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Dewey Memorial Hall Inc

Dewey Memorial Hall Inc fosters community through cultural events, workshops, and celebrations, enhancing local engagement and appreciation for the arts and horticulture, while supporting the preservation of its historic venue.

Get ready to dance!&nbsp; The Berkshire&#39;s favorite diva, Wanda Houston, returns to Dewey Hall with her musical guests, the ABC&#39;s, for a night of irresistible grooves that will make you move. Grab takeout from our friends at Roberto&#39;s Pizza and make it a dinner party. Beer, wine, and nonalcoholic drinks will be sold at the Hall(please leave outside beverages at home). $20 for tickets &ndash; Admission is free for EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders through the Card to Culture program. The Jazz Residency is made possible in part by the Mount Washington, Sheffield, and New Marlborough Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the MASS Cultural Council. Many thanks to our local business sponsors: Roberto&#39;s Pizza, Elyse Harney Real Estate, Big Elm Brewing, Carlson Propane, Autobahn, Herrington&#39;s and Dan Alden/ACRES

Wanda Houston Jazz Jam with the ABC's

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Thursday, October 8 &ndash; 6:30 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes pizza, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp;provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Oct 8, 2026

Join us Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 11:00 am, as the Hoopers sit down with Lee Buttala to share the story behind the garden, Rockland Farm, including the happy surprises, the lessons learned and a few mistakes. Whether you&#39;re planning your first flower bed or have been gardening for decades, you&#39;ll leave inspired. Madeline, host of the PBS series GardenFit, may even share her secrets for gardening without the aches and pains. Stay afterward for light refreshments and good company. Your $25 suggested donation does more than get you a seat. It helps plant a new Arts-and-Crafts garden behind Dewey Hall, with a stone terrace and an accessible entrance so everyone can enjoy the Hall for the next 140 years.&nbsp; Seating is limited, so reserve your place today.

Madeline & Ian Hooper from Rockland Farm with Lee Buttala - Complimentary Admission

Madeline & Ian Hooper from Rockland Farm with Lee Buttala

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Tuesday, September 22 &ndash; 6:30 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes pizza, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Sep 22, 2026

Wednesday, Sept 16 | 6:30&ndash;7:30 pm Kick things off with Allison Chase&#39;s &quot;Cultivation-to-Competition&quot; workshop. Come learn her secrets for growing show-stopping blooms before the big weekend!Friday, Sept 18 | &nbsp;Dahlia drop Off &nbsp;1:00 pm&ndash;6:00 pmBring your bloom(s) in to Dewey Hall for entry. Cut your blooms in the cool morning or evening hours, choosing flowers at their peak &ndash; fully open, crisp, and free of water spots. Cut long stems(at least 12&quot; if possible)at an angle and place them immediately in warm water, stripping foliage that would sit below the waterline. Let blooms condition in a cool, dark spot for several hours or overnight before transport. When it&#39;s time to travel, use individual bloom boxes or buckets so flowers don&#39;t touch each other or bruise against the container, and keep them out of direct heat in the car. Support necks of larger blooms so they don&#39;t snap in transit. Before drop-off, groom each bloom carefully: remove any damaged or discolored petals, gently reshape any that got crushed, and wipe away pollen and dirt.&nbsp;There will be volunteers on-hand to take down your information and assist you with entering your bloom(s) in the contest.Saturday, Sept 19 | The Big Day&nbsp;|&nbsp;Noon-4:30 pm This is what we&#39;ve been waiting for! Wander through a jaw-dropping display of dahlias entered in our homegrown contest. Grab a bouquet at the Bouquet Bar, make yourself a dahlia flower crown, and treat yourself to some good music, food and drinks. &nbsp;Join our flower arranging workshop and learn how to turn fresh-cut dahlias into a gorgeous arrangement. Say hi to local vendors, have the Master Gardeners test your soil for free, and don&#39;t forget to enter the raffle &mdash; there are some seriously great horticultural prizes up for grabs.Dahlia &quot;After Hours&quot; Cocktail Reception | 4:30&ndash;6:30 pm Once the contest winners are announced, keep the celebration going! Head out back to the tent for an evening of dahlia-themed cocktails and delicious small bites, at a backyard benefit in support of Dewey Hall&#39;s upcoming garden renovations. It&#39;s the perfect way to toast the day&#39;s blooms while helping grow what&#39;s next for the garden. Tickets support a great cause &mdash; come raise a glass with us!Sunday, Sept 20 | An Afternoon of Blooms&nbsp;| Noon-4:30 pm Dewey Hall turns into &quot;Dahlia Hall&quot; one more time! Bring the whole crew &mdash; family, friends, everyone &mdash; to soak in the beauty and see who took home the ribbons.Come for the flowers, stay for the fun. See you there!&nbsp;

Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival 2026

Dahlia &quot;After Hours&quot; Cocktail Reception | 4:30&ndash;6:30 pm Once the contest winners are announced, keep the celebration going! Head out back to the tent for an evening of dahlia-themed cocktails and delicious small bites, at a backyard benefit in support of Dewey Hall&#39;s upcoming garden renovations. It&#39;s the perfect way to toast the day&#39;s blooms while helping grow what&#39;s next for the garden. Tickets support a great cause &mdash; come raise a glass with us!

