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Clark Art Closes Outdoor Concert Series with Cedric Watson| 12:43PM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute closes its series of free outdoor concerts with thematic connections to the Ground/work 2025 exhibition with a performance by Cedric Watson on Wednesday, July 30 at 6 pm on the Reflecting Pool Lawn. One of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole, and zydeco music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist, and songwriter. Although he comes from a very different part of Texas than Ground/work 2025 artist Hugh Hayden, he underscores how traditional, folk, and popular music in the United States is interwoven with the history of Black America. Free. Bring a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Illustrated Talk on Revolutionary Fashion in Works on Paper| 12:37PM / Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, July 30 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents Revolutionary Fashion, the first in a new summer series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited aspects of the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection. This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: In the wake of the French Revolution, fashion underwent radical shifts that mirrored the social and political upheaval of the era. Join curatorial assistant Sojeong Lim in looking at satirical prints and fashion plates dated c. 1795–1815, when scandalous 0 Comments
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Clark Art: Art in Conversation| 08:29AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—This summer, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of interactive Friday discussions, Art in Conversation. A Clark educator leads an interactive exploration of what makes a sculpture a sculpture, examining the artwork of sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) in dialogue with more traditional sculpture from the Clark's permanent collection. Discussions take place at 1 pm on July 25 and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and are free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Pick up a ticket at the Clark Center admissions desk, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Meet in the Museum Pavilion. For more information,
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Clark Art Presents Discussion on Ground/work Sculpture | 07:13AM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Saturday, July 26 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the first installment in the Ground/work 2025: A Close Look discussion series. In these events, through guided conversation and reflection, participants consider how each artist's work is in active dialogue with the Clark's natural environment. On July 26, a Clark educator leads a close examination and in-depth discussion around the outdoor sculpture Gathering My Thoughts by British artist Laura Ellen Bacon. Using willow branches that are tied, looped, and woven together, Bacon's process evokes basket-weaving and the nest-building of birds. This event meets at the Lunder 0 Comments
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HooWRA Forest Bathing and Stream Splashing| 10:55AM / Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, July 26, from 11:30am-12:30pm, join naturalist educator and HooRWA's director Arianna Alexsandra Collins along the Broad Brook Trail where we will practice elemental breathing technique, sensory awareness activities, and gentle play. This program is free and open to the public and brought to you by a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. Register HERE. Meet at the Broad Brook Trailhead on the border of Williamstown & Pownal on White Oaks Road. Directions will be in the confirmation email. What to bring: footwear that can get wet, insect repellent, water bottle, portable sit-upon. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Family Artmaking Series| 08:23AM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On select Thursdays this July and August, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of family artmaking programs inspired by the sculptures of Isamu Noguchi. Check out the exhibition Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time, and get inspired by Noguchi's floating lanterns, mini models, and sculptures of stone and steel. Drop by anytime between 1–4 pm to make your own light sculpture. Mix and match materials such as wire, reed, and rock to create a sculpture that can hold a little light. Bring home your "landscape of time" and see how your sculpture changes in different lighting. This series takes place on July 24 and 31 and August 7, 14,
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Williamstown Housing Trust Agrees on More Money for Subdivision InfrastructureBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust on Wednesday decided to reallocate previously committed funds for a subdivision off Summer Street in order to keep the project on track. The trustees a couple of years ago pledged $120,000 in support of Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity's plan to put multiple single-family homes on a 1.75-acre parcel then owned by the trust. That $120,000 was to have been split between the first two phases of the project: putting in the infrastructure to support the subdivision and building the first home of what is now a planned four-home development. This week, Habitat President Keith Davis told 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Exhibition of Isamu Noguchi| 08:14AM / Thursday, July 17, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Clark Art Institute presents a survey of the acclaimed Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). According to a press release: Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time surveys Noguchi's perennial engagements with the concept of time, from his early design for a commercial kitchen timer to his late carvings of millennia-old stone. The exhibition is on view July 19 through October 13, 2025 in the Clark Center's Michael Conforti Pavilion. The exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, New York. The Noguchi Museum's Curator and Director 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock School Committee Moves Toward Appointing SuperintendentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Thursday, July 17, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee is poised to name interim Superintendent Joseph Bergeron as the full-time superintendent of the three-school, K-12 district. At its July 10 meeting, the committee was to hear a report from the three-person working group updating the plan to hire a new superintendent. Instead, Chair Julia Bowen, who serves on the working group, told the full committee that the subgroup had a different recommendation. "We intended to come today with a [request for proposals for a search firm] for people to approve," Bowen said. "When we sat down, we said: We know we have an incredibly strong interim 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Discusses Plans of ActionBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:43PM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday discussed the its priorities for the 2024-25 session and projects on which individual members of the board want to focus in the year ahead. As a starting point for the conversation, Chair Stephanie Boyd pointed the panel to the comprehensive plan adopted in November 2023 by the Planning Board. "The comprehensive plan, overall, is managed by the Planning Board, but a lot of the initiatives involve more than just the Planning Board to work on," Boyd said. "Some are outside the work of the Planning Board." Boyd included in the packet for Monday's meeting the plan's implementation matrix, a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Morning Self-Care| 07:44AM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, July 22, the Clark Art Institute presents a "Morning of Self-Care" with activities designed to engage and relax. From 9:30 am to 10:30 am, local yoga instructor Mary Edgerton leads free all-levels yoga sessions inspired by the sights and sounds of the Clark's natural landscape on the Reflecting Pool lawn. Continue a morning of self-care and introspection indoors when the museum opens at 10 am. Visitors can pick up a Pause and Reflect Guide at the Clark Center admissions desk and embark on a contemplative engagement with art in the galleries, alone or with a loved one. Yoga takes place by the Reflecting Pool and is free. 0 Comments
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