Sixteen concerts in all!  A full Summer 2026 season pass to all concerts at New Salem’s 1794 Meetinghouse.  There will be concerts across a wide range of styles — classical, jazz, folk, r & b, and world music.  This card is transferable and must be presented at each concert for entry.  (Exception: if a concert is sold out prior to the cardholder’s arrival, admission cannot be granted.)  Market value $320.

The 1794 Meetinghouse is a dynamic regional performing arts center offering a varied range of accessible, enjoyable, high quality programs. It’s  here because visionary people in a small New England town fixed up an old run-down church and turned it into a dynamic regional performing arts center.

Visit their website in April to see a schedule of 2026 performers.

Crys Matthews, a 1794 fave!

2 nights for 2 adults at Temenos Retreat Center, a non-denominational, off-grid, self-guided retreat center on forested Mt. Mineral, Shutesbury, MA. Ritual spaces on site including stone labyrinth and giant stone carving of Jizo. Choose Mu, Knoll or Thrush cabin. Valued at $120-$180.

https://www.temenosretreatcenter.org/

to schedule:

https://shadowrunbodywork.as.me/schedule/c340103e

What’s not to love?  Groovy vibe; amazing chef-inspired food that hits both “comfort food” and “something gourmet and unusual” and the same time; and bumping into your friends and neighbors before going out for a walk along the canal.

$25 gift certificate to Turners (Great) Falls very own Upper Bend café and bruncheonette

https://www.upperbend.com/

Learn skills from the WildMed team to prevent and treat the most common illnesses and injuries encountered in everyday life. One free registration to a 10-16 hour online or in-person Wilderness First Aid course. $300 value.

Are you prepared to care for others when help is delayed? Learn the skills to prevent and respond to both the most common and the most serious issues encountered in nature in this highly-immersive and experiential course. Wilderness First Aid is for Woodsy Wanderers, Weekend Warriors, and Wilderness Leaders alike who want to be prepared to care for themselves and others in settings where help may be delayed. Imagine setting off on adventures feeling peace of mind that you are prepared for whatever comes your way.

In-person, online, and hybrid learning options available. In-person: 16 hours. Hybrid: 8 hours online + 8 hours in-person Skills Lab. Online: 10 hours (8 hours online coursework + 2.5 hours of Skills Labs).

Topics include Bleeding, Fractures, Head Trauma, Shock, Hypothermia, Frostbite, Heat Exhaustion, Dehydration, Burns, Allergies, and more, so you can feel peace of mind both in your daily life and on big adventures.

https://www.instituteforwildmed.com/wfa

Grace your table with this hand-turned spalted ambrosia maple Peterman’s serving bowl.  A “second” that sure looks like a “first” to us!  17.5” in diameter and 6.5 “ high.  Market value $225.

At Peterman’s Boards & Bowls, every piece begins with a fallen log from the New England woods. They shape what nature leaves behind — turning it by hand, sanding it smooth, and finishing it for everyday use.  Meant to last.

Peterman’s receives most of their trees from local tree services. They’ve spread the word to local tree service providers that they’ll purchase older or diseased trees that are generally discarded, chipped up or burned, creating beauty and function from rot and disease, benefitting the full circle of forest, tree workers, artisans, and lovers of functional beauty!

https://www.spencerpeterman.com/

One-time distribution of the Red Fire Farm Spring share picked up on a Friday in Granby or Montague. Contact the farm to set a date. Market value $58.

Red Fire Farm currently farms two pieces of farmland: one in Granby, MA and one in Montague, MA. The two properties allow more effective soil building and crop rotation than could be achieved on either piece individually. The mission of Red Fire Farm is to be a year-round local source for high-quality food and garden plants grown using organic principles that result in safe food and a healthy environment.  The seeds of Red Fire Farm were sown way back with a few wagon loads of pumpkins, hand-picked berries, and other gatherings of the young Ryan Voiland and his crew of siblings. Since then, Ryan has learned many things and been able to grow acres of produce and his organic farm business to a significant source of local food for our region.

https://www.redfirefarm.com/

Original multimedia artwork by Duston Spear.  Framed.  With frame: 33.5″ x 25.5″

Duston Spear has been an exhibiting artist since 1982 with her first New York show at the Soho Center (an affiliate of the Aldrich Museum). That initial series, named ‘Who’s Afraid of Art History?’, sampled an Edgar Degas portrait of ‘The Bellelli Family’ with a combination of humor and homage. Spear cites being in the drum core of the Woman’s Action Coalition (WAC) in the early 90’s as the best time for girl painters; band practice was held in Phyllis Kind’s gallery, while her two daughters waited while doing their homework.

https://www.duston.spear.name/

Gift certificate for two hours of odd job/handyperson services from experienced carpenter Tom Carroll.  If the job is larger, talk to Tom about what he can do to help! Franklin County residences, please.  Market value: $80-$100.