Dahlia "After-Hours" Cocktail Benefit – Complimentary Admission

Bid in the Dewey Memorial Hall Dahlia Festival Silent Auctionto us grow something beautiful in the heart of Dewey!&nbsp;🌸&nbsp; The Garden Makers project is bringing an Arts &amp; Crafts era&ndash;inspired garden to life behind our historic Community Hall &mdash; a space built on the same values that shaped the building itself: craftsmanship, natural materials, and community gathering.

Dahlia Festival 2026 Silent Auction (benefiting the Dewey Garden Makers Project)

Your gift to the Dewey Hall Garden Makers Campaign helps turn our historic grounds into a welcoming outdoor gathering space 🌱 Together, we&rsquo;ll create gardens that frame concerts, workshops, and festivals with color and life. Every contribution supports:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Planting and caring for perennial beds 🌼</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Improving paths and seating for neighbors of all ages</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Preserving the historic character of Dewey Hall&rsquo;s landscape</li></ul>

Your gift to the Dewey Hall Garden Makers Campaign helps turn our historic grounds into a welcoming outdoor gathering space 🌱 Together, we’ll create gardens that frame concerts, workshops, and festivals with color and life.Every contribution supports:Planting and caring for perennial beds 🌼Improving paths and seating for neighbors of all agesPreserving the historic character of Dewey Hall’s landscape

Dewey Hall Garden Makers Campaign

Friends of Dewey helps keep Dewey Memorial Hall open, welcoming, and alive with nearly 100 events each year&mdash;concerts, game nights, jazz jams, Dahlia Festival, Sourdough Contest, ice cream socials, family programs, and more. Your gift to our Friends of Dewey Donor Campaign supports free and low-cost arts and humanities programming, opens the doors to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders, and sustains a beloved gathering place where Berkshire County neighbors of all ages can meet, listen, learn, and share together.

Friends of Dewey helps keep Dewey Memorial Hall open, welcoming, and alive with nearly 100 events each year—concerts, game nights, jazz jams, Dahlia Festival, Sourdough Contest, ice cream socials, family programs, and more.Your gift to our Friends of Dewey Donor Campaign supports free and low-cost arts and humanities programming, opens the doors to EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders, and sustains a beloved gathering place where Berkshire County neighbors of all ages can meet, listen, learn, and share together.

Friends of Dewey Donor Campaign

Custom Sale for failed payment in online dahlia festival auction Your ticket and additional gift help keep Dewey Memorial Hall a gathering place for &ldquo;good and kindly feelings,&rdquo; where local residents, artists, and families&mdash; including EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders&mdash;can connect through arts, culture, and community.

Custom Sale for failed payment in online dahlia festival auctionYour ticket and additional gift help keep Dewey Memorial Hall a gathering place for “good and kindly feelings,” where local residents, artists, and families— including EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders—can connect through arts, culture, and community.

Custom Sale for Dahlia Auction

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Wednesday, October 28 &ndash; 6:00 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes snacks, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp;provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Oct 28, 2026

Having been interested in plants since his childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Catskills-based landscape designer and garden writer Dean Riddle finds inspiration in our region&rsquo;s rocky terrain and topography. It is his goal to create gardens that connect to both personality and place &ndash; from the narratives and history of its inhabitants to the sylvan settings, architecture, and materials that the site offers. His work combines his education as a horticulturist in North Carolina and his love of woody plants that he curated while working at Hillier Gardens in the UK to his experience gardening in the Northeast and the inspiration of the surrounding environment. In this conversation, he will share his ideas &ndash; as well as photographs of gardens he has created over the years -- for approaching a space and creating a landscape that feels personal while being connected to the natural kingdom it inhabits. Your $25 suggested donation does more than get you a seat. It helps plant a new Arts-and-Crafts garden behind Dewey Hall, with a stone terrace and an accessible entrance so everyone can enjoy the Hall for the next 140 years.&nbsp; Seating is limited, so reserve your place today.

