2008 Woodie Awards
The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce announced in a statement before Thanksgiving that its Annual Merry Maple celebration will be held Friday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. The Merry Maple celebration begins a weekend-long festivity that includes music, shopping and eating since its start 30 years ago.
Western Massachusetts is a hotspot for locally grown food, but dairy farms that sell locally and commercially are continuing to struggle. In 1997, eight Massachusetts farmers got together to make a little more money for their effort. They started "Our Family Farms" a cooperative of small family-run dairy farms, located in Greenfield.
Recently, the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center received a $12,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation for its Arte y Cultura Initiative. The Initiative is now in its second year of creating visual and performing arts programs designed to inspire dialogue around issues of diversity and build on the creative economy, particularly within the Latin communities within the Pioneer Valley.
The Giving Tree Take an ornament off the tree in the chapel at the Newman Center and fill a child's clothing request this holiday season. Mon Nov. 24 to Sun Dec. 14, 2008 Newman Center Chapel University Health Services Craft Fair Shop for beautiful handmade items at University Health Services' annual craft fair.