Archive for May, 2009

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    JOIN US FOR SPARK!

    NETWORKING EVENT FOR BERKSHIRE CREATIVES! Come and meet your creative economy colleagues! If words like art, culture, design, innovation, and technology are part of your vocabulary chances are you are part of the region’s growing creative economy. Whether you work in industry or the arts,...

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  • 2009 Berkshire Gallery Guide

    2009 Berkshire Gallery Guide

    The 2009 Berkshire Gallery Guide is now available! Now in its second year, the Berkshire Gallery Guide, produced through a collaboration among Berkshire Creative, Berkshire Living magazine and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau, is the only county wide guide to the Berkshire’s contemporary art galleries. Look...

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  • DIGMA: DESIGN INDUSTRY GROUP OF MASSACHUSETTS

    DIGMA: DESIGN INDUSTRY GROUP OF MASSACHUSETTS

    Celebrate the launch of digma: DESIGN INDUSTRY GROUP OF MASSACHUSETTS with Greg Bialecki, MA Secretary of Housing & Economic Development and Elizabeth Tunstall,  U.S. National Design Policy Initiative Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2:00 – 3:30 pm, Reception to follow Continuum, 1220 Washington Street, West Newton,...

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  • High Performance Enterprise: A Free Webcast

    High Performance Enterprise: A Free Webcast

    ‘The Winners Circle’ Meet the winners of the CBP Business Plan Competition with special guest, Rabiya JILANI, Director Business Incubation Center at CBP & Counselor, SBDC Springfield, VA Thursday, June 25th, 2009, 9:30-10:00am Click here and follow the prompts to participate in the webcast! It...

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  • Boosters of Springfield’s arts scene looking at Pittsfield as model they might want to follow

    Boosters of Springfield’s arts scene looking at Pittsfield as model they might want to follow

    Delegation from Springfield visits Pittsfield Springfield city leaders visited Pittsfield to tour the downtown and learn how Mayor Ruberto, along his cultural development team, have leveraged cultural revitalization to benefit their city. Click here to read more coverage at masslive.com or ABC 40 Springfield! Do...

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  • Pittsfield Kicks Off Third Season of Third Thursdays!

    Pittsfield Kicks Off Third Season of Third Thursdays!

    “Third Thursday, the monthly block party on North Street, kicked off its third year last night under Kool-Aid-blue skies and as the temperature hit 84.” “Artisans from around the county lined the east side of North Street. They were part of the Berkshire Made Artisan...

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  • MASS MoCA’s Celebrates 10 Years of Economic Impact

    MASS MoCA’s Celebrates 10 Years of Economic Impact

    Last Saturday, MASS MoCA celebrated its 10th Anniversary. Politcians, such as former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and North Adams Mayor John Barrett III, who originally recognized MASS MoCA as an economic engine for the revitalization North Adams, joined fellow patrons and other party goers to...

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  • Berkshire Community College 2009 Career Development Workshops

    Berkshire Community College 2009 Career Development Workshops

    Check out these 2009 BCC Career Development Workshops! The Foundation of Lean: Creating Stability June 8, 2009 , 12:30pm – 4:30 pm Location: Intermodal Education Center, FREE This complimentary 1/2 day workshop is brought to you by the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership and Berkshire Community...

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  • Berkshire Based Magazine Launches New Website

    Berkshire Based Magazine Launches New Website

    Berkshire Living Magazine’s brand-new website, BerkshireLiving.com, has gone live. Check out BerkshireLiving.com to find items from the latest issue, searchable event and dining listings, the 2009 Berkshire gallery guide (produced in conjunction with Berkshire Creative and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau), staff-written blogs, web-only content, and...

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  • From the Berkshire Eagle: The Mount out of the woods

    From the Berkshire Eagle: The Mount out of the woods

    The Mount reaches an agreement to cut its $8.4M in debt and avoid foreclosure. The Mount, the historic former home of noted American author Edith Wharton, has shored up its financial footing.Representatives of the site, which last year was nearly $9 million in debt and...

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