MassCare Co-Chair Dave Cohen, MassCare board member Judy Atkins and Greenfield Recorder columnist Doug Selwyn will offer an information session on single-payer health care and the ways it can address financial and health care crises. MassCare is the organization leading the effort to pass single-payer health care in Massachusetts.

If passed, a pair of bills submitted in the Legislature, H.1405 and S.860, would bring single-payer health care to Massachusetts. The July 18 program looks to clarify what the legislation would mean for the municipalities and residents of Massachusetts and provide information on how such a system would work, the expected savings that would be gained from the system, how the single-payer model would affect health care coverage and more.

GREENFIELD — The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is starting a new monthly queer open mic night, called Smack Dab, on the first Friday of each month starting Aug. 1. Sign-up is at 6:30 p.m. and performances start at 7 p.m.

To perform at the open mic, sign up and bring five to seven minutes of what you’d like to share: stories, poems, a song, dance or art. With questions, contact hosts Jules and Avery at smackdabqueeropenmic@gmail.com.

GREENFIELD — Artspace Community Arts Center is exploring the possibility of offering an after-school program for teenagers in the fall and is seeking feedback from parents and guardians of teens who might be interested.