2-hour Shitasu treatment from licensed massage therapist Maisie Sibbison-Alves of People’s Shiatsu. Shiatsu is performed fully clothed on a floor futon.  The practitioner uses elbows and knees to lean on, twist, and stretch the whole body. Meridian systems are used to balance the body’s systems, with an emphasis on abdominal work.  Offered in Greenfield or Northampton offices.

https://www.peoplesshiatsu.com/

Homemade vegetarian Indian meal for 4 made and delivered within 10 miles of Montague Center. The meal will include: mung or chana dal with local nettles; basmati rice with saffron; raita with cucumbers and Clover’s milk yogurt; Taylor Hill blueberry chutney; and, for dessert, a fudge-like Indian milk sweet we call Simply Wonderfuls.

Prepared with love and delight by Susan Gribbin, whose friends always ooh and aah over whatever she brings to a potluck!

Full rental of The Montague Common Hall for one event.  Includes a large main hall with small stage and piano, a spacious cloak room and entry way, a rustic kitchen and dining hall, and two bathrooms.

The Montague Common Hall, a beautiful example of neo-gothic architecture, is located adjacent to the town common in Montague Center.  Originally built in 1834 as a Unitarian church, it served for many years as the home of the Montague Grange.

The Friends of the Montague Common Hall, a volunteer-based non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 2013, is committed to preserving this historic resource in order to provide a reasonably priced and attractive venue for a diverse range of events:

• Dances, concerts, & recitals
• Weddings & celebrations
• Art exhibits & craft shows
• Movie screenings & presentations
• Classes, lectures, & conferences
• Practices & Rehearsals
• Community meetings
• Children’s play groups

Market value: $60-$275 depending on number of hours.

A $25 gift certificate to Unnameable Books in Turners (Great) Falls.  Unnameable is one of Great Falls’ newer treasures: a tucked-away bookshop selling and buying both new and used books, hosting poetry and book readings, and sometimes even film screenings and intimate concerts!  With an inventory like none other catering to activists, creatives, poets, writers, and just plain old lovers of words and the bound papers that hold them.

https://www.facebook.com/UnnameableBooksFalls/

This trio of offerings includes: fresh-from the trees 2026 Brooks Bend Farm maple syrup; a bear whittled from basswood and dyed with black walnut husks; a hair barrette made from cow bone and basswood fibers (from the same tree that the bear is carved from!) with a black walnut crosspiece.

All made with love and reverence for Life by way of Erica Martenson

$30 gift certificate toward plant starts (veggies, herbs, flowers) from Sawmill Herb Farm (Montague).

Sawmill Herb Farm is committed to providing top quality organically grown healing plants to the local community. Through their Somatic Herbalism Apprenticeship they aim to strengthen community awareness of medicinal herbs as a component of holistic health and bring the deep wisdom of nature connection into the community one seed at a time.

Pre-order at www.sawmillherbfarm.com/nursery or come to a plant pickup at the Farm in May.  Contact susan@sawmillherbfarm.com with questions.

https://www.sawmillherbfarm.com/

25 lb bag of sweet orange carrots, certified organic from Red Fire Farm, Montague and Granby. Market value $60.

Red Fire Farm currently farms two pieces of farmland: one in Granby, MA and one in Montague, MA. The two properties allow more effective soil building and crop rotation than could be achieved on either piece individually. The mission of Red Fire Farm is to be a year-round local source for high-quality food and garden plants grown using organic principles that result in safe food and a healthy environment.  The seeds of Red Fire Farm were sown way back with a few wagon loads of pumpkins, hand-picked berries, and other gatherings of the young Ryan Voiland and his crew of siblings. Since then, Ryan has learned many things and been able to grow acres of produce and his organic farm business to a significant source of local food for our region.

Note: image shows multicolored carrots.  This item will include only orange carrots.  Delicious!

https://www.redfirefarm.com/

Experienced car mechanic Kai Schweitzer will come to you (anywhere in Franklin County) and change your car’s oil. Free labor. You pay only for oil and filter.

Kai has worked on cars for almost ten years out of curiosity and necessity. He has a a solid foundation of understanding and experience. 

Two winners will be chosen for this offer.

