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Upcoming Events

Paradise East Open Mic Night
Arts Night Out | Friday, June 9, 2023 | 6 - 8 pm | Free
On the Grounds of Historic Northampton

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Christopher Sparks reads a poem at the
Paradise East Open Mic Night in 2022
Please join us for the Kick-Off of the 2023 Season of Paradise East Open Mic Night.
 
Take advantage of Arts Night Out and then come to the grounds of Historic Northampton to enjoy a relaxing evening of performances by your friends and Valley neighbors.
 
Music, poetry, comedy, dance ... name your talent and please share it!
 
Bring a chair, blanket and picnic to Historic Northampton's grounds.
 
Each performance will be about 5 minutes long.  Children and teens encouraged; all welcome.


Performers take note: Microphones, full sound system, and sound engineer on-site.
 
Open Mic Night is held in partnership with
  • Downtown Northampton Association
  • Fiddle Orchestra of Western Massachusetts
  • Graves Avenue Association
  • Northampton Neighbors
  • Ward 3 Neighborhood Association
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Revolution and Rebellion: It Happened Here
A Walking Tour with Nick DeLuca, Interpretive Program Manager, Historic Northampton
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
9 - 10:30 am

REGISTER 6.14.23
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
9 - 10:30 am

REGISTER 6.15.23
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Saturday, June 17, 2023
9 - 10:30 am

REGISTER 6.17.23
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In the 1770s and 1780s, the American Revolution and subsequent events fractured Northampton and its families. In this walk through downtown, we will learn about local revolutionaries — among them Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, and Joseph Maminash, Jr. (Mohegan/Podunk/Nonotuck) — and Tory loyalists, such as Israel Williams and Timothy Dwight.

Historic Northampton Interpretive Program Manager Nick Deluca will discuss how the revolution transformed downtown and helped create the conditions that led to Shays Rebellion, an uprising of western Massachusetts farmers who mobbed the Northampton court in 1786 to stop farm foreclosures.  Their actions, and others, led to the creation of the United States Constitution.


Pre-registration is required.
Limited to 18 participants.
Sliding scale admission: $10 to $25 per person.

Learn More & Register


Illustrations by Thomas M. Shepherd from Seth Pomeroy's Ride: Northampton to Bunker Hill souvenir booklet, 1911
Zikina: A Concert at Historic Northampton
Saturday, July 1, 2023 | 6:30 to 8 pm
​A Free Concert on the Grounds of Historic Northampton

Les Boulevardiers
Back by popular demand and playing songs from their new album, Awaken!

Composed of musicians from across continents and cultures, Zikina creates new and beautiful music that will get you dancing, clapping, and connecting with the people around you.

The group is led by Uganda native Gideon Ampeire, who will draw you in with a variety of traditional East African instruments, including enanga (zither), adungu (harp), and kalimba (thumb piano) - all of which he builds himself.  Joining Ampeire is Northampton’s Mike Cardozo on guitar, Roston Kirk on bass and Kurt Eisele-Dyrli on drums. Together, the four weave a sonic landscape that flows seamlessly from intense grooves to joyous dance beats with dreamy textures. Gideon's vocals cut powerfully through the fabric or float lightly above. It all adds up to something completely unique, yet immediately accessible.

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Reading Frederick Douglass Together
A Public Reading of Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July Address
Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 11:30 am
On the Grounds of Historic Northampton
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UMass Amherst Assistant Professor Sarah Patterson reads a passage from Frederick Douglass's speech
at the Reading Frederick Douglass Together 2022 event sponsored by Mass Humanities
and Historic Northampton.

Reading Frederick Douglass Together brings people together to read aloud Frederick Douglass’s speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

The event will take place on Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 11:30 am outdoors on the grounds of Historic Northampton.  Copies of Douglass’ speech will be distributed to all in attendance. The public can take turns reading passages from it in succession.  People may simply attend or attend and read. The event is free and open to the public.

The speech was first delivered in 1852, in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York to the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. The themes addressed in the speech still resonate with Americans more than 150 years after they were written.  Now more than ever, the speech forces us to reckon with the legacy of slavery and the promises of democracy.
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Frederick Douglass had strong ties to the Northampton Association of Education and Industry in Florence and spoke in downtown Northampton in the 1840s about slavery and the abolitionist movement.

Rain date: Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:30 am

200 chairs will be available.  Feel free to bring your own chair.
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During the reading, the grounds are closed to dog walking. Certified service dogs only, please.

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Moving the 1805 Shepherd Barn, November 5, 2022 | Bill Holloway Photography

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46 Bridge Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
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  • About
    • About Historic Northampton
    • What's On View >
      • Main Street Exhibit
      • The Sarah Strong Chest
    • Hours and Directions
    • Board-Staff
    • Legal/Financial
  • Programs
    • Upcoming Programs
    • Past Programs 2022
    • Help I am not receiving email messages
  • Explore
    • Collections & Research
    • History at Home >
      • Videos
      • Interactive Witch Trial
      • Paper Dolls
      • Hidden Histories
      • Scavenger Hunts
      • Coloring Pages
      • Brain Teasers
      • Peg Doll Hunts
      • Jonathan Edwards Prayer Requests
    • Properties >
      • Parsons House
      • Damon House
      • Shepherd House
      • Shepherd Barn 2020
      • The Bridge Street School Sprouts
    • Educational Websites
    • Historic Highlights
    • COVID-19 Stories >
      • Vaccination Photos
      • Submit Your COVID Story
      • Children React
      • Family and Neighborhood Fun
      • It's a New World
      • Hope and Togetherness
      • Images
      • How Illness Feels
      • Brings Forth Memory
      • Blessings and the New Busy
      • Fear and Worry
  • Indigenous Native History
    • Native Histories in Nonotuck
    • Nonotuck Histories Essay by Margaret M. Bruchac
    • Recovering Nonotuck Histories Photo Essay
    • Profiles of Native People
    • Extended Biographies of Native People
    • Nonotuck to Northampton Maps
    • Native LIves Bibliography
  • History of Slavery
    • About the Slavery Research Project
    • Black Enslaved People
    • Free Black People
    • Native Enslaved People
    • Enslavers of People
    • Relationship Map
    • Timeline of Slavery in Northampton
  • DONATE
    • Make a Donation
    • WAYS TO GIVE
    • Join the Email List
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • IRA Giving
    • Stock Giving
    • Donate to the Collection
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