Latino Community Empowerment Advisory Council Informational Community Forum - Housing
2026-06-03 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Governor Maura Healey’s Latino Community Empowerment Advisory Council (LEAC) is organizing a statewide tour to hear what’s happening in communities, answer your questions, and share what we’re seeing on the ground. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by emailing govcommunityaffairs@mass.gov.

Virtual Meetings Made Simple
2026-06-04 17:30 - 19:00
This beginner-level course is designed for adults aged 18 and older who want to build confidence and essential skills in using computers and the internet. Whether you’re returning to school, preparing for the workforce, or simply looking to improve your digital literacy, this class offers a supportive environment to learn at your own pace.
What You’ll Learn:

Turning On/Off a Computer or DeviceLearn the proper steps to start up and shut down computers, laptops, and other common devices.

Using a Mouse or TrackpadPractice basic functions like clicking, double-clicking, scrolling, and dragging using a mouse or touchpad.

Keyboard ShortcutsDiscover helpful shortcuts that can save time and make tasks easier.

Using Web BrowsersGet comfortable opening and navigating internet browsers like Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

Conducting Searches & Navigating WebsitesLearn how to search for information, explore websites, and understand web addresses (URLs).

Creating, Sending & Replying to EmailsSet up an email account, write messages, attach files, and manage your inbox effectively.

Uploading and Downloading FilesLearn how to move files to and from your device safely, including attachments, images, and documents.

Using Basic Features in Google DocsCreate, edit, and share documents using Google Docs — a free and widely used online word processor.

Creating and Managing Strong PasswordsUnderstand how to create secure passwords and keep your accounts safe.

Using Platforms Like Google MeetGet familiar with joining virtual meetings, using your camera and microphone, and navigating video call features.

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the digital skills needed for school, work, and everyday life. No prior computer experience is required — just a willingness to learn!

Revolutionary Artstories
2026-06-04 17:30 - 19:00
Join us on June 4 for the grand opening of Revolutionary Artstories @ Holyoke Media! Artists from across the Valley have been creating work as mentor/mentee pairs responding to Mass Humanities theme during the 250th: “Promises of the Revolution” 5:30 refreshments, 6 pm start with artists sharing their process .

GWYN - Deadname - Schooner - Velveteen
2026-06-06 08:00 - 17:00
Doors at 6, music at 7.
$5

Holyoke Biking & Pedestrian Committee Meeting
2026-06-10 17:30 - 19:30
Holyoke Media Conference Room
Agenda Forthcoming

Gaia Roots World Music Ensemble and the Valley Rhythm Keepers
2026-06-10 18:00 - 20:00
Join in for a LIVE Gaia Roots concert featuring drummers Aimee Gelinas, Shanti Stark and Dan Cohen with dancers Alpha “Kabisko” Kaba, Miguel Periche and Noel Staples-Freeman and the intergenerational drum group The Valley Rhythm Keepers led by Aimee and Dan of Gaia Roots opening up! This incredible line up will bring traditional West African and Caribbean drum, song, guitar and dance to you all while being recorded on LIVE TV! Bring your friends and family, there is theater style seating in the recording studio. Suggested donation at the door. Email aimee@gaiaroots.com for more info. Please RSVP via Facebook “Going” so we can get a head count! Hope to see you there, please share. Doors open at 6:30 so come early!

