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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Exhibit - Crossroads: Change in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:In 1900\, about 40% of Americans lived in rural areas. By 2010\, less than 18% of the U.S. population lived in rural areas. Massive economic and social changes led to massive growth of America’s cities. Through a partnership with the world’s largest museum complex\, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center proudly hosts “Crossroads: Changes in Rural America\,” a traveling exhibit produced by the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program in partnership with Mass Humanities. The exhibition offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. Includes local exhibits on Franklin County\, the most rural mainland county in Massachusetts – with Crossroads related programming venues throughout the county. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.  \nCrossroads will be on display in the Great Hall of the Great Falls Discovery Center during open hours Feb. 5 – March 18\, in collaboration with the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center\, the Department of Conservation and Recreation\, the town of Montague’s RiverCulture\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, Montague Public Libraries\, and New England Public Media. Open hours in February and March are: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays through Sundays\, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America has been made possible in Turners Falls\, MA at the Great Falls Discovery Center by Mass Humanities. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street\, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.\n 
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/smithsonian-exhibit-crossroads-change-in-rural-america/
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,crossroads
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SUMMARY:Crossroads Exhibit: Changing Storefronts in Turners Falls
DESCRIPTION:See the village’s ever changing downtown through reproduced images courtesy of the Montague Historical Society Archive. This self-guided storefront exhibition is an open invitation to think about local\, regional and national changes in “doing business” in rural America. At participating restaurant and retail stores in downtown Turners Falls including: LOOT\, Breakdown Records\, The Shea Theater\, The Rendezvous\, Responsive Classrooms\, Buckingham Rabbits Vintage\, The Five Eyed Fox\, LOOT\, Swanson’s Fabrics\, Turners Falls Pizza\, Great Falls Harvest\, Upper Bend\, and Rist Insurance.\n\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on view at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls from February 5 to March 18\, 2023. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street\, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.\n\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between Department of Conservation and Recreation\, RiverCulture\, Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, Montague Public Libraries\, and New England Public Media.
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/crossroads-exhibit-changing-storefronts-in-turners-falls/
LOCATION:Downtown Turners Falls\, Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,crossroads,History
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SUMMARY:Crossroads Exhibit: Montague At Work and Play
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of Illustrations by Nina Rossi. This exhibition of digital illustrations was originally published in the Montague Reporter between 2019 and 2022. Created by local artist and Turners Falls resident Nina Rossi\, the illustrations depict scenes of local daily life. Reception Sunday\, February 19 at 4pm.\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on view at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls from February 5 to March 18\, 2023. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street\, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and Recreation\, RiverCulture\, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, Montague Public Libraries\, and New England Public Media.
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/crossroads-exhibit-montague-at-work-and-play/
LOCATION:Rendezvous\, 78 3rd Street\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,crossroads
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SUMMARY:Crossroads: Whose Viewpoint?  Exhibition of Historic Franklin County Images
DESCRIPTION:In the Great Falls Discovery Center’s Hallway Gallery\, near the dioramas\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) presents reproductions of historic maps\, illustrations\, photographs\, and paintings exploring perspectives of the image makers. How are our rural places represented in the media? Maps\, illustrations\, photographs\, and paintings were the media of the past. Like today\, the makers of these images and documents had viewpoints—both visual and attitudinal—that carried influence. Whose perspectives are we seeing? Whose viewpoints are missing?\n\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on view during open hours at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls from February 5 to March 18\, 2023. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street\, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress. Open hours in February and March are: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesdays through Sundays\, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\n\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between Department of Conservation and Recreation\, RiverCulture\, Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, Montague Public Libraries\, and New England Public Media. See the full calendar of events at https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/crossroads
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/whose-viewpoint-exhibition-of-historic-franklin-county-images/
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,crossroads,History
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SUMMARY:Deepening the Power of Place: Exploring our Cultural Crossroads through Story\, Song and Spoken Word
DESCRIPTION:Crossroads Closing Event with Erica Wheeler and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines\, Jr. \nSinger/songwriter Erica Wheeler’s keynote concert celebrates our connections to Franklin County with a performance at the Shea Theater Arts Center. Wheeler believes “we can turn places we live\, work\, visit and play into places of belonging.” Her place-specific keynote concerts incorporate song\, story\, and audience engagement to help diverse groups find the stories that connect them to their sense of place. Her customized program will blend stories and songs gleaned from research and first-hand knowledge of Franklin County\, beautifully tying together previous programs connected with Crossroads.  \nThe program\, “Social Songs & Spoken Word Poetry: The Confluence of Traditional Eastern Woodlands Social Songs and Modern Spoken Word Poetry\,” composed and performed by Nipmuc Tribe citizens Andre Strongbearheart Gaines\, Jr. and his nephews\, Daishuan Reddeer Garate and Miguel Wandering Turtle Garate\, will explore the common themes that connect ten-thousand-year-old traditional Indigenous social songs with modern day Spoken Word poetry.  They will share stories about their ongoing relationships to the land\, the persistence and resilience of the Northeastern tribes\, differing world views\, and ways they are able to maintain balance between the traditional lifestyle and values they inherited through their ancestors and functioning respectfully in today’s complicated world. \n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on view at the Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls from February 5 to March 18\, 2023. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street\, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress. \n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and Recreation\, RiverCulture\, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, Montague Public Libraries\, and New England Public Media. \nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Bernardston\, Buckland\, Charlemont-Hawley\, Colrain\, Conway\, Erving\, Gill\, Leverett\, Leyden\, New Salem\, Northfield\, Orange\, Rowe\, Shutesbury\, and Whately cultural councils\, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/deepening-the-power-of-place-exploring-our-cultural-crossroads-through-story-song-and-spoken-word/
LOCATION:Shea Theater Arts Center\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Music
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