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Water bottle in New Zealand from a Mahaiwe Member
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Mahaiwe blanket in Provincetown
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We love seeing your Mahaiwe Merch out in the world! Email us your photos or tag us on Instagram @themahaiwe and we will share.
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Welcome back to The Note Exchange, the Mahaiwe's quarterly newsletter for organization-related and community-oriented updates. This issue includes news from the funding front, stories from on stage, recent visitor vignettes, and much more. Thanks for reading, and see you at the Mahaiwe or Indigo Room soon.
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Brent Heath,
Director of Finance and Administration
Brent Heath is a finance and arts administration professional with over three decades of experience in the performing arts industry. With training in music, accounting, and social work, he established himself in New York City where he spent more than 35 years in classical music artist management. His career in the for-profit sector provided him with extensive experience in financial oversight, artist relations, and business operations. Currently serving as Director of Finance & Administration, Brent brings his unique combination of financial acumen and artistic understanding to the nonprofit sector. Based in Sharon, Connecticut, he is passionate about bringing music and all the arts to the Berkshire community.
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"My pick is PILOBOLUS! They're an amazingly fun troupe of creatives. I participated in their adult summer camp program back in 2019 and absolutely loved learning the techniques they use to accomplish some of their most astonishing physical feats!"
—Gabrielle Senza,
Theater Assistant
Pilobolus – re:CREATION Tour
May 3
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"My favorite upcoming artists are Los Lobos. They aren't just National Endowment of the Arts 2021 National Heritage Fellows, but were also inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2024. This Mexican-American band will blow Mahaiwe's roof off! It is a true privilege to have them."
—Natalia Bernal,
Education and Community Engagement Manager
Los Lobos
June 20
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"Marc Broussard should be a household name in music; however, a lot of people haven't heard of him before. If you aren't familiar with his music, just search his name on YouTube.
I guarantee you'll fall into a rabbit hole watching his content! This guy is an amazing talent and I'm so excited we'll finally have him on the Mahaiwe stage. For me, this is the MUST SEE show at the Mahaiwe in 2025."
—Michael Beuth,
Associate General Manager
Marc Broussard
July 11
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Photo by Marina Dominguez
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The welcome message played before live shows now features voices from our own community.
Upcoming performances will be introduced by one of the following individuals – see if you can identify whose recording is playing next time you're at a show!
Welcome message voices: Natalia Bernal, Christopher Boswell, Maggie Buchwald, Debi R. Feinman, Troy Hanshe, Roberta McCulloch-Dews, Marc Seigel, and Vladimir Soasti.
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Photo by Marina Dominguez
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The Mahaiwe welcomed 756 students from 13 schools to educational programs this spring – Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny on March 19, and How to Survive Middle School on April 7.
NEXT UP: Applications are now open for Mind the Gap, June 23-27 – the Mahaiwe's annual intergenerational theatre program in partnership with New York Theatre Workshop. Learn more.
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Mahaiwe magic was in full effect on Saturday, April 5, when performer Paquito D'Rivera invited our own Natalia Bernal – Education & Community Engagement Manager by day, jazz star all the time – to sing with the band on stage. Watch a recording of Natalia's cameo on Facebook!
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Thank you to Avangrid Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Lee Bank Foundation, for support of the Partnering with Latinx Communities Program, offered in partnership with Mahaiwe's Spanish-languge Community Advisory Newtork (SCAN).
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Cultural Evolution Cohort
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Mahaiwe Director of Advancement Diane Wortis, Executive Director Janis Martinson, and Marketing Manager Gabe Napoleon at the Barr Foundation's Cultural Evolution retreat this April, hosted by Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
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The Mahaiwe is delighted to be among eight arts organizations statewide to receive support through Boston-based Barr Foundation's recently announced Cultural Evolution initiative.
The selected recipients share the quality of being in the midst of organizational expansion and change.
The Mahaiwe is joined in the initiative by Boston Lyric Opera, Community Access to the Arts, Community Music Center of Boston, Company One, Double Edge Theatre, Global Arts Live, and the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center.
The cohort is designed to benefit its members by providing change capital grants and coaching support, fostering community among recipients, and supporting boards to lead through this change.
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The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) recently announced recipients for its Gaming Mitigation Fund.
The Mahaiwe is grateful to receive $67,800 through the program, which supports independent arts programming against casino competition. Learn more in the Berkshire Edge.
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Recipients of MCC's Gaming Mitigation Fund gathered for a ceremony at the Guthrie Center this April
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Special Screening, Special Seats
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Casablanca attendees Piper and Rose enjoy Valentine's Day from an opera box
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Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
14 & 20 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Mahaiwe Box Office Hours:
Wednesday through Saturday from 12pm to 4pm
413-528-0100 | mahaiwe.org
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