This project has been supported in part by a grant from the Holyoke Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts: Honoring Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico
2026-06-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-20 18:00 - 20:00
“Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts”:
Honoring Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico (2026 edition)
Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller, organizers.
Cuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)
Haiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande
Puerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí
June 19-21, 2026
Workshops: Lyman Park, Holyoke, MA. (June 19-20, 4-5PM)
Performances Holyoke Media Center, Holyoke, MA. (June 19-21, 6-8PM)
Service: Congregational Church, Old Lyme, CT. (June 22, 10AM)
We gather in Holyoke, MA., to honor the cultural systems of the circum-Caribbean as an innovating force in Our Americas. This third annual Juneteenth event highlights the spirituality of Caribbean peoples, while recognizing Holyoke as an extension of the Caribbean through its contemporary Puerto Rican, Dominican, Haitian, Cuban and other island populations. Our program title, ‘Afro-Caribbean history through the arts’, welcomes all to meet some of the best folk artists of this genre, who will guide and teach us about the collective genius of Caribbean peoples, through inherited methods of evoking and memorializing their history within a sacred context.
Our artists are initiates into Afro-Caribbean systems — traditions that have developed over the centuries to teach mutual respect and co-existence — whose performance art sustains collective support
for the expression of visions and sentiments. Our Juneteenth celebration embraces the African heritage of the Caribbean as integral to the history of New England. As evoked by Herman Melville in Moby Dick, as exemplified by the DeWolf family of Rhode Island, as well as the Amistad ship in Mystic, Connecticut, the historic wealth of our coastal communities was developed through Atlantic shipping routes and Caribbean plantations. Today, this history is being recovered through research, for example by members of the Congregational Church of Old Lyme, who have worked to identify and memorialize the enslaved Africans and descendants in their community, as reflected in their African burial ground. Understanding the value of ancestors in our lives (even if to appreciate the traditions and ideas they left for us), the artists will lead us through songs and dance to honor the deceased who impact our lives positively, to evoke their legacies, whether they came from the Kongo, China, Native America, Europe, and to recall how they fought colonial bondage to give us sovereignty, as we continue to struggle for justice in the present. Responding to a sequence of images from paintings created by culture bearers in the Haitian and Cuban ritual systems, the artists will evoke a variety of artistic practices of their regions, to demonstrate their affirmation of life and of collective power in community action.Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller, organizers.
Cuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)
Haiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande
Puerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí
June 19-21, 2026
Workshops: Lyman Park, Holyoke, MA. (June 19-20, 4-5PM)
Performances Holyoke Media Center, Holyoke, MA. (June 19-21, 6-8PM)
Service: Congregational Church, Old Lyme, CT. (June 22, 10AM)

The Flywheel Arts Collective Presents: Downtown Boys -- Perennial
2026-06-24 19:00 - 23:00
DOWNTOWN BOYS
Dance punk devotees return to Flywheel to promote their first album in 9 years. Out on Sub Pop Records June 26!
PERENNIAL
Modernist punk from CT/Western Mass.

Masters of Sonic Liberation
2026-06-25 19:30 - 22:00
Masters of Sonic Liberation is a groundbreaking monthly music series aiming to captivate your senses and push the boundaries of sonic creation. Presented by Bonnie Kane and John Loggia of the KaneLoggiaHYPOTHESIS, the series is a gateway to a universe of limitless musical exploration, fueled by the expansive imagination of master musicians who have left the norms and abandoned the pop, easy listening and pre-fab culture, to continually investigate and create music of the greatest depth and personal expression that reaches directly into the algebra of the mind, heart, and soul. You are invited to witness wildly expressive improvisations, scintillating in their immediacy, an expression of the intersection of time and place known as the NOW.
From improvisation and free jazz to noise, avant-garde, electronic manipulations, and modern composition, our lineup encompasses a wide spectrum of sonic expressions that defy conventional categorization. The unifying principle of these artists is their dedication to exploratory, hypothetical, investigational, probing, observational, theoretical, innovative, inventive, radical, avant-garde, anti-normative, alternative, fringe, unfamiliar, unorthodox, unconventional, unusual, eccentric, avant-garde, avant-core, free thinking, way-out music.
Whether it’s a solo performance that pushes the boundaries of traditional instruments, or a dynamic ensemble blending a symphony of unconventional sounds, we present encounters with the avant-garde that will leave you mesmerized. From hauntingly exquisite melodies to ear-bending dissonance, Masters of Sonic Liberation offers an unique live experience with virtuoso artists, where every note is a testament to audacious creativity.
The live shows are streamed at:
https://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_facebook
https://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_youtube
Past performances can be found on Youtube. http://youtube.com/@mastersofsonicliberation
Masters of Sonic Liberation: Where the intangible becomes tangible; where sound becomes magic.
