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The LAVA Center

a community arts space in Greenfield, MA

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Where ideas erupt, and creativity flows, community grows.

The LAVA Center
community arts space • arts incubator • black box theater
324 Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts


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A Community Arts Center in Greenfield, MA

Our mission is to create opportunities and build community in and through the arts and humanities. We are a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard. Patrons are welcomed into our community and discover thought-provoking, entertaining, and inspiring works of art.

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Our new project indiVISIBLE is part of MassHumanities’ Expand Massachusetts Stories program. Guided by Lindy Whiton and Alfonso Neal, indiVISIBLE will document—in images and stories—lives of indispensable, yet too-often-invisible, agricultural workers in Franklin County.

Go to the indiVISIBLE website


On the Boards

Join The LAVA Center and local playwrights Christine Benvenuto, P. H. Crosby, Nina Gross, Jan Maher, Silvia Martinez-Howard, and John McDonnell Tierney for a festival of staged readings in June.

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3rd Annual

LAVA Film Festival

September 22-23, 2023

Submission for 2023 are now open!



Come hang out in our cozy new cafe!


Mondays, 11am-2pm
Wednesdays, 11am-2pm
Thursdays, 5-8pm
Saturdays, noon-3pm

self-serve, donation-based coffee and tea… library full of artsy stuff… awesome music… chat with friends… make new friends!… work, write, doodle, daydream…



Current Gallery Exhibits

Why I Go to School: Expressions through Art by the Children of Twice As Smart

A creative exhibit that showcases Twice As Smart students’ expressive art, self-portraits, and personal essays. Twice As Smart is an educational justice program founded by Gloria Matlock.

No Somos Máquinas (We Are Not Machines):
Farmworker Resistance in the Connecticut River Valley

This fully bilingual exhibit sheds light on the experiences of local farmworkers in Western Mass through portraits and interpretive panels. (on display through May)

Interested in displaying your work on our walls? Click here for details!


Upcoming Special Events

'Time in Tatters' by Silvia Martinez-Howard / 'Inheritance' by Nina Gross [On the Boards new play festival]

'Time in Tatters' by Silvia Martinez-Howard / 'Inheritance' by Nina Gross [On the Boards new play festival]

Friday, Jun 9, 2023    
7:00pm—9:30pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
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Click here for more details. Click here for tickets. For the past few months, LAVA has hosted a theater incubation series, during which six local [...]
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'Time in Tatters' by Silvia Martinez-Howard / 'Inheritance' by Nina Gross [On the Boards new play festival]

'Time in Tatters' by Silvia Martinez-Howard / 'Inheritance' by Nina Gross [On the Boards new play festival]

Saturday, Jun 10, 2023    
7:00pm—9:30pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
  • Special Events
Click here for more details. Click here for tickets. For the past few months, LAVA has hosted a theater incubation series, during which six local [...]
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Writers Read ft Connolly Ryan, Dinah Kudatsky, and Richie Davis

Writers Read ft Connolly Ryan, Dinah Kudatsky, and Richie Davis

Wednesday, Jun 14, 2023    
7:00pm—8:30pm
324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA
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The LAVA Center hosts a monthly series, Writers Read, on the second Wednesday every month. Coordinated by Lindy Whiton, the series brings in local writers [...]
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a statement from
Franklin County Arts Being the Change/ Black Lives Matter



The LAVA Center is located on the unceded, stolen land of the Pocumtuck, who are still present in the area. We encourage people to learn more at the Nolumbeka Project. Also, if you are from elsewhere, we encourage you to learn about the indigenous past and present of your homelands.

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324 Main Street
Greenfield, MA

(btwn TD Bank & Pushkin)

Mondays: 11am-2pm
Wednesdays: 11am-2pm
Thursdays: 5-8pm
Saturdays: noon-3pm
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The LAVA Center

The LAVA Center is a community arts space, arts incubator, and black box theater in downtown Greenfield, MA. We are focused on making The LAVA Center a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard.

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  • now open: LAVA Cafe
  • current events: On the Boards new play festival
  • current art: Tom Swetland
  • LAVA Film Festival- submissions open

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