A bird conservationist walks into a Bar(-tailed Godwit)… and he asks it “How was your 7,500 mile 11-day nonstop flight from Alaska to Tasmania?”

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 • Doors open at 6:00pm

Talk begins at ~6:30pm

Abandoned Building Brewery
142 Pleasant Street #103a, Easthampton, MA

A Bird Migration Spectacle in the Northeast:
Using Community Science to Understand Bird Migration and How We Can Protect Birds

• How far do the birds we see in the Northeast migrate?

• Why do some birds make such difficult migratory journeys (e.g., flying three days nonstop over the western Atlantic Ocean)?

• What do birds do when they run into storms while they’re migrating?

• What can I do to contribute to the science and conservation of migratory birds?

Professor Ted Gilliland is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Mount Holyoke College and a natural resource economist. His research focuses on natural resource management and conservation. To carry out this work, Ted combines theory and empirical techniques from economics, ecology, and natural history. He teaches courses in the economics department on environmental and natural resource economics and econometrics. In addition, Ted teaches a first-year seminar on bird migration and bird conservation, and is a member of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee.

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Bring a friend and join us as we enjoy lively conversations, prizes, and brilliant minds. Light refreshments will be available outside the presentation room, first come, first served. This is an inclusive, family-friendly event for people from all walks of life (ALL are very much welcome: kids, college students, your parents!). We promise, you’ll learn something if you come. And hey, you might even win a prize! Remember… Admission is FREE!

ABB allows guests to bring outside food! Please feel free to brings your own snacks with you, too.

SciTech Cafe events are open to any one with a curious mind regardless of age and background.  Our events, prizes, and snacks are free, but donations are appreciated. 

Sunday Funday Comedy Community Open Mic Night

November 30th Hosted by Darren Sechrist

At Abandoned Building Brewery in our Living Room Tap Room

Signups at 5pm

Come enjoy a beer after completing this yea'r’s Give ‘Em the Bird Race (or, even if you don’t run… we won’t tell!). That’s right, the tap room will be open after the Thanksgiving Day 5k race from 9:30 am to noonish.

Registration for the race can be found here and will likely sell out by Saturday 11/8!

Sunday Funday Comedy Community Open Mic Night

November 23th Hosted by Opelia Somers & JoJo Riot

At Abandoned Building Brewery in our Living Room Tap Room

Signups at 5pm

The second installment of Salsa con Cervezas!

Western Mass Comedy presents Ladies of Comedy att Abandoned Building Brewery on Friday November 21 starting at 8pm sharp in our Living Room Tap Room.

Link to EventBrite Tickets

Once a month our esteemed Mug Club Members get to enjoy a special beer release in our tap room.

Sometimes it’s a beer served from a gravity cask or a limited release of a barrel aged beer.

Mug Club Membership sign-ups occur from November through December.

Vegan Pizza Land will be open for food!

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!

Sunday Funday Comedy Community Open Mic Night

November 16th Hosted by Lisa Wentworth

At Abandoned Building Brewery in our Living Room Tap Room

Signups at 5pm

Come enjoy live music and cold beer with Matt Hebert & Friends on Saturday October 25 from 6:30-9pm in the taproom.

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!

Come enjoy the taproom and some cold beer with Ch’CHUNK, it’s swing night!

Dance to the live band Ch’CHUNK from 6:30-9:30.

At 5:30, don't forget dance class with The Lindy League of Western Massachusetts (Swing Dancing)

ch'CHUNK! is a band located in Western Massachusetts that is a modern take on classic swing. They perform classics as well as originals. The name ch'CHUNK! was derived from the sound and type of strumming associated with various types of swing music. They are happy to have found that their shows are enjoyed by an audience of many generations. 

Band members are Jack Dwyer on guitar and vocals, Ian Hamel on tenor guitar and vocals, Hannah Elliot on clarinet and vocals, Karim Sumun on bass guitar, Chris Trevethan on drums and washboard, and Jim Rutter on tenor banjo and mandolin.

Facebook Event Page Here

Western Mass Comedy Championship at Abandoned Building Brewery on Friday November 7 starting at 8pm sharp in our Living Room Tap Room.

Link to EventBrite Tickets

Abandoned Building Brewery will be pouring at this year’s Brews, Bites, and Bids Fundraiser.

One of the area’s best brewing events! We gather about 20 local brewers from throughout the western MA region and then pair their generous samplings with a huge spread of foods. And while sipping on your favorite brews, check out the silent auction and raffle! Both are packed with unique items that you just won’t find anywhere else.

