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Bangor Arts Commission recommends $10,500 in arts grants, sends awards to City Council for approval
Summary
The Bangor Arts Commission voted to recommend $10,500 in grant awards to local arts groups and will forward the recommendations to the City Council for final approval.
The Bangor Arts Commission voted to recommend $10,500 in grant awards to local arts groups and will forward the recommendations to the City Council for final approval.
The grants committee recommended the following awards: $3,000 to the Bangor Symphony Orchestra (requested $5,000), $1,500 to the Bangor Authors Collaborative (requested $1,500), $2,000 to Some Theatre Company (requested $2,000), $2,500 to Penobscot Theatre Company (requested $5,000) and $1,500 to Robinson Ballet (requested $5,000). Commission members said the packet of recommended awards will be sent to City Council for final approval.
Why it matters: The commission oversees a small municipal grants program used to support free or low-cost arts programming in Bangor. Commissioners said they aimed to distribute…
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