2023
PVMA Members: FREE Admission to New “Garden of Hearts” Exhibit at Historic Deerfield
April 14, 2023 – February 4, 2024
PVMA collaborated with Historic Deerfield Inc., loaning several objects for their exhibition that celebrates the 20th century Arts and Crafts Movement in Deerfield. PVMA members will receive FREE admission to the Garden of Hearts exhibit at Historic Deerfield’s Flynt Center from Saturday, April 15, 2023- Sunday, February 4, 2024. Open 9:30am-4:30pm. Learn more here.
October 14 & 15, 2023
Eastern European Heritage Festival
PVMA, the Friends of Deerfield, and the Deerfield 350th Steering Committee are hosting an Eastern European Heritage Festival which will be free and open to all ages on Saturday & Sunday, October 14 and 15. Polka music by the Eddie Forman Orchestra, Polish items for sale, family art activities, Polish and Ukrainian dancers, special programs and displays will fill both days. On Saturday, enjoy a catered Polish plate lunch from Bernat’s Polish Deli. Pre-payment of $16 for the lunch is required by October 8. Click here to order online now by credit card or check. See all the Festival details here.
July 9 – September 3, 2023
OLD DEERFIELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES
Beautiful chamber music performed in the lovely Victorian setting of Memorial Hall Museum’s Music Room at 3 p.m. on Sundays July 9th through September 3rd, 2022.
Tickets: $15 for adults; $8 for seniors and students. Tickets available at the door.
See schedule below or download the .pdf flier here.
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July 9, 2023
Ken Forfia & Amy Gates, Piano
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July 16, 2023
Bella Voce
Lisa Woods, Mezzo-Soprano
Teri LaFleur, Soprano
Jerry Noble, Piano
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July 23, 2023
David Kopp, Piano
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July 30, 2023
Jane Fiske & Cynthia Schilling, Piano
Mary Hubbell, Soprano
August 6, 2023
Carol Hutter and Friends
Carol Hutter, Viola
Gary Fieldman, Percussion
Larry Picard, piano
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August 13, 2023
Liana Paniyeva, Piano
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August 20, 2023
Michael Nix, Banjar
Chris Devine, Violin
Greg Snedeker, Cello
August 27, 2023
The Valtchev-Tchekoratova Duo
Georgy Valtchev, Violin
Lora Tchekoratova, Piano
September 3, 2023
The Deerfield Trio
Mark Fraser, Cello
Anthony Berner, Violin
Yu-Mei Wei, Piano
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Please check the website for last minute changes (phone: 413-774-7476 ext. 100; email: pvmaoffice@deerfieldmuseum.org). The entire 2023 season is underwritten by: Martha & Thomas Terry, Tim Neumann & Tom Mershon, and Arrivability Car Service, South Hadley. General sponsors for individual concerts appear on each concert program.
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Annual 4th of July Concert
July 4, 2023
3 pm
Blue & White Room
Westmoreland Town Band FREE Concert
PVMA and Piti Theatre present:
“NIGHT AT THE DEERFIELD MUSEUM!”
April 2023: World Premiere of “Night at the Museum,” followed by panel discussion:
What was life like for African Americans in and around Franklin County in the 1800’s? Of course, there is no simple answer. This documentary, produced with local youth, looks at the moment in the mid-1800’s in Greenfield when early dino track discoverer Dexter Marsh lived near John Putnam, an African American entrepreneur and bandleader who is now considered the “father of contradance.” Learn more about the event and find links to view the movie and follow-up panel discussion here.
The Smithsonian has come to Franklin County!
Crossroads—Change in Rural America
Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
February 5 – March 18, 2023
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA)/Memorial Hall Museum is pleased to join the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center (GFDC) and partners in bringing the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street exhibit to the center’s Great Hall in nearby Turners Falls. Sponsored by Mass Humanities, we are among six rural communities in the state chosen to host the exhibit and to provide accompanying programming with a local focus. Along with being a programming partner, PVMA has installed a companion exhibit in the GFDC Hallway Gallery: “Whose Viewpoint?” exploring the image-makers’ perspectives in reproductions of historic maps, illustrations, photographs, and paintings.
EVENTS
During the six weeks that Crossroads is on view, the partners are offering an exceptional array of programs touching on some of the themes explored in the exhibit. Learn more here and find the full event schedule here. All events are free (some require registration). Please join us!
Partners include the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation, RiverCulture, Montague Public Libraries, and New England Public Media, with programming assistance from the Nolumbeka Project, Museum of Our Industrial Heritage, and Tilton Library.
Old Deerfield Craft Fairs
The Craft Fairs have returned! Thanks to all who joined us at the Holiday Sampler and for supporting the work of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association.
Learn about the 2023 fairs here.
