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• House Panel Proposes 10 Percent Cut for Cultural Funding Through MCC

  

  The Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a state budget for the coming fiscal year that would cut funding for arts and culture through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) by 10 percent. The [...]

• Upcoming Seminars in Non-Profit Management: Managing Nonprofits Through Difficult Times

  

  Mergers and Strategic Alliances To Sustain Programs Instructors: Barbara Krasne & Judy Plows, KrasnePlows Tuesday, May 5 9 a.m.-noon, Sharon Historical Society, Sharon, CT 2-5 p.m., Colonial Theater, Pittsfield, MA Wednesday, May 6 9 a.m.-noon, [...]

• NEFA announces new funding Opportunities as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)

  Signed on February 17, 2009, the ARRA recognizes the important role the arts will play in the economic recovery of the nation, and through stimulus funding awarded to the National Endowment for the Arts, NEFA [...]

• Brown Bag Series: Bridging Generational Differences

  

  Times are changing and businesses need more support than ever in dealing with the changing demographic. To assist local businesses the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce has developed a Brown Bag Series to provide answers from [...]

• Chesterwood to Open May 1st

  

  Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), sculptor of  the Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial Opens for a season of collaboration and community May 1st! Friday, May 1    5:00 [...]

• Lincoln Trail in the Berkshires

  

  In honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial, 14 Historic Sites and Museums have collaborated to create the Lincoln Trail in the Berkshires. The trail spans the length of the county from special exhibitions in at the [...]

• North Adams Artists’ Cooperative Gallery Seeking Applicants

  

  North Adams Artists’ Cooperative Gallery is seeking applicants for membership who create high quality fine art, fine craft and applied art to be exhibited during the 2009 season as part of DownStreet Art, now in its [...]

• From NPR: Actor Kal Penn Trades ‘House’ For White House

  

  Earlier this month actor Kal Penn was named the new associate director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. “Working at the Office of Public Liaison, Penn explained, would allow him to continue the [...]

• Sneak Peek At BeCreative BarCamp Presenters

  

  The list of presenters and their topics is up for the upcoming, first ever BeCreative BarCamp! Friday, May 1st, Berkshire Creatives from throughout the county will convene at MASS MoCA to listen to and engage [...]

• Barrington Stage Company’s Summer Line-up Covered on on Playbill.com

  

  Playbill.com reports on Barrington Stage company’s upcoming season including Carousel and Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire starring three time Tony nominee, Marin Mazzie as Blanche Dubois. “The Pittsfield, MA, company — under the [...]