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Ragged Blue’s John Rough on banjo and Terry Atkinson on guitar will be joined by special guests Rob Griffin, pictured, on fiddle and Jon Oltman on bass during a concert on Friday. -
Ragged Blue’s Terry Atkinson on guitar and John Rough on banjo. -
Ragged Blue’s John Rough on banjo and Terry Atkinson on guitar will be joined by special guests Rob Griffin on fiddle and Jon Oltman, pictured, on bass during a concert on Friday.
GREENFIELD — Ragged Blue and The Green Sisters will perform bluegrass music at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 20. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.
Ragged Blue’s John Rough on banjo and Terry Atkinson on guitar will be joined by special guests Rob Griffin on fiddle and Jon Oltman on bass.
GREENFIELD — Kyle Zegel of Just Roots will be at the Greenfield Public Library on Friday, Oct. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. to offer information and answer questions about Just Roots’ programs, including its winter farm shares.
Just Roots is a Greenfield-based food access organization and farm providing year-round access to local produce and proteins. The organization offers farm shares for pickup as well as for delivery for residents with transportation and/or mobility issues.
GREENFIELD — The Whalemobile, a life-size inflatable humpback whale, will visit the Greenfield Public Library on Saturday, Nov. 4, allowing attendees to learn about how whales and humans are similar and different.
Space is limited and advance registration is required for one of four 30-minute time sessions. Registration opens on Saturday, Oct. 21. Sign up at bit.ly/3M7CNd0.
This free program is intended for children ages 5 to 12. For more information, contact Children’s Librarian Ellen Lavoie at ellen.lavoie@greenfield-ma.gov or 413-772-1544, ext. 5104.
GREENFIELD — The Rev. Steve Wilson will provide a summary of what Unitarian Universalism is, the movement, and its culture and history at All Souls Church, 399 Main St., on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 10:30 a.m.
“In a fun way, we rush through who UUs are,” Wilson said in a statement. “It’s like speed dating with our association.”
The program will be followed by a question-and-answer session and discussion.
GREENFIELD — Greening Greenfield will offer a tour of Just Roots’ native pollinator gardens on Glenbrook Drive on Saturday, Oct. 21, at 9 a.m.
The tour will include the story behind the 3-year-old planted area, as well as a look at the larger meadow that will be ready for seeding next month.
“Maintaining the pollinator garden at Just Roots and planning the new habitat meadow there feels to me like a way I can make at least a little difference in the biodiversity crisis our world is facing,” Elizabeth Erickson of Greening Greenfield, who will be co-leading the tour with Dorothea Sotiros, said in a statement.
Erickson is particularly excited about the meadow because “native meadow plants not only attract native pollinators, but also some have extraordinarily deep roots that build healthy soil and sequester more carbon than non-native garden plants. We’re doing what we can to address our changing climate.”
In addition to the tour, attendees can help plant a hedgerow on the edge of the meadow, weed and mulch around shrubs, and collect seeds.
The tour will begin at 9 a.m., followed by helping in the native pollinator garden and edge of the meadow until 11 a.m. Attendees are advised to bring gardening gloves if they have them.