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		<title>February Conference Call on Theatre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 17th, 2010
Wedgwood Circle Conference Call featuring Karen Goodwin and Max McLean: Promoting the Good, True and Beautiful through Theatre
Listen to the audio recording HERE.
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In 2010, Wedgwood Circle will look to renowned literary discussion group, The Inklings, for wisdom on the value of narrative in communicating a message that is good, true and beautiful for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping out in Haiti</title>
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&#8220;I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers of mine, you did for me.&#8221; Matthew 25:40

In light of the recent tragedy in Haiti, we know that many of you are using your gifts, talents and resources to provide various types of aid and support to those suffering in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C.S. Lewis on The Fairytale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument; then collected the information about child-psychology and decided what age group I’d write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out ‘allegories’ to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn’t write in that way at all. Everything began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn’t even anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord. It was part of the bubbling. ]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/news/articles/sometimes-fairy-stories-may-say-best-whats-to-be-said/</link>
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		<title>In Sistine Chapel, Pope Encourages Artists to be Ambassadors of Beauty</title>
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Vatican City, Nov 21, 2009 (CNA) - Today Pope Benedict XVI extended a warm personal welcome to artists from all over the world who met with him in a private audience hosted at the Sistine Chapel. In a moving address he challenged the artists, as &#8220;custodians of beauty,&#8221; to be &#8220;heralds and witnesses of hope [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/news/in-sistine-chapel-pope-encourages-artists-to-be-ambassadors-of-beauty/</link>
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		<title>Revolution in a Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not Twitter or Facebook that&#8217;s reinventing the planet. Eighty years after the first commercial broadcast crackled to life, television still rules our world. And let&#8217;s hear it for the growing legions of couch potatoes: All those soap operas might be the ticket to a better future after all.
BY CHARLES KENNY &#124; NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009
&#8220;The television,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Artist Gathering</title>
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Business Development and Culture Creation
Thursday, October 29th: 2:00 &#8211; 6:00 PM
The Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica, California
 Wedgwood Circle is providing an invitation only afternoon seminar in partnership with the Sector Liaison community in efforts to equip local artists and entertainment industry leaders who desire to create “cultural artifacts” that are good, true and beautiful for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/event/exclusive-artist-gathering/</link>
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		<title>The Pinnacle of Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What I Saw at the U2 Concert
By: Andy Crouch
Sometime in high school, I acquired the idea that attending a rock concert, for a middle-class kid anyway, was a transgressive act. It was a step out of the sedate norms of suburban life into an exhilarating, dangerous netherworld, an intoxicating haze of smoke, primal rhythms, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/news/the-pinnacle-of-power/</link>
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		<title>The Modern Relevance of Classic Literature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What goes around comes around. For emotional urgency, evocative power, and sustained impact The Grapes of Wrath has few peers in American fiction. Seven decades later it has never been out of print and still sells by the carload.&#8221; -Robert DeMott
DeMott’s recent BBC news article entitled &#8220;Grapes of Wrath, a classic for today?&#8221; discusses the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/uncategorized/the-modern-relevance-of-classic-literature/</link>
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		<title>2009 Annual Event: Featured Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong>On October 28th-30th, Wedgwood Circle traveled to the "City of Angels" where we gathered our own Angels - from institutional investors and foundation to artists and cultural gatekeepers - to explore ways to create redemptive cultural material in the sectors of film, music, television, publishing, theatre, fashion, fine art, graphic novels, gaming, and new media.  In addition to remarkable speakers, our agenda included strategic conversations with Wedgwood Circle's talented industry leaders (Sector Liaisons), pitches for double bottom line investment opportunities, and a business plan development program for artists.</strong>]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/event/los-angeles-annual-event/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Graphic Novels Conference Call</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/audio/graphic-novels-conference-call/</link>
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		<title>Guidelines for Strategic Cultural Investing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By John Seel, PHD
Paste Magazine is a monthly music and entertainment magazine for people who enjoy discovering new music and prize substance and songcraft over fads and pop consumerism. Their aim is to find “signs of life in music, film, and culture.” Josh Jackson, Nick Purdy, and Tim Regan-Porter began the magazine in 2002. After [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/news/culture-common-goo/</link>
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		<title>Winter Poised to Make Big Screen Splash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The film Wolverine, produced by Wedgwood Sector Liaison Ralph Winter, along with Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, and Lauren Shuler Donner, is set to release on May 1st 2009. In the past few weeks, reviews and spots have started trickling out via web and print. Click below to view the latest trailer from YouTube and stay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/news/winter-poised-to-make-big-screen-splash/</link>
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		<title>How to Get Funding:  Business Plan Development and Pitching Strategies for Artists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday March 3rd, The Wedgwood Circle hosted a conference call discussing business plan development and pitching strategies for artists. You can listen to the call on the player below.
Additionally, a few resources that may prove helpful include:

Successful Business Plans by Rhonda Abrams
Venture Hacks
Angel Capital Association
AngelSoft
Entrepreneur Magazine &#8220;VC or Angel Money?&#8221;
TED.com (Video)-&#8221;10 Things You Need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/audio/bplan-and-pitchin/</link>
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		<title>A Journey of Art, Faith, and Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from Refractions, by Makoto Fujimura.
In my studio, I use ground minerals such as malachite and azurite, layering them to create prismatic refractions, or “visual jazz.” Via my art I hope to create a mediated reality of beauty, hope, and reconciled relationships and cultures. As a founding elder of the Village Church, I have found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wedgwoodcircle.com/featured-articles/makos-new-boo/</link>
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