The National Yiddish Book Center on the campus of Hampshire College has been open since 1997, a facility open to the public to encourage exploration of Yiddish culture and modern Jewish literature. Over 1.5 million books have been recovered and current efforts include cataloging and scanning some of these historic texts to have online to share with the world. There is an English-language bookstore on sight as well as an impressive film and documentary series.
Establecida en 1963, Odyssey Bookshop es una librería independiente grande pero encantadora. Revuelvan entre la gran colección de libros, que incluye libros de texto y novelas de diversos géneros. Incluso organizan eventos literatios como lecturas de autor y reuniones del club del libro. Odyssey Bookshop también vende suministros artísticos.
Opened in 2002, Silk City Antiques & Decor is located on Main Street. At this attractively laid out store, you will find an array of upscale and classy antiques from the days gone by. Decorate your house with some of their interesting artifacts, home decor items or buy yourself some finest Indian jewelry.
Located just off the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, the Village Commons offers a unique shopping experience of a small New England town with interesting little, independent stores. You can also catch a movie at the two-plex cinema that shows big hits and indie favorites.
5000 square feet of yarn await the inner knitting enthusiast! Artists from around the country shop here for unique eyelash blends, mohairs, angoras, chenilles and more, and many come from their enormous tent sale each May. WEBS is one of the best yarn stores in the area and their staff are helpful, friendly and knowledgeable about different yarn varieties, appropriate needles and great knitting gadgets from Japan.