June 2023
Army Corps of Engineers presentation – Birch Hill Dam
Learn about flood control along the Millers River. Birch Hill Dam is located on the Miller's River in South Royalston, Mass., and is part of a network of flood damage reduction projects (including sister dam Tully Lake) on tributaries of the Connecticut River. Completed at a cost of $4 million, Birch Hill Dam was one the first dams the Corps of Engineers built in New England to reduce damage caused by floods like those that devastated Athol and Orange in…
Find out more »Field Trip to Harvard Forest Museum and Trails
This will be a free bus trip to view the dioramas at the Harvard forest museum, followed by a guided woods walk. Program participants will view 23 internationally acclaimed dioramas in Harvard Forest’s Fisher Museum. Seven of the dioramas form a historical series depicting 230 years of landscape change in central New England, beginning with European colonization in 1700. The remaining dioramas portray 20th-century forest management techniques and a series of conservation challenges including erosion and fire. Following the diorama…
Find out more »Spoken word poetry workshop with Lyrical Faith
Find Your Voice in Spoken Word Poetry! Join celebrated poet and spoken word artist Lyrical Faith for this interactive workshop. In this workshop, participants will understand and be able to identify the elements of dynamic storytelling through spoken word poetry. You will analyze and unpack the works of award-winning spoken word artists that engage audience members around passionate delivery and social justice oriented concepts. You'll will have the opportunity to listen, write, and share aloud your own stories through discussion…
Find out more »July 2023
Find Your Voice! Storytelling with Mount Grace
Come hear great stories! Details to come! there will be snacks.
Find out more »So You Think You Can’t Sing? Think Again!
Singing for the Out-of-Tune Think you can't sing? Think again! Join us on Wednesday, July 26, as Julie Bouchard leads us through some exercises and teaches us how to use our voices to get more pleasing results. Star and director of many area musicals, Julie will help us find joy in our own voices. Julie has been performing for over 40 years, both locally and internationally, including traveling to Paris as an American singer and touring New York City with the Childrens Educational…
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