Community Education–Pioneer VaIley Institute Please check our web site for details as the date approaches: www.jurassicroadshow.wordpress.com.
Pioneer Valley Transition Towns’ Film Festival: Building Community Resilience in an Uncertain Future Fri, Oct 19, GCC’s Sloan Theater
The Festival’s intention is to create a place, using digital video technology, to bring Valley residents together in the face of economic instability, resource depletion and climate change to create positive actions that will enhance our communities. You are invited to submit a video for this festival. Go to www.transitionnorthfieldma.org for your entry form and all the details you need. Accepted films will be shown Oct 19.
Monk’s Caves, Sacrificial Altars, and Wandering Celts: Archaeological Detective Work in Southern New England
MeMBership We urge anyone fascinated by our local history, concerned by the future direction of life in the Valley or entranced by the geology or biology of our river basin to join the Pioneer Valley Institute today! Here’s our handy sign-up form. Until we are all part of the One Percent (!) we are keeping our annual $5 rollback member fee—though of course we encourage those who wish to pay the full price.
Mon, Oct 29, 7 o’clock Greenfield HS Auditorium, Lenox Ave. Free (donations accepted)
Dr Ken Feder has taught in the Dept of Anthropology at Central Connecticut State University since 1977. Archaeological research is like detective work. Instead of attempting to reconstruct the scene of a crime, researchers investigate the scene of a life. How do archeologists apply this forensic approach when researching the origins of agriculture, the development of the first cities, the earliest human settlement of the New World, and the identity of those who left behind the stone chambers, carved stones, or stone circles that dot the New England landscape? In this presentation, Felder shares the reasoning employed by archaeologists—and the convergence of evidence recovered—to answer that very question.
16th Annual Jewelry, Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show and Sale
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Sat, Nov 10, 9:30 to 4 o’clock. GCC Dining Commons—NEW LOCATION!!!!
___ Patron $100 & up
___ Institution $50
Vendors will display specimens from around the world in all price ranges. See rocks and minerals, gemstones and fossils, jewelry and fine art plus there will be featured speakers. Videos, posters and books are for sale and often there is a demonstration to the delight of kids. All this in a brand-new wonderful setting.
___ Sponsor $50
___ Individual $20
___ Family $30
___ Student/senior $10
ANNUAL MEETING Bringing Permaculture to Our Valley Thur, Nov 15, short business meeting at 6:30, program begins at 7 o’clock, Stinchfield Hall, GCC campus with Abrah Dresdale and Ryan Harb. Free, donation welcomed.
Abrah Dresdale is the Faculty/Coordinator of Farm and Food Systems at GCC. Ryan Harb is the Chief Sustainability Specialist for UMass Amherst Auxiliary Services. He facilitated one of the first student-led university permaculture gardens in the nation that supplies produce to its dining commons. Ryan’s efforts have made national headlines and he was was recently named a White House Champion of Change for his work cocreating the UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative. Read more at his blog: http://ryanharb.org/
___ Rollback price $5 Please enclose a check to PVI and mail to: Pioneer Valley Institute at GCC 270 Main St, Downtown Center Greenfield MA 01301 You may also join online at gcc.mass.edu/pvi/ and pay with a credit card.
For more information: PHONE: 413.775.1671 (voicemail: leave your name and address slowly and clearly) or email pvi@gcc.mass.edu
Greenfield Community College • Credit-free Workshops: To register and pay online go to www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree/ or call (413) 775-1661. 37