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• Daytime Book Group: Act of Oblivion

  • When
    January 28, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  Wednesday, January 28th

  Daytime: 10 am

  Evening: 6 pm

  
  

  From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich,and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.
  

  
  

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• Evening Book Group: Act of Oblivion

  • When
    January 28, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich,and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.
  

  
  

  Please note that the book group will not meet if
  

  Amherst Public Schools call a snow day.
  
  

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• Belly Dancing Exercise Class

  • Start
    February 02, 2026
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  • End
    February 23, 2026
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Belly dancing is an excellent, low-impact exercise, boosting balance, mobility, core strength, posture, and bone health with gentle, flowing movements that are adaptable for different fitness levels and can help with coordination and pelvic floor strength, making it a fun, holistic way to stay active and improve overall well-being. 

  No dance experience necessary. Beginners Welcome!

  Moderated by AWC Member Karen Traub 413-522-1165 or happydancermom@gmail.com.

  
  

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• Songs to Chase the Cold Winter Away

  • When
    February 07, 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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• Meet & Mingle at Protocol

  • When
    February 07, 2026
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    1 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
  • Spaces left
    19

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  Protocol, Amherst MA, Time: 5:30 pm

  Our menu rotates seasonally to provide you with the freshest, local ingredients. We proudly make everything from scratch in house. Ask your server about our house-made desserts - made daily! View our extensive wine menu here and visit for local rotating beer list.

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• Monday Program: Amherst Neighbors

  • When
    February 09, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  The mission of Amherst Neighbors is to create neighbor to neighbor connections, provide access to information and services, and empower elders to maintain socially engaged lives while aging at home. We do this through a variety of virtual social and educational opportunities
  

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• Anika Lopes - When the H is Silent

  • When
    February 12, 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Amherst Woman's Club

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• Agra Student Jazz Ensemble from Amherst College

  • When
    February 15, 2026
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Agra Student Jazz Ensemble from Amherst College

  Named after the historic Indian city, Agra is a student jazz sextet in the Amherst College jazz program. Join these talented musicians for an afternoon of jazz.

  Reis Sears, Drums

  Alec Purrington, Bass

  Nathan Lee, Piano

  Ryan Hughes, Tenor Saxophone

  Lucy Chene, Trumpet

  Sam Kim, Vocalist
  

  
  

  
  

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• Bird Migration Through the Seasons

  • When
    February 23, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Bird Migration through the Seasons
  

  Monday, February 23, 1:30 pm

  Dan Ziomek, a life-long birder and host of “Birdsongs” on 93.9 FM, will discuss how bird species play an important role in keeping our natural world in balance.  Bird migration is the never-ending cycle of comings and goings. The birds that have been with us all winter are beginning to head north, soon to be replaced by birds that moved south for the winter. It is through these migratory shifts that birders like myself have noticed a steady decline in bird populations over time. Birds play an important role in our natural world from pollination to seed dispersal and pest control. Any loss of bird species or population is a loss for all of us. 

  Dan has been birding throughout the valley and beyond all his life. He has led numerous trips in search of birds for the Hampshire Bird Club as well as the Hitchcock Center in Amherst. He also has a radio program on 93.9 The River called “Birdsongs” at 3:30 and 6:30 every weekday. He has been in the gardening business for over thirty years and enjoys helping customers create bird and pollinator friendly gardens. He has lived in Amherst all his life and is married to Emily and they have two wonderful children, Nate and Sophie.

  Free and open to the public

  Refreshments served

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• Daytime Book Group: First Lie Wins

  • When
    February 25, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
  

  
  

  “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.” —Reese Witherspoon

  
  

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• Evening Book Group: First Lie Wins

  • When
    February 25, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

  
  “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.” —Reese Witherspoon
  

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  Amherst Public Schools call a snow day.
  
  

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• Meet & Mingle at Gombo in Northampton

  • When
    March 05, 2026
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    159 Main Street, Northampton, MA 01060
  • Spaces left
    20

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  GOMBO is our little joint on Main Street in Northampton, MA. We are a direct descendant of Chef Wayne's Big Mamou in Springfield.  There is something for everyone here!  Of course, we have endless oysters and spicy jambalayas.  Did you know we have fantastic fried chicken, creative craft cocktails, and inventive weekly specials?  All of our food is made from scratch with fresh thoughtfully sourced ingredients.  Don't like spicy food?  Just tell us.  We can and will create the perfect meal for you!
  

