spring Antiques Show and Sale

April is Earth Month, and the Columbia NE Repair Café can think of no better way to show gratitude to our planet than by keeping perfectly good things out of the trash. On Saturday, April 11, the Repair Café will hold its next free event at Austerlitz Town Hall, 816 NY-203, Spencertown, from 10 am to 2 pm. Residents are invited to bring broken, worn, or beloved-but-damaged items to be repaired at no charge by a talented team of volunteer fixers — because one of the most sustainable thing you can do is keep using what you already own.
This month’s event puts a special spotlight on textile repair — a fitting tribute to Earth Month — textiles are among the most commonly discarded items in American households. The Repair Café will be joined by skilled machine and hand sewers, darners, knitters, and experienced textile workers ready to breathe new life into garments and fabric items that might otherwise end up in a landfill. Whether it’s a torn seam, a favorite sweater with a hole, a skirt with a lost button, or a worn hem, April 11 is the day to bring it in.
“Every item we fix is a small act of gratitude to the Earth,” said Cara Humphrey, one of the event’s organizers. “And our textile volunteers are genuinely talented — if you’ve been holding onto something you love because you know it’s fixable, this is your moment.”
And if you’re looking to keep the Earth Month spirit going, stay tuned — Austerlitz will be hosting an Earth Day Festival the following weekend.
What Else Will Be Fixed
In addition to the textile repair focus, volunteer fixers will work on bicycles, clocks, lamps, small wood furniture, electrical and mechanical repairs, small jewelry repair, lawn mowers, and more — including 3D printing for select repairs. The two-item-per-person limit helps ensure everyone gets attention from a fixer.
A note for those bringing textiles: clothing and fabric items must be clean before arrival.

Author and Mafia Historian Justin Cascio’s latest book is about a hidden piece of Springfield’s history.
Has a woman ever been a Mafia boss?

How did the Mafia come to Springfield, Massachusetts?

What was life like for a bootlegger during Prohibition?

Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts is the true story of the Mafia in Springfield, Massachusetts, during Prohibition, how the Springfield crew became part of the Genovese Family’s empire, and the woman who made it all happen.

Join us for Justin’s presentation, after which there will be a Q&A with the author and a book signing. Books are available to borrow from the Springfield City Library and will be available to purchase at the event.

Sustainable Saratoga and Skidmore College invite you to join us for the Saratoga Sustainability Fair on Saturday, April 11, from 10am - 2pm at Skidmore's Center Intramural Gym. The Sustainability Fair is a free community event celebrating sustainability awareness and opportunities.
https://sustainablesaratoga.org/saratoga-sustainability-fair/