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Working with youth in crisis is a tough profession. Bridget Alexander can tell you firsthand. She and her partner Blithe Raines are the co-founders of the Waking the Village foundation. The nonprofit runs a transitional living community called The Tubman House, which serves young parents and their children. Alexander and Raines have worked with youth for over a decade, sometimes receiving gut-wrenching 2 a.m. phone calls about crises needing immediate action. Realizing they needed something fun, easy and not gut-wrenching at all, the couple decided last year to open Art Beast, a venue that introduces children under 7 to the arts. Kids are a good motivator, said Alexander, 42, who has thr