Cultural Heritage Fair

The PGO is hosting a "Cultural Heritage Fair" on Wednesday, May 23.  If you, your child(ren), or someone you know can share your/their talent, skills, or treasures with the Fort River community to showcase a cultural heritage, be it generationally inherited or just recently adopted, please contact Reiko Sono, via email (rsono@asianlan.umass.edu).

We welcome any genre, from music and dance to martial arts, craft, etc, at any skill levels.  Please help us make this event interesting, educational, and, most importantly, FUN!

Weekend Activities - UMass Football Clinic and Soccerfest

UMASS Athletics FREE Football clinic for kids
UMASS Athletics Department is offering a FREE youth football clinic for all kids 12 and under!  This clinic is on Saturday, April 28th from 1:00-2:30pm at McGuirk Stadium, and will be run by the UMass Football team. The clinic will feature football drills and other fun athletic activities and will be preceded by a FREE autograph session with the team from 12:30-1:00pm.

Following the Sports Clinic there will be a UMass Spring Football Game, which will pair the Minutemen against a team of alumni players. The Spring Football Game is set to kick off at 4pm at McGuirk Stadium.

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Soccerfest
Come on Saturday April 28th to the 10th anniversary of SoccerFest at UMass!  The ‘Off the Wall Games’ Fun Zone will open at 9:00 AM and features attractions such as Inflatables, Puma Skills Challenge, Home Run Derby, Off the Wall Games Scavenger Hunt, Kristian Rose Scholarship Dunk Tank, John Amaral Soccer Camp Clinic Sessions, and Bart’s Pie Eating Contest.   See www.soccerfest.org for more information.

These events are not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Seussical

Starlight’s Youth Theatre proudly presents Seussical, the musical which brings Dr. Seuss’ imagination to life. Friday, April 27th 7 pm, Saturday, April 28th, 2pm & 7 pm, and Sunday, April 29th 2 pm at the South Hadley High School auditorium, Rt. 116 in South Hadley. Plan to come enjoy this delightful musical with an exuberant all-youth cast from all over the Valley. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for youth/senior citizens and are available online at http://www.starlights-youth-theatre.com/ or at the show.

This event is not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Run/Walk for a Good Cause!

Two exciting races are coming up the next 2 weekends:

This Sunday, The 2nd annual Daffodil Fun Run to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters starts at Kendrick Park in Amherst at 11:30.  Run or walk through the center of town and help a great cause!  More information is available here. T-shirts feature a design by sixth grade Fort River students!

The Amherst Education Foundation (AEF) holds the 2nd Annual Spring Sprint, a 5K Run/Walk and a 1 mile Fun Run for kids, on May 5th at 9:00 am, beginning and ending at Wildwood Elementary School. As a special bonus this year, local artist and author Tony DiTerlizzi of the Spiderwick Chronicles designed the t-shirt. All pre-registered participants will get a t-shirt, so register today! You can find both a mail-in registration form  here. Remember – in order to get a special t-shirt, you must PRE-register by April 29th online.

These events are not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Multi-Arts Theatre

“The Girl Who Didn’t Listen to Her Mom”.   Multi-Arts will participate in the opening of the Amherst Strong House Museum, during the Arts Walk festivities on Thursday May 3. We will show an abbreviate version of our original historical play “The Girl Who Didn’t Listen to Her Mom”. This humorous account brings local history to life for children and adults.   Show times: 5:30 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated.  The complete show “The Girl Who Didn’t Listen to Her Mom” can be watched on Saturday May 12, at 3:30 at Jones Public Library.  Free Admission.

These events are not sponsored by the FR PGO.

Ultimate Tournament May 5-6

21st Annual Amherst Invitational Tournament  Sat. May 5th and Sun. May 6th
Thirty high school teams from coast to coast will compete in one of the largest and most prestigious Ultimate tournaments in the country. Founded in 1992 by ARHS Boys Varsity Coach Tiina Booth, the first year had only 8 teams show. This year, the 21st year, 538 athletes and 60 coaches and chaperones from seven states will participate in the tournament. To orchestrate this growing event, there are 17 (all-volunteer) committees that handle every aspect of the tournament. This is truly a community event!

For schedules, times, locations, and much more information on the tournament, see: http://www.facebook.com/amherstinvitational.

This event is not sponsored by the FR PGO.

League of Women Voters Amherst Used Book Sale

The League of Women Voters Amherst will hold their 64^th annual used book sale on the Amherst Town Common May 4, 5, and 6.  Sale hours are 9 am to 7 pm Friday and Saturday and 11 am to 4 pm on Sunday.

Thousands of donated used books will be sold.  Books are sorted by category; popular categories include cookbooks, children’s books, history, foreign languages, gardening, sports, and fiction. Books are priced from 50 cents up, with many books in the $2-$4 range.  For additional information, call 253-0633 or visit www.lwvamherst.org.  The book sale is one of the oldest and largest in New England.  It serves as the major fund raiser for the League and helps finance voter service programs and publications.

This event is not sponsored by the FR PGO.