Browsing Category: Politics

The Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, MA. One of the fifty top world class museums according to The Times of London. while we have to admit the references to the circular Guggenheim are clever, the bare bulbs are unforgivable. The author is either joking or on strong medications.

Museum of Bad Art is the Greatest Gallery in Massachusetts says The Times of London

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MA Cultural Council Cut Reversed, House Proposes $1.6 m Increase

Advocacy is a weapon of mass creativity.

Our readers helped change Mass Cultural Council funding from a 15% Cut to 25% Increase. Maybe.

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10 Practical Reasons to Support the Arts

There is a direct, measurable connection between cultural activity and generating tax revenues through employment, tourism and the service economy.

Mass Legislature Cuts $1.5 M from Cultural Council Budget; Tax Revenues to Decline

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers continues. Week 3 Schedule.

WAM Theatre and Sisters for Peace kick off Week 3 of Women Writers Festival with “Half the Sky”

Memory Lane March 9-10 at Berkshire Community College

March 8-14 in Pittsfield: from Rakish Paddy to the Emancipation Proclamation

By ignoring the creativity that music, theatre and dance bring to America's economy, economic growth will continue to decline.

The Arts and the Economy are in this mess together

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Arts and Culture Demonized, Government Support for Arts Declining

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March Festival of Women Writers Planning 55 Events in Berkshire County

Actress Olympia Dukakis, (c) was honored at the Statehouse by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and state. Sen. Eileen Donoghue, (r). Sharing the spotlight is (l) Tony Simotes, artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox.

Shakespeare & Company’s Olympia Dukakis honored with Commonwealth Award

BePart of One Billion rising on Thursday, February 14, 2013.

Berkshire Country events support ‘One Billion Rising’ Feb. 14

A $3 Million tax credit and reimbursement of up to 35% of labor costs of a show could be a game changer.

$3 Million per show Tax Credit for Berkshire Groups that send shows to Broadway?

The sculpture is expected to be similar to this one. Carol Gold, Time, bronze, 156 x 84.

Mysterious Carol Gold Sculpture Headed to Pittsfield Common

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State Transportation Plan Could Aid Economic Development in the Berkshires

Laura Linney (l) and Bill Murray (r) in Hyde Park on Hudson.

Review: Hyde Park on Hudson – America’s Safety Net President as Sexual Predator

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Online Coverage of Election Results Explodes in 2012

Senator Scott Brown is running for re-election while Mitt Romney covets the White House.

“Mad Men” and the Politics of Handsome – Boston’s Ford Hall Forum Oct. 25

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MA Cultural Council invests in Mass MoCA, 29 More Berkshire Nonprofits

Eileen Schuyler will play the title role of Alyssa, The Old Mezzo in the WAM Theatre's world premiere production.

WAM Casts Locally for World Premiere of Susan Dworkin’s “The Old Mezzo” Oct. 12-28

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Politics: Romney goes after NEA, NEH and PBS while the Democrats Celebrate the Arts

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Gail Burns Reviews The Berkshire Fringe 2012: “Dark”, “Riot”, “Yelling at Bananas…”

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Berkshire Theatre Group’s “Edith” Already has People Talking as its World Premiere Approaches

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Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss to host talk July 2, Take Part in Declaration July 4

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MA Governor Patrick renames BSC’s stage the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage

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Star Studded Parade, Reading of Declaration of Independence in Williamstown

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MCC Rethinking Arts Support and Advocacy with Eye to Restored Funding, Cultural Economy

Laura Roudabush, director of marketing for Barrington Stage Company, holds the new graphic signage for the Pittsfield Upstreet Cultural District. She, along with many others, is one of the movers and shakers for Pittsfield's cultural growth.

“Upstreet” Cultural District a big boost to Pittsfield’s Economic Development

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10×10 on North the Biggest Hit of the Winter in Pittsfield, Promises To Return in 2013

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Mitt Romney to the arts: drop dead

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