The LAVA Center

The LAVA Center Where ideas erupt, and creativity flows, community grows. Our mission is to create opportunities and build community in and through the arts and humanities.

a community arts & humanities space, arts incubator, and black box theater in downtown Greenfield, Mass
cafe/gallery hours, recurring events, free programming, community, inspiration! The LAVA Center is a community arts space, arts incubator, and black box theater in downtown Greenfield, MA. We are a place where all, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard.

An arts incubator, providing many opportunities for creatives and their work to be nourished. Our humanities programming centers on local history, and social and environmental justice themes. The LAVA Center is located at 324 Main St., between TD Bank and the Pushkin Gallery. NOTE: Our staff is part-time, and we cannot always respond to comments quickly. You may get a faster response if you contact us using this form - https://thelavacenter.org/contact-us/ - or text us at 413-376-8118. Thank you.

On the Boards new play fest: “Calling”Saturday, June 20, 7pmThe LAVA Center: 324 Main St, Greenfieldwritten by Patricia ...
06/18/2026

On the Boards new play fest: “Calling”
Saturday, June 20, 7pm
The LAVA Center: 324 Main St, Greenfield

written by Patricia Crosby & directed by Penney Hulten and starring Ryn Griffin, John Reese, Nick de Ruiter, Sibley Herzog, Katie Hertel, Meg Riordan, Joanna Nix

A family struggles with a father’s allegiance to a cause as the world comes apart around them.

more info—> https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/

advance tickets—> https://www.tixtree.com/e/on-the-boards-calling-a3b0ede72385

https://www.facebook.com/events/1249876857130363/

On the Boards new play fest: “The Hungry Ghosts in the WhiteWash(er) Machine… A (W)hole ReStor(e)ative Practice…"Friday,...
06/17/2026

On the Boards new play fest: “The Hungry Ghosts in the WhiteWash(er) Machine… A (W)hole ReStor(e)ative Practice…"
Friday, June 19, 7pm
The LAVA Center: 324 Main St, Greenfield

written by CL Dukes & directed by Lauren Stock and starring Holly Sroka, Joseph Wright, Gavin Mariani

This is a 3 character immersive spectacle-play. It is an emergent experiential work focused on presence within a collective body of individuals engaging with an embodied practice. How do we embody and understand the impact of our (white) assimilation as a cultural phenomenon of removal, erasure, and denial – as a living construct within our peculiar yet exceptional american institutions? with the inclusion of our own human BEing selves? This spectacle (specter) play is an immersive full-body interconnection with all members of the production performance. The ceremony ritual rite is located within the action, movement, and music and is fundamental to the structure of the performance and production.

more info—> https://thelavacenter.org/on-the-boards/

advance tickets (selling out fast!)—> https://www.tixtree.com/e/on-the-boards-the-hungry-ghosts-in-the-whitewasher-machine-6952cd2ea162

https://www.facebook.com/events/1326442566054490/

Open Stage @ LAVA - with new host Clara Witty!Thursday, June 18, 7pmThe LAVA Center: 324 Main St, GreenfieldLike an open...
06/17/2026

Open Stage @ LAVA - with new host Clara Witty!
Thursday, June 18, 7pm
The LAVA Center: 324 Main St, Greenfield

Like an open mic but MORE.

Theater! Dance! Music! Literature! Spoken Word! Storytelling! Magic! Puppetry! Circus and Sideshow! Comedy! Improv!

Any form of art or entertainment that can be staged, in any stage of development.

WITH A NEW HOST starting in June: Clara Witty
Clara Witty lives in Orange, MA and works as the Programming Director of The LAVA Center. She’s worked on many different projects at The LAVA Center including indiVISIBLE, On the Boards playwright festival, and produced the documentary film “Rising River’s Edge”. She values her community and the arts, and works to bridge them together through her work at The LAVA Center and personal interests.

Signup starts at 6:30, show starts at 7. 5 minute limit for each act.

$1-5 suggested donation

https://www.facebook.com/events/1942855999982864/

LAVA SPRING APPEAL UPDATE:$3,544 raised to date$6,456 to go to reach our goal15 days to go!Your support makes all the di...
06/16/2026

LAVA SPRING APPEAL UPDATE:
$3,544 raised to date
$6,456 to go to reach our goal
15 days to go!

Your support makes all the difference! THANK YOU to those who have donated, attended events, and brought your creativity to our programs in so many ways.

If you have not yet donated, please consider a one-time or sustaining donation to help us meet the goal and keep LAVA going. It takes a village to sustain a village arts and humanities center!

https://thelavacenter.org/donate/

"I, Gardener" by Allen Lang - live radio playWednesday, June 17, 6:45pmThe LAVA Center: 324 Main St, GreenfieldI, Garden...
06/16/2026

"I, Gardener" by Allen Lang - live radio play
Wednesday, June 17, 6:45pm
The LAVA Center: 324 Main St, Greenfield

I, Gardener, a classic sci-fi story by Allen Lang, featured in pilot episode of LAVA Talks, a series for radio recorded in front of a live studio audience.

I, Gardener will be recorded June 17 at The LAVA Center in downtown Greenfield. Doors will open at 6:15 pm for those interested in being in the studio audience; doors will close at 6:45 for studio audience to be oriented to the procedures of audio-recording the live reading. There will be absolutely no late seating for this event as it would be disruptive to the recording process.

The event features actors Chip Roughton and Nathan Michael Turowsky, both familiar to LAVA audiences from LAVA’s On The Boards festivals of new play readings.

Allen Lang wrote science fiction, mystery, and speculative fiction from the early 1950s through the 1970s as Allen Kim Lang and Allen K. Lang; in the 2000s, he resumed writing stories as Allen Lang. Long out of print, much of his earliest work, including I, Gardener, is now in the public domain and has been republished and re-edited by Project Gutenberg.

I, Gardener first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, December 1959.

There is no charge; donations are gratefully accepted and appreciated.

For more information: contact [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/events/2452877078487091/

This week @ LAVA!🗓️ wednesday, june 17, 6:45pm - “I, Gardener” by Allen Lang - radio playhttps://www.facebook.com/events...
06/15/2026

This week @ LAVA!

🗓️ wednesday, june 17, 6:45pm - “I, Gardener” by Allen Lang - radio play
https://www.facebook.com/events/2452877078487091/

🗓️ every thursday, 11am–12:30pm - Drop in & Draw
https://www.facebook.com/events/1186306573226794/

🗓️ thursday, june 17, 7pm - Open Stage - with new host Clara Witty
https://www.facebook.com/events/1942855999982864/

🗓️ friday, june 19, 7pm - On the Boards: “The Hungry Ghosts in the WhiteWash(er) Machine … A (W)hole ReStor(e)ative Practice in ReHears(e)al … A Both/And/Or/With Paradox ReFrame”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1326442566054490/

🗓️ saturday, june 20, 2pm - On the Boards: “Phoenix” reprise

🗓️ saturday, june 20, 7pm - On the Boards: “Calling”
https://www.facebook.com/events/1249876857130363/

☕️ cafe/activities/gallery hours:
Mondays, 11am-2pm
Thursdays, 11am-2pm + 5-8pm
Fridays, 5-8pm
Saturdays, 11am-2pm

all happening at:
📍 324 Main St in downtown Greenfield

06/15/2026

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