FCCC January Breakfast - Crossroads: Change in Rural America

The Smithsonian is coming to Franklin County! January’s Chamber breakfast is a prelude to the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on view at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls this year from February 5th to March 18th. The breakfast program features several business leaders who chose to come to Franklin County to live and work. What brought them here? What has kept them here? Our presenters will touch on some of the themes of the Crossroads exhibit, such as Identity, Land, Community, Persistence, and Managing Change.

Panelists include:
Molly Cantor Pottery and Handle Factory Clay Studio, Shelburne Falls
Jeremy Goldsher - Greenspace CoWork, Greenfield
Erin MacLean - LOOT found + made, Turners Falls
Janel Nockleby - Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls


Thank you to our breakfast sponsors - Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center, LifePath and BusinessWest
            

 
About the exhibit:
The Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center are joined by partners and collaborators in offering an array of programming during the exhibit’s six-week visit, including kick-off and closing events at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, and programs in various other Franklin County venues focused on farming, indigenous culture, industry, art, music and our sense of place. A companion exhibit focused on local history and several satellite exhibits will round out the offerings. Find the full event calendar and other information about the exhibit and programs here. 

Crossroads: Change in Rural America has been made possible in Turners Falls, MA at the Great Falls Discovery Center by Mass Humanities. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.

PARTNERS: The Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center are joined by the following partners: the Department of Conservation and Recreation at the Great Falls Discovery Center, RiverCulture, Montague Public Libraries, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, and New England Public Media.