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	<title>BERKSHIRE CREATIVE ECONOMY &#187; Massachusetts Cultural Council</title>
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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>May 9th Tricks of the Trade Public Art Panel at Gallery 51</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 6:30pm,  MCLA&#8217;s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center will present a  free Tricks of the Trade panel discussion on Public Art at MCLA Gallery 51, 51 Main Street, North Adams, MA. Panelists [...]]]></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>Regional Organizations and the City of Pittsfield Collaborate to Celebrate Herman Melville &amp; His Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Summer the City of Pittsfield will Celebrate Herman Melville and his works with Theatre, Art, History, Film and an Online Community Reading of Moby Dick. (Pittsfield, Mass.) The great American novel Moby Dick wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.berkshirecreative.org/?p=16368</guid>
		<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>SPARK! @ Berkshire Community College</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us for SPARK! @ Berkshire Community College, Koussevitsky Arts Center, 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, MA, Thursday, April 12, 2012, 5:30 PM-7:00 PM.]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the MCC: Governor&#8217;s Budget Calls for $9.2 Million for MCC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston, MA) Governor Deval Patrick today released a proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for $9.2 million for arts and cultural funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The Governor&#8217;s fiscal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From iberkshires: Cultural Grants Are Investment in Berkshire Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Adams Creative Economy Grants Restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday Governor Deval Patrick signed a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year that restores $750,000 to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for its Adams Arts Program for the Creative Economy. The Governor&#8217;s decision followed vigorous [...]]]></description>
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