Rowe Cultural Council

10/11/2026

The Rowe Cultural Council in partnership with the MA Cultural Council, is proud to present Davis Bates at this year's Fall-A-Palooza event on October 25th in Rowe!! This event will be a lively participatory program of songs and stories. And it will take place at 12:30pm at the Rowe Town Library !! We hope you will come enjoy the fun!!

09/19/2026

Do you have a skill, talent, or event you would like to share with the Rowe community in 2027? The Rowe Cultural Council is accepting grant submissions through October 16, 2026. Go to massculturalcouncil.org and click on the Grants Portal at the top of the page.

The process is quite simple and anyone on the committee would be happy to walk you through it or answer questions you may have. Check in with Thom Chiofalo, Felicity Pickett, Caitlyn Semanie, Jane Kaufman, or Susan Tomlinson. You can also email us at [email protected]

Also consider joining this fun, interesting, and efficient team, who meet 3 or 4 times a year, and award grant monies annually. Anyone is welcome to sit in on our October and/or November meetings.

Keep an eye on our FB page to see the 2027 grantees! We invite you to attend the events supported by the RCC and let us know what you think.

In community,

The Rowe Cultural Council

08/15/2026

Rowe Cultural Council is proud to help fund the live music at the Heath Fair this year!!

The Heath Fair will be held at the Heath Fairgrounds, August 21, 22, 23. Live Music at the 2026 Heath Fair will offer a program of local and regional musicians, some with national reputations, in August 2026. Performances will feature 10 to 12 acts of wide-ranging styles on the music stage continuously during the fair on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

We hope you will enjoy this great music and visit the fair for many other events!

06/29/2026

We are looking for people in town to join the Rowe Cultural Council! We meet about 4-5 times per year and you would get to help us make decisions about what grants we will get to fund for our town, etc. it's a wonderful group of people and we would love for you to join us!! If interested, please contact us at [email protected]

06/02/2026

Join the Rowe Camp and Conference Center for a Community Dinner and a performance by John Porcino - "To Life! Celebrations in Story, Song and Music"

It is sure to be a great evening of food and fun!

Register today at rowcenter.org/programs !

04/30/2026

Remember!
COMING UP IN MAY AND JUNE!

Rowe Cultural Council is proud to support:

The Charlemont Forum's 2026 speaker series features events on May 7 ("Gardening to Reduce Invasives") and June 4 ("Constitution on Life Support"), according to The Charlemont Forum. For 2025, the series included talks on June 26, July 17, and September 18, focusing on topics like law, light pollution, and local food systems.

The Charlemont Forum
2026 Scheduled Forums (Charlemont Federated Church):
May 7, 2026: Gardening to Reduce Invasives.
June 4, 2026: Constitution on Life Support

04/15/2026

COMING UP IN MAY AND JUNE!

Rowe Cultural Council is proud to support:

The Charlemont Forum's 2026 speaker series features events on May 7 ("Gardening to Reduce Invasives") and June 4 ("Constitution on Life Support"), according to The Charlemont Forum. For 2025, the series included talks on June 26, July 17, and September 18, focusing on topics like law, light pollution, and local food systems.

The Charlemont Forum
2026 Scheduled Forums (Charlemont Federated Church):
May 7, 2026: Gardening to Reduce Invasives.
June 4, 2026: Constitution on Life Support

03/01/2026

Winter Hoopla tonight in Shelburne falls. Many beautiful and interesting installations! These programs are why the Rowe Cultural Council supports them -bringing community together and supporting local artists!

02/28/2026

Coming up in March!! If you have never been to Pothole Pictures at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls, you are in for a treat!

Pot Hole Pictures (at the Shelburne Falls Theater at Memorial Hall) is a community film series which shows classic movies and films in the (newly renamed) Shelburne Falls Theater at Memorial Hall. Each year, a committee of Pothole Pictures volunteers selects films for two seasons, which usually results in 32 showings of 16 different films, spanning the calendar year.


Coming up! Mark your calendars!

Friday/Saturday March 13-14 7:30 pm:

Waiting for Guffman — The Greatest Musical Never Made

Christopher Guest. If you love mockumentaries like This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show, you know — and love — Christopher Guest and his partners in comedy. In this hilarious film, aspiring director Corky St. Clair needs to put on a community musical that will take him from Missouri to Broadway. The results are brilliant, even though the musical is not. Don’t miss this one. (1996) R 84 minutes IMDB 7.4

-Rowe Cultural Council

02/28/2026

Come check out this event! Tonight 6-8pm in Shelburne Falls!

The 10th annual Winter Hoopla at Art Garden in Shelburne Falls will feature light sculptures, puppet shows, projected animations, and more, created by a collaborative effort of artists, to bring light and joy during the dark winter months.