Name: Theater of Ideas (2/20) Historical Society of Greenfield film screenings
Start: 2026-02-20T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-20T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 324 Main St, Greenfield, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01301

$Theater of Ideas (2\/20) Historical Society of Greenfield film screenings$

Every 3rd Friday, guest speakers present a topic for consideration and exploration. All subjects and approaches to conversation are invited, from traditional lectures, talks, slide shows to experiential learning involving the audience in active participation.
February’s session will be Historical Society of Greenfield film screenings: “Greenfield’s Winter Carnival, 1923” and “Love’s Young Dream” with a talkback session to follow with HSG’s Chris Clawson and Carol Aleman.
In March of 2024, local history fans and researchers Chris Clawson and Carol Aleman discovered a Pathé News newsreel from just over a hundred years ago. As Clawson recounts it, the forgotten reel from 1923, along with another from a year later, sat on a Historical Society of Greenfield shelf when they suddenly caught his attention. He and Aleman set about researching and restoring the films.
“Greenfield’s Winter Carnival, 1923” is a 9-minute film documenting the first Winter Carnival.
“Love’s Young Dream” is a one-act comedy-drama which was produced at the old Victoria (later Showplace) Theater on Chapman Street in June 1924, and features local Greenfield actors.
Bridging the two films is a short documentary detailing the Historical Society’s discovery, what Chris Clawson and Carol Aleman learned about the films’ creation, and how they produced a modern presentation that was initially screened at the Garden Cinemas in 2024. Each film includes a virtual orchestra accompaniment of silent screen music produced specifically for Vintage Days.
Clawson and Aleman will both be on hand to answer questions in a talkback after the screening.
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What do you care about? Like to think about/talk about/learn about/teach about/try out/run up the flagpole or get to the bottom of? All subjects and approaches to conversation are invited, from traditional lectures, talks, slide shows to experiential learning involving the audience in active participation. If you would like to lead a session, or suggest a topic you’d like to see someone else lead, send a note to [email protected] with your proposal or idea.