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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 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>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/02/01/berkshire-creative-economy-council-names-catharine-deely-as-board-chair/</link>
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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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		<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>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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		<title>From the Albany Times Union: What&#8217;s so great about Great Barrington?&#8230;.Just About Everything</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/26/from-the-albany-times-union-whats-so-great-about-great-barrington-just-about-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://berkshirecreative.org/?p=15458</guid>
		<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>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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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>2012 Arts Advocacy Day</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/16/2012-arts-advocacy-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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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>Creative Economy Job Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/2012/01/16/creative-job-opportunities-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look below for creative economy career opportunities in the Berkshires. Have a job opportunity you want to share? Click here and send us the job title, organization name, and  a link to your online posting. Job Opportunity: Economic Development Specialist, 1Berkshire This newly created opportunity is a...]]></description>
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