Art Center’s 2025 Members’ Show
PETERSHAM – The Petersham Art Center will present the Annual 2025 Members’ Show featuring the work of 27 artists. The public is invited to join the artists at an opening reception on Sunday, Nov. 30, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The exhibition will showcase a wide range of mediums, including painting, ceramics, printmaking, jewelery, photography, mixed media and more. The annual exhibition is a traditional culmination of the year’s exhibition schedule and provides members with an opportunity to show their work.
The Art Center’s Barbara Ellis Gallery will be filled with the works of 27 artists from all over the region presenting their recent work. The artists on exhibit are Guy Biechele, Bill Dolan, Dianne Dolan, Donna Eaton, Rick Flematti, Linda Paul Ganson, Cassandra Goldwater, Elisabeth Hyder, David Hayward, Bonnie House, Dale Kalberer, Sevim Kadi, Marcia LaCroix, Gary Lippincott, Ken Levine, Mary Lou T. Mitchell, Susan Paju, Janet Palin, Cathe Palo, Julie Pepper, Joanne Quinn, Abigail Rorer, Richard Salvucci, Peggy Schneider, Geoffrey Smith, Kaitlin S. Walsh and Sandra Whaley.
Regular Art Center hours are Thursdays through Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. For more information about the exhibition and the Center, call 978-724-3415. Since 1912, the Petersham Art Center, located at 8 North Street near Petersham Common, has been home to regional fine art and craft through its shop, gallery, classes and special events.
Mount Grace hosts Giving Tuesday Pub Science Event
BARRE –Join a pub science event in support of Mount Grace’s Giving Tuesday fundraising drive. The event will feature a presentation about how climate change is affecting the region’s freshwater habitats and what can be done about it, given by MassWildlife’s Conservation Science Program Manager Becca Quinones.
This fundraising event’s goal is to reach $12,500 before midnight on Dec. 2. Thanks to a $12,500 match, contributions will go twice as far. The fundraiser will be held at Stone Cow Brewery, 500 West Street, Barre, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Quinones has studied the impacts of dams, land use, and climate change on rivers and estuaries for more than 30 years. Some of her achievements include contributions to the removal of the Klamath River Dams in California, co-authorship of the National Climate Adaptation Strategy, and mainstreaming mitigation of climate change effects at MassWildlife.
Email Caitie Dwyer-Huppert at dwyer-huppert@mountgrace.org to RSVP. Those with specific questions related to aquatic habitats and climate change, email them to Caitie who will share them with Becca so she can plan to address them in her talk.
GGCC Annual Holiday Concert
GARDNER – The Greater Gardner Community Choir (GGCC) will present a Holiday Concert with its performance of one of “Handel’s Messiah.” It will take place at Perry Auditorium, 95 Pleasant St., Gardner, on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. Hear the choir sing some of the most beautiful and inspired choral music ever composed, superb soloists, and a 13-piece orchestra comprised of some of the area’s finest musicians. GGCC is directed by Diane Cushing. Free admission for all, with donations welcomed. For information on GGCC visit www.ggcchoir.com.