NORTHAMPTON — For the fourth straight year, Grow Food Northampton and Cedar Chest, the anchor store in Thornes Marketplace in downtown Northampton, are partnering to fight hunger in the city.
Launched on Sunday, Cedar Chest is conducting a “Give $10, Get $10” campaign to raise funds for GFN’s SNAP Match program. At GFN’s year-round farmers markets, Tuesday Market and Winter Market, the SNAP Match program doubles SNAP users’ benefits so they are able to buy healthy local foods at the farmers markets.
Figures for 2025 show that hunger is steeply on the rise in Massachusetts. Over one in three households in western Massachusetts does not have enough food to eat and 67% of those households report having at least one chronic health condition.
The “Give $10, Get $10” promotion allows Cedar Chest customers to donate $10 to Grow Food Northampton’s SNAP Match program, and in turn, receive a $10 gift card to spend at Cedar Chest. Customers can just stop in at Cedar Chest to make the donation and get a gift card in return.
AMERST — No Man’s Land Film Festival, a world tour and traveling showcase of all-women, genderqueer adventure films, makes its Amherst Cinema premiere on Saturday at 1 p.m. No Man’s Land celebrates the full scope of athletes and adventurers by un-defining femininity in adventure, sport, conservation and film since 2015.
Based out of Denver, Colorado, the festival strives to create a history of motivating audiences to implement and inspire change through human collaboration. NMLFF’s mission transcends the films presented; this festival acts as a platform for progressive thought and movement in the outdoor industry.
For a list and description of the 2025 touring shorts films, visit https://amherstcinema.org.
Tickets to the festival are available through Amherst Cinema’s website, or in person at the Amherst Cinema box office, which opens 20 minutes before the first showtime of the day. Tickets for this special event are $26 for general admission, $22 for members. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit: https://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/no-mans-land-film-festival.
GRANBY — A free yoga class for children ages 3.5 to 8 will be held on Saturday from 10:45-11:45 a.m. at the Granby Library.
Yoga with Savannah will consist of a read aloud, yoga and an activity. Bring a yoga mat if you have one (there will be some to borrow also.) Yoga has been shown to improve both physical and mental health, it improves balance, strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity in children.
Call or stop in to sign up during open hours. The library is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The library can be reached at 413-467-3320.
AMHERST — Valley Players will present Lee Blessing’s timely play, “A Walk in the Woods,” from June 20-29, at the First Congregational Church in Amherst, 165 Main St..
The show goes up at 7 p.m. on June 20–22 and June 27–28, and at 2:30 p.m. on June 29. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can scale starting at $15 and are available at www.valleyplayers.org.
Half of net ticket revenue will be donated to the Amherst-based Peace Development Fund. Since 1981, the Peace Development Fund has worked to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training, and other resources as partners in human rights and social justice movements.
Set in the waning days of the Cold War, “A Walk in the Woods” follows the evolution of the personal and professional relationship between two nuclear disarmament negotiators — a Russian and an American — who meet informally in the woods outside Geneva over the course of a particularly tense year. Valley Players’ production features Chip Roughton as American negotiator John Honeyman and Anthony Ferreira as Soviet negotiator Andrey Botvinnik and is directed and produced by Matteo Pangallo.
Seating is limited, so reservations are strongly encouraged. A reservation will guarantee admission, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis and doors open for seating 30 minutes before curtain. The play runs approximately 2 hours, inclusive of a 15-minute intermission.