THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Page 5 Multicultural “Mask Up” messages installed along Shirley Ave. By Tara Vocino A Revere artist is using the striking visuality of his photography to enforce a message that residents can relate to in their native language along Shirley Avenue at the Revere Beach MBTA Station. Brian Harkins shot approximately 15 photographs along Revere Beach, the Wonderland MBTA stop and Shirley Avenue that were enlarged to six 6-by-5-foot outdoor posters, encouraging residents to Mask Up in a language that they speak. “We’re not going to be normal again unless we follow the pandemic guidelines, including social distance, wear a mask, and avoid crowds,” Harkins, who goes by the artist pen name Nyx Breen, said in an inPictured from left to right are, Barbara MacDonald and Nancy Tawadros, who is from Egypt and said seeing the Revere Mask Up message in Arabic is inclusive and engaging. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Artist Brian Harkins points to the city’s website, directing people to Coronavirus resources, in Spanish. terview along Shirley Avenue on Saturday. Department of Public Works staff ers John Doherty and Michael Petrigno installed the posters last Thursday. Since the city is multicultural, the message is in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Moroccan, Haitian Creole, and Khmer. The city’s Healthy Community Initiatives Director, Dimple Rana, assisted Harkins with translations. Each poster features a diff erent photograph that Harkins shot with the same message, pointing residents to revere.org/Coronavirus and encouraging people to wear a mask and to take a selfi e in front of the poster to share on social media websites to raise awareness. Residents Nancy Tawadros, who is Egyptian, and Bouchaib Zouine, who is from Morocco, enjoyed seeing the Mask Up message in Moroccan, a language that they speak. The city’s Open Space and Environmental Planner, Elle Baker, said Monday that the project’s grant was acquired through COVID-19 CARES Act funds. On Shirley Avenue at the Revere Beach MBTA Station on Saturday, Bouchaib Zouine, who is from Morocco, said he is happy to see the Revere Mask Up display in his native Arabic language. Revere Students named to St. Mary’s High School Term 2 Honors List S t. Mary’s High School announces its honor roll and principal’s list for the second quarter of the 2020-21 academic year. Honor roll students must achieve an 85 or above in all of their classes. Students earning principal’s list status must achieve 90 or above in all of their classes. The following students from Revere have achieved these honors: Honor Roll Maximus Kalis ’26 Alexamarie Manta ’24 Marina Gandolfo ’23 Dominic Amore ’21 Lia Catino ’21 Ashley McGrath ’21 Samantha Porazinski ’21 Principal’s List Natalie Vasquez ’26 Caitlyn O’Donnell ’25 Mia DeVoe ’25 Giada Caruso ’24 Grace Coff ey ’24 Ahjeanee Hyancinthe ’24 Isabella Mogavero ’24 Sophia Ortiz-Vargas ’24 Gabriela Mogavero ’22 Jillian Kirby ’22 Maia Kalis ’22 Gina Palermo ’21
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