Family time

The veranda of a 1752 farmstead is the setting for tomorrow’s poetry and fiction reading by UMass-Amherst poets and writers. At “Ghostly Generations of the Long Forgotten Dead,’’ the literati will read selections from their works dealing with family, history, and memory. These themes are the subject of letters written by Theodore G. Huntington, the 19th-century owner of the property, now a museum. July 12 at 5 p.m. (pre-reading guided tours start at 1 p.m.). Free (includes refreshments). Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Dr., Route 47, Hadley.413-584-4699. www.pphmuseum.org