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Cultural Council
Date: 2021-01-11 Time: 7:00 PM
Building: Location:
Address: Session: Open Session
Purpose: Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Mary Ann Kozlowski, Nor,a Bucko, Brian Kinneret, Katherine Lopez Natale,
Kerr! Perry, Jane Soloway, Megan Fidler-Carey, Bhart! Joy Paris
Members - Not Present:
, Michael Duncan Smith
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Katherine Lopez Natale
Topics of Discussion:
This meeting was conducted via ZOOM due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Minutes of the December 28, 2020 meeting were
approved.
Grant applicants who signed up for 10-minute interviews to give the Council further
information about their plans were:
• Tracy Sopchak - Ivy Chord House
• Tom Jones - The Musary
• Cory Sinclair - Barrows PTO, Racial Equity via the Performing Arts
Discussion about grant applications resulted in the following decisions:
Project Title Amount Requested Granted
QP Theather in Park in lot Series 1577 73r
Reading Community Singers Virtual 2020
Concert: Making Spirits Bright 1670 1670
Reading Art Walk 550 550
Arts Reading -Financial deduction for service 64 64
Open Door Connections 300 0
Hip Hop Dance Chair Exercise for Seniors! 280 280
Killam Virtual Author Visit 1449 1449
Brass Connections 1200 0
BirchMeadow-Sarah Lynne Raul Author Visit 1500 1500
Be 0 d Iv Chord 2020-2021 1500 1500
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Discounted Theatre Tickets for Reading Students
and Seniors 1000 820
Re- avin the Hose House Driveway_ 1000 1000
Musical Video-DVD for Long Term Care Facilities,
Senior Center&Local Cable Station 1150 1150
CHAINSAWS, CHEESEBURGERS AND ROCK
N' ROLL-LIVEI 500 500
Pandemic Peace and Promise 2000 2000
New Rep Education -Romeo and Juliet 650 650
Irish Set Dancing 2021 740 740
Racial Equity via the Performing Arts 2000 1 750
Virtual Land of the Sweets Nutcracker 1000 1000
Musary Virtual Music Instruction 500 0
Stephano: True Story of Shakespeare's
Shipwreck 300 300
$20,930 $17,500
The Council was reminded that the term of three voting members will end in June of this
year. New members to further the work of the Reading Cultural Council need to be found.
We have not yet succeeded in scheduling a meeting with our Select Board liaison.
The next meeting is scheduled for February 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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