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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230205
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230319
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230304T173000
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SUMMARY:Still on! NEPM presents a Crossroads Event - Native Memories: Recovering Pocumtuck Histories in Franklin County
DESCRIPTION:New England Public Media presents with the Nolumbeka Project\, a talk with Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki)\, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Free Event. This program is continuing as planned at 4 p.m. at the Shea Theater.\n\nNative American memories and histories in the valley of the Kwinitekw (Connecticut River) are long and deep\, tracing back to glacial times and marked by many\, many generations. Native communities in the territories called Nonotuck (now Northampton and Hadley)\, and Pocumtuck (now Deerfield and Greenfield) were supported by reciprocal trade and diplomacy with their Native neighbors\, including Abenaki to the north and Nipmuc to the east\, among others. During the mid-1600s\, the English colonists who came here survived by relying on Native ecological knowledges – maize horticulture\, maple sugaring\, seasonal fish runs\, etc. – that became part of regional Yankee culture. Native leaders negotiated written documents that\, they hoped\, would preserve rights to hunt\, fish\, gather\, plant\, and live here in perpetuity. Yet\, the increase in colonial settlement and colonial warfare forced the Native communities along the Kwinitekw (Connecticut River) to relocate. Even so\, some Native families continued to travel familiar paths and waterways\, setting up camps\, marketing baskets and brooms\, and dispensing Native medicines. During the 1800s\, local historians across New England promoted the romantic stereotype of the “vanishing Indian\,” despite the evidence of Native persistence. Native histories in Franklin County can be better understood by critically analyzing colonial documents\, revisiting Indigenous landscapes\, and otherwise dismantling myths and stereotypes that push Native people\, then and now\, into the vanished past.\n\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\n“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and Recreation\, RiverCulture\, the Friends of the 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/\nMORE INFO\nhttps://museumonmainstreet.org/content/crossroads\nhttps://nolumbekaproject.org/\nhttps://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/margaret-bruchac\n\nhttps://www.nepm.org\nSee less
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/crossroads-event-recovering-indigenous-histories-along-the-kwinitekw-connecticut-river/
LOCATION:Shea Theater Arts Center\, 71 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230310T140000
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SUMMARY:Nice & Easy Walk: Crossroads Edition
DESCRIPTION:An easy-paced\, 1 to 2-mile guided walk\, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls\, geared for seniors\, but open to all ages. Join others seeking fresh air and exercise. A DCR Park Interpreter highlights local history\, weaving in topics from the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather and sturdy boots. Meet at the main entrance to the center. \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. See the full calendar of events at https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/crossroads
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/nice-easy-walk-crossroads-edition-6/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Walk
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230317T130000
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SUMMARY:Nice & Easy Walk: Crossroads Edition
DESCRIPTION:An easy-paced\, 1 to 2-mile guided walk\, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls\, geared for seniors\, but open to all ages. Join others seeking fresh air and exercise. A DCR Park Interpreter highlights local history\, weaving in topics from the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather and sturdy boots. Meet at the main entrance to the center. \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 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/nice-easy-walk-crossroads-edition-7/
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T130000
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SUMMARY:Nice and Easy Walk: Crossroads Edition
DESCRIPTION:An easy-paced\, 1 to 2-mile guided walk\, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls\, geared for seniors\, but open to all ages. Join others seeking fresh air and exercise. A DCR Park Interpreter highlights local history\, weaving in topics from the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit\, which was in our Great Hall until March 18th. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather and sturdy boots. Meet at the main entrance.
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/nice-and-easy-walk-crossroads-edition/
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Walk
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SUMMARY:Nice and Easy Walk: Crossroads Edition
DESCRIPTION:An easy-paced\, 1 to 2-mile guided walk\, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls\, geared for seniors\, but open to all ages. Join others seeking fresh air and exercise. A DCR Park Interpreter highlights local history\, weaving in topics from the Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit\, which was in our Great Hall until March 18th. Wear appropriate clothing for the weather and sturdy boots. Meet at the main entrance.
URL:https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/calendar/nice-and-easy-walk-crossroads-edition-2/
LOCATION:Great Falls Discovery Center\, 2 Avenue A\, Turners Falls\, MA\, 01376\, United States
CATEGORIES:crossroads,History,Walk
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