LOOT is an industrial artifact and handmade goods emporium located in downtown Turners Falls. Some of what you might find at LOOT: tables, benches, lab glass, stools, bowls, chalkboards, bowties, tins, bins, fabric, paintings, photographs, hats, signs, mittens, jewelry, rulers, buttons, cards, locks, elvis plates, aprons, soap, scrap paper + piles of cool stuff!

https://www.loottheshop.com/

25 gift certificate to Upinngil Farm in Gill, MA. Upinngil, a 100 acre farm, puts into action the belief that the key to regaining and maintaining environmentally sound farming practices is to re-establish the connection between consumers and the land that produces their food. Our pick-your-own crops (strawberries, raspberries, peas, flowers, herbs) maximize the benefits to both the consumer and the farm: consumers enjoy a lower cost and absolute freshness by picking fruit themselves, and it reduces labor for the farm during the busy season. We welcome our local community to come hang out in the backyard, enjoy a picnic, or a walk out back to visit the cows.

https://upinngil.com/

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Graceful and functional handmade ceramic salt pot by Greenfield-based ceramic artist Lucy Fagella. 2.75″ x 4″. Removable lid; salt is held in bowl of pot. Subtle delicate variegated pale ocean-green glaze.

www.LucyFagella.com

Three sets (132 individual bottles) high-quality flower essences, gem elixirs and
environmental essences. Made in the pristine nature of Alaska since  1983. Safe and gentle healing designed for emotional and spiritual growth; release of negative belief systems; and finding inner balance. Designed for professional use; also suitable for the general public. Market value $1000 new.

Set includes three kits:

• (48) 1/4 oz bottles Alaskan Gem Elixir Kit
• (12) 1 oz bottles Alaskan Environmental Essence Kit
• 72) 1/4 oz bottles Alaskan Flower Essence Kit

www.Alaskanessences.com

Gift basket of herbal nostrums: 4 oz “Oooh Ahhh Relaxing Oxymelt”; 2oz “Great Gutsby Digestive Bitters”; 1/2 oz “Creator of Wands Flower Essence”; 2 oz “Skin Satisfaction Salve”; 1 oz “Sleep So Good Bedtime Tea.” Market value $100.

Stonefruit Community Herbalists provide free and sliding scale herbal consultations and plant medicine. We strive to offer accessible, empowering health care to strengthen our communities in the fight for social, racial, and environmental justice. To us, the ripening, juicy stone fruit represents full-hearted engagement with the struggle for wholeness and survival. It also represents the sweetness of our queer community.

We offer one-on-one herbal consultations to clients, to discuss health issues, frame goals, and develop an herbal plan customized for your needs. Stonefruit Community Herbalists offer classes and workshops  We have experience teaching herbalists, community members, people in various health fields, college students and children. Our workshops aim to be accessible to all, to address individual needs in the audience, and to deepen our understanding and connections to plants and plant medicine.

https://www.wildcherries.org/

https://thistlescouts.earth/

(2) $20 gift certificates at Great Falls Harvest in Turners Falls.  Great Falls is a family-owned restaurant that offers world cuisine, locally sourced sustainable fare, micro brews, natural wines.  They collaborate on art, agro-forest/medicine kitchen, apothecary, workshops, and more.

Two winners will be chosen for this prize.

Great Falls Harvest

Matching pair of midcentury modern dining room chairs designed by Westin-Nielsen, 1990’s.  Used, but in very good condition.  Wood and metal frame.  Pickup in Montague.

A sweet gift package from Sadie’s Bikes.  Includes $25 gift certificate, tshirt, water bottle, stickers.

Sadie’s is a  small shop located in Great (Turners Falls). They have a cute but full storefront just up the slope from the Connecticut river. They’re full-service, offering repairs and sales. The owner Nik and his staff strive to create an approachable atmosphere that just about dern everybody feels comfortable in. The shop is chock full of totally awesome bikes, parts, accessories, bits, bops, and widgets! Come get what you need from Sadie’s Bikes!!!

Owner/operator/founder Nik Perry has been a Greenfield/Turner’s Falls local fixture in the D.I.Y.-art-maker-bicycle mechanic world for over ten years. Sadie’s Bikes is the realized vision of what a bicycle shop can be. Not just a home for hardcore riders but a place where folks, no matter what their skill level can find something new and interesting.

https://www.sadiesbikes.com/

A mama hen with sweet chicks tucked inside each of her “wings” where she keeps them cozy and safe. Toymaker Elisabeth Radysh has been making toys for over 40 years. Her toys are made by hand from natural materials (wool yarn, filling, and felt) whenever possible. Washed and recycled sweaters feature a great deal along with other natural fabrics. Elisabeth strives to capture the essence and gesture of an animal or being, intentionally keeping them relatively simple so as to leave ample room for a child’s (or an adult’s) imagination. Each Radysh is a one of a kind.

