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		<title>Senate Rejects Effort to Restore MCC Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 23, 2012, Boston, MA-The Massachusetts Senate today rejected an amendment to restore funding for the arts, humanities, and sciences through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The amendment would have increased the total state appropriation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Approves Amendment to Reverse Proposed Budget Cut to MCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, the House Ways and Means Committee recommended a budget of $8.0 million for the Massachusetts Cultural Council in FY13. Last night the House of Representatives approved an amendment to increase that amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barrington Stage Company Purchases Pittsfield V.F.W.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stage 2 Becomes Permanent Home for New Plays and Musicals and All-New Cabaret Space (PITTSFIELD, MA)  Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, and Tristan Wilson, Managing Director, has purchased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity Lives Here Channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch videos from Berkshire Creative events, partners, and community. Do you have a video that highlights where your Creativity Lives/Works/Thrives? Email us the link at info@berkshirecreative.org! Click here to visit Berkshire Creative on YouTube. MCC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State designates Downtown Pittsfield as one of the first Cultural Districts in Massachusetts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>s2admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mass. Cultural Council Initiative Seeks to Stimulate Cultural Activity &#38; Commerce [Pittsfield, MA] – Mayor Daniel Bianchi announced today that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has named downtown Pittsfield one of the first state-designated Cultural Districts in Massachusetts. The newly designated district will be called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Berkshire Eagle: Pam Malumphy joins 1Berkshire</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradway</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former regional director of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development is now working for 1Berkshire.]]></description>
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		<title>From iberkshires: Pittsfield Solons Talk Art, Culture and Politics At Forum</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/from-iberkshires-pittsfield-solons-talk-art-culture-and-politics-at-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rweinman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joe Durwin PITTSFIELD, Mass.� While local politicians have slightly different perspectives about the cultural scene, they all support the city&#8217;s creative economy. Mayor Daniel Bianchi, state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier, and Ward 6 City Councilor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From iberkshires: Cultural Grants Are Investment in Berkshire Economy</title>
		<link>http://berkshirecreative.org/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[Video Credit: iberkshires 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excelsior Printing Announces Formation of Excelsior Integrated, LLC and Acquisition of Assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NORTH ADAMS, MA– December 5, 2011 – Excelsior Printing Company‘s Chairman David Crane and CEO Brendan Burns today announced the formation of a new company, Excelsior Integrated, LLC.  Excelsior Integrated has acquired the assets of Berkshire Information Systems, Inc. (“BIS”), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Deval Patrick Announces $7.4 Mil in Mass Cultural Facilities Fund Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LZink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boylston, MA)—Governor Deval Patrick today announced $7.4 million in grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) to support building projects for nonprofit arts, heritage, and science organizations across the Commonwealth. The new CFF investment [...]]]></description>
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