Friends of The Great Falls Discovery Center

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.

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The Commonality Project: A Performance Event on the Theme of Community

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

Different performance artists share their interpretations of community through performance and interludes. How has community supported us, or not? What are the challenges in creating community? Where do we find it, or don’t, and the different ways it can be and look? Through an entertainment lens let’s explore and be connected. This project was made […]

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Kidleidoscope Story Hour – Bats

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

For ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Siblings and friends welcome.

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Nice & Easy Walks

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

Easy-paced, 1 to 2-mile guided walk, along the Canalside Rail Trail or downtown Turners Falls, geared for seniors, but open to all. Enjoy natural and local history along the way. Dress for the weather with sturdy footwear and bring water. Inclement weather cancels.

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Find Us at the Farmers Market! *

Peskeompskut Park Avenue A between 6th and 7th Streets, Turners Falls

Montague Public Libraries joins us for Food, Farms, and Factories fun at the Farmers Market, featuring books and activities about growing food. The Great Falls Farmers Market is located between 6th and 7th streets along Avenue A at Peskeompskut Park. All ages welcome. *Food, Farms, and Factories In 2024, the Friends of the Great Falls […]

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Ongoing: StoryWalk® Series * – From Apple Trees to Cider, Please!

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

Enjoy a story, and fresh air! Join us on the center’s grounds for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring the children’s picture books. Follow the path to book pages posted along the route. October 27—November 5:   From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Cherneskey. For young readers ages 4—8, and everyone who loves the […]

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A French/Breton Jam Session

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

All ages. An informal group of musicians gathers to play the enchanting traditional dance music from France and Brittany, commonly known as bal folk. Please note, this is not a performance but rather a coming together of musically-minded friends. The event is free and open to the public to come and go at will.

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Big Read Book Give Away * – Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Clarkdale Fruit Farm 303 Upper Rd., Deerfield, MA, United States

At Clarkdale Fruit Farm, Deerfield Get a free copy of Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. Part of Cider Days, sponsored by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and Montague Public Libraries. Clarkdale Fruit Farm, 303 Upper Rd., Deerfield, MA. Ciderdays.org. * Food, Farms, and Factories In 2024, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center present […]

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Great Falls Coffeehouse Presents: Zydeco Connection

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

Join us for the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center’s concert series featuring local talent. Enjoy Louisiana blues, boogie-woogie, two step and waltzes with Zydeco Connection. Refreshments available. Sliding scale suggested donations, all in support of educational programming at the Center. For all ages. Meet in the Great Hall.

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Agriculture Exhibit Reception & Talk * – And That’s the Way it Was!

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

Saturday, Nov. 9 Reception — Deep Roots: A History of Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley, 1:30 p.m. Join the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association for a reception in the Great Hall celebrating the opening of their exhibit in our Hallway Gallery. Talk — And That’s the Way it Was! Glimpses of Deerfield’s Agricultural Heritage, 2:00—3:30 […]

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An Autumn Orchard Saunter: Poetry, Presence, and the Power of Place *

Clarkdale Fruit Farm 303 Upper Rd., Deerfield, MA, United States

At Clarkdale Fruit Farm: The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association presents a Big Read event followed by cider and conversation. Enjoy an easy afternoon saunter through the orchard with writer, educator and songstress Erica Wheeler, who kicks off the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association’s National Endowment for the Arts Big Read of Ross Gay’s poetry, Catalog of Unabashed […]

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Climate Stories Music: Performance and Presentation *

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

Find inspiration to address the climate crisis through the power of creativity and storytelling. Musician and director of Climate Stories Project, Jason Davis, discusses his work with  climate narrative music, featuring recorded voices of people around the world speaking about their personal responses to the climate crisis. Jason also performs solo double bass musical pieces, […]

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Ongoing: StoryWalk® Series * Thanks to the Animals

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

Enjoy a story, and fresh air! Join us on the center’s grounds for a free self-guided StoryWalk® featuring the children’s picture books. Follow the path to book pages posted along the route. November 16—January 4:   Thanks to the Animals, by Allen Sockabasin. For young readers ages 6—8 and anyone grateful for wildlife and storytelling. The […]

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