Events

What if you could spend a few hours learning from teenagers—and letting them learn from you? Four Rivers Charter Public School and Greenfield Community College are bringing two generations together for the Common GOOD (Generations Opening Opportunities for Dialogue), a six-session exploration of character, community and what it means to live well with others. We'll share stories, tackle some thought-provoking questions, practice skills like listening and navigating disagreement and finish by working together on a community service project. We're looking for curious adults who enjoy conversation, have some life experience to share and aren't afraid to learn something new from a teenager! Participants are expected to commit to meetings on October 21, November 11, December 16, January 20, March 17 and April 18. RSVP to join.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

Generations of women fought for your right to vote; now we must defend that vote—and use it! First proposed by the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, women's demand for the right to vote was controversial—even scandalous in some quarters. Suffragists fought for 72 years to achieve the 19th Amendment in 1920, but astonishingly, women's voting rights are once again up for debate in some quarters. In this talk, Smith College Professor of American Studies Carrie Baker explains the history and current challenges to women's voting rights and how women are fighting to maintain our right to vote. Free and open to the public, RSVP requested. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

GCC Community Chorus presents a preview of their annual fall concert with Margery Heins, Director and John Yannis, Accompanist. Choral performance includes includes folk songs, spirituals and music by Billings, Dillworth, Leslie, Quartel, Thompson, and more. Free and open to the public!

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

GCC Community Chorus presents their annual fall concert with Margery Heins, Director and John Yannis, Accompanist. “Songs of North America” celebrates the choral heritage of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Canadian selections include Kenneth Leslie’s Celtic-inspired “Cape Breton Lullaby,” Sarah Quartel’s “Wide Open Spaces,” and French-Canadian and Indigenous pieces. American works highlight William Billings’s “Anthem for Thanksgiving,” Rollo Dillworth’s arrangement of “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” Randall Thompson’s "Frostina," the traditional blend “No Time” and David Chase and Judith Clurman’s "Washington Women." Mexico is represented by the folk song “De colores” and Renaissance and Baroque masterworks by Manuel de Sumaya. Free and open to the public! Donations accepted at the door.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

Jonathan Mirin, co-founding Artistic Director of Piti Theatre, leads a relaxed and supportive storytelling workshop. We tell stories all the time with friends: "So I'm waiting for the bus and..." But most of us have never been coached on how to to tell better, more effective stories. Workshop participants will receive coaching on both content and style in pairs with time for rehearsal and repetition. No one will have to "perform" for the group and no theater or storytelling experience is required—but performers are also welcome! Free and open to the public. Registration required; priority given to GCC students, faculty and staff.

Jonathan Mirin is an award-winning actor, playwright, essayist, educator and activist who has spent nearly three decades working in theater and film while offering workshops about the ways art and life can support each other to varied groups including social workers, business school students, lawyers, historians, consultants and business leaders.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

GCC Community Chorus presents their traditional informal holiday concert with familiar carols and sing-alongs. Conducted by Margery Heins with accompanist John Yannis.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.

Jonathan Mirin, co-founding Artistic Director of Piti Theatre, leads this workshop. Sometimes we need to have challenging conversations—but when do we get to practice them? This workshop provides an opportunity to try out various approaches to your "conversation in training." Participants will also have the chance to apply "systems thinking" to the conversation which can lead to seeing issues through a wider lens that feels less about "personalities" and more about the big picture. After watching some strategy modeling, we will practice in pairs. Free and open to the public. Registration required; priority given to GCC students, faculty and staff.

Supported by a grant from the Educating Character Initiative at the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, with generous support from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Jonathan Mirin is an award-winning actor, playwright, essayist, educator and activist who has spent nearly three decades working in theater and film while offering workshops about the ways art and life can support each other to varied groups including social workers, business school students, lawyers, historians, consultants and business leaders.

If you identify as a person in recovery, you are welcome to join us for our weekly recover meetings! We follow a format similar to a 12-step program, but this is not a 12-step meeting—it's an opportunity to connect with others who share your experiences and to receive support.