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    • April 24, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    • 35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library
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    Democracy Awakening

    by Heather Cox Richardson

    Wednesday,  April 24th  at 6:00PM              

    In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. It soon turned into a newsletter and its readership ballooned to more than 2 million dedicated readers who rely on her plainspoken and informed take on the present and past in America.

    In Democracy Awakening, Richardson crafts a compelling and original narrative, explaining how, over the decades, a small group of wealthy people have made war on American ideals. By weaponizing language and promoting false history they have led us into authoritarianism -- creating a disaffected population and then promising to recreate an imagined past where those people could feel important again. She argues that taking our country back starts by remembering the elements of the nation’s true history that marginalized Americans have always upheld. Their dedication to the principles on which this nation was founded has enabled us to renew and expand our commitment to democracy in the past. Richardson sees this history as a roadmap for the nation’s future.

    All are welcome!

    For Questions call Lori at 413-559-7310

    • April 27, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • 35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002, Library
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    Mindful Movement Outdoors 

    On Saturday, April 27th, from 1-2:15pm, in honor of World T'ai Chi and Qigong Day, join Lynne Nicole and a wonderful group for a down-to-earth experience i the Amherst Woman's club lawn.  This special event promotes well-being with an outdoor mind-body practice that can be a haven for relieving physical, mental, and emotional tension. This gentle combination of Qigong and Gentle Yoga is open to ALL.  It seamlessly weaves together the calming essence of yoga with the revitalizing energy of Qigong, providing a transformative experience. No advanced yoga poses are involved...simple light stretching to promote flexibility and feeling great in your body!


     No  T'ai Chi motions this time...all very easy to follow! No mat required!  

       Nature’s Energy

    Learn gentle movements that echo water, trees, and birds, which harmonizes your body with nature’s energy.


      ️ The Power of Breath
    Learn to circulate energy through intentional breathing exercises while gently moving, which helps improve flexibility and joint health as well as alleviate pain.

       Inner Peace
    Calm your mind and nervous system with exercises that you will be inspired to use beyond the session to reduce anxiety and stress.

       The Great Outdoors

    Embrace SPRING as we connect mind, body, and nature on the beautiful grounds of The Amherst Woman's Club. 

    Lynne Nicole Smith, the instructor behind Qigong Infused Yoga™, brings over two decades of experience in teaching T’ai Chi, Qigong, and Yoga. With a genuine love of nature, she advocates practicing outside to emphasize their profound healing benefits. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a beginner, Lynne’s teachings focus on simple and accessible movements suitable for all.

    http://www.qigonginfusedyoga.com

    • April 30, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
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    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu

    Drop-ins are also welcome

    Member only activity

    • May 01, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • 96 Russell Street, Hadley, MA 01035
    • 14
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    Members come enjoy a fun time and meet other members

    at Alina's Ristorante

    Wednesday, May 1st at 6:00PM

    Please RSVP and bring cash with you to pay for your meal

    Alinas Restaurant Logo

    • May 07, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu

    Drop-ins are also welcome

    Member only activity

    • May 14, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu

    Drop-ins are also welcome

    Member only activity

    • May 18, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • 35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002
    Register


    AWC Annual Spring/Summer Dinner 

    Members and guests are invited to celebrate together before our summer break. 
    6:00 p.m. Appetizers and wine
    7:00 p.m. Dinner

    Cost $20 per person. Come enjoy our member potluck. You can choose to contribute a main dish, a salad or a dessert.

    For Questions or reservations you can call or email Lori Knapp at llkhome@comcast.net or 413-559-7310

    • May 19, 2024
    • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
    • 35 Triangle Street, Amherst, MA 01002
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    Libby Maxey, soprano and Graham Christian, piano

    Sunday, May 19th at 3:00PM

    Lock Me in Delight: English and American Song

    Graham Christian (piano) and Libby Maxey (soprano) have been performing "Songs and Serenades" concerts in the Amherst area since 2014. In the tradition of the salon, they bring art songs and the occasional aria to intimate spaces, sharing well-loved as well as little-known pieces. They are delighted to return to the Amherst Women's Club with a ten-year anniversary program that includes selections from Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Barber's Hermit Songs, Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs, and more.

    All proceeds of the event will be used to grant scholarships to high school seniors and grants to local community service agencies such as the Boys and Girls Club, the Amherst Senior Center, Safe Passage and the Amherst Survival Center.


    • May 21, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu.

    Drop-ins are also welcome

    Member only activity

    • May 28, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu

    Drop-ins are also welcome

    Member only activity

    • June 04, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu. 

