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Williamstown Select Board Inks MOU on Mountain Bike TrailBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:11AM / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A planned mountain bike trail cleared a hurdle last week when the Select Board OK'd a memorandum of understanding with the New England Mountain Bike Association. NEMBA Purple Valley Chapter representative Bill MacEwen was back before the board on April 22 to ask for its signoff to allow the club to continue developing a planned 20- to 40-mile network on the west side of town and into New York State. That ambitious plan is still years down the road, MacEwen told the board. "The first step is what we call the proof of concept," he said. "That is a very small loop. It might technically be a two-loop trail. It's a proof of 0 Comments
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Berkshire Student Film Festival at Images Cinema| 04:10PM / Monday, April 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents the inaugural Berkshire Student Film Festival on Saturday, May 4. There are two screenings of the same program, at 4:30 and 7:30pm. Jury Prize Winners will be announced at the end of the 4:30pm screening. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street. The Berkshire Student Film Festival has been guided by Images Cinema's Student Engagement Committee, consisting of students from Bennington College, Buxton School, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), and Williams College. A call for film submissions of 10 minutes or less for high school and college students was made in January 2024, with efforts to contact all the relevant
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Clark Art Presents Eddie Henderson | 10:09AM / Monday, April 29, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Music at the Manton Concert series continues with a performance by the Eddie Henderson Quartet on Saturday, May 4 at 6 pm. The performance takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Prodigious bandleader and composer Eddie Henderson, who received his first lesson from legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong at age nine, performs with drummer Mike Clark, who made history with Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters in the 1970s. They are joined by bass player Gerald Cannon and pianist and Berklee College of Music professor Joe Mulholland in an 0 Comments
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Clark Art Final First Sunday Free of the Season| 08:13AM / Monday, April 29, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute holds its final First Sunday Free of the season on Sunday, May 5 with "Giddy Up!" Offering free admission from 10 am–5 pm, the Clark will feature a pop-up installation of prints and drawings of horses in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 11 am–1 pm, plus a series of horse-themed special activities from 1–4 pm. According to a press release: Did you know that Sterling Clark, one of the founders of the museum, was an art collector and horse breeder? Channel Sterling's love for both horses and art with a day of horse-inspired art and art-making. Follow an activity guide around 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Manhatta' and 'Rien Que Les Heures'| 08:00AM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, May 2, the Clark Art Institute screens the second entry in its film series exploring lyrical depictions of cities in films that resonate with the "Paper Cities exhibition." The Clark shows the short film double bill "Manhatta" and "Rien que les heures" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: A "city symphony" directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand, Manhatta is considered the first American avant-garde film. Inspired by Walt Whitman's poem "Mannahatta," the film portrays life in New York City in 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck ReplacementBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Friday, April 26, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday signed off on more than $1 million in cost cutting measures for the planned Main Street fire station. Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future. The committee, which oversees the Fire District, also made plans to hold meetings over the next two Wednesdays to finalize its fiscal year 2025 budget request and other warrant articles for the May 28 annual district meeting. One of those warrant articles could include a request for a new mini rescue truck. The value engineering changes to the building project originated with 0 Comments
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Williamstown Charter Review Panel OKs Fix to Address 'Separation of Powers' ConcernBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Thursday, April 25, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Charter Review Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to endorse an amended version of the compliance provision it drafted to be added to the Town Charter. The committee accepted language designed to meet concerns raised by the Planning Board about separation of powers under the charter. The committee's original compliance language — Article 32 on the annual town meeting warrant — would have made the Select Board responsible for determining a remedy if any other town board or committee violated the charter. The Planning Board objected to that notion, pointing out that it would give one elected body in town some authority 0 Comments
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Williamstown Affordable Housing Trust Hears Objections to Summer Street ProposalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:17PM / Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Neighbors concerned about a proposed subdivision off Summer Street last week raised the specter of a lawsuit against the town and/or Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity. "If I'm not mistaken, I think this is kind of a new thing for Williamstown, an affordable housing subdivision of this size that's plunked down in the middle, or the midst of houses in a mature neighborhood," Summer Street resident Christopher Bolton told the Affordable Housing Trust board, reading from a prepared statement, last Wednesday. "I think all of us, the Trust, Habitat, the community, have a vested interest in giving this project the best chance of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Herblore| 08:09AM / Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 27 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents Herblore, an ancestral plant storytelling event. Practicing herbalists Brooke Bridges, Twink Williams Burns, and Rebecca Guanzon share intimate stories about their relationships with the land and their ancestors. The event takes place at the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Although Bridges, Burns, and Guanzon come from different backgrounds and grew up across the country, the ancestral homelands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans and the plants that grow in the Berkshires are key to their herbal journeys and healing pathways. Attendees are invited to gather around a bonfire and sip 0 Comments
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Clark Art Gallery Tour Celebrating Public Library| 08:01AM / Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 27 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a gallery tour exploring works of art made in 1874. The first Impressionist exhibition in Paris took place in 1874; that same, significant year, the Williamstown Public Library was founded. Led by art historian Jock Brooks, the gallery tour is presented as part of the Williamstown Public Library's 150th anniversary celebration. The tour meets in the Clark's Museum Pavilion. Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. Visitors may pick up a ticket at the Clark Center Admissions desk on a first-come, first-served basis. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Housing Trust Commits $80K to Support Cable Mills Phase 3By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:40AM / Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust last week agreed in principle to commit $80,000 more in town funds to support the third phase of the Cable Mills housing development on Water Street. Developer David Traggorth asked the trustees to make the contribution from its coffers to help unlock an additional $5.4 million in state funds for the planned 54-unit apartment building at the south end of the Cable Mills site. In 2022, the annual town meeting approved a $400,000 outlay of Community Preservation Act funds to support the third and final phase of the Cable Mills development, which started with the restoration and conversion of the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Book Talk With Poets| 08:14AM / Monday, April 22, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, April 27 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a reading and conversation with poets Jessica Fisher and Mary Ruefle in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. The free event is presented in celebration of their new books, "Daywork" and "The Book," respectively. According to a press release: Fisher's third book of poetry, "Daywork" (Milkweed Editions, 2024), takes its title from the giornata—the fresco painting term for the section of wet plaster that can be painted in a single day. Fisher is an associate professor of English at Williams College. Mary Ruefle is a 0 Comments
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