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		<title>Funding Opportunities from the MCC</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/02/06/funding-opportunities-from-the-mcc/</link>
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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 the Berkshire Museum: PechaKucha Nights has found a home in Pittsfield!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 8, 2012, at 7 p.m. 20 images x 20 seconds each = six (6) minutes and forty (40) seconds of awesomeness. What are PechaKucha Nights?  Loosely translating to chit-chat or blah-blah in Japanese, a night consists of a series of PowerPoint presentations, each just...]]></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>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://berkshirecreative.org/?p=15488</guid>
		<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>February Tricks of the Trade: Integration of Art and Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FEBRUARY: Integration of Art and Community How can you effectively reach out and collaborate with the community through art? In these open-forum workshops, participants will discuss how to establish the connection between artist and community. Facilitating this relationship requires us to discuss identity, history,...]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Opportunities + Grants</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/30/creative-opportunities-grants-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find other creative opportunities and grants at Artsake, Berkshire Art Start, Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the New York Foundation for the Arts. February Contemporary Artists Center, Woodside Artist Residency  Award Priority Deadline: February 1; Regular Deadline: February 15 The Contemporary Artists Center has recently opened its newest...]]></description>
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		<title>Berkshire Taconic to Sponsor Local Nonprofit for Program at Harvard Business School: Application Deadline March 1</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/26/berkshire-taconic-to-sponsor-local-nonprofit-for-program-at-harvard-business-school-application-deadline-march-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheffield, MA— Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation invites executive directors of nonprofit organizations in the Berkshire Taconic region to apply for a scholarship to attend a six-day intensive training program at the Harvard Business School in Boston. Under Berkshire Taconic’s sponsorship, a selected director will attend “Strategic...]]></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>Happenings + Events</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/26/happenings-events-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2/4 Hudson River Loft Reading Series 2/4, 7:00 p.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m., Loft above MUSICA, Hudson, NY A night of wine and words from five spectacular writers. Join Mel Bosworth, Lauren Tamraz, Thomas Fucaloro, Amy Leigh Cutler,  and Joseph Quintela. There will be books for...]]></description>
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