Photo is representative. Your hen and chicks may be a bit different. Each is unique!

https://www.radyshes.com/new-page

(Six) stunning anatomically accurate line-drawn owl portraits by Peter Parnall.  Reprints of originals which were published in Parnall’s 1971 book “The Nightwatchers,” co-authored with Angus Cameron.

Each print is of a different species, labeled at bottom of print.  11″ x 14″ on high-quality 60-lb cotton paper. Unframed.

 These will be raffled in pairs of two, allowing three winners total for these beautiful artworks. 

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$100 gift certificate for either sessions with a trainer or for classes at The Pilates Studio in Hadley, MA.  Sessions are personalized experiences where each client works on their own custom program, designed specifically for their body, goals, and experience level. Classes (Apparatus or Mat) are guided experiences where everyone follows the same sequence, led by the teacher. They’re structured, energizing, and community-driven—great if you’re looking for variety and shared movement.

https://www.the pilatesstudioinhadley.com

3 bars of divine handmade beef tallow face-and-body soap.  The tallow is from free-range very happy beef raised by the soap maker: local cellist and sheep farmer Mark Fraser.  According to one super happy soap user, “It’s the best soap I’ve ever used on my body.  Fragrance-free, incredibly soft, and makes my skin silkier than I’d thought humanly possible!  I’ll never use anything else (until Mark runs out of the soap!)”

In this supportive session with a psychosynthesis-trained life and creativity coach who specializes in working with artists and thoughtful change-makers, you’ll explore what matters most, how to get unstuck, and find grounded ways to move forward with more clarity and energy. Session held via Zoom and scheduled at a mutually convenient time. Market value $310.

https://taprootartsinsight.com/index.html

Queen-sized cotton bedspread handmade in Micronesia. Appliqué. 86” x 93”. Never used. For pickup in Montague.

Three hours of spring landscape cleanup by Dave Jacke, Dynamics Ecological Design.  Raking, deadheading, sweeping, minor pruning and the like.  Value $150.  Any needed supplies (such as grass seed or compost) will be charged at cost.  Within 30 minutes of Montague Center: no travel charge; beyond 30 minutes drive: mileage charged at standard IRS rate.

www.edibleforestgardens.com

Beautiful and functional set of salad servers + a cooking spatula hand carved from native wood by artisan Rich Sweitzer. For pickup in Montague (or come to the event!)

Note that image depicts spatula and spoons Rich has made in the past.  The prize items will be similar but not exact replicas.

(2) $25 gift certificates to Cocina Lupita, a family-owned-and-operated El Salvadorian restaurant serving delicious food in both Turners (Great) Falls and Greenfield.  Catering also available.

Two winners will be chosen, one for each gift certificate.

$25 gift certificate for use at the newly opened Common Variety café on Rte. 63 just outside Montague Center.

https://commonvarietyma.com/

For beginning weavers: a wooden tabletop cricket loom. 15” weaving width.  Completely assembled with weaving instructions and instructional book “Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving” by Betty Lin Davenport. For pickup in Montague.

Two hour ecological landscape design consultation with Dave Jacke, Dynamics Ecological Design, primary author of Edible Forest Gardens. Value $200.  No travel charge within 30 minutes drive of Montague Center; beyond 30 minutes drive, mileage charged at standard IRS rate.  Additional consulting time is available on a sliding scale by mutual agreement.

www.edibleforestgardens.com

Two items:  an introductory Alexander Technique session ($140 value), and one follow-up session ($110 value) with Alexander teacher Abbie Steiner in Northampton, MA. The Alexander Technique is a 120 year old method for improving balance and coordination, decreasing pain and tension and improving posture for the long-term.

Two tickets will be drawn. The two sessions can go to the same person or to two different people.

https://www.alexandertechniquenorthampton.com/

A bundle of two prizes from the Green Fields Market co-op in Greenfield, MA (one of two storefronts of the Franklin County Co-op.  (Market value $83)

Two $20 gift certificates

Plus! One  7″ Death by Chocolate Cake (winner will receive a gift certificate so they can order it when they want it.) The Bakery at Green Fields Market employs professional bakers who make cakes from scratch every day, with homemade frostings, flavorings, and toppings, and custom decorations as well.  Ask about their flavoring and decorating options! Most cakes can be made gluten-free and/or vegan on request.