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• Monday Program: Color Interior Design

  • When
    March 09, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Monday Program

  & Tea

  Color Interior Design

  Free and open to the public

  

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• Ruth Sanderson - My Fairy Tale Life

  • When
    March 12, 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Amherst Woman's Club

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   My Fairy Tale Life

  Local artist Ruth Sanderson has  illustrated over ninety books for children, including her own retellings of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Papa Gatto, Cinderella, Goldilocks, and The Snow Princess. She won the Young Hoosier Award for her original fairy tale entitled The Enchanted Wood, and the Texas Bluebonnet Award for The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring. Her illustrations have been included in exhibitions around the country, and her fairy tale illustrations were featured at the Norman Rockwell Museum in a solo exhibition in 2014. She recently finished her first novel titled The Mirror of Truth, a retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, inspired by her love of fairy tales.  Ruth lives with her family in Easthampton, Massachusetts. To learn more about her work, visit www.ruthsanderson.com.

  
  

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• Judie Terapulsky (owner of Judie's Restaurant)

  • When
    March 23, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Judie’s Restaurant was the culmination of cooking since the age of ten with my first job baking for the Aspen Music Festival during rehearsal coffee breaks, and baking for the local drug store, “Pies Like Grandma Made” at age 11! My dad was the principal cellist there during the summers. I did that until I was 18 and left for college.

  After school, I came to Amherst because my family moved here, and started my baking/waitressing career at the Lord Jeffry Inn which leap frogged me to opening Judie’s Restaurant in 1977. I wanted to get the “Wow” reaction to food that a great dessert gets, enter the Popover!

  Food was my form of theater and art, expressing it through texture, color, flavor, and visual and fun/strange combinations. When we delivered our creations to the customer we’d get a “Wow!” 

  “Expect the Unexpected” was my motto! Being a small restaurant to start, I tried many artsy unorthodox ideas through my early menus. Our interiors also elicited a “Wow” from on street greenhouse seating, hand painted tables and rotating 200 plus paintings on the walls. Being in a Five College area we had customers from all over the world visit Judie’s restaurant and request similar items in their home towns which started many wide spread food/drink innovations.

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• Daytime Book Group: Klara and the Sun

  • When
    March 25, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). AGOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick!

  
  

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• Evening Book Group: Klara and the Sun

  • When
    March 25, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes our view of the world. This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press). AGOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick!
  

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• AWC Annual Flower Show and Sale

  • When
    March 28, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  AWC Spring Flower Show & Sale

  Saturday, March 28th

  10:00am - 2:00pm

  
  

  A wonderful introduction to the sights and smells of SPRING!

  
  

  You are invited to enjoy flowers, flowers, gifts, fun and friends at the

  Spring Flower Show. Bring Friends and Family.

  
  

  Members & Friends: It’s all hands on deck as we gather, donate, and arrange flowers and plants for sale in our beautiful house. Donations will be received on Friday afternoon from 4 – 6:00 p.m. Begin thinking about how you will share in the work and the fun! For more information contact Vicki at (508) 954-7704.

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• Monday Program: Tea and Poetry

  • When
    April 06, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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• Rani Parker, specialist in cooperate-community investment, discusses her personal journey.

  • When
    April 09, 2026
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Amherst Woman's Club

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• Meet & Mingle at Bistro 63, Amherst, MA

  • When
    April 10, 2026
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    63 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
  • Spaces left
    20

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  Modern American restaurant and cocktail bar serving contemporary New England dishes with a commitment to supporting local farms, brewers and distilleries. Bistro 63 regularly features seasonal specials using locally grown produce, an ever changing draft list of local and legendary brews, and seasonal cocktail list! As of 2018 we are proud to feature a 100% organic, biodynamic, and sustainable wine list.
  

  
  

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• Elm Chamber Ensemble

  • When
    April 12, 2026
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  ELM CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
  

  Duo, string trio, piano trio and piano quartet master works presented by an ensemble of versatile musicians.

