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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. For teens and adults. *In 2024, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center present programs and exhibits about Food, Farms, and Factories, continuing conversations about rural…
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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 economic change. Meet filmmaker Steve Alves for a discussion after the film. Snow date: 3/3. “This is the first film to examine the important…
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Food, Farms, and Factories: Sunday Matinee Documentary Series – Root Hog or Die
February 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST Root Hog or Die by Rawn Fulton and Newbold Noyes. Western Massachusetts farmers describe their lives in the 1970s. Meet Rawn Fulton for a discussion after the film. Snow date: 2/18. “Root Hog or Die is a portrait of a living remnant of this once pervasive but rapidly vanishing way…
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Introducing Food, Farms, and Factories
Throughout 2024 the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center present programs and exhibits about Food, Farms, and Factories. Building on the 2023 success of Crossroads: Change in Rural America, the conversation continues about rural life in Turners Falls and Franklin County. Funded by Mass Humanities through Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and National Endowment for…
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Introducing Food, Farms, and Factories
The Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center present a year-long series of talks, workshops, walks, performances, and exhibits during 2024 all about Food, Farms, and Factories. Building on the successes of the Smithsonian’s Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit and programming in 2023, the Friends Group received another round of programming funds from Mass…
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Crossroads Exhibit: Life is ______
Come see the exhibit Life is______: An exploration of Being Through the Eyes of Local Young People by Brick House Youth! This exhibit in the Great Hall, through a variety of mediums, explores their perspectives and experiences living in modern-day rural America. The youth exhibit is on display through 4-26. This art show is inspired…
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Last Chance to See Crossroads!
Now through Saturday March 18th, the Center is the host of the Smithsonian’s Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibit in our Great Hall. Don’t delay! Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays (and Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
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Deepening the Power of Place: Exploring our Cultural Crossroads through Story, Song and Spoken Word
March 12 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT. FREE. Crossroads Closing Event with Erica Wheeler and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines, Jr. Singer/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…
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Still on! NEPM presents a Crossroads Event – Native Memories: Recovering Pocumtuck Histories in Franklin County
Saturday, March 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EST, Free. Join us at the Shea Theater Arts Center as New England Public Media and the Nolumbeka Project present a talk with Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki), Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bruchac will lead a discussion on Native memories and histories…
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New Date! Crossroads Program: Food for Thought
Postponed, new date is March 1st @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST. FREE. Soup Night, Quiz Night, and Community Conversation! Enjoy delicious locally-prepared soup and join your Franklin County neighbors in a dialog about food, farms, and food security. Free! Registration required. Seats limited. This event is now full. (To register, please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/CMnfxZXbPf3S77DMA). …
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Crossroads Event: Cutlery and Hand Tools
February 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST, FREE. Join silversmith Steve Smithers as he explores the story of the first tradesmen/artisans who came to Greenfield and the surrounding towns in the late 18th century, which eventually led to the emergence of the great metal industries of our region. Steve will also discuss and demonstrate the tools…
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We’re open everyday for School Vacation Week!
Enjoy time off with the family at the Great Falls Discovery Center and see our Connecticut River habitat dioramas and the Smithsonian exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America in our Great Hall.
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Crossroads Exhibit and Reception: Montague At Work and Play
Exhibition of Illustrations by Nina Rossi now through March 18 at the Rendezvous, 78 3rd Street, Turners Falls. Reception Sunday, February 19th 4- 6 p.m. 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…
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Crossroads Kickoff
Saturday, February 11 – 6 p.m. refreshments, 7 p.m. program. Join us at the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls to jump start your Crossroads experience with storytelling, a short local film, and live music. Hear an introduction to the Crossroads exhibit and related programming with Leo Hwang, UMASS Amherst Assistant Academic Dean. Enjoy…
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Crossroads Exhibit Ribbon Cutting!
Sunday, February 5th 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come be the first to see the Smithsonian Exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, in Turners Falls! Get the scoop on how rural America has changed since 1900. The Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center board members, expert hosts of the monthly Great Falls Coffeehouse series,…
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The Great Falls Discovery Center
2 Avenue A,
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-3221
Open Hours
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday – Sunday
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closed Mondays
but open Monday holidays
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The Great Falls Discovery Center is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation with financial, volunteer, and program support from the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center.