The Mass Cultural Council has awarded the Worthington Council $5500 for FY24.
The Worthington Cultural Council’s priority statement: “We place special emphasis on projects that serve the entire local community, as well as those aimed at families and school-age children. We are seeking to expand the types of projects we fund to include social and recreational events that encourage community togetherness.”
Here is our list of Cultural Council grantees for 2024:
- Smith Vocational Agricultural School – The Viking Runestone student magazine, publishes spring 2024
- It Takes a Village – Caregiver and Child Music Class for Hilltown Families, takes place throughout 2024 at Meekins Library in Williamsburg
- Hilltown Seed Saving Network – Free Tree Grafting Workshop, takes place in early March 2024 at the Village Church in Cummington
- Hampshire Music Booster – HRHS 2024 Musical, takes place March 22-24 at Hampshire Regional High School
- KlezCummington – a klezmer music festival that takes place on July 6, 2024 in Cummington
- Hilltown Theatre Anonymous 2024: As You Like It – takes place in June of 2024 in Chesterfield or Worthington
- Diane Edgecomb – “Let’s Go Eco Show!” for Worthington Library Summer Reading, July 18th, 2024 at 10:30am at the Worthington Library
- Hilltown Community Health Centers – Built Your World activities for children entering Kindergarten and 1st grade, takes place in Worthington during the month of August
- Scott Rogers – Windsor Jazz and Blues Workshop, takes place at Windsor Town Hall and Town Park during the summer
- Hilltown Arts Alliance – Hilltown Open Studio Tour, takes place October 5-6, 2024, at artist studios around the Hilltowns
- Seva Water – Make a Seed Paper to Plant activity, takes place April 22, 2024, at the Cummington Village Church
- Steven Cormier – Author presentation of Life and Times of Parley B. Hutchins, takes place at the Worthington Historical Society on March 9, 2024
- Rochelle Wildfong – Everybody’s a Storyteller workshop, winter 2024 at the Cummington Village Church’s Friday Night Cafe
- Sevenars 56th Anniversary Season – July-August 2024, Worthington
- 2024 Littleville Fair – August 2, 3 & 4 at Littleville Fairgrounds, Chester
- North Hall Association – Historic North Hall Arts Festival 2024, May-September at North Hall in Huntington
- Tori Lawrence – Atland Dance Film Festival, August 2024, Chesterfield
- Worthington Historical Society – Archiving project, ongoing in 2024
- Chesterfield 4th of July Parade – July 4th, 2024, Chesterfield
- Rondae Drafts – Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors, February 2024 at the Council on Aging
- Plainfield Concerts at 7 – chamber music series, August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024, at the Plainfield Congregational Church
- John P. Porcino – Read, Renew, Repeat performance for families, July 25th at 10:30am at the Worthington Library
- Gregory Maichack – Painting Seascapes Inspired by Winslow Homer: Maintaining Habitats (class), May 4, 2024, from 2:00 to 4:00pm at the Worthington Library
- Cummington Village Church – Friday Night Cafe, musical performances place on the 2nd and 4th Fridays: Jan. – June and Sept. – Nov. 2024 at the Cummington Village Church
- Hilltown Families, Inc. – Hilltown Families Suggest, a newsletter roundup of family activities in the region, comes out every Thursday in 2023 (52 weeks)
- Mary Jo Maichack – Adventure with the Froggyman: Playing with Stories and Songs of Nature, family activity on Thurs., Aug. 1, 2024, 10:30-11:30 am at the Worthington Library
- The Worthington Library – Windbourne Concert, vocal music performance takes place January 19, 2024, at the Worthington Congregational Church
- Kamaya M. Diggs – Worthington Writing Residency culminating in a public reading, takes place in spring or fall 2024 at the Goldenrod Country Inn (tentative)