Boston Pride is hosting a virtual forum for the six major candidates in the Boston mayoral race on Monday, June 14, at 8 p.m. The candidate forum will be moderated by Sue O’Connell, political commentator and analyst for Boston Pride’s media partner, NBC10 Boston and NECN, and a longtime journalist in the LGBTQIA+ community. The candidates will each be given 15 minutes during a specific time slot.
Help is on the way from the state â totaling nearly $1 million â for Berkshire County cultural projects in Becket, Lenox, North Adams, Stockbridge, Williamstown and Windsor.
The cultural facilities awards are from MassDevelopment through the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund. Statewide, the agencies approved $9.1 million in grants to nonprofits, colleges and towns that own or operate facilities primarily focused on the arts, humanities and sciences.
The awards are targeted for the acquisition, design, repair, renovation, expansion and construction of nonprofit and municipal cultural facilities. The grants range from a maximum of $200,000 to $2,400 and require one-to-one matches from the private sector or other non-state sources.