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		<title>From the Hollywood Reporter: Douglas Trumbull to Receive Academy&#8217;s Gordon E. Sawyer Award</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/18/from-the-hollywood-reporter-douglas-trumbull-to-receive-academys-gordon-e-sawyer-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The visual effects pioneer, who worked on &#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey&#8221; and &#8220;The Tree of Life,&#8221; will be honored at the Scientific and Technical Awards on Feb. 11. Visual effects master Douglas Trumbull has been chosen to receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Arts Advocacy Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts Advocacy Day April 16 &#8211; 17, 2012 The 25th annual Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of America’s cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the...]]></description>
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		<title>From the New York Times: In Winter, Berkshires Culture Moves Indoors</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/15/from-the-new-york-times-in-winter-berkshires-culture-moves-indoors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARK VANHOENACKER FOR many, the Berkshire Mountains are inimitably tied to one season: summer, when the area’s tandem blooms of high culture and cherished New England countryside draw a devoted global audience to this sparsely populated corner of Massachusetts. Traditionally, early September brings a frosty curtain down...]]></description>
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		<title>From NEA Arts: Community’s the Thing-The Importance of the Summer Theater Festivals to the Berkshires</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1850, David Dudley Field, Jr., an attorney and homeowner in Western Massachusetts&#8217; Berkshire County, arranged a picnic for notable authors and a handful of Berkshire citizens atop Monument Mountain near Great Barrington. That luncheon was said to have sparked the friendship...]]></description>
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		<title>NEW Chairman Announces 863 Grants and $22.543 Million in Funding</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2011/11/21/new-chairman-announces-863-grants-and-22-543-million-in-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announces 863 grants and $22.543 million in funding Grants include Art Works and creative writing fellowships Rapid City, South Dakota—At a public panel discussion in Rapid City, South Dakota, today, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the agency...]]></description>
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		<title>From berkshirefilm.com: &#8220;Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving” Slated for Distribution by American Public Television</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire-produced holiday special from Carole Murko to Air on Public Television Heirloom Meals’ creator and executive producer Carole Murko is pleased to announce American Public Television’s distribution plans for  &#8221;Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving,&#8221; an hour-long program capturing recipes, stories and the deep connection between food, family and heritage....]]></description>
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		<title>Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Selected for National Cultural Leadership Program</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2011/11/09/norman-rockwell-museum-directorceo-selected-for-national-cultural-leadership-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt Selected for National Cultural Leadership Program STOCKBRIDGE, MA, November 3, 2011—Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt was nominated into National Arts Strategies‘ highly competitive Chief Executive Program. As one of 100 executive leaders in the cultural sector...]]></description>
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		<title>Berkshire Creative Director Listed on 2011 Top 25 Most Powerful and Influential Leaders in Nonprofit Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helena Fruscio ranked at #19 with fellow emerging leaders Danielle Brazell – Executive Director, Arts for LA;   Ebony McKinney – Founding Director, San Francisco and  Ian Moss – Blogger / Research Director &#8211; Fractured Atlas. Last Sunday, Barry&#8217;s Blog-a service of the Western Arts...]]></description>
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		<title>From Americans for the Arts: NEA Funding Cut Heading to U.S. House Floor</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2011/07/26/nea-funding-cut-heading-to-u-s-house-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>berkshirecreativeintern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed the Interior Appropriations bill, which proposes to fund the NEA at $135 million for FY 2012. If enacted, this $20 million cut would be the deepest to the NEA in 16 years. Now, this legislation heads to...]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Meets With Norman Rockwell Museum Staff at White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stockbridge, MA, July 15&#8211;President Barack Obama opened the doors of the White House last week for a special meet and greet with Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO and Berkshire Creative co-founder Laurie Norton Moffatt; Museum President Anne Morgan; and Museum Trustee Ruby Bridges Hall. The meeting was...]]></description>
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