CUMMINGTON Approving the creation of “arguably the most rural of all Massachusetts’ cultural districts,” the Mass Cultural Council this week signed off on the designation for Cummington, which makes the town eligible for a $15,000 grant to support a.
State representatives David T. Vieira (R-3rd Barnstable), Steven G. Xiarhos (R-5th Barnstable) and Dylan A. Fernandes (D-Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket) will serve on several committees as part of House of
In April the state House of Representatives built the FY22 Final House Budget, and the Massachusetts Senate did the same in May. This week the two Chambers appointed a six-Member Conference Committee, tasked with drafting a final compromise budget.
The state s cultural sector, which has long thrived on human interaction, has recalculated its significant losses ahead of budget season on Beacon Hill.
According to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is in line for a 10 percent spending cut under Gov. Charlie Baker s budget, the state s nonprofit and municipal cultural organizations reported $588 million in lost revenue since March 2020. Individual and teaching artists and scientists/humanists have lost more than $30.4 million in income due to the pandemic, the council estimated Monday based on its most recent COVID-19 impact survey. Our once booming, innovative, and vibrant cultural sector is in economic crisis, said Michael Bobbitt, the council s executive director. One year of closure and cancellations adds up to millions of dollars in lost revenue and income, and thousands of displaced and impacted workers statewide.
US Representative Dylan Fernandes (D-Falmouth) has been appointed vice chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development. He will also sit on three other committees, including