Events for May 2, 2025
Langstroth’s Literary Bee
In May, stop by the GPL Local History Room as we celebrate Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth, Greenfield resident and the “Father of Modern Beekeeping”. Langstroth developed the moveable frame beehive, which made it possible to harvest honey and check on the bee's health without destroying the bee hive. When Langstroth wrote his classic book Hive and the Honey-Bee in 1853, he included inspiration from some of the English language’s great poets and playwrights. Langstroth generally quoted a select few lines of poetry or prose, but we have expanded those to show the full context of the material. Think of this as a literary garden, with a Langstroth bee flying among its lines and branches. The self-guided program will be on view in the Local History Room for the month of May.
Friday Night Dice with the Fox Hill Board Game Club at Four Phantoms
Come join Greenfield’s premiere board game night with the Fox Hill Board Game Club, a meeting of the friendliest folks around. Bring a favorite game or learn a new one. Make new friends or bring old pals, and get a head start on your resolution to drink more locally brewed craft beer. Four Phantoms also offers food, cider, mead, and non-alcoholic beverages on their menu. Fox Hill has been teaching games in pubs, facilitating friendships and romances since 2016 and take pride in their reviews of being fun, inclusive and providing a safe, comfortable atmosphere. Never been to a modern board game event before? No problem! We have friendly game teachers who would love to teach you and your group a competitive or cooperative game from our library of over 100 games.
PAUL NEWMAN CRIME & PUNISHMENT DOUBLE FEATURE
Buy 1 ticket and see both movies at the GARDEN's Paul Newman Crime & Punishment Double Feature The Young Philadelphians (1959) 6:30PM Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiancé Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count. CAST: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith, Diane Brewster, Billie Burke DIRECTOR: Vincent Sherman RUN TIME: 136 min Cool Hand Luke (1967) 9:00PM When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers. CAST: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew, Morgan Woodward, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper DIRECTOR: Stuart Rosenberg RUN TIME:…