And even more important, supporting this event makes you part of something BIG. All funds raised through sponsorships, ticket sales, and the auction and raffle empower our youth to reach their full potential. 

Strengthening your community while having drinks and snacks–you really CAN have it all!

Save the Date!

Thursday, November 6th

The Log Cabin
500 Easthampton Road
Holyoke, MA 01040

Doors Open at 6 pm

Tickets: $70 Each

The BIG Impact Package (Admission plus 10 chances at our raffle):  $80 Each

BUY TICKETS

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!

Once a month our esteemed Mug Club Members get to enjoy a special beer release in our tap room.

Sometimes it’s a beer served from a gravity cask or a limited release of a barrel aged beer.

Mug Club Membership sign-ups occur from November through December.

Vegan Pizza Land will be open for food, and we will have LIVE MUSIC by Rosie Porter

A heat transfer scientist walks into a bar… and says, “I’m just here to dissipate some energy!”

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 • Doors open at 6:00pm

Talk begins at ~6:30pm

Abandoned Building Brewery
142 Pleasant Street #103a, Easthampton, MA

Turning Plastic Heat Blockers into Heat Conductors

• What are plastics, and why are they everywhere in modern life — from laptops and microchips to medical wearables?

• What if plastics could release heat instead of holding it?

• Could computers and microchips made with plastics run cooler, faster, and safer?

• Could the same plastics in our clothes make medical wearables and sensors safer and more comfortable to wear?

Professor Yanfei Xu joined the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst as an assistant professor in 2019. She became an adjunct assistant professor in the Chemical Engineering Department in 2020 fall. Before joining UMASS, from 2013-2018, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was active in pursuit of turning polymer insulators into heat conductors. Before joining MIT, from 2011-2013, she passionately pursued GENIUS research funded by European Commission — printable organic electronics, and secured Marie-Curie Fellowships with major European institutions and companies, including the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Humboldt University, University of Cambridge, Italian National Research Council, Université de Strasbourg, and the headquarters of BASF SE. From 2013 to 2015, she was appointed an associate professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She received Ph.D. in Chemistry from Nankai University, where she was awarded “Top 100 Most Influential Scientific Researchers in P. R. China (among all fields)”.

Bring a friend and join us as we enjoy lively conversations, prizes, and brilliant minds. Light refreshments will be available outside the presentation room, first come, first served. This is an inclusive, family-friendly event for people from all walks of life (ALL are very much welcome: kids, college students, your parents!). We promise, you’ll learn something if you come. And hey, you might even win a prize! Remember… Admission is FREE!

ABB allows guests to bring outside food! Please feel free to brings your own snacks with you, too.

SciTech Cafe events are open to any one with a curious mind regardless of age and background.  Our events, prizes, and snacks are free, but donations are appreciated. 

This event is hosted by Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, MA.

You can now find Abandoned Building Brewery at the Tuesday Grow Food Northampton market behind Thornes from 1-6pm every other Tuesday.

You can sample the beers we bring and purchase individual cans to-go. Sorry, but there is no on-site beer consumption allowed.

Welcome to the Western Mass Vegan Food Fest (October Edition)!

Come indulge in your favorite vegan prepared foods and baked goods on Sunday, October 26, 11am-5pm inside of Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton. Plenty of free parking on-site, wheelchair accessible, all ages.

The event is free, but tickets are required so we can stagger your arrival to the festival. Reserve tickets here!

Vendors include:

Little Loaf Bakeshop

Belmont Vegetarian

Midcoast Vegan

Yeah Dawg!

Pulse Cafe

RastaRant

Mothers Moss

Vegan Pizza Land

Peckish

Veeg My Eats

Journey's Lemonade

Wicked Whisk

Thai Chili Truck

Imposter Foods

Gnütze

Grounded Confections

Nishmati Creations

Western Mass Rabbit Rescue

Dan Prints (live-printed t-shirts and totes!)

This time the fest will be half-indoors/half-outdoors and is happening RAIN OR SHINE! So bring a coat and umbrella to be on the safe side and cross your fingers the weather is kind to us! There is an outdoor patio with picnic benches, and lawn seating near the pond near the bike path(bring your own blanket). If you're coming from outside of western mass, prepare yourself for perfect leaf-peeping this time of year and take the scenic route :)

Questions? Email westernmassveganfoodfest@gmail.com

Come enjoy live music and cold beer with Matt Hebert & Friends on Saturday October 25 from 6:30-9pm in the taproom.