Dean Riddle: Creating Gardens That Reflect Place and Personality, with Lee Buttala

Peter Bevacqua honed his gardening skills studying with Christopher Lloyd and Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter, and with Helen Dillon in her garden in Dublin. He came to garden and landscape design after 25 years in advertising, where he was creative director in the New York office of an internationally well-known ad agency. Combining his background in art and design with this lifelong addiction to plants, Peter approaches the landscape in a manner akin to how he applied his skills to his work in advertising, taking an understanding of a client&rsquo;s needs (or his own in the case of his garden) and working to create artful solutions that are aesthetically pleasing and stand the test of time. Sharing ideas and photographs of his own garden and those of clients, Peter lays out an approach that demonstrates how gardens can be beautiful throughout the seasons, sharing ideas on how to make one&rsquo;s own landscape come to life all year long. His garden has been twice in The New York Times, a featured garden in The Gardens of the Hudson Valley by Monacelli Press, and in the Private Gardens of the Hudson Valley. Your $25 suggested donation does more than get you a seat. It helps plant a new Arts-and-Crafts garden behind Dewey Hall, with a stone terrace and an accessible entrance so everyone can enjoy the Hall for the next 140 years.&nbsp; Seating is limited, so reserve your place today.

Peter Bevacqua: Gardens for All Seasons, with Lee Buttala

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Monday, November 9 &ndash; 6:00 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes snacks, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp;provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 9, 2026

<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bencosgrove.com/" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Ben Cosgrove</a> is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as &quot;a sonic plein-air painter...[using] his piano as a paintbrush,&quot; Ben has performed in every U.S. state exept for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary&nbsp;The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, Acadia National Park, White Mountain National Forest, Isle Royale National Park, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the New England National Scenic Trail, the Schmidt Ocean Institute. the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife &amp; Fish Refuge, the Connecticut River Museum, and the Sitka Center for Art &amp; Ecology. Ben&#39;s music has been called &quot;beautiful and fascinating&quot; (The Maine Edge), &quot;deeply impressive&quot;(Independent Clauses), and &quot;immediately evocative and fully arresting...brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital&quot; (Seven Days). <a fr-original-style="" href="https://newengland.com/yankee/magazine/0126-ben-cosgrove-gets-lost/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Yankee Magazine</a> calls his music &quot;quintessentially American, omnivorous, and democratic,&quot; and Sound of Boston has described him as &quot;an expert at painting sonic portraits of curious, unexpected places.&quot; His latest album, Topograph, a collection of sixteen new pieces inspired by land-shaping processes around the country, was released in January 2026. Beer, Wine and Refreshments available throughout the evening.

Ben Cosgrove in Concert

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Monday, November 16 &ndash; 6:00 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes snacks, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp;provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 16, 2026

Dewey Hall Mahjong Nights are BACK&nbsp; We&#39;re thrilled to announce an evening of open and guided Mahjong play &ndash; a relaxed, social night for anyone who already knows the basics, right on up to seasoned players. A note so you know what to expect: This is not a formal instruction night(which we hope to schedule in the not too distant future!). There&#39;s no class and no lesson plan. Experienced players will be on hand to answer questions, settle a rules debate, and help you find a table &ndash; but the evening is built around simply playing. If you know how the game works and want a friendly place to play it, this is your night. Wednesday, December 2 &ndash; 6:00 pm - Cost: $20 per player, includes snacks, wine and refreshments- RSVP by registering online for each event- Bring: Your 2026 NMJL card, if you have one. Mahjong sets are &nbsp; &nbsp;provided.

Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Dec 2, 2026

Jill Nooney and her husband Bob Munger spent 40 years creating their 30-acre garden in eastern New Hampshire. The result, Bedrock Gardens, is now a public garden that is filled with Jill&rsquo;s ideas for approaching the landscape and Bob&rsquo;s clever and synergistic implementation of her ideas and dreams. The garden synthesizes their creativity, their love of plants, and their approach to shaping the land into a series of landforms, a stumpery, forests, pond gardens, and meadows, that also serve as a backdrop for Jill&rsquo;s artwork. The landscape is inspired and inspires the creativity of its inhabitants and its visitors. A trained social worker and a landscape designer who graduated from the Radcliffe Seminars in Landscape Design, Jill&rsquo;s work combines her passion for plant collecting with her love of found and repurposed objects, and, as she shares the tales captured in her book, The Making of Bedrock Gardens, we are brought into the irreverent and moving landscape she has created. Your $25 suggested donation does more than get you a seat. It helps plant a new Arts-and-Crafts garden behind Dewey Hall, with a stone terrace and an accessible entrance so everyone can enjoy the Hall for the next 140 years.&nbsp; Seating is limited, so reserve your place today.

Dewey Memorial Hall Inc

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Oct 28, 2026

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Dean Riddle: Creating Gardens That Reflect Place and Personality, with Lee Buttala

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Peter Bevacqua: Gardens for All Seasons, with Lee Buttala

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 9, 2026

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Ben Cosgrove in Concert

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 16, 2026

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Oct 28, 2026

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Dean Riddle: Creating Gardens That Reflect Place and Personality, with Lee Buttala

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Peter Bevacqua: Gardens for All Seasons, with Lee Buttala

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 9, 2026

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Ben Cosgrove in Concert

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Dewey Hall Mahjong Night – Experienced and Open Play – Nov 16, 2026

More ways to support us

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Dewey Hall Garden Makers Campaign

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Friends of Dewey Donor Campaign

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