MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro Local Cultural Council has announced that $23,384 is being distributed to 27 events to provide residents with public programs that support the arts, sciences, and humanities. 

The funds are supplied to local communities by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

The Middleboro Veterans Service Agent in conjunction with the local cultural council will begin the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by highlighting the significant role that Middleboro played in the fight for freedom.

The Middleboro Council on Aging will be hosting a lifelong learning series; music programs focusing on Island Vacations, Beatles and Beyond, and Celebrating the Season: A Halloween Harvest; and a dance workshop titled Hip-Hop Chair Dance for Seniors.

The Middleboro Public Library was granted funds for a Wire Art Tree workshop and Earth Week art activities. The New England Coastal Wildlife Association will also collaborate with staff to create a unique hands-on program utilizing its inflatable model of Salt, the humpback whale.

The Middleboro Health Department in conjunction with the Middleboro Police Department will present a program that features the town’s K-9 unit, the animal shelter,and a performance by Flying High Dogs.

The Middleboro Housing Authority received funds to host a petting zoo, and several individuals were awarded grants to run workshops focused on three different historic fiber crafts, caning, and planting, growing and using herbs in a pizza garden.

Additionally, the Peter H. Peirce Homestead will be hosting two fabric art exhibits and a program associated with raising and releasing monarch butterflies. 

Soule Homestead received funds for the annual sheep day and the Old Colony YMCA will be offering a Wampanoag Tribal Dance performance.

Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School was awarded a grant that will support the creation of a theater arts enrichment program. 

Other theater art events that received funds included the Murder Mystery Diner Theater hosted by the Friends of the Middleboro Public Library and an upcoming performance hosted by the Middleboro Historical Association featuring Judith Kalaora from History At Play in A Rendezvous with Rachel Revere. 

Two programs will be offered in conjunction with the Burt Wood School of Performing Arts. One will involve the distribution of tickets to three different performances while the other will offer scholarships to two residents of Middleboro who have never participated in activities at the school.

Four applicants received funds to support music performances that will take place in Middleboro. They include the Pilgrim Festival Chorus for Celebrate! Messiah and Carol Sing; First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleboro for American Folk Music: A Concert to Explore Its History and Cultural Influences; Mayflower Camerata and Chamber Orchestra for Baroque Pops: Greatest Hits of 1725; and Friends of the Clover Foundation Inc. for entertainment at the East Middleboro 4-H Fair.

More information about funding provided by the Middleboro Local Cultural Council can be found on the Town of Middleboro’s website. 

Another round of grants will be accepted in the fall.