Page 6 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025 Revere Cultural Council invites applications for community cultural events, programs T Advocate Staff Report he Revere Cultural Council is gearing up for its annual call for applications for community cultural events and If We Happen To Meet By Accident ... You’ll Be Glad You Found Us! BEST! Celebrating 46 Years In Business! TONY’S AUTO BODY Call or Visit 781-321-0032 34 Sharon Street Malden, MA 02148 TONYSAUTOBODYLLC.COM COME VISIT OUR STATE OF THE ART BODY SHOP • Computerized Paint Matching (State of the Art Spray Booth) • Computerized Frame Machines • R134 + 1234yf A/C Machines Fully Insured -RS2415 Insurance Company Approval ALL OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED! TONY BARTOLO Owner 46 Years Let Us Handle Your Next Insurance Claim. Go With the BEST It Doesn’t Get BETTER! RENTAL CARS Available programs. It met last week and reaffirmed its priorities in awarding grants. While the council seeks to support programs that showcase the entire city’s diverse heritage and cultural background, the council is particularly interested in events or programs that benefi t underserved and lesser heard groups, Revere youths and at-risk youths. Priority will also be given to other proposals, including fi rst-time applicants and those that involve local history and environmental challenges. Proposals incorporating new art forms or humanities programs that would benefit the community are also given priority. This year the council received $44,600 from the Mass Cultural Council, which supports local cultural councils. The council anticipates a similar appropriation for 2026. Newly elected council chairman Rocky Graziano urged RevereTV | FROM Page 3 ple to register will receive a free lunch so make sure to sign up by August 5 to claim yours! Register online through Community Pass at revererec.org. This message was posted on RevereTV through the “In the Loop” series so the recordings are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Italian. Share them yourself by fi nding them fi rst on the RevereTV Instagram page. Don’t forget that the annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival is happening next weekend. The festival theme is celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution. Enjoy food trucks, vendors, rides, fi reworks and fun for all ages. During the festival, be sure to tune in to RevereTV for all of our daily covpotential applicants to look at the council’s funding list to understand what types of projects the council supports and funds. For 2025, the council awarded Asmaa Abou-Fouda, a leader of the city’s Arabic community, $10,000 for a Ramadan Iftar dinner. The City of Revere received $13,400 for the Revere Beach LGBTQ + Pride Celebration, $8,200 for the Revere Beach Farmer’s Market and $7,000 for the city’s Sunday night concert series. The council also awarded smaller grants to individuals, such as Peter Jackson, who received $300 to produce a community magic show, and Jon Waterman, who received $400 for his program “Live Music Making History Live.” Detailed instructions on how to apply for a grant are available on the Revere section of the Mass Cultural Council website at massculturalcouncil.org erage of sculpture progress and main event ceremonies. All coverage of the festival will be broadcast on the Community Channel and posted to YouTube through the weekend. Tune in to RTV GOV for the July municipal meetings as they are scheduled on the city calendar. The meetings replaying on the channel so far are the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Sub-Committee, Cultural Council, Conservation Commission and License Commission. Meetings from late June are also in replay rotation as well as the Fiscal Year 25-26 Budget Hearings for the next few weeks. RTV GOV is channel 9 on Comcast and channels 13 and 613 on RCN. You must be a cable subscriber in Revere to watch on television, but all meetings can be viewed on YouTube. For Advertising with Results, call he Adv cate Ne spapers call The Advocate Newspapers at 781-286-8500 or Info@advocatenews.net
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