  A native Taiwanese, Yu-Mei Wei, pianist, has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Taiwan. As the first Taiwanese musician to tour in Poland, she treated crowds in Warsaw, Poznan, Blawistok, and Kalisz with memorable performances. A passion for chamber music propelled Ms. Wei in 1994 to form the Taipei Fine Arts Trio which performed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. The Taipei Fine Arts Trio has released 3 recordings: Taipei Fine Arts Trio, Musical Feast from Chi Mei (Piano Trio I), and Millennium 2000. Ms. Wei’s most recent CD is New England Trios for Bridge Records.
  

  Joel Pitchon, violinist, is an active soloist, concertmaster, chamber music player, and Professor Emeritus of Music at Smith College. He has served as the concertmaster for numerous orchestras, including the Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona (Spain), the EOS Chamber Orchestra (NY), the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (guest), and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra (guest). The New York Times noted his playing in the EOS production of Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat as “...superb...” New England Trios is his most recent critically acclaimed CD released by Bridge Records. Mr. Pitchon is a founding member of the Elm Chamber Ensemble.

  Anthony Berner, violin and viola, is a founding member of the Elm Chamber Ensemble and the Deerfield Trio. He has performed as soloist and in chamber music concerts at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the 92nd Street Y. He has also performed at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Saint-Maximin Festival de Musique and the East Hampton Longhouse Festival. Mr. Berner is a graduate of Harvard University where he studied with Leon Kirschner. He is a Trustee of the Marlboro School of Music and is currently on the music performance faculty at Smith College and Deerfield Academy, where he teaches violin, viola and chamber music.

  Volcy Pelletier, cellist, is a native of France. Recognized as a highly effective teacher, Volcy is on the faculty of Smith College, and is currently a member of the Sage Chamber Music Society and Elm Chamber Ensemble. She may be heard on her most recent critically acclaimed CD New England Trios, presented on the Bridge label. Volcy has been featured in chamber music concerts and recitals on both sides of the Atlantic. La Vanguardia, in Barcelona, Spain, proclaimed her performance as “…masterfully interpreted…” An active chamber music performer, Volcy was a founding member of the Concert Players String Trio in London, the Forster String Trio and Kinor String Quartet in New York City. As a member of the Laurentian String Quartet, Volcy held a residency at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She was the acting principal cellist of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra in Spain and, while living in London, Volcy frequently participated in concerts of the London Symphony Orchestra.

  
  

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• AWC Members' Spring Luncheon

  • When
    April 20, 2026
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    12:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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• Daytime Book Group: Ina Garten. Be ready when the Luck Happens

  • When
    April 29, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.

  
  

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• Evening Book Group: Ina Garten, Be Ready When the Luck Happens

  • When
    April 29, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library

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  In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
  

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• Cantabile Vocal Ensemble

  • When
    May 03, 2026
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Monarchs, Mishaps and Mosquitos

  Stories in song with Cantabile Vocal Ensemble

  
  

  Cantabile's newest program is a mélange of legends, vignettes, Bible stories and tall tales sung in five languages and set to music spanning half a millennium, from a motet found in the Medici Codex of 1518 to works composed last year for the group by local composer Clifton J. (Jerry) Noble.  There are several pieces about rulers like King David and England's Queen Elizabeth I, as well as accounts of unfortunate events, including a shipwreck that turns into a Christmas party, a king bewitched by mermaids, a gullible knight, and a rather naughty mosquito.  Several Renaissance composers are featured, among them Palestrina, Gesualdo and Weelkes.  In addition to Noble's pieces, other more recent music will be heard, such as arrangements of an African-American spiritual and a song by English composer Herbert Howells, and prominent poets like Walter de la Mare, Robert Frost and Heinrich Heine will have their words sung.

  Cantabile is a six-voice self-directed ensemble based in the Pioneer Valley that specializes in a cappella performances of vocal chamber music from the European Renaissance, as well as music of other eras up to the present. The group was founded in 2001, and since then has sung in many dozens of concerts throughout the Valley and beyond. Their most recent performance at the Woman's Club was their "Triumphs and Laments" program in December 2024. Cantabile’s current members are Aidan Linden, James Mead, Katrina Turner, Maki Matsui, Nina Wurgaft and Peter Shea. Mezzo soprano Justina Golden (a former member) will be joining the group in several pieces.

  
  

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• Monday Program

  • When
    May 04, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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  Monday Program

  Tea & Poetry

  Free and open to the public

  

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