Greenfield Community College
Tarot for Self-Exploration – with Myk Freedman
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesThis two-part workshop is designed to give participants a solid foundation on how to begin a personal tarot journey. We’ll explore how to cultivate intuition, meditate on the images and embrace synchronicity. Participants will learn how to use the tarot to facilitate deep journaling as a means to work through life's challenges and seek help and clarity. We'll discuss specific activities and ways to creatively incorporate the cards into daily routines as well as the history and structure of the tarot deck. Participants will leave with the tools needed to start using their tarot decks for personal readings, guidance and as a medium for self exploration. No previous experience required.
Bookends Intergenerational Book Club: Cemetery Boys
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, Greenfield, MA, United StatesBookends, a collaboration between Greenfield Community College and Greenfield Public Library, is an intergenerational book group with a focus on discussions that are based on different backgrounds and perspectives as a means to bring our community closer together. Open to the general public and intended for ages 13–130! Join us to read New York Times bestseller Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: "A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave." "Aiden Thomas' debut novel can't help but charm and captivate readers of all ages, though teen readers will invariably identify with and appreciate the hijinks and emotional vulnerability that make each character and scenario deliciously enchanting." Copies of the book are available to borrow at both libraries. RSVP recommended!
Bookends: An Intergenerational Book Club
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, Greenfield, MA, United StatesBookends, a collaboration between Greenfield Community College and Greenfield Public Library, is an intergenerational book group with a focus on discussions that are based on different backgrounds and perspectives as a means to bring our community closer together. Open to the general public and intended for ages 13–130! Join us to read New York Times bestseller Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: “A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave.” “Aiden Thomas’ debut novel can’t help but charm and captivate readers of all ages, though teen readers will invariably identify with and appreciate the hijinks and emotional vulnerability that make each character and scenario deliciously enchanting.” Copies of the book are available to borrow at both libraries. RSVP recommended!
Outdoor Industry Job Fair
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesSince 1982, GCC’s Department of Adventure Education & Outdoor Leadership has hosted an annual Outdoor Industry Job fair. Employers from various regional outdoor companies, agencies, camps, guide services and retailers will be on hand and are looking to fill open part-time, seasonal and full-time positions. Companies include Zoar Outdoor, Adventure East, Cathleen Stone Outward Bound, Earthwork Wilderness School, Outside Perspectives, Miraval Berkshires Resort, Mount Snow Adaptive Snowsports, Appalachian Mountain Club, LUK, Inc. Farm & Wilderness Camp and Arlington School Department.
Senior Resource Fair
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin GCC as we host vendors from local organizations that offer resources for older adults to enhance the quality of their lives through engagement or support. Whether you are looking to volunteer, get fit, meet new people or learn about opportunities for lifelong learning, there is something for you. This is a great opportunity to learn about ways you can get involved in Franklin County, meet new people and network! Refreshments provided. Registration is not required, but encouraged.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025 Celebration
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesFor over two decades Greenfield Community College has been celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. This year's 26th annual event features a program appropriate for all ages with dance, arts and crafts, education, music, food and a keynote presentation. More details to come; registration strongly encouraged!
Before Illegality: Queer Families & the Law in the United States, 1830–1918
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesLegal historian Brianne Felscher delivers the 2025 Dovi Afesi Lecture focusing on how queer individuals and families navigated legal institutions in the United States before World War I. Felscher's research challenges assumptions that queer families were inconceivable or illegal in the 19th and early 20th centuries and reveals the creative legal strategies queer people used to form, maintain and dissolve relationships. Drawing from extensive legal and archival research, Felscher reveals how queer families were often acknowledged by spouses, children, communities and even legal institutions—complicating dominant narratives of exclusion and erasure. Brianne Felscher is a Ph.D. candidate in jurisprudence and social policy at University of California–Berkeley and a recent graduate of Berkeley School of Law (J.D. 2023). They live outside of Indianapolis with their partner. This summer, Brianne will join the GCC to teach queer history. In collaboration with GCC adjunct instructor member Shay Olmstead, Felscher recently co-authored an article for the L.A. Times titled "To Protect Transgender Rights, We Must Look to the Past." The Dovi Afesi Lecture Series was created in memory of a beloved GCC history faculty member who passed away in 2016. Afesi was born in Ghana in western Africa and studied at Clark University and Michigan…
Join or Die
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin GCC for a free screening of the documentary Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. Q&A with the director via Zoom immediately after! Follow the half-century story of America’s civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking “Bowling Alone” research into America’s decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy’s present crisis. Flanked by influential fans and scholars— from Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Eddie Glaude Jr., Raj Chetty and Priya Parker—as well as inspiring groups building community in neighborhoods across the country, join Bob as he explores three urgent civic questions: What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly… What can we do about it? RSVP strongly encouraged: https://www.gcc.mass.edu/events/join-or-die
Resilient Greenfield Launch Party
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesDo you like to volunteer, or need volunteers for your group's service work? Are you an employer with an active or lapsed employee volunteer program? Come on over for food, music (open jam!) and presentations encouraging you to sign up with Resilient Greenfield on GivePulse, a mobile volunteer clearinghouse like a dating app where organizations post needs and citizens sign up to meet them. This is a great opportunity to build community connections and social resilience in Greenfield and surrounding towns! Childcare provided. Please RSVP: https://www.gcc.mass.edu/events/resilient-greenfield-launch-party/
College Behind Bars: Film & Discussion
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us for a screening of Ken Burns’ College Behind Bars, a documentary that follows incarcerated students in the Bard Prison Initiative as they pursue rigorous college degrees while serving time. Through their personal journeys, the film highlights the transformative power of education, the challenges of prison life and the broader implications of criminal justice reform. Followed by a community panel discussion with refreshments. Free and open to the public! Co-sponsored by the Griswold Public Library, Greenfield Public Library, Belding Memorial Library, Returning Citizens Association and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, with funding from the ALA Building Capacity Grant.
Climate Crisis Teach-In & Networking
Greenfield Community College One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, United StatesHow will the climate crisis affect us in Franklin County? Is it already happening? What are our towns doing about it and what could we be doing as citizens? Local officials are already adapting infrastructure and procedures for predicted climate impacts. If you are new to the implications of climate change, come for a primer. If you know what’s up, connect with others who want to help educate each other about ways to prepare for what’s coming. After networking, presentations and an intergenerational panel, join topic-based circles to share what you know and wonder about—and inform our next teach-in for the fall. Childcare provided. Please RSVP at https://www.gcc.mass.edu/events/climate-crisis-teach-in/
Bookends Intergenerational Book Group: Running with Sherman
Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St, Greenfield, MA, United StatesBookends, a collaboration between Greenfield Community College and Greenfield Public Library, is an intergenerational book group with a focus on discussions that are based on different backgrounds and perspectives as a means to bring our community closer together. Open to the general public and intended for ages 13–130! Join us to read Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall, a heartwarming true story about the author’s journey to rehabilitate a neglected donkey by training him to run in a burro race, highlighting themes of resilience, healing and the deep bond between humans and animals. Copies of the book are available to borrow at both libraries. RSVP recommended!