Mendon Cultural Council announces 2016 grant recipients – News – Milford Daily News – Milford, MA Mendon Cultural Council announces 2016 grant recipients Fernandes, D-Milford; and the Mendon Cultural Council announced the award of grants for cultural programming for the benefit of the residents of Mendon and surrounding towns.The Mendon Cultural Council awarded grants to the following individuals and organizations:Christin Barnett: Historic Mendon Art Classes;Davis Bates: Halloween Harvest, a performance for seniors; Blackstone Community Chorus: Creation Mass Concert/Spring Concert; Blackstone Valley Community Concert Band: concert series; Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation: Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra From the Heart;Diane Edgecomb: summer reading and storytelling;Greater Milford Ballet: Nutcracker performance;Greater Milford Community Chorus: concerts and outreach;Leslie Havens: Concert by Quintessential Brass; Steve Henderson: “An Accidental Wedding,” One-Act Play; Karen Arnold/Miscoe Hill Middle School: Miscoe Hill School Newspaper Club;Mark Mandville: Music at Daniel’s Farmstead Farmers Market; Jim Manning: Reading Olympics; andEllis O’Donnell: Flute Interlude. Local grants are awarded from a pool of funds distributed to Mendon by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that supports public programs and educated activities in the arts, sciences and humanities. Any Mendon resident interested in serving on the Mendon Cultural Council should submit an email to culturalcouncil@mendonma.gov.