Cultural Council

Rick Hamelin will present the history of pottery making in Massachusetts – telling stories and facts of the first potters of Massachusetts. We will learn visually and hands on the early methods of creating useful pottery ware for food storage, utility service, liquid decanters, cups and plates.

Anne Barrett will take you on Mary Chapman Lawrence’s journey across the Pacific aboard a whaling ship that lasted for three and a half years. In this performance, Mary will bring forth from her meticulously kept journal, the joys and tribulations of life at sea with her husband, Captain Samuel Lawrence, and their daughter Minnie. […]

The Town of Dudley Historical Commission will produce a brochure that will allow residents a self guided walking tour of Dudley Hill, noting the various historic aspects of the area.

During the month of July, Stephen Lewis will exhibit his collection of posters of Revolutionary art. The posters record through creative graphic art and word some historic revolutions that changed governments through extra-electoral means and also of the people and groups who led these revolutions.

Kevin Gardner, New England stone walls, will be touching on history, technique, stylistic development and aesthetics. Kevin also explains how and why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone walls, the ways in which they and other dry stone structures were built, how their styles emerged and changed over time and […]