Q-MoB Pioneer Valley Queer Men's Planning Coffee Klatch (West Hatfield, MA)

Join queer men from all over CT River Valley for coffee & planning gathering for regular Q-MoB social, recreation, & arts/culture activities

Join us in this social coffee klatch where you can get to know intergenerational queer men from all over the valley and help us imagine more fun & inspiring regular spaces in the valley for queer men to gather & get to know one another this spring & beyond.

FIND QUEER NEIGHBORS WHO SHARE YOUR INTERESTS: Q-MoB has received growing calls to offer regular social, recreation/wellness, & arts/culture activities for rural queer men in the Connecticut River Valley (AKA Pioneer Valley). At a historic planning coffee klatch on 2/21/26, twenty men of all ages created 8 activites in March, 10 in April and agreed they wanted to keep meeting once a month to continue getting to know one another and the kinds of regular activities they'd like to host to address the many interests, geographies, and schedules of the many diverse queer men in the valley, while also supporting & collaborating with the many queer men's activities that are already happening like dodgeball, volleyball, potlucks, twice monthly bar/pub outings, etc.

HELP INCREASE DIVERSITY OF MEN WHO GET INVITED: Because we want to engage men from al over the 3 counties in the Valley, adult men all age ranges, & from diverse backgrounds/races/ethncities, and with various interests, we request you invite your dirverse queer male friends, neighbors, & colleagues to join us at this monthly planning & social gathering every 3rd Sunday, 11am-1:30pm.

COFFEE KLATCH SCHEDULE: From 11am-12pm we socialize, getting to know several men one-on-one who we don't already know & 12:00-1:30pm we gather as a big circle to hear reports of how last month's activities went, prooposals of new activities men would like to offer, & refine & add to our plans for activities in the next 2-3 months. Hosts of activities get feedback about their ideas for activities and find other men who would like to help make their idea happen. For example at our 1st planning gathering we learned there were 5 men interested in a fiber arts crafting group so we organized a gathering to invite other queer male fiber artists and beginners to gather and share techniques, gossip, and get their crafting on. Ice skaters also found one another & scheduled an ice skating gathering. If you want to learn more about how easy it is to co-host an activity, check out this INTRO ARTICLE & consider submitting a proposal for a new activity.

WHAT TO BRING

• YOUR FAVORITE BRUNCH FOODS & BEVERAGES: We will provide coffee, coissants, donuts, & juice, and we encourage you to bring to share with about 6 other men your favorite brunch foods & beverages (for example teas, quiche, hand pies, quinoa salad, guacamole & chips, gluten-free, sugar-free, Paleo, vegan, or whatever brunch items you enjoy) PLEASE CREATE A SIGN DISCLOSING THE INGREDIENTS OF YOUR OFFERING SO MEN WHO HAVE DIETARY RESTRICTIONS WILL KNOW WHETHER THEY CAN EAT THAT ITEM & share whether it is vegan, vegetarian, Paleo, gluten-free, sugar-free, etc
• YOUR CURIOSITY & IDEAS ABOUT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES you might like to host, help organize, or just join in the next 2 months, which can include a wide range of
  1) SOCIAL/NETWORKING EVENTS: coffee klatches at a coffee house, bar/pub/restaurant outings, curated dinner parties or potlucks, game or movie nights;
  2) ARTS/CULTURE OFFERINGS: music, theater, dance, comedy performances, art museum or gallery outing, crafting circle, queer book club, queer film salon, music making or music appreciation group, pottery making class, drawing or painting class , etc
  3) RECREATION/WELLNESS ACTIVITIES: hiking, biking, walking, eco-foraging, birding, snow sports, swimming, running, yoga, Qi-Gong, Tai Chi, nutritional cooking class, herbalism study group, fitness group, meditation group, etc

COFFEE KLATCH CO-HOSTS: We thank these co-hosts & invite someone in Franklin County to host once a quarter so the coffee klatch can be geographically diverse in the valley.

• Craig Stevens, owner of LandScapes, Inc & a long-time supporter of various queer groups and arts & environmental causes, & he lives in Northampton & is hosting 4/19
• Bob Plasse & James Homan, long-time supporters of Downtown Westfield Cultural District and many arts/culture & community-builing initiatives, live in Westfield in Hampden County & are hosting 5/17

INVEST IN YOUR QUEER MEN'S COMMUNITY: SHOW UP REGULARLY AT ACTIVITIES . GET TO KNOW YOUR QUEER MALE NEIGHBORS. HELP BROADEN & DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTIONS.

REACHING US DAY OF EVENT: If you have trouble finding us, will be late, or can't make it, please call/text the host, who's cell # will be in your confirmation email once you register, or just call/text the Q-MOB info line at 413-344-8162