September 14 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm At the Shea Theater, Dr. Marge Bruchac discusses research on Native medicinal plants and practitioners, the approaches she uses to make these histories visible, as … [Read more...] about Talk With the Indian Doctress: * Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine
Local History
Eastern European Immigration & Industrialization in Massachusetts
April 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm FREE During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Polish and other Eastern European immigrants arrived in the Connecticut River Valley to begin new lives as small … [Read more...] about Eastern European Immigration & Industrialization in Massachusetts
Art Naturally Series: Make Polish Paper Stars!*
April 13 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm FREE Discover culture and nature through story, poetry, and art in our series of free Art Naturally programs. Using words and images, instruction, and techniques you … [Read more...] about Art Naturally Series: Make Polish Paper Stars!*
The Mill at Montague – A Food, Farms, and Factories Sunday Documentary Film
March 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT, FREE Meet at the Montague Bookmill at 440 Greenfield Road in Montague for a showing of the film The Mill at Montague. An oral history time capsule from 1991 … [Read more...] about The Mill at Montague – A Food, Farms, and Factories Sunday Documentary Film
Factory Talk: The John Russell Cutlery Company
March 2 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST FREE A historical presentation on the John Russell Cutlery Company and the Turners Falls community. Part of our Food, Farms, and Factories program series. … [Read more...] about Factory Talk: The John Russell Cutlery Company
Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – Food for Change
February 25 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST FREE Food for Change: The Story of Cooperation in America by Steve Alves. A film focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and … [Read more...] about Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – Food for Change