Langstroth’s Literary Bee
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, GreenfieldIn 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.
The Overlap: A GCC Student Group Exhibition
Artspace Community Arts Center 15 Mill St, GreenfieldThe Overlap - a GCC student group exhibition, showing work by artists Acadia Black, Emilio DiDonna, Calla Hubert, Caroline James, Nayana LaFond, Tyler Milliken, Charis Mockel-Cole, Olivia Vassar, Morgan Willis, Rich Sergeiko-Marcotte. These students are apart of Greenfield Community College’s Visual Arts Seminar instructed by Chenda Cope The opening reception is free and open to the public! Friday, May 9th, 5pm-8pm Please check our website for weekly gallery hours: www.artspacegreenfield.org/#artspace-hours
Solo Exhibition by Lydia M Kinney
Artspace Community Arts Center 15 Mill St, GreenfieldLydia M Kinney’s Solo Exhibition showcases vibrant, structured and layered abstracted paintings. Lydia is a GCC Alum based in Greenfield. The opening reception is free and open to the public! Friday, May 9th, 5pm-8pm Please check our website for weekly gallery hours: www.artspacegreenfield.org/#artspace-hours
Data Theft Protection
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, GreenfieldYour Identity has been Compromised…..What do you do NOW? Join Michelle Ozdarski of Greenfield Savings Bank on Tuesday, May 13 at 10:00 am to learn how to protect your identity and financial information. Michelle will show how your financial institution, as well as the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and local police departments, can step in to help if your data is compromised. This is Timely information you won’t want to miss out on! This program is free, and pre registration is requested. Register at: https://greenfieldpl.libcal.com/event/14347760 For more information, contact Pamela McBride at [email protected], or call (413) 772-1544.
Local Author Talk with Mattea Kramer
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, GreenfieldThe Greenfield Public Library welcomes local author Mattea Kramer for a talk on her novel The Untended in the Community Meeting Room on Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30 pm in the Community Meeting Room. Mattea Kramer has been an independent writer since 2014, during which time she has been a regular contributor to the syndicated political site TomDispatch, which publishes a range of thinkers and experts on the American empire. Mattea was previously a recipient of a Carnegie-Knight News21 journalism fellowship from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, and since 2017, Mattea has been writing about drugs in America. Her first novel, The Untended, which tells an intimate story of addiction in small-town New England, was published in 2025. Mattea was born and raised in Greenfield, Massachusetts. For more information, contact Lisa Prolman at [email protected], or call (413) 772-1544. This program, sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and open to the public.