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Society Hill String Quintet & CocktailsThe Society Hill String Quintet is a widely acclaimed ensemble consisting of seasoned members of the famed Philadelphia Orchestra. Their repertoire is eclectic and spans a vast musical landscape from the early Baroque to the ultra modern. Monday, August 3rd, 8pm. Tickets are $100 all of which goes to the Lenox Library to support their programs. Ticket includes wine/cheese/dessert reception with the artists.
For more information please visit www.LenoxAthenaeum.org
NEW ADDITION TO INTERPRINTInterprint’s headquarters was orginally located on Pecks Road in Pittsfield, until two years ago when the company’s growth demanded the construction of their current $27 million, 138,000 square foot headquarters on Route 41.
The expansion of the route 41 facility is projected to add five new jobs in 2009 when the 18,000-square-foot expansion is complete, said Jens Bauer, managing director of Interprint. Eventual growth will bring more jobs. The company presently has 130
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9 PARTICIPANTS IN ASSETS FOR ARTISTS PROGRAM!
Berkshire Creative, MASS MoCA, MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, and Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development, along with volunteer advisors from IS183, the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center and Berkshire Community Action Council, have completed the selection process for the first round of individual development accounts (IDAs) available through their collaborative project; Assets for Artists.
Assets for Artists is aimed at helping artists throughout Berkshire County who wish to become home owners and/or receive small business grants, training and assistance. Nine low- to moderate-income artists from across the county are opening state-subsidized IDAs that provide restricted grants to match the artists’ own savings when invested in first-time home ownership or targeted small business investments. (See www.massassets.org/message.html for more information on IDAs.)
The nine participants in the first round of the IDA program are:
The Berkshire Museum Open immediately, the position is full-time with benefits.
The event coordinator is responsible for the organization and support of all events at the Berkshire Museum including the popular Festival of Trees and successful biannual wine auction. Position needs to be available on some weekends and evenings to oversee events.
Qualifications include: a four-year degree, 4 plus years of relevant work experience, excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and good communication and computer skills.
Submit your resume to Human Resources, Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield MA 01201 or e-mail to jprovost@berkshiremuseum.org.
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-Berkshire Business Quarterly contributor Gina Hyams on Berkshire Creative Economy Board Chair, Nancy Fitzpatrick
Berkshire Creative is proud to announce the featuring of our fearless board chair on the cover of this quarter’s BBQ! Here are some excerpts of what Nancy had to say about Berkshire Creative Economy:
I’d like something unpredictably wonderful to come out of it. I’d like to encourage the creative community in economic development. There are a lot of smart people who equate economic development with smokestacks and blight. We have to figure out something new that leverages the cultural richness, history, and natural beauty of the Berkshires. I believe that the heart of it will be innovative collaborations between several sectors, including government, not-for-profit, and private enterprises.
“‘I have managed to structure my work so that I don’t have to do very many things that I don’t enjoy doing,’ Fitzpatrick admits, ‘I’m surrounded by interesting people and I can spend half of my time working on notprofits, which are very strategic to my business. MASS MoCA is key to Porches, BSO is key to the Red Lion Inn, and Berkshire Creative Economy Council combines everything. I get to participate in so many interesting meeting which everybody is trying to create a miracle on a shoestring.’”
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EARTHDANCE AND SEEDS FESITVAL
Earthdance, an organization dedicated to the support and training of people at all skill levels to find and develop expression in movement, theater and music, invites you to participate in SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science).
SEEDS is a three-week festival which bringing together a diverse group of artists, movement practitioners, architects, scientists and spiritual leaders to creatively research ecology and the experiential arts.
BERKSHIRE FESTIVAL OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS!“Creative Sparks: The Power of Women in the Arts”
Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts
The Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts will be held at venues throughout Berkshire County and feature performances, exhibitions, film screenings, readings and lectures by talented women in the arts.
If you are a museum, gallery, performance space, school or other organization interested in participating in this landmark festival contact:
Conference Organizing Committee Chair
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez @
Browdy@simons-rock.edu
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COME ON DOWN TO THE MOUNT!The Mount, summer home of American author Edith Wharton, has been a staple of the Berkshire County cultural scene for decades. The evolution of the property from theater venue to it’s current restored state has been bumpy at times.
Below are images of this National Historic Landmark pre and post restoration. These are helpful to understand the magnitude of The Mount’s undertaking. 
To read more about the evolution of The Mount, check out Rural Intelligence; an online news source founded by Marilyn Bethany and Dan Shaw to meet the need for a reliable information source for people like themselves, who routinely do business and seek out recreation and entertainment in four counties–Berkshire, Columbia, northern Dutchess and northern Litchfield—that are spread over three states.
Illustrators and humorists, Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz, known for their remarkable New Yorker cover, “New Yorkistan”, will be at The Mount this Saturday, August 26 to give an illustrated talk featuring some of their work, and their completely irrelevent musings on Edith Wharton and her times.
Enjoy a twilight stroll through the garden’s of The Mount, summer home of American author Edith Wharton. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in July and August The Mount’s Café is open from 5pm to 8pm. Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres are available and admission is free.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BERKSHIRES
The mission of Berkshire Creative is to stimulate new job growth and economic opportunity in the region by sparking innovative collaborations between artists, designers, cultural institutions and businesses.
We want you to be part of the creative economy. Check out these jobs presently available in the beautiful Berkshires!
Brilliant Graphics Print Technician
Monument Mountain Regional High School Technology Education
Mass MoCA Production Coordinator
Mass MoCA Operations Manager
Mass MoCA Internship Opportunities
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