‘Situations’ director to attend question-and-answer session at Garden Cinemas
The Garden Cinemas in Greenfield will welcome Greg Vrotsos, a Massachusetts-born director and star of “Situations,” on Friday, Oct. 2, at 6:30 p.m. for a question-and-answer session following the film.
“Situations” is set three months after a painful breakup. A Los Angeles-based photographer drifts through Silverlake’s creative chaos, dodging well-meaning friends, career pressures and fleeting flings, until an unexpected connection forces him to confront what he truly wants from love, art and himself. The film includes a supporting performance by P.J. Byrne, who is best known for “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Garden Cinemas co-owner Isaac Mass said he is pleased to offer this event and a limited run of the film.
“I get to watch a lot of screeners from indie films, and most don’t make the cut,” he said in a statement. “‘Situations’ is a great adult dramedy.”
Tickets for the question-and-answer session are $11.50 for adults, $9.50 for students and veterans, and $9 for senior citizens. They can be purchased at gardencinemas.net or at the box office.
First Friday to feature Great Ghouls Night Market
The parking lot of Nova Motorcycles at 147 Second St. in Turners Falls will come alive with spooky vendors and entertainers on Friday, Oct. 2, for the Great Ghouls Night Market from 5 to 9 p.m. The market will feature more than 20 vendors selling their spooky wares.
Six live music events, spooky stories and more are happening along Avenue A during First Friday October. Spearheaded by local businesses, First Friday events take place from 4 to 9 p.m. on the first Friday of every month.
For details on First Friday, follow the @firstfridayturnersfalls Facebook and Instagram accounts, or follow RiverCulture, Montague’s creative economy program housed in the Montague Planning Department.
Oct. 9: A Touch of Class to perform
As part of the Great Falls Coffeehouse music series, A Touch of Class will perform at the Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls, on Friday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
A Touch of Class consists of three musicians who have all been performing for nearly 40 years in western Massachusetts: Lynn Lovell on double bass, Judith Williams on piano and Tony Rice on percussion. Together, they perform well-known jazz classics from the Great American Songbook.
The suggested sliding-scale donation ranges from $7 to $20, or free for children. However, no one will be turned away.
Coffee, tea and baked refreshments will be available in exchange for donations, which help the Friends of the Discovery Center provide free nature and historical programming.
Windborne to perform in Leverett
As part of Mount Toby Concerts, Windborne will perform on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at 194 Long Plain Road in Leverett.
Donations are by cash or check, $20 to $30 per person. Reservations are strongly recommended and will be honored until 6:50 p.m. the day of the show. For reservations, email reservations@mounttobyfriends.org.
Composer, cellist to kick off Música Franklin’s Community Concert series
Música Franklin welcomes Drama Desk-nominated composer and cellist Johnathan Moore to kick off the 2026-2027 Community Concert series with a performance on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 25 Church St. in Greenfield.
Moore, from New Haven, Connecticut, won first place in the Yale School of Music Solo Competition with an original composition, leading his career to a solo performance in collaboration with New Haven Symphony Orchestra at the Arts & Ideas Festival. His cello style has been featured at the Guggenheim Museum, Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, Florida State University’s Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography and Molière in the Park.
This family-friendly concert will also feature a student performance and community meal. The program, which is free to attend, is supported in part by grants from the Crossroads Cultural District and the Greenfield Local Cultural Council.
Two exhibits on display at Greenfield Public Library
The Greenfield Public Library is offering two exhibits throughout October.
Tess Perrone Poe, a lifelong maker and artist with early training as a painter, will display photographs in the library’s Conference Room in the exhibit, “Life Lost and Found: A Visual Museum of Life and all of its Things.”
Over the past four decades, Perrone Poe has engaged in printmaking, textile art and sculptural installation, but leaned into digital photography for this project. Perrone Poe believes an artist’s greatest gift is finding beauty and meaning in a subject, then gleaning some insight to share with the world that’s translated through an artistic medium.
“My stepdad passed away in 2017 at age 75 after several years of decline. … The day he died, I felt compelled to document all of his possessions, from the important and valuable items to the little things he interacted with in daily life. I photographed hundreds of things, spending a moment looking at each one (or each collection of items) as if they belonged in a museum. I called it the ‘Life Lost and Found’ project,” Perrone Poe said in a statement. “The act of photographing his life gave me a chance to think (and feel) deeply about his interests, hopes, motivations and connections. The images have sparked conversations about grief, loss, consumerism, the clearing and discarding of physical objects, and about the act of learning to see with our whole hearts.”
An artist’s reception for “Life Lost and Found: A Visual Museum of Life and all of its Things” will be held Friday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, “Coalescence, a group show,” on display in the library’s Community Room, highlights the work of three Greenfield-area friends and artists: Jorie Morgan, Whitney Robbins and Laura Davis.
In their curated set of oil paintings, mixed-media assemblages and improvisational quilts, viewers can experience how colors and visual patterns play off each other. The collection highlights common elements of their artistic practice, including improvisational composition, and an interest in deconstructing and reconstructing space.
A closing reception for “Coalescence, a group show” will be held Friday, Oct. 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Exhibits are accessible when programming is not taking place in the meeting rooms. The galleries are always open for viewing on Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.