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  • Living Building Docent Training Series

    Wednesdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25, 1:30pm – 2:30pm Registration required Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center are working together to train docents in the Living Building Challenge and to […]

    FREE
  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program for children ages 6–9 is all about getting kids outside to run, jump, climb, splash, invent, imagine, play and be a free-range kid. There are […]

    $380 – $410
  • Girls into the Wild

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Now going into its fourth year, Girls into the […]

    $355 – $420
  • Moving Toward Zero Waste for Amherst

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Thursday, October 19, 6pm-9pm FREE, Registration appreciated With the League of Women Voters of Amherst, the Recycling and Refuse Management Committee of Amherst, the Sustainability Department of Amherst and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment […]

    FREE
  • Viewing the Night sky

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    with James Lowenthal, Professor of Astronomy at Smith College and active in the International Dark-Sky Association Friday, September 29, 7:15pm Saturday, October 21, 7:00pm Friday, November 10, 6:30pm Saturday, December […]

    FREE
  • Repair Public: An Experiment in Community Fixery

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Sunday, October 22, 1pm- 4pm Repair Public is an exercise in community resourcefulness. The basic idea is to encourage people to learn how and/or where to fix broken items instead of […]

    FREE
  • Repair Public: An Experiment in Community Fixery

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Sunday, October 22, 1pm- 4pm FREE, registration appreciated Repair Public is an exercise in community resourcefulness. The basic idea is to encourage people to learn how and/or where to fix […]

    FREE
  • Homeschool I – Patterns in Nature

    From chipmunk stripes to ladybug spots, spiral seashells to sunflowers, patterns are everywhere you look in nature. In this homeschool class we will discover what makes a pattern and find […]

    $420 – $450
  • Living Building Challenge Docent Training Series

    Wednesdays, October 4, 11, 18, 25, 1:30pm – 2:30pm Registration required Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center are working together to train docents in the Living Building Challenge and to […]

    FREE