    Drop-ins are also welcome.

    • June 11, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu. 

    Drop-ins are also welcome.

    • June 18, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu. 

    Drop-ins are also welcome.

    • June 25, 2024
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • 35 Triangle St., Amherst, MA 01002
    Register



    Bridge Club


    Tuesdays, 1-3pm

    Amherst Woman's Club


    Come enjoy some fun and camaraderie with the Bridge Group!


    If you are interested, please register or 

    contact Susan Stern at sstern@umass.edu. 

    Drop-ins are also welcome.

Past events

April 23, 2024 Bridge Club
April 22, 2024 Members Annual Luncheon
April 21, 2024 Sunday Concert: Gregory Hayes will perform a program of Baroque harpsichord music
April 16, 2024 Bridge Club
April 11, 2024 Laura Reichsman, Program Director of CHD's Family Outreach of Amherst
April 09, 2024 Bridge Club
April 08, 2024 Fieldtrip to the Yiddish Book Center
April 02, 2024 Bridge Club
March 27, 2024 Book Group: Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
March 26, 2024 Bridge Club
March 24, 2024 Sunday Concert: The Valley Winds woodwind quintet
March 23, 2024 AWC Annual Flower Show and Sale
March 19, 2024 Bridge Club
March 18, 2024 Paul Motts, a former National Parks Ranger
March 12, 2024 Bridge Club
March 07, 2024 Kate Atkinson, M.D. - Family Medicine Practitioner
March 05, 2024 Bridge Club
March 04, 2024 Massachusetts State Senator Jo Comerford will speak on issues currently before the State Senate
February 29, 2024 AWC Monthly Meet and Mingle at Formosa Chinese Restaurant
February 28, 2024 Book Group: Lab Girl – Hope Jahren
February 27, 2024 Bridge Club
February 25, 2024 Sunday Concert: Noah Ferris, Cello
February 20, 2024 Bridge Club
February 19, 2024 Monday Day Programming - Jennifer Schantz Director of the Eric Carle Museum
February 13, 2024 Bridge Club
February 08, 2024 Fadia Nordtveit, Ph.D. - "Building a Community of Difference and Belonging"
February 06, 2024 Bridge Club
February 05, 2024 Dean Cycon: Finding Home (Hungary 1945)
January 30, 2024 Bridge Club
January 23, 2024 Bridge Club
January 22, 2024 AWC Monthly Meet and Mingle at The Commonwealth Restaurant
January 22, 2024 The Amherst Pelham Regional Senior High School Chorale
January 21, 2024 A Winter Song Recital hosted by Lois Sayers Smith
January 16, 2024 Bridge Club
January 11, 2024 Maggie Hodges, Finding a Passion for Landscape Painting Later in Life
January 09, 2024 Bridge Club
January 08, 2024 What is the real future of philanthropy? with Kathy LeMay
January 03, 2024 WELLNESS MINI-RETREAT: Nourishing your best SELF in 2024
January 02, 2024 Bridge Club
December 26, 2023 Bridge Club
December 19, 2023 Bridge Club
December 12, 2023 Bridge Club
December 10, 2023 Private Event
December 09, 2023 AWC Annual Holiday Dinner 🍷
December 05, 2023 Bridge Club
December 04, 2023 William Spitzer, PhD: From Impact to Solutions: Changing the Conversation on Climate Change.
December 03, 2023 Green Mountain Chamber Music - Public Event
November 29, 2023 Book Group: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
November 28, 2023 Bridge Club
November 21, 2023 Bridge Club
November 19, 2023 Sunday Concert: UMASS Chamber Music
November 14, 2023 Bridge Club
November 10, 2023 Private Event
November 09, 2023 Cinda Jones, shares her challenges and failures that have been foundational to her success
November 08, 2023 Private Event
November 07, 2023 Bridge Club
November 06, 2023 Kitty Burns Florey, Local resident and author
November 04, 2023 Private Event
October 31, 2023 Bridge Club
October 27, 2023 Private Event
October 25, 2023 Book Group: American Nations by Colin Woodard
October 24, 2023 Paint & Sip at the Mill District Art Gallery
October 24, 2023 Bridge Club
October 23, 2023 Rebecca Fricke, Wildwood Cemetery Visual Historical Tour
October 22, 2023 Private Event
October 21, 2023 Private Event
October 18, 2023 Private Event
October 17, 2023 Bridge Club
October 15, 2023 Sunday Concert: Estela Olevsky, Latin American Music
October 14, 2023 Wine Tasting: Let the Food be Your Guide
October 13, 2023 Tai Chi Easy and Qigong with Lynne Nicole Smith
October 12, 2023 Lynn Griesemer, Ed.D., President of the Amherst Town Council
October 10, 2023 Bridge Club
