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The River’s Song

May 12, 2015

The River’s Song

The River’s Song Project, conceived as an innovative year-long study combining the arts and the environment gives voice to a diverse constituency along the Connecticut River basin and highlights its ecology. A full day of activities will be held at Unity Park and the Great Falls Discovery Center, including art making, story time, music, a parade, a walking tour, and a sound and dance performance. See turnersfallsriverculture.org for the latest schedule updates.

SCHEDULE
ALL DAY: Storefront Video Installations along Avenue A, Turners Falls by the Millers Falls Arts Bridge Artists
9am-5pm: Turners Falls Fish Ladder, First St and Unity Park
10-4 pm: Great Falls Discovery Center Environmental Exhibits, 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls MA
11:00am – 3:00 pm: Kid’s Art Making Activities: The Art Garden under the tent at Great Falls Discovery Center
11:00am -3:00 pm: Connecticut River Watershed Council presents children’s story time of “The Fish in the Polka Dot Dress”
(every hour on the hour) and learn about rivers with a hands-on water table. Great Falls Discovery Center
1:00-1:30pm: Reconciliation Commemoration Ceremony with the Nolumbeka Project at The River Tent, Unity Park
1:30-2:30pm: Visioning Bear Drumming, The River Tent, Unity Park
2:30-3:00 pm: Spoken Word with David Brulee, The Nolumbeka Project, The River Tent, Unity Park
3:00pm: The River Parade-Gather at the Art Garden Tent at Great Falls Discovery Center
4:00pm: The River’s Song Soundscape performance with Tony Vacca at the Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A
5:30-7:00 pm: Historic Native American Sites Walking Tour with David Brule of the Nolumbeka Project, gather at Great Falls Discovery Center
6:30-8:00pm: Meet the Artist: Trash to Treasure reception in the Great Hall, Great Falls Discovery Center,
8:15pm: Gathering begins for Water Dance:Sound and Light Performance with drumming by Ricardo Frota at the Iron Bridge behind Great Falls Discovery Center
8:45pm: WaterDance Sound and Light show with Phyllis Labanowski Iron Bridge/Unity Park

 

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