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TODAY. FREE COMMUNITY EVENT. NOCHE DE SAN JUAN. 🇵🇷☀️

Join Nueva Esperanza Inc. for a fun family event in South Holyoke at the Carlos Vega Park!

Free food, free games, waterslides, spray park and more activities!!!

Let’s kick the summer great for the little ones!!!

📖 Reading Frederick Douglass Together — 2 FREE Community Events!

This Juneteenth, Holyoke joins communities across the Commonwealth for a city-wide day of reflection, music, and spoken word. 🕊️

🗓️ Tuesday, June 17, 2026

☀️ Afternoon — Community Voices & Conversation 12:30–2:00 PM | Holyoke Senior Center, 291 Pine St. A participatory community reading of Frederick Douglass’s historic 1852 address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,” followed by an intimate conversation with acclaimed playwright Ken Green.

🌆 Evening — Music, History & Drama 5:00–7:00 PM | De La Luz Divine Theater, 92 Race St. A soul-stirring sing-along of Lift Every Voice and Sing led by award-winning REVOLUTION A Ca****la, plus a sneak preview of Ken Green’s new play July 5th.

✊ Members of the public are warmly invited to raise their voices and read aloud. Both events are 100% free.

Presented by MIFA Victory Theatre in partnership with the Holyoke Senior Center, LightHouse Holyoke & Holyoke Media. A program of Mass Humanities, funded by the Mass Cultural Council.

🔗 Pre-register & full details: link in bio → mifafestival.org/frederick-douglass