October 09, 2023 Thomas Johnson Jr. Author of Common Place: The Public Library, Civil Society and Early American Values
October 08, 2023 Private Event
October 07, 2023 Private Event
October 03, 2023 Bridge Club
September 27, 2023 Book Group: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
September 27, 2023 Private Event
September 26, 2023 Bridge Club
September 25, 2023 Steve Herrell, Herrell's Ice Cream
September 24, 2023 Private Event
September 23, 2023 Private Event
September 19, 2023 Bridge Club
September 17, 2023 Sunday Concert: Cantabile
September 16, 2023 Private Event
September 12, 2023 Bridge Club
September 11, 2023 AWC Members' Fall Luncheon
September 05, 2023 Bridge Club
August 01, 2023 AWC will be closed in August
July 16, 2023 Private Event
July 08, 2023 Private Event
June 30, 2023 Private Event
June 24, 2023 Private Event
June 03, 2023 Tai Chi Easy and Qigong with Lynne Nicole Smith
May 31, 2023 Book Group: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
May 20, 2023 Annual Spring Potluck Dinner
May 11, 2023 Mindy Domb, State Representative to the Massachusetts Legislature for the 3rd Hampshire District.
May 08, 2023 An Afternoon of Quartets
April 30, 2023 Swinging' into Spring Jazz Concert
April 26, 2023 Book Group: An Enemy of the People
April 25, 2023 Bridge Club
April 18, 2023 Bridge Club
April 17, 2023 Members Annual Luncheon
April 13, 2023 Risks and Opportunities for Women
April 11, 2023 Bridge Club
April 04, 2023 Bridge Club
April 03, 2023 Spring into Poetry
March 29, 2023 Book Group: The House in the Pines
March 20, 2023 Corruption in Russia and Why it Matters
March 18, 2023 AWC Annual Flower Show and Sale
March 12, 2023 AWC Sunday Afternoon Concert: Women's History Month
March 09, 2023 Claudia Pazmany, Director of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce
March 07, 2023 Bridge Group
March 06, 2023 MAGIC WINGS CONSERVATORY BUTTERFLIES
February 20, 2023 Dr. John Stoffolano: The Impact Insects have on Human Culture, Past and Present
February 06, 2023 Modern Memoirs: Preserving Memoirs and Family History with with Kitty Axelson-Berry and President Megan St. Marie
January 29, 2023 AWC Sunday Afternoon Concert: Trio Lyrica
January 25, 2023 Book Group: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
January 23, 2023 Pamela Nolan Young: Amherst’s director of the newly created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Department
January 17, 2023 Bridge Group
January 15, 2023 Voice Recital of the 17th through 20th Century
December 10, 2022 AWC Annual Holiday Dinner 🍷
November 30, 2022 Book Group: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
November 19, 2022 Concert: "Of Music and Friendship" Piano Music for Two and Four Hands
November 07, 2022 Courtney Waring, Director of Education at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
October 28, 2022 Provisions Wine Tasting: Benefiting AWC Grants and Scholarships
October 26, 2022 Book Group: Horse by Geraldine Brooks
October 24, 2022 Author Sarah Dixwell Brown: “Decades of Discoveries: My Search for My Regicidal Ancestor”
October 16, 2022 AWC Sunday Afternoon Concert "Alone Together: a Songs and Serenades Concert"
September 29, 2022 Women + Investing: Investing from the Inside Out
September 28, 2022 Women + Investing: Investing from the Inside Out
September 26, 2022 AWC Members Fall Lunch 🍎
September 12, 2022 Welcome Back to our Season Kick-Off and Open House
September 11, 2022 AWC Sunday Afternoon Concert: Bella Voce presents A Grand Night for Singing!

About us

Our community is filled with a wonderfully diverse women. The Amherst Woman’s Club (AWC) is bringing those women together to meet and connect with each other.

Join us and discover how the simple joy of connecting with your neighbors, being inspired by a local speaker and enjoying each other’s company can help forge new friendships and a sense of belonging among our spectacular community of women.

Become a member

"A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”               -Maya Angelou

Join us today and come enjoy the company of new friends.

Contact us

Amherst Woman's Club

35 Triangle Street

Amherst, MA 01002

Membership: (413) 549-5679

Event Rental: (413) 549-3971


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