GREENFIELD — The First Sunday Word (formerly the Third Tuesday Word), a long-running literary event hosted by Paul Richmond of Human Error Publishing, will be held at The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. on March 2.
Doors open at 1, open mic starts at 1:30 and featured speakers start at 2:30. Sliding-scale admission is $1 to $5. Books will be for sale.
GREENFIELD — The city will be hosting in-person and remote outreach meetings on the transition from a manual, dual-stream recycling method to an automated, single-stream recycling collection.
Both meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, March 4. The first will take place at 1 p.m. at the John Zon Community Center, while the latter is a remote meeting on Zoom set for 6 p.m. Both meetings will also be recorded and posted on Greenfield Community Television (GCTV) for later viewing.
The March 4 meetings will focus specifically on accessibility concerns. The automated recycling outreach team will detail how accessibility will be considered for automated recycling. The meetings will also include a question-and-answer portion for stakeholders to learn more about automated recycling.
Visit the Greenfield city calendar at greenfield-ma.gov/calendar.php to access the Zoom link.
GREENFIELD — The GCC Community Chorus has announced its 2025 spring concert series, “Choral Classics by Great Composers.”
The chorus will present two programs of music from medieval times to present day, including several pieces in celebration of the 440th birthday of Heinrich Schütz and the 340th birthdays of J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. Soloists are drawn from the chorus. John Yannis is accompanist and Margery Heins is director.
A preview concert will be held at Greenfield Community College on Friday, March 7, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. in the Stinchfield Lecture Hall, Room N335.
Construction is taking place on campus. General parking is in Lot A. Handicap parking is available close to the entrance.
Attendees should then walk to the main entrance of the main building. From the main entrance on the ground floor, take the elevator to the third floor. Walk straight ahead, through the GCC Library, then straight ahead down the hall to Stinchfield Lecture Hall.
A full performance of “Choral Classics by Great Composers” is set for Saturday, April 5, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, 8 Church St. in Greenfield.
The GCC Community Chorus will also perform several pieces from its spring repertoire at GCC’s Arts Night on Thursday, April 17.
Both the preview concert and the full performance are free to attend, with voluntary donations welcome to defray concert expenses.
GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library and the Franklin County Agricultural Society have joined forces to help teens and adults, ages 13 and up, make crafts that can be entered in the Franklin County Fair and displayed at the Roundhouse.
The library will host multiple craft programs this spring in its Makerspace, with a variety of instructors, to help jumpstart residents’ creativity. The schedule is as follows:
■Miniatures with Faith: Tiny Dresses — Wednesday, March 5, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
■Pet Portraits with Danielle — Wednesday, March 12, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
■Pysanky Eggs with Francesca — Saturday, March 15, 10 a.m. to noon.
■Contemporary Patchwork Improv Quilting with Heidi (two-day course) — Monday, March 17, and Tuesday, March 18, both from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Participants must attend both classes.
■Felt Flowers with Francesca — Friday, March 21, 2 to 4 p.m.
■Nature Sketching with Danielle — Wednesday, March 26, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
■Macrame with Nicole: Plant Hangers — Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m. to noon.
All classes are free and materials will be provided unless otherwise noted. Space is limited and advance registration is required for each class. Register at greenfieldpl.libcal.com/calendar.
Due to the popularity of these programs, residents are asked to sign up for no more than two at a time. For more information, contact Francesca Passiglia at francesca.passiglia@greenfield-ma.gov or call 413-772-1544.
GREENFIELD — In collaboration with Tech Foundry, the Greenfield Public Library will offer an hour-long Google Sheets workshop on Friday, Feb. 28, at 10:30 a.m. in the library’s Conference Room.
Attendees will learn to navigate, format and organize information, master formulas and create charts. The program is intended for ages 16 and up.
The workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Attendees can register through the events calendar at greenfieldpl.libcal.com/calendar. For more information, contact Pamela McBride at librarian@greenfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 413-772-1544, ext. 5124.
Preceding the workshop, a representative from Tech Foundry will offer tech help from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents can bring their own devices or use a library laptop.