Events

The Great Falls Discovery Center hosts community programs and events, rotating art exhibits in our Great Hall and a Coffee House hosted by the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center.

  • Ongoing Great Hall Exhibit— Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), in partnership with Montague Public Libraries, celebrates its eighth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. Focused on Ross Gay’s book of poetry, […]

    Free
  • Haiku postcards *

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    In this hands-on workshop for families, Denise Fontaine-Pincince teaches participants how to create a haiga (art with haiku) postcard. Poems and all materials are provided. Sample ‘haiga postcards’ can be viewed […]

    Free
  • Artist talk by Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude cover artist Arista Alanis *

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Meet Arista Alanis and hear how her painting “on down the road” became the image used for Ross Gay’s Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude book cover and about her creative process. Sponsored […]

    Free
  • Indigo Dyeing & Shibori with Gail Callahan *

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Learn about the art of Shibori and experience the magic of indigo dyeing during this hands-on workshop for adults and children, ages six and up accompanied by an adult. This […]

    Free
  • Ongoing – Great Hall Exhibit: Ways of My Ancestors — We Are Still Here

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Scott Strong Hawk Foster is a Native American photographer whose proud roots include Hassanamisco Nipmuc, Mohegan, and Cherokee lineage. His exhibit captures travels throughout the ancestral homelands of the Native […]

    Free
  • Needle-Felting for Teens and Tweens

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    For ages 11-19, Learn tips and tricks for needle felting while making a 2D monarch butterfly. Visit montaguepubliclibraries.org to sign up or call 413-863-3214. Sponsored by the Montague Public Libraries. […]

    Free
  • DINO TRAIL WEEK: * Art Naturally: Gel Printing Trace Fossils

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    Discover nature and pre-history through story, poetry and art in our series of free art programs. Create an art piece inspired by the valley’s fossilized dinosaur footprints using paint, paper […]

    Free
  • Gel Printing for Teens and Tweens

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    For Ages 11-19, try your hand at gel printing, a fun way to explore color, texture, and layers. The process is fairly easy. No experience needed! Dress for a mess. […]

    Free
  • Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: Fish Printing

    Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United States

    A free two-day celebration at Unity Park on First Street in Turners Falls, sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project and RiverCulture. This festival is the perfect combination of live music, drumming, […]

    Free