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	<title>BERKSHIRE CREATIVE</title>
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	<description>Creativity Lives Here</description>
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		<title>Creative Economy Career Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out these creative economy career opportunities!
Director,  Architecture OMI
Relationship Manager, @uto Revenue
Assistant to the Artistic Director, Barrington Stage Company
Associate Box Office Manager and Box Office Staff, Barrington Stage Company
Company Manager, Barrington Stage Company
House Manager, Barrington Stage Company
History Teacher, Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School
System Developer, Berkshire Bank
Adjunct Faculty, Berkshire Community College
Security, The Berkshire Museum [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/10/creative-economy-career-opportunities-18/</link>
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		<title>Calls for Submissions</title>
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Attention makers, actors, performers, artists, and creatives! Check out the following opportunities to get your work seen by the world:
CINARS 2010: Call for showcases
Deadline: March 12, 2010
DOWNSTREET ART: Call for Guest Curators
Deadline: March 15, 2010
ODE TO DEGAS EXHIBIT: Call for Art
Deadline: March 15, 2010
LEF FOUNDATION: Call for New England Filmakers
Deadline: March 19, 2010
2010 PHILLY FRINGE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/10/calls-for-submissions-8/</link>
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		<title>Updated and Expanded CultureCount Numbers &amp; Impact Calculator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to NEFA&#8217;s Latest Nonprofit Study, New England Arts + Culture Nonprofits Spent 3.6 Billion Dollars in 2007. Economic impact estimates take this direct spending number ($3.6 billion) and add indirect and induced spending to account for the multiplier effect of these nonprofits in their communities.
So, the three classes of spending (direct, indirect, and induced) not only reflect related [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/10/updated-and-expanded-culturecount-numbers-impact-calculator/</link>
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		<title>SPARK! @ THE CLARK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bad weather could not stop our Berkshire Creatives&#8217; SPARK!
After a brief postponement due to a late winter snow storm, Berkshire Creatives from across the county  came together to SPARK! @ The Clark!
 Click here to visit our Facebook page and see more pictures! See someone you know or yourself in our facebook pictures? Don’t forget [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/08/spark-the-clark/</link>
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		<title>Call for Letters of Support from the Massachsuetts Broadband Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you well know, areas in our community and throughout western Massachusetts are unserved by basic broadband services.  In 2008, the state legislature and Governor Patrick established the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) to take on this challenge and bring broadband access to all unserved citizens, starting in western Massachusetts.  To help achieve this goal, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/05/call-for-letters-of-support-from-the-massachsuetts-broadband-institute/</link>
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		<title>Berkshire Taconic Reports Nearly $7 Million Distributed in 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced today that despite the economic downturn, it distributed $7 million in 2009 throughout the Berkshire Taconic region.  Grants included $242,760 in scholarships to young people to help them through college, along with millions of dollars in vital support for the arts, public education, health and human services and environmental protection.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/04/berkshire-taconic-reports-nearly-7-million-distributed-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>“Assets for Artists”  Partners with Pittsfield Office of  Community Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Ruberto and the Pittsfield Department of Community Development are pleased to announce a new partnership with Berkshire Creative’s “Assets for Artists” program.  This partnership will help two artists buy homes in Pittsfield and an additional eight artists start new or expand existing art businesses in the City.  “Assets for Artist is a valuable program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/03/01/%e2%80%9cassets-for-artists%e2%80%9d-partners-with-pittsfield-office-of-community-development/</link>
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		<title>@BerkshireMade: 2010 Membership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Berkshire County Artists, Makers, and Crafters! BerkshireMade has announced the following changes to their membership!
BerkshireMade has votes to open membership; no limit on the number of members or number of members in any medium. This means:

Any crafter/artist/artisan/maker living in Berkshire County, MA is welcome to apply! You will find the application here.
The application process is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/02/25/berkshiremade-2010-membership/</link>
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		<title>SPARK! @ THE CLARK RESCHEDULED!! THURS. MARCH 4, 2010!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
DON&#8217;T LET THAT SNOW STOP YOUR SPARK!
JOIN YOUR CREATIVE ECONOMY COLLEAGUES AT SPARK @ THE CLARK!

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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/02/25/spark-the-clark-february-25-2010/</link>
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		<title>State and Future of MASS Film Industry @ The Boston Globe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if it is not always immediately apparent in the Berkshires, the recent debate over the Massachusetts Film Tax Credit affects a growing sector of our economy. Read the below Boston Globe article to learn more about more about the industry, the tax credit debate, and the recently released study from the University of Massachusetts-Boston [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2010/02/24/state-and-future-of-mass-film-industry-the-boston-globe/</link>
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