Upcoming Programs
Shake Your Soul on Historic Northampton's Grounds
Hayley Spizz, Certified Instructor
Tuesday, July 13, 27 and August 10, 2021 | 5 - 6 pm
Since the 1830s, when Sylvester Graham first championed the benefits of exercise, to the present, Northampton residents have promoted and participated in a wide variety of physical activities. This summer, join Hayley Spizz on Historic Northampton’s grounds for an hour of Shake Your Soul, a fluid and fun movement event. Experience the joy of dance, release tension, nurture your body and soul, and delight in this dynamic practice. Hayley Spizz is a Certified Instructor in Shake Your Soul: The Yoga of Dance.
 
All ages, levels of movement/dance experience, and fitness welcome.
No registration required. Free. Canceled in the event of rain.

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Let the (Unplugged) Games Begin!
Kelsey Flynn, Improv Comedian and Actor
Thursdays, July 22, July 29, August 5 or August 12, 2021 | 10 - 11:30 am
Kids from far and wide are invited to join improv comedian and PaintBox Theatre actor Kelsey Flynn for a morning of outdoor fun and shenanigans. They’ll spend their time together playing old-time favorites like sack races, three-legged races, and banana tag, and then wrap up their time together with an improv storytelling game involving one of the many iconic legends of Northampton-like the great Northampton National Bank Robbery of 1876! Participants will have the chance to re-tell their story together in small groups using a simple improv story structure with their own cast of characters they come up with on the spot. Then the fun culminates in a no-pressure sharing with a small audience of their family members.

Registration is required.
Ages: First through fifth graders.
Limited to 12.
Sliding Scale Admission: $5-15.

Kelsey Flynn is an improviser and teacher with over 25 years of experience. She has taught elementary-school improv locally in Northampton and Amherst in afterschool programs as well as at Western Massachusetts’ only improv theater, Happier Valley Comedy.
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Explore the Solar System with the Exo-Planeteers!
Saturday, July 24, 2021 | 2 - 3:30 pm
Can electrocuting a pickle teach you about the stars?Can oil and water show you how the earth was formed? Learn scientific history while you answer these questions and more! The Follette Lab is an astronomy research group at Amherst College and are hosting an event to show the public how the most simple science experiments are related to the forces that have shaped our entire universe, and how we study them. Talk with real astronomers (and astronomers in-training) from Amherst College, and ask all your astronomy questions!

Free. 
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