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Cultural Council
Date: 2017-12-11 Time: 6:30 PM
Building: Pleasant Street Senior Center Location: Arts and Crafts Room
Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue
Purpose: Business Session:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Donna Schenkel, Nancy Ziemlak, Mary Ann, Beth Mosier, ]ane Soloway,
Nora Bucko, Rosemary Lewis
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Rosemary Lewis
Topics of Discussion:
The meeting was called to order by Donna Schenkel at 6:40 pm in the Arts and Crafts Room
of the Senior Center.
Minutes were reviewed and approved by all.
Treasurer reported that we have $6476 to award.
Discussion surrounding the various grant applications ensued. Then a motion was
made, seconded and approved to award the following grants in the sum of$5976:
Jams for Jake $ 250 Addiction Awarenes
Senior Center Delvena Theater 400 Isabella play
Parker Tavern Colonial Faire 400 Historical reproduction
Austin Prep Field Trip 250 Nutcracker performance
Reading Public Library Illustrator 450 Javaka Steptoe
Ivy Chord Coffee House 350 Acoustic Concerts
RPL Delvena Theater Production 300 W.C. Fields & Mae West
Kelly Walsh Free Drama Workshop 150 Workshop for children
Coolidge Science Olympiad 400 STEM education
Creative Arts Fairy Tale Players 400 Performance for children
Quannapowitt Players Production 400 Suburban Holidays VII
Community Youth Musicals 427 Barnum Summer Musical
No Suburban CFRN 450 Wayne from Maine Concert
Reading Community Concert Band 450 Mother's Day Concert
Birch Meadow Author Day 500 Anna Staniszewski
Colonial Chorus Sound System 399 Capital equipment
At this point Beth Mosier recused herself due to her affiliation with the applicant group,
and a motion was made, seconded and approved to award the following grant:
Reading Community Singers $ 500 Making Spirits Bright concert
Total Grants $ 6476
The meeting adjourned at 7:55pm.