2012
November 8
A Sense of Place
10 Memorial Street, Blue & White Room
Thursday, 7:00–9:00 pm, FREE
with David Brule, John Currie, Bill Danielson & Wally Swist
Celebrate the land, history and life of our towns. Join these talented authors and performers in an evening of songs, stories, and poetry inspired by the natural world, past and present.
Sponsored by the Franklin Land Trust and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
November 15, 17, & 18
Christmas Sampler
Better Living Center
1305 Memorial Avenue
West Springfield, MA 01089
(GPS- 875 Memorial Avenue, Gate 9 Entrance)
Friday, 12 pm – 7 pm
Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm
$8 Adults; $1 children under 12
Click here for coupon or to learn more about the Christmas Sampler.
October 2012
October 13th
Jurassic Roadshow on the Amherst Common
In the center of Amherst, Massachusetts Saturday, October 13, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Roadshow will be there under a big tent, rain or shine!
FREE! For more information go to the Jurassic Roadshow web site
September 2012
September 15 – October 8
Robert Strong Woodward in Deerfield
An exhibition of paintings by artist Robert Strong Woodward (1885 – 1957), including landscapes and his celebrated window pictures, will be held at the Memorial Hall Museum of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 5 Memorial St., in Old Deerfield, MA. Presented by the Friends of Robert Strong Woodward. The exhibit will open as part of the Old Deerfield Fall Arts and Crafts Festival September 15 & 16.
Your $ 7.00 admission grants access to the exhibition, the museum’s collections and the Fall Arts and Crafts Festival.
The exhibit can also be seen starting Tuesday September 17th through Columbus Day. The museum is open 11:00 to 4:30 Tuesday through Sunday.
Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for youth ages 6 to 21.
For more information visit RobertStrongWoodward.com.
February 2012
Saturday, February 24 & Sunday, February 25 FREE ADMISSION
Commemoration of the 1704 Raid on Deerfield
See the whole 1704 story .
(For background into the story see our website: Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 )
Join us on Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26, 2012, for the Commemoration of the 1704 Raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts.The Indian House Children’s Museum, located at #107 Old Main Street in Old Deerfield, will come alive with historical re-enactors representing English settlers, French soldiers, and their Native American allies who were involved in the raid. There will be demonstrations, displays and hands-on activities for families. On Saturday at 2:00, a battle reenactment will be held on the Deerfield Academy soccer fields located at the end of Old Albany Road. The Red Brick Church, located just up the street at #77 Old Main Street, will 
feature a program each day of period music and historical presentations. Admission is free to all of these events!
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March 2012
East to West—Stories, Games, and Festivals
March 3rd, and Fridays and Saturdays March 9-31
10:00 am–4:00 pm
4th annual family-friendly Big Read art & history exhibit around the themes of The Joy Luck Club at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls.
Community Reception March 3rd, 1:00-3:00 pm.
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March 10
T. Susan Chang at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Cooking up Memories
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March 28
Craft Night at Deja Brew in Wendell
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April 2012
April 14East Meets Western Massachusetts Speaker Day
3:00 pm
Chinese Dance Performance
Culminating event following East Meets Western Massachusetts Speaker Day. Chinese Folk Art Workshopperforming arts troupe comes to the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, also co-sponsored by the Pioneer Valley History Network. All welcome, fun for all ages.
April 14
Patriots’ Day 
Celebration
Patriots’ Day Celebration – Tory Tavern at Indian House. The Indian House Memorial/Children’s Museum will be open on Saturday, April 14 as a Tory Tavern, complete with historical Tory re-enactors. This event is being sponsored in conjunction with Historic Deerfield, Inc. who is providing the Patriot re-enactors. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm; admission is free to the Tory Tavern.
June 2012
June 16 & 17
Old Deerfield Summer Craft Fair
Saturday, 10 am – 5 -m
Sunday, 10 am – 4 pm
Join us in Old Deerfield for our ever-popular Summer Craft Fair. Click herefor general and special event information.
Weather permitting, some antique cars such as this 1931 Ford Model A Tudor deluxe sedan painted black and Washington Blue and a 1935 Ford Truck will be on display at the June 16 & 17 Deerfield Craft Fair—and hopefully the Deerfield Volunteer Fire Department’s 192 firetruck.
July 2012
July 4
Stone Soul Peter Brace Brigade and Mass 54th Colored Troops
Fourth of July Celebration
10 am–3 pm FREE
Memorial Hall Museum in Old Deerfield, MA
Westmorland Town Band 3 pm
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SUMMER LECTURE SERIES
Digging for Truth: Uncovering Early African American Presence and Experience in the North
This year’s lecture series is jointly sponsored by Historic Deerfield, Inc. and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. The series and PVMA’s African Americans in Early Rural New England Project are funded through grants from the 1772 Foundation, the Institute for Museum and Library Services , Mass Humanities, the National Park Service, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
All lectures are free and open to the public, and will be offered at 7:30 p.m. at the Deerfield Community Center on Memorial Street.
July 12
The Worm in the Apple: Slavery and Race in Early New England
Joanne Pope Melish, Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky and author of Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation and “Race” in New England, 1789-1860
July 19
The Emerging Face of Northern Bondage: An Archaeological Perspective
Alexandra Chan, Site Archaeologist, Royall House and Slave Quarters, Isaac Royall House Museum, Medford, MA co-presenting with Thomas Lincoln, Executive Director, Royall House and Slave Quarters, Medford, MA.
July 26
The New York African Burial Ground Project
Warren R. Perry, Professor of Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University and Archaeological Director of The Archaeology Laboratory for African and African Diaspora Studies.
Dr. Perry will be introduced by Robert Paynter, Professor of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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OTHER JULY & AUGUST EVENTS
July 1 – August 26
2012 Old Deerfield Sunday Afternoon Concert Series
Sundays at 3:00 pm, July 1st–August 26th
Join us for beautiful chamber music performed in the lovely Victorian setting of Memorial Hall Museum’s Music Room, 8 Memorial Street, Deerfield.
Tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Seniors/Students; available at door
