Crossroads Kickoff Event!

Saturday, February 11, 2023, 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm
Jump Start Your Smithsonian Experience with Storytelling, Local Film, and Live Music! FREE and open to the public. No reservation needed. Crossroads: Valley Voices is a co-production of the Academy of Music Theatre and NEPM.

Jump Start Your Smithsonian Experience with Storytelling, Local Film, and Live Music!

Leo Hwang, UMASS Amherst Assistant Academic Dean will start the evening with an introduction to the Crossroads exhibit followed by the documentary short film, “A Sweet Tradition,” by local filmmaker Steve Alves. The show continues with four stories on the theme Crossroads told by local storytellers presented by New England Public Media’s Valley Voices team. Crossroads: Valley Voices is a co-production of the Academy of Music Theatre and New England Public Media. Enjoy musical interludes throughout the evening. Appetizers at 6pm. Programming at 7pm.

Crossroads: Change in Rural America has been made possible in Turners Falls, MA at the Great Falls Discovery Center by Mass Humanities. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.

Crossroads will be on display in the Great Hall in collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the town of Montague’s RiverCulture, Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Montague Public Libraries, and New England Public Media.

See the full calendar of events at https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/

MORE INFO

https://museumonmainstreet.org/content/crossroads
https://www.nepm.org/valley-voices

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Underwriters

Australis Aquaculture • Artisan Beverage Cooperative • Benjamin Company • Berkshire Brewing Company • Cohn and Company Real Estate Agency • Community Credit • Common Capital • Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts • Connecticut River Internists • Dean's Beans • Easthampton Savings Bank • FirstLight GDF Suezna • Gill Tavern • Goff Media • Great Falls Harvest • Green River Festival • Greenfield Community College • Greenfield Cooperative Bank • Greenfield Savings Bank • Loot • Massachusetts Cultural Council • Montague Bookmill Montague WebWorks • Northeast Solar • People's Pint • Rainmaker Consulting • The Rendezvous • Solar Store of Greenfield • Stobierski and Connor • Told Video • True North Transit • Turn It Up

Exciting News for A Happening IV: Leviathan

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice to support our 2024 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening IV: Leviathan.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 30 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by folklore, fairy tales, horror motifs, American literature, and the mythos of the Old Testament, all of which delve into the central question guiding the festival: "What does it mean to encounter something greater than yourself and to be consumed by it?" Through this theme, we explore how a community reemerges and imagines itself after destruction and transformation.

With the support of the Markham-Nathan Fund, we are excited to create an event that complicates perspectives and fosters meaningful dialogue. We are grateful for this partnership and for the work of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!