The Medway Cultural Council (MedCC) is pleased to announce new funding of $8,800 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MaCC) for the 2025 calendar year to include 16 Local Cultural Council grants and four council grants.  

Grants include:

• Annual Movie License for Medway Library Events: The Medway Public Library, throughout the year

• Sense and Sound Robotics: FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics & STEM Awareness Program, Tom Kroon (after school program for grades 9-12, ’24-’25 school year

• Live ARTS Concert Series, Michael Lewin, First Universalist Society in Franklin, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin, February 16 and April 6, 2025                                      

• Hip Hop Chair Dance for Seniors, Medway Housing Authority Senior Apartments, Late Winter/Early Spring, TBA

• Community Culture Night at the Symphony, Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra (contact Bernadette Stockwell), Grand Ballroom, Milford Town Hall, March 8, 2025.

• Kaye Kelly & Band, She Grooves: A Tribute to the Legendary Women of Music, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, March 16, 2025

• Lily Henley and Duncan Wickel in Concert, Temple Beth Torah, Holliston MA, 3 pm, March 23, 2025 

• Janet Parnes in Farm Girl on the Front Lines: Deborah Sampson’s Secret! at Medway Library, April 3, 2025

• Celeste Langlois, The Art of Pysanky – The Painting Easter Eggs in the Ukranian Form, Medway Library, April 10,

• Medway Family Community Concert, Medway Friends of Performing Arts), Medway High School Auditorium, April 13,

• Banannies Live! With Elizabeth Silvia, Intergenerational children’s concert steeped in developmental science, Medway Library, April, TBA.

• Greater Milford Community Chorus, Grand Ballroom Milford Town Hall, May 4.

• Musical Playground, An End of Summer Reading Kickoff with Music, David Maloof, Medway Library, June.

• Amy Adams: Painting Venus, Medway Community Farms, Juneteenth Event, mid-June, 2025.

• Southeast Community Wind Symphony’s Band Concert, John Crowley, Medway Senior Center/Oakland Park, June 30 at 6-8 pm.

• Judith Kalora in Rendezvous with Rachael Revere, Medway Library, October 28, 7 pm.

In addition, MaCC Festival and MedCC funds will also support four additional events (see our website below for additional information): 

• High Tea, Thayer House, Sunday, April 27, 2-4 pm

• The Pixie Festival, Choate Park, Saturday, July 26

• The Medway ‘Music’ Porchfest, Saturday, September 27

• The Diwali Festival, Medway High School, Saturday, October 18 

Medway Cultural Council is one of 329 Local Cultural Councils serving all the Commonwealth.  Annual funding is appropriated by the state legislature to the Mass Cultural Council which then allocated funds to each LCC to support community-based projects in the arts, sciences, and humanities. 

Mission Statement 

“The mission of the Medway Cultural Council is to support and cultivate the arts, humanities, and sciences for Medway residents.  To accomplish this we offer grant funding, program development, and educational opportunities.  Our goal is to provide our community with a wide range of cultural experiences including art, musical performance, scientific pursuit as well as traditions from around the world.  We support and encourage local artists in a shared sense of community through cultural appreciation.”

We welcome ideas, recommendations, and feedback for future programming.  Medway residents are invited to attend meetings which are held at the Medway Library.  Our Agenda is posted on the Town of Medway website.  For more information about the Medway Cultural Council, please visit our website at https://www.townofmedway.org/cultural-council or email us at [email protected]