Ms. G, official groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, makes her annual prediction at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary as part of the Climate Action Day festivities sponsored by the Lincoln Cultural Council.
The Lincoln Cultural Council has announced ten grants totaling $4,700 to support cultural programs in Lincoln, Acton, Concord, and Sudbury.
The Lincoln Cultural Council (LCC) is part of a network of 329 local cultural councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth that will distribute more than $3.3 million in 2019. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, which then allocates funds to each community.
This year’s grant awardees are:
- Gregory Maichack (“Sail Away on the Craft of Pastel Painting”)
- Naturalist John Root (“Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Beneficials”)
- Concord Women’s Chorus (“Searching Love” concert)
- Lincoln Council on Aging (dramatic reading of Herman Melville: “Sailing Towards My Father”)
- Historic New England’s Codman Estate lectures
- Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra (guest artist)
- Concord Museum (forums at the Lyceum)
- Discovery Museum (Open Door Connections)
- Audubon’s Drumlin Farm (Climate Action Day)
- Sudbury Savoyards (“The Yeoman of the Guard”)
Decisions about which activities to support are made at the community level by a board of town-appointed volunteers. Lincoln Cultural Council members are Melinda Bruno-Smith, Catherine Coleman, Patrick Greene, Wendy Hubbard, Chris Loschen, Renata Pomponi, Diana Rich-Sheahan, and Meg Ramsey.
Applications and more information about the Local Cultural Council Program are available online at Applications for the next round of grants are due in October; go to www.mass-culture.org for details, or contact LCC Chair Meg Ramsey at meg.ramsey@verizon.net. The LCC strongly encourages anyone interested in supporting and promoting cultural events in Lincoln to volunteer to serve as a member of the LCC, and they welcome input and ideas.