Archive for April, 2009

  • David Auburn to Direct BTF Production

    David Auburn to Direct BTF Production

    David Auburn to direct BTF summer production of Sick by Zayd Dohrn. Auburn has been working steadily as a director for both film and the stage since winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his play Proof. For Sick, he will be working with his...

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  • Pending Publication of Berkshire Art Jeweler and Writer’s First Book

    Pending Publication of Berkshire Art Jeweler and Writer’s First Book

    Art jeweler, writer and all around Berkshire Creative, Linda Kaye-Moses’ first book, Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads; Techniques and Inspiration will be published this July. Now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, this book has been in progress for almost two years; from the publisher’s invitation...

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  • MatchBook.org

    MatchBook.org

    MatchBook.org is an online cultural marketplace that brings together New England’s performing and teaching artists and the people and organizations who present them. This free website features an easy-to-search directory of artists, performance spaces and presenting organizations, designed to MATCH artists with presenters that BOOK...

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  • Barrington Stage Company’s Playwright Mentoring Program (PMP)

    Barrington Stage Company’s Playwright Mentoring Program (PMP)

    PMP is an intensive, seven-month, out-of-school activity that uses theatre as a catalyst to change the negative life patterns of at-risk youth and help them to develop positive self-images.  Over the course of the program teens are enabled to create an original performance piece based...

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  • Creative Economy Career Opportunities

    Creative Economy Career Opportunities

    Check out these Creative Economy Career Opportunities! Summer/Spring Internships, Berkshire Living Communications Specialist, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Director of Marketing and PR, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Marketing Manager, Berkshire South Regional Community Center Performance and  Technical Theatre Interns, Berkshire Fringe Festival Project Lead Software...

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  • Award-Winning Contemporary Playwrights to Write for Berkshire Playwrights Lab

    Award-Winning Contemporary Playwrights to Write for Berkshire Playwrights Lab

    Playwrights Joan Ackermann, Eric Bogosian, Larry Gelbart, and David Mamet to Write Original Short Plays for Berkshire Playwrights Lab Gala-Actors Karen Allen, Elizabeth Franz, Dan Lauria, Wendie Malick, Peter Riegert, and Jay Thomas Set to Perform Berkshire Playwrights Lab announces that award-winning contemporary playwrights Joan...

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  • HCDC Business Workshops for Artists and Craftspeople

    HCDC Business Workshops for Artists and Craftspeople

    Hilltown Community Development Coroporation HCDC is offering a series of business workshops for artists and craftspeople, taught by Donald Clark, author of Making a Living in Crafts, at the Hilltown CDC in Chesterfield. Off to Market — Wholesale and Retail Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 6:00...

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  • Workforce Investment Act Youth Formula Grant Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

    Workforce Investment Act Youth Formula Grant Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

    In anticipation of increased Workforce Investment Act Youth Formula Grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the Berkshire County Regional Employment Board, Inc. (BCREB), through a competitive bidding process, is seeking one or more qualified agencies/organizations to administer a Summer...

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  • Jobs!!! Jobs!!! Jobs!!!

    Jobs!!! Jobs!!! Jobs!!!

    1.0 FTE Art Teacher Gr. 5-8, Monument Valley Regional Middle School Assistant Cook, Berkshire Theatre Festival Associate Producer, Monadnock Media, Inc. Carpenters Helper, Undisclosed Communications Specialist, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Coordinator/Lead Teacher, American Girl® Summer Sessions, Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum Co-Executive...

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  • Creative Economy and Its Impact on Western Massachusetts

    Creative Economy and Its Impact on Western Massachusetts

    Berkshire Creative Director of Operations, Helena Fruscio on WGBY’s VodCast:Watercooler with Susan Kaplan. Listen as Maren Brown of the U-Mass Arts extension Service, Helena Fruscio of Berkshire Creative and Greg Liakos, from the Massachusetts Cultural Council discuss the Creative Economy; what it is and what...

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