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Berkshires Receive National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant| 02:00PM / Monday, September 25, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — To help address the crisis, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $1 million in funding for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to address the impact of the opioid crisis on the local workforce in Berkshire County. Administered by the department's Employment and Training Administration, the National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant will support Massachusetts in its efforts to employ people in positions as recovery coaches, harm reduction specialists, peer navigators and community health workers. The funding will also provide employment and training services to eligible individuals 0 Comments
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German-Austrian Film Festival at Images | 12:30PM / Monday, September 25, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This Fall, on three consecutive Tuesdays, the German Austrian Film Festival (GAFF) is looking at very recent movies from Germany and Austria, depicting characters in a state of crisis, trapped in situations that force them to break with societal norms and ultimately become outsiders. All screenings will be at 7:30 PM at Images Cinema. "With Sonne" (2022) on Sept. 26, a fiction feature debut by Kurwin Ayub (in the presence of the director), "Sorry Comrade" (2022) on Oct. 3, a documentary comedy by Vera Brückner, and "The Ordinaries" (2022) on Oct. 10, a Sci-Fi debut film by Sophie Linnenbaum, the series 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Figure Skating Club Holds Registration Night| 10:19AM / Monday, September 25, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield Figure Skating Club will hold its first registration night on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Boys and Girls Club from 5 to 7 p.m. Current figure skaters and interested new members are encouraged to attend. Founded in 1977, the PFSC provides skaters of all ages and abilities the opportunity to develop their figure skating skills in a safe and healthy environment. PFSC professional coaches are U.S. Figure Skating members and provide group and private instruction. The club provides lessons in basic skating skills for people aged 3 and up, including adults, and it offers a basic skating skills class for children interested in playing hockey, 0 Comments
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Williams Women's Soccer Tops Bowdoin| 09:37AM / Monday, September 25, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Jaquelin Nordhoff scored one goal and assisted on another to lead the Williams College women's soccer team to a 2-0 win over Bowdoin on Sunday. Margaret Huelin and Ana Bozzi-Mackay split time in goal for Williams, stopping five shots. Williams (6-0-1, 3-0-1 NESCAC) goes to Amherst on Saturday. Men's Soccer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Tyler Huck scored a pair of goals in the second half to lead Bowdoin to a 2-0 win over Williams. Ben Diffley made four saves for Williams (5-1-1, 2-1-1), which goes to Amherst on Saturday. Field Hockey WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Maddie Mrva scored a goal and assisted on another to lead Bowdoin to a 2-1 0 Comments
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CIAO Marks Ten Years | 08:06AM / Sunday, September 24, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 2023-2024 academic year marks the tenth anniversary of Community Intergenerational Action Orchestra (CIAO) founded by conductor and composer James Bergin. Bergin created the string orchestra to provide his violin and viola students, along with cello and bass players, an opportunity to rehearse and perform works in a wide variety of musical styles and to bring that music to the local community at free concerts. This year CIAO! will once again perform together with professional musicians and singers at a sing-along of Handel's Messiah at St. John's in November. Concerts are planned for December and May, with programs and beneficiaries to 0 Comments
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Williams Field Hockey Blows Out Colby| 05:28PM / Saturday, September 23, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Pilar Torres scored two goals and assisted on another on Saturday to lead the Williams College field hockey team to an 8-1 win over Colby. Kiki Higgins scored twice, and Gates Tenerowicz made one save to earn the win in goal. Williams (4-1, 1-0 NESCAC) hosts Bowdoin on Sunday afternoon. Men's Soccer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Ben Diffley made two saves to backstop Williams to a 0-0 tie against Colby. Williams (5-0-1, 2-0-1), which outshot the Mules, 5-2, hosts Bowdoin on Saturday. Women's Soccer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Blakeley Buckingham scored a pair of goals to lead Williams to a 4-0 win over Colby. Piper Dupies had two 0 Comments
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Williams Volleyball Sweeps Amherst| 12:26AM / Saturday, September 23, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Marit Hoeym had a match-high 12 kills Friday to lead the Williams College volleyball team to a three-set win over Amherst. Hoeym also led Williams with four blocks in the 25-19, 25-23, 25-18 win. Sidra Wohlwend led Williams in digs with 16 and aces with four. Williams (8-0, 3-0 NESCAC) travels to SUNY New Paltz on Saturday to play Ithaca and New Paltz. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Bless Their Little Hearts'| 12:18PM / Friday, September 22, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Clark Art Institute continues its four-part film series examining the L.A. Rebellion, presented in celebration and anticipation of the Clark's 2023 Conference, "The Fetish A(r)t Work: African Objects in the Making of European Art History, 1500–1900." The Clark shows "Bless Their Little Hearts" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Directed by Bill Woodberry, Bless Their Little Hearts (1984; 1 hour, 24 minutes) represents the closure and pinnacle of a neorealist strand within what's now described as the L.A. Rebellion, 0 Comments
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Milne Public Library Begins Director Search | 04:03PM / Thursday, September 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The David and Joyce Milne Public Library, Williamstown's public library, is forming a search committee for the next director. After 25 years of public service, the current director, Pat McLeod, is stepping down effective in January. The board of trustees is seeking community members to serve on the search committee. A message from Micah Manary, Chair, Milne Library Board of Trustees noted that: "The library strives to excel in serving a wide diversity of patrons, and as such the board of trustees is seeking community members to serve on the search committee. While this is a serious commitment, it is also an 0 Comments
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WCMA Celebrates Beatriz Cortez: The Portals Exhibition| 12:56PM / Thursday, September 21, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art will host a celebration of Beatriz Cortez: The Portals starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. The Portals is an exhibition in multiple locations in and around WCMA that explores alternative genealogies of Williams College. Three outdoor components located on Main Street attend to omissions and erasures in the built environment of the campus: Historic House, 2022-23, which invites visitors to imagine the space where these forgotten workers tended to the households of colonial settlers; XX, 2022-23, a mound of steel rocks, shaped and welded by hand that pays tribute to the 18th and 19th century Black residents of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Community Chest Annual Flynt Grant | 10:58AM / Thursday, September 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Community Chest is accepting applications for its 2023 Mary and Henry Flynt Grants. Applications are due by Oct. 6, 2023. The bequest that established the grant program specifies that grants will be made annually, based on a competitive process to: "…persons or entities (including the Town of Williamstown) that provide services to the town or its residents (although not necessarily exclusively)." The criteria for reviewing applications will: "…relate to the maintenance or improvement of the quality of life of the residents of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Raphael's The Sistine Madonna| 08:11AM / Thursday, September 21, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Brigid Doherty (Princeton University / Clark Fellow), who considers the significance of Raphael's The Sistine Madonna (1512/13) in and around two epochal essays of the twentieth century: Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility" (1935–39) and Martin Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" (1935–36). The free lecture takes place at 5:30 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. The Sistine Madonna has figured prominently in 0 Comments
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