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Holiday Hours: Thanksgiving| 01:04PM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
Plymouth's statue of Massasoit, who was instrumental in Plymouth Colony's survival, looks out over the Plymouth Rock monument. Image via SeePlymouth.com. Thanksgiving will be observed on Thursday, Nov. 23. The day is a national holiday inspired by the first Thanksgiving dinner shared between the Pilgrims and Wampanoags in 1621 at Plymouth. The living history museum Plimoth Patuxet continues the tradition each year with a recreation of the event in which visitors can participate. Thanksgiving was first federally recognized by proclamation in 1863 by President Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. It did not become codified as a national holiday until 1941, when President
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Harvest Festivals and Craft Fairs 2024| 10:55AM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
 The air is crisp, the leaves are falling, the holidays are approaching artisans and craft enthusiasts know what that means. It's craft fair and bazaar season! This list will be updated as we get more information. Have an event to add? Email us at info@iberkshires.com. Note that some craft fairs may run two days; those extra days are in bold. Saturday, Nov. 23 Festive Holiday Market The annual Festive holiday market returns to the Weave Shed at GreylockWorks, 508 State Road, North Adams. runs from 10 to 4 with a preview hour at 9 a.m. Up to 100 vendors and artisans. More information here. The 30,000 square foot open market features fresh food, farmers, fermenters, and 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Abelardo Morell| 08:25AM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Nov. 23 at 11, in conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibition, Abelardo Morell: In the Company of Monet and Constable, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by the artist Abelardo Morell. This free event takes place in the Clark’s auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Walking in the iconic paths of nineteenth-century landscape painters John Constable and Claude Monet, Morell (b. 1948, Havana; lives and works in Boson) has traveled to locations in England and France with a tent-camera, a device that allows him to unite in a single photographic image the features of 0 Comments
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Vice Chair Vote Highlights Fissure on Williamstown Select BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A seemingly mundane decision about deciding on a board officer devolved into a critique of one member's service at Monday's Select Board meeting. The recent departure of Andrew Hogeland left vacant the position of vice chair on the five-person board. On Monday, the board spent a second meeting discussing whether and how to fill that seat for the remainder of its 2024-25 term. Ultimately, the board voted, 3-1-1, to install Stephanie Boyd in that position, a decision that came after a lengthy conversation and a 2-2-1 vote against assigning the role to a different member of the panel. Chair Jane Patton nominated Jeffrey Johnson for vice 0 Comments
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Lanesborough Elementary Sees Modest Drop in AbsenteeismBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
12:19PM / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Lanesborough Elementary School this fall has seen a reversal of a trend that has plagued public schools both locally and nationally in recent years. "This time last school year, we had 635 absences already," Principal Nolan Pratt told the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday. "This year, we only have 506, which is a significant decrease. And I think we've had more days of school than last year. It's got to be pretty close. "That's a great step in the right direction of what we're doing." Chronic absenteeism — defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days in a given 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Committee Talks Goals, Improvement PlanBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional Schools interim superintendent Thursday walked the School Committee through his goals for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year and gave a status update on the District Improvement Plan the committee approved earlier this year. "We are in a unique spot in that I'm very happily an 'interim,' " Joseph Bergeron told the committee at its monthly meeting. "I will probably be serving you this way until the end of June 2026. "I'm trying to offer meaningful goals and meaningful metrics but do that in a way where I want to get through this school year and then have one more year where 0 Comments
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Mass DEP OKs Williamstown Habitat for Humanity ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:13AM / Saturday, November 16, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The president of Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity this week expressed satisfaction after the state Department of Environmental Protection ruled on a proposed four-home subdivision off Summer Street. "It's basically exactly what I expected," Keith Davis said of the Nov. 7 decision from the Massachusetts DEP's Western Regional Office in Springfield. "The only real difference is any time we have to make a change, we have to go to the state instead of the local [Conservation Commission]. "They were happy with our proposal. … Charlie LaBatt and Guntlow and Associates did a good job with all the issues with 0 Comments
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Three New Curators Join Team at WCMA| 04:07PM / Friday, November 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art announced three new curatorial appointments: Christa Clarke, Director of Curatorial Strategy for the new museum project; Dan Byers, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; and Rachael Nelson, Mellon Curatorial Fellow. "At this unprecedented moment in WCMA's history, as we break ground on the first purpose-built home, the museum staff is hard at work researching and caring for the collection, planning for the move to the new building, and envisioning the future program," Class of 1956 Director Pamela Franks said. "We are beyond excited to add the curatorial experience and perspective of Christa, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Airs Production of 'Tosca'| 12:02PM / Friday, November 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "Tosca" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 pm in the latest installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar's thrilling production. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his 0 Comments
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Clark Art Blockchain and the Arts System | 08:09AM / Friday, November 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Friday, Nov. 22 from 1:30 to 6:00 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a one-day symposium on the new connections between blockchain and the arts system. This free event takes place in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion. According to a press release: Blockchain—defined as a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a network—stands to offer solutions to long-standing inequities in the arts and culture sector. This symposium explores the potential of blockchain to create greater equity within arts' systems by bringing together practitioners at the forefront 0 Comments
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Clark Art Invites People with Dementia, Caregivers| 08:34AM / Thursday, November 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, Nov. 18 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark. This free gallery talk program is designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the general public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. To register, call the Education Department Coordinator at 413 458 0563; accompanying care-partners must also register. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Planners Seek Input from Airbnb ProprietorsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Thursday, November 14, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board on Tuesday discussed ways to reach out to residents who use their homes for short-term rentals as the body prepares to bring a bylaw regulating the practice to May's annual town meeting. Short-term rentals – referred to as Airbnbs in the vernacular — have been a topic of conversation for the board for years. At one point, it was close to finalizing a bylaw proposal a couple of years ago but instead asked the Select Board to take up the project, as any such regulation would not be specific to a given zoning district but applicable to the town as a whole. The Select Board effectively took no action after studying the 0 Comments
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