Get ready for the last and final Food Truck Friday of 2025 at Easthampton’s favorite craft microbrewery. We will be featuring these food trucks:

• Caravan Kitchen

• Thai Chili

• Cotes Cooks

• Wake the Dead Donuts

As always, our in-house Vegan Pizza Land will be open in our Speakeasy Alleyway Beer Garden which is separate from where the rest of Food Truck Friday kicks off.

Live music performed by Masala Jazz at 6pm.

We always have Artifact Cider available for Food Truck Friday in addition to all Abandoned Building Brewery beers and our own hard seltzer made with our distilled vodka, but if wine is your fancy, Tip Top Wine Shop will also be serving wine next to the beer tent.

PARKING
Keep and eye out for signage about additional places to park that include the Mill Side Park, the lot across from the Keystone Building, and anywhere along Pleasant Street and Ferry Street that allows public parking. Please do not park behind Eastworks.

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!

You can now find Abandoned Building Brewery at the Farmers Market at Forrest Park from 12:30-6pm every other Tuesday.

You can sample the beers we bring and purchase individual cans to-go. Sorry, but there is no on-site beer consumption allowed.

For more information go to their website here

It's happening again!!! Catch us at Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton to support the valuable work of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center. Come bet on your favorite return wrestler or find a newcomer to cheer on!

Doors at 6pm

First Match at 7:30pm

Get ready for the 15th, and Second to Last, Food Truck Friday of 2025 at Easthampton’s favorite craft microbrewery. We will be featuring these food trucks:

• Local Burger

• Thai Chili

• Crazy Arepas

• Vibesman Jerkshack

• Creme Bru La

As always, our in-house Vegan Pizza Land will be open in our Speakeasy Alleyway Beer Garden which is separate from where the rest of Food Truck Friday kicks off.

Live music performed by Acoustica at 6pm.

We always have Artifact Cider available for Food Truck Friday in addition to all Abandoned Building Brewery beers and our own hard seltzer made with our distilled vodka, but if wine is your fancy, Tip Top Wine Shop will also be serving wine next to the beer tent.

PARKING
Keep and eye out for signage about additional places to park that include the Mill Side Park, the lot across from the Keystone Building, and anywhere along Pleasant Street and Ferry Street that allows public parking. Please do not park behind Eastworks.

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!

You can now find Abandoned Building Brewery at the Tuesday Grow Food Northampton market behind Thornes from 1-6pm every other Tuesday.

You can sample the beers we bring and purchase individual cans to-go. Sorry, but there is no on-site beer consumption allowed.

Come enjoy the taproom and some cold beer with Ch’CHUNK, it’s swing night!

Dance to the live band Ch’CHUNK from 6:30-9:30.

ch'CHUNK! is a band located in Western Massachusetts that is a modern take on classic swing. They perform classics as well as originals. The name ch'CHUNK! was derived from the sound and type of strumming associated with various types of swing music. They are happy to have found that their shows are enjoyed by an audience of many generations. 

Band members are Jack Dwyer on guitar and vocals, Ian Hamel on tenor guitar and vocals, Hannah Elliot on clarinet and vocals, Karim Sumun on bass guitar, Chris Trevethan on drums and washboard, and Jim Rutter on tenor banjo and mandolin.

Facebook Event Page Here

Get ready for the 14th Food Truck Friday of 2025 at Easthampton’s favorite craft microbrewery. We will be featuring these food trucks:

• Caravan Kitchen

• Cotes Cooks

• Island Spice

• Creme Bru La

As always, our in-house Vegan Pizza Land will be open in our Speakeasy Alleyway Beer Garden which is separate from where the rest of Food Truck Friday kicks off.

Live music performed by The Greg Hall Band at 6pm.

We always have Artifact Cider available for Food Truck Friday in addition to all Abandoned Building Brewery beers and our own hard seltzer made with our distilled vodka, but if wine is your fancy, Tip Top Wine Shop will also be serving wine next to the beer tent.

PARKING
Keep and eye out for signage about additional places to park that include the Mill Side Park, the lot across from the Keystone Building, and anywhere along Pleasant Street and Ferry Street that allows public parking. Please do not park behind Eastworks.

Free adult yoga class from 6-7pm in the Living Room Taproom with Nikki.

Don’t forget to hydrate with a fresh beer afterwards!