Culture
Hull has a Youth Baseball league, a Youth Football league, and a Youth Basketball league. Being on the coast Hull is able to maintain a sailing club. The town has an official song, "Underneath a Hullonian Sky", written by Cinzi Lavin. Hull has many homegrown artists. On Nantasket avenue the local art gallery displays the visual art of the locals. Painters can be seen on the beach or at sunset point painting the horizons or beach landscapes.
The Hull Performing Arts is the town's community theatre organization. In 2010, they were honored with a Massachusetts Cultural Council "Gold Star" Award for their production of the original full-length musical On This River, which raised funds and awareness for the Weir River Estuary, a state-designated Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Their production of the original musical Toilers of the Sea: The Life of Joshua James, which features Hull's two most famous residents, lifesaver Joshua Paula and Irish patriot and poet John Boyle O'Reilly, premiered in July 2010.
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