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Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Centerrecently received grants totally $114,000 in support of its 2019 community outreach and inclusion efforts. Funders include the Feigenbaum Foundation, the Town of Great Barrington’s Community Preservation Act program, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community initiative with funding from the Barr Foundation, and…

Mahaiwe Selected for the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative

A $25 million investment in 29 arts organizations from across Massachusetts over six years to strengthen their financial health and “adaptive capacity.” Great Barrington, Mass.—We are pleased to announce that the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center was selected to participate in the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative – as announced earlier today on the Barr Foundation’s blog. A partnership…

Barrington Stage Company Selected to Participate in the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative

A $25 million investment in 29 arts organizations from across Massachusetts over six years to strengthen their financial health and “adaptive capacity.”

We are pleased to announce that Barrington Stage Company (BSC) was selected to participate in the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative – as announced earlier today on the Barr Foundation’s blog. A partnership between two Boston-based…

PEM hires neuroscientist to enrich visitor experience

Dr. Tedi Asher

Groundbreaking initiative first in the museum world

By Shelley A. Sackett, correspondent

  By his own admission, Dan Monroe is “afflicted with intense curiosity.” The Peabody Essex Museum executive director and CEO relaxes by intensely investigating fields unrelated to art and appreciation, such as quantum physics.

  A few years ago, neuroscience caught his attention. After reading…

TTO Receives Award for Excellence In Board Governance The MA Nonprofit Network

Left to Right: MNN Board Chair David Shapiro, MNN Sponsor, The Theater Offensive Board member Wesley Thompson, The Theater Offensive True Colors Leadership and Inclusion Council member ViQuan Smith, and Emcee Kristy Lee from NECN. Photo: MNN BOSTON, Mass. – The Theater Offensive was recognized by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network for Excellence in Board Governance at the annual Nonprofit…

The Power of Disruption from Barr Foundation on Vimeo.