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.

Postponed until March 1st: A Bridge Too Far

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

We are postponing our program 'A Bridge Too Far' until March 1st, 2-3 p.m. See you then!  Here are the details:What about building new bridges in Gilded Age Turners Falls […]

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A Bridge Too Far

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

What about building new bridges in Gilded Age Turners Falls drove neighbors and whole towns against each other? How do these dramas and debates that played out in newspapers and […]

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To Breathe Freely: Tenements of Turners Falls

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

As the brick blocks went up, the Turners Falls tenements tested every aspect of the town, from its ability to deal with disease to what laborers expected from their lot […]

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Saturday Matinee Documentaries: Millers Falls Tools & Martin Machine Co.

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

Join us for two back-to-back documentaries, brought back to life by the Montague Historical Society, about local machine companies. Join Ed Gregory and Chris Clawson from the Montague Historical Society, […]

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Quabbin Obscura: The Swift River in Black-&-White

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

From farm to canvas to camera, artist Burt V. Brooks (1849-1934) captured the landscapes and daily life in the “drowned towns” before the Quabbin Reservoir (today managed by DCR) was […]

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Artist reception: Cameron Schmitz: Where We Are, Together *

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

View Cameron Schmitz’s exhibit of paintings, enjoy refreshments, and meet the artist. Cameron Schmitz uses color and mark-making as her language of expression. At 4:15 p.m., Cameron speaks briefly about […]

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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 […]

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Community Watch Party—A Conversation with Ross Gay *

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

Monday, April 14, 7—8 p.m. Join us for a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read keynote event, moderated by Matt Donovan, Director of The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center, Smith […]

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“The Extincts” Event and Drawing Demo

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

Join the Montague Public Libraries and the Great Falls Discovery Center for a program and drawing demo with graphic novelist and illustrator Scott Magoon! This Mass Kids Lit Fest event […]

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Shared Skies: Celebrating Migratory Birds and the Communities They Connect

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

On World Migratory Bird Day, join ornithologist Chad Witko (Birding University) for an inspiring exploration of our avian migrants. Celebrate this year’s theme, Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities, […]

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Nolumbeka Project Day of Remembrance

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

Commemorate the 349th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre, outdoors weather permitting, or in the Great Hall. Tribal members and non-Tribal public are welcome. Honored guests include: Liz Coldwind Santana […]

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