LAI MENG, China Errors/ Fragments Avenue A Storefront Galleries, Turners Falls, MA April 12- May 10, 2015 This artwork is based upon the strange case of the crash of USAF CT-43 in Croatia in 1996. The Millers Falls Arts Bridge connects the creativity of artists from China and around the world with the culture, history […]
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Remembering the Dead, Song and Dance on Turners Falls Riverfront Saturday
By CHRIS CURTIS, Recorder Staff, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, TURNERS FALLS — On Tuesday, it will be 339 years since the infamous attack on a Native American encampment on the Gill bank of the Connecticut River and the ensuing fighting that gave the village of Turners Falls its name, after colonial Capt. William Turner fell […]
River Art Sounds Notes for Celebration
By CHRIS CURTIS, Greenfield Recorder Staff, Sunday, April 26, 2015,TURNERS FALLS — The “Trash to Treasure” art exhibit, in the Great Hall of the Great Falls Discovery Center at 2 Avenue A through the month of May, references that history and more with 15 works created by 11 area artists. The art exhibit is now […]
Connecticut River litter finds new life as artwork at Trash to Treasure juried exhibition
BY Shaina Mishkin, MASSLIVE, April 6, 2015, Trash to Treasure: The River’s Song Art Exhibit”, which runs on Fridays and Saturdays from April 4 to May 8 and daily from May 9 to May 27, features materials like old bottles and car parts repurposed into paintings, sculptures and textile art. The exhibition is part of […]
Archaeologist May Study Turners Falls History
By CHRIS CURTIS, Greenfield Recorder Friday, January 9, 2015 TURNERS FALLS — Pending town approval, a Connecticut archaeological team will take up a two-year study of the bloody incident that began under present-day Barton Cove and continued into present-day Greenfield and surrounding areas during King Philip’s War. READ the full article here.