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		<title>Funding Opportunities from the MCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MCC presents new funding and other opportunities for communities, cultural organizations, and others to advance efforts to nurture our state’s creative economy. Adams Arts Program Planning and Implementation Grants Intent to Apply Deadline: March 14, 2012 The Adams Arts Program seeks to promote economic and community...]]></description>
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		<title>From BFMC: Mass Film Office Launches New Online Production Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Film Office launches new software system for promoting you and/or your business or service to the film industry-at-large. (Open to MA Residents Only) This will coincide with the launch of the new MFO logo and website and will be followed by a Searchable Location...]]></description>
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		<title>Berkshire Creative Economy Council Names Catharine Deely as Board Chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Berkshire Creative Board is happy to announce the appointment of Cathy Deely as the new Board Chair, succeeding Kevin Sprague of Lenox, MA. In addition to overseeing the organization’s programs and operations, Deely will continue to serve as one of three Berkshire Creative representatives...]]></description>
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		<title>10X10- Inaugural Downtown Pittsfield Contemporary Arts Festival Announces Line-Up</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/30/10x10-inaugural-downtown-pittsfield-contemporary-arts-festival-announces-line-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FEBRUARY 16-26, 2012 Programming to feature plays, songwriters, poets, visual art, film, dance and more. (PITTSFIELD, MA) 10X10 On North announces the schedule of events for the Berkshires’ first-ever winter contemporary arts festival, creatively enlivening downtown Pittsfield February 16-26 with art, dance, film, music, theatre, and more....]]></description>
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		<title>From the Berkshire Eagle: Former church to be art gallery</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/26/from-the-berkshire-eagle-former-church-to-be-art-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEE &#8212; A retired psychiatrist plans to convert a former Catholic church in South Lee into an art gallery that will, in part, benefit a pair of African nations. Philip Pryjma of Great Barrington has purchased the Saint Francis Chapel on Route 102 for $120,000...]]></description>
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		<title>From the MCC: Governor&#8217;s Budget Calls for $9.2 Million for MCC</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/26/from-the-mcc-governors-budget-calls-for-9-2-million-for-mcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston, MA) Governor Deval Patrick today released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for $9.2 million for arts and cultural funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The Governor&#8217;s fiscal year 2013 recommendation for the MCC represents level funding for...]]></description>
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		<title>From the Albany Times Union: What&#8217;s so great about Great Barrington?&#8230;.Just About Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stacey Morris Only a 50-mile drive from Albany, Great Barrington, Mass., is a town that defies categorization. The Berkshire County town of under 10,000 is a tourist destination, second-home magnet for metro-dwellers, college town, and a working class community all rolled into one. It&#8217;s also a...]]></description>
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		<title>From iberkshires: Cultural Grants Are Investment in Berkshire Economy</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/24/from-iberkshires-cultural-grants-are-investment-in-berkshire-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tammy Daniels, Photo Credit: iberkshires GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The backstage investment of more than $8 million so far in the region&#8217;s cultural venues is strengthening its economy and sustaining some its most important historical and artistic buildings. The latest round of Massachusetts Cultural Facilities...]]></description>
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		<title>1Berkshire given new home by Berkshire Bank</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/23/berkshire-bank-donates-central-fire-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSFIELD, MA – January 19, 2011 – As part of its ongoing commitment to Berkshire County, Berkshire Bank, America’s Most Exciting BankTM, will donate its historic central fire station building in downtown Pittsfield to allow four organizations working on behalf of community and economic development...]]></description>
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		<title>From  MCLA&#8217;s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center: Three North Adams based artists chosen for 2012 deCordova Biennial.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mary Lum, Kim Faler and Ven Voisey will be exhibiting new work. The deCrodova Biennial is a survey exhibition focused on emphasizing the quality and variety of work rather than any single or overarching theme. Highlighting artists from across New England, the exhibition displays a diverse range of approaches to media...]]></description>
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