The LAVA Center
Beautiful Disasters: Storytelling Open Mic + Potluck
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesBeautiful Disasters is a storytelling open mic and potluck where Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a night of shared stories and shared food. Every 1st Thursday at The LAVA Center. Bring a dish and a personal story or just some listening ears and hungry mouths. This month we share stories of disasters of experimentation – stories where experiments went wrong, or maybe went right but with unforeseen consequences. Maybe you tried to make your own Frankenstein’s monster, or you tried a new recipe for your new in laws, or you built a treehouse despite never building anything before. Whatever your experiments have been, bring the stories of their successes and failures to The LAVA Center on March 7th. Food and doors at 6pm, stories start at 7pm. Pay what you want.
Nese Uysal “My Inner Joy” exhibit reception
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin Nese Uysal and The LAVA Center for a reception for Nese’s exhibit, “My Inner Joy”! Nese’s exhibit will be on display in March. Nese Uysal was born in Turkiye and now lives in Amherst, MA. She is an educator and works in an elementary school. She enjoys doing arts and crafts. When she creates arts and crafts, she uses different materials such as fabric, paper, small objects, and the like, embroidery is one of the main techniques she uses in her creations. For Nese, creating art with different materials and techniques is a great source of joy. She finds happiness, healing, and defining in the process.
live music with EZZY P + HARDCAR / local short film STOVE BIRD screening
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin The LAVA Center for an evening of local music and film! a screening of “Stove Bird,” a short film by Ryan Arnold live musical performances by: – Ezzy P– indie comedy hip hop – HardCar– punk rock from the heart
Staff Picks Art Exhibit + Retrospective closing reception
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us for a closing reception of our Staff Picks Art Exhibit + Retrospective! We’ll be taking the show down early for maintenance, so that weekend is your last chance to see the exhibit. Click here for details on the exhibit: https://thelavacenter.org/exhibits/staff-picks-art-exhibit-retrospective/
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding the beauty in our disastrous lives. No story is too big or too small! Share stories! Tell stories! Show is pay what you want. The theme changes each month, so check out the LAVA center's eventpage to see the theme of the storytelling open mic this month: https://thelavacenter.org/events/
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding the beauty in our disastrous lives. No story is too big or too small! Share stories! Tell stories! Show is pay what you want. The theme changes each month, so check out the LAVA center's eventpage to see the theme of the storytelling open mic this month: https://thelavacenter.org/events/
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding the beauty in our disastrous lives. No story is too big or too small! Share stories! Tell stories! Show is pay what you want. The theme changes each month, so check out the LAVA center's eventpage to see the theme of the storytelling open mic this month: https://thelavacenter.org/events/
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding the beauty in our disastrous lives. No story is too big or too small! Share stories! Tell stories! Show is pay what you want. The theme changes each month, so check out the LAVA center's eventpage to see the theme of the storytelling open mic this month: https://thelavacenter.org/events/
Beautiful Disasters: A Storytelling Open Mic
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us the first Thursday of every month to share true, personal stories! Trouble Mandeson and Nisse Greenberg host a storytelling open mic about finding the beauty in our disastrous lives. No story is too big or too small! Share stories! Tell stories! Show is pay what you want. The theme changes each month, so check out the LAVA center's eventpage to see the theme of the storytelling open mic this month: https://thelavacenter.org/events/
Preparing Children for an Uncertain Future
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesDoug Selwyn, editor of At the Center of All Possibilities: Transforming Education for Our Children’s Future, explores the question “What education do our children need to be best prepared for their unpredictable future?” Educating our young is one of the primary responsibilities of any society so that they are ready and able to meet the (by definition) unpredictable future they are growing into, ready to step up as the actors and decision-makers in their communities as the current elder generation ages out of those roles. As we look at public education across the nation it is clear that it is failing—by almost any measure—as we refuse to face and act on crisis after crisis, be it climate or pandemic, and exhibit a willingness to leave critical thinking at the door. This workshop begins with a summary of Selwyn’s research with educators and activists around the country regarding the question; how can we help our young people learn what they need to know and be able to do if they are to survive and thrive, as individuals, in communities, and on a healthy planet? Following presentation of the research, participants will together explore the central and strategize around local, state and…
Halloween at LAVA: History of Halloween + The Excorcist
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin Lillian Ruiz—professor at GCC and enthusiast of Halloween and all things scary—and learn a bit about the history of Halloween. We’ll also screen an extended version of the ultimate scary movie The Exorcist along with a short documentary about the film and its cultural impact. Ruiz teaches classes in media and popular culture, Gothic literature, Shakespeare and women in literature, among others. Please note the movie is rated R and is intended for mature audiences only.
2nd Annual LAVA Film Festival
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesWe are a nonprofit community arts space and are offering sliding scale ticket prices in order to increase financial accessibility. Please pay what you can to support this festival and our space. Note: Masks required. We’ll have some on hand. We will open doors 30 minutes prior to start time, and programming will start on time. Please arrive within the half hour between doors and start time to ensure getting a seat. Late ticket holders may lose their seat to people on the wait list. Thursday, 9/15, 5-8pm Filmmakers Reception Audience: Meet filmmakers whose work will be screening over the weekend. Filmmakers: Network with fellow filmmakers, and maybe meet the collaborators on your next film! Friday, 9/16 5pm doors/ 5:30pm films ANIMATED films with films by: Duncan Hatch Samarah Hasan-Kepes Althea Levin Rieff Keaton Kohei Takeda and Shumile COMEDY films with films by: Brendan Egan Porter Justus Robert Markey Michelle Melnik Ezra Clemens Prior Frank A Smith Q & A Saturday, 9/17, 12pm Creative Coffee with Christoper Janke A discussion with multidisciplinary visual artist and Western Mass resident. Saturday, 9/17 2:30pm doors/ 3pm films DRAMA films with films by: Shane Butler Matt Demko, Catherine Argyrople, and Janet Maslow Zoë Jane…