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Williamstown Energy Audit Draws Attention to Solar Array DeficiencyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:33AM / Saturday, February 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — When a solar energy system was included in the design of Williamstown Elementary School in 2002, officials hailed the move. "With renewable energy and other energy efficiencies, we can build a healthier and more comfortable learning environment for our children — and we can do it economically," the chair of the School Committee said when the state delivered a $58,000 Renewable Energy Fund grant. Two decades later, the news is less encouraging. "At the elementary school, we had one of our most surprising discoveries," Williams College senior Alana Lopez Barro Rivera said during a presentation at Town Hall late last 21 Comments
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Gerig Leads Williams Women to Comeback Win in Fourth| 10:46PM / Friday, February 03, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Arianna Gerig scored 13 points and shot 8-for-10 from the foul line in the fourth quarter for Williams in a 49-48 come-from-behind win over Trinity on Friday night. Williams (15-7, 6-2 NESCAC) outscored the Bantams, 25-19, in the fourth quarter to finally erase the remains of a 12-point lead Trinity grabbed in the first period. Gerig finished with 19 points and eight rebounds. Devin Biesbrock scored 14, including 10 in the fourth quarter. Williams hosts Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon. Men's Basketball HARTFORD, Conn. -- Spencer Spivy scored 28 points to lead Williams to a 94-79 win over Trinity. Dalton's Brandon 0 Comments
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Clark Airs 'Much Ado About Nothing'| 09:29AM / Friday, February 03, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute airs a presentation of "Much Ado About Nothing" (2 hours, 30 minutes), a production of London’s National Theatre, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 pm. The Clark airs the broadcast in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: In a fresh take on one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, this acclaimed production sets the romantic rivalry against the backdrop of the legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riviera, a site that has been visited by artists, celebrities, and royals. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young 0 Comments
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Berkshires Heading Into a Deep Freeze| 04:06PM / Thursday, February 02, 2023 | |
Enjoy the "warmer" weather while it lasts because towards the end of the week temperatures will be in the single digits in the Berkshires. Thursday will be the nicest day of the week with partly sunny skies and a high of 36. Overnight into Friday, there is a chance of some snow flurries. Accuweather predicts little to no accumulation. The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., is predicting snow squalls, gusty winds, and plummeting temperatures expected late Thursday night into the wee hours for Northern Berkshire and Southern Vermont. The NWS has set a wind chill warning from Friday, Feb. 3, starting at 1 a.m. through Saturday at 1 p.m. Expect 0 Comments
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Clark Presents Lecture on Artistic Concepts related to Trees| 08:20AM / Thursday, February 02, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Research and Academic Program Fellow Jonathan Flatley on artistic concepts related to liking trees. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium and is free and open to the public. A reception in the Manton Research Center reading room at 5 pm precedes the program. According to a press release: In his lecture, Flatley argues that liking (as distinct from love) is a feeling capable of motivating collective opposition to the ongoing, massive, catastrophic destruction of forests. He makes his case through an examination of 0 Comments
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Sage City Symphony Presents Free Winter Concert| 04:33PM / Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — On Sunday, Feb. 5, at 4:00 p.m. Sage City Symphony will present a Winter Concert at Greenwall Auditorium in the VAPA Building at Bennington College. Admission is free and open to all. The program will feature Symphony No. 39 in E? Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A Major by J. S. Bach, with soloist Lyndon Moors; and Divertimento for String Orchestra by Béla Bartók. Covid Protocols: All current and evolving guidelines issued by the CDC, the State of Vermont, and Bennington College will be followed. Face masks and social distancing may be required ("pod" seating 0 Comments
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Bromley's 'Mom's Day Off' Cancer Fundraiser Set for March | 01:28PM / Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | |
 BENNINGTON, Mass. — On Friday, March 3, Bromley Mountain Ski Resort will hold their 20th Annual "Mom's Day Off" fundraiser. Moms ski or ride for just $25 when they show the ticket seller a snapshot of their kid or kids (including honorary moms and pet moms). Regular lift tickets cost $89. Once again, this year's event will benefit women's breast cancer care at the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center in Bennington, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC). The Cancer Center will receive the entire $25 lift ticket cost as a donation. The Wild Boar Tavern will also be donating half of all food sales on March 3. Swing in to warm up with a hot 0 Comments
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Local Leaders Elected as MMA Group Officers| 10:41AM / Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Several Berkshire County elected officials and administrators have been named to leadership roles in the member groups of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, which held its annual meeting and trade show the weekend of Jan. 20. Andrew Hogeland, a Williamstown Select Board member, is president of the Select Board Association this term and Adams Selectwoman Christine Hoyt is chair of the District 1, covering the Berkshires. Hogeland was first vice president of the association last year and has served on the MMA's Executive Committee and Local Government Advisory Committee. Hoyt has been a member of the MMA Board of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Virtual Talk With Furniture Designer | 08:23AM / Wednesday, February 01, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a virtual talk with acclaimed furniture designer Jomo Tariku. Tariku will discusses his design process and his relationship to the history of design, including the use of drawing like those by eighteenth-century designers as seen in the "Promenades on Paper: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings" from the Bibliothèque nationale de France exhibition, on view through March 12. The lecture is presented as part of the Clark's Conversations with Artists series. According to a press release: Ethiopian American artist and industrial designer Jomo Tariku is 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Allocates Part of Town's ARPA FundsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15PM / Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday agreed on how to spend $565,000 of nearly $2 million in available American Rescue Plan Act funds. How much of the balance goes to support the construction of a new fire station is the million-dollar question. Or, depending on your point of view, the $400,000 question. The four members of the board in attendance at Monday's meeting held off on deciding how to allocate the balance of the town's ARPA funds — nearly $1.4 million. The two biggest ticket items on the "menu" of options before the board on Monday remained unaddressed at the end of the panel's deliberations: a grant to the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Concert By Bill Nace and Matt Krefting| 11:55AM / Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In partnership with North Adams-based Belltower Records, the Clark Art Institute hosts a concert by Bill Nace and Matt Krefting on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 3 pm. Nace and Krefting bring their experimental sounds to the Clark on the heels of their new LP release "The Academy." Presented as part of the Clark's Concerts at the Conforti series, the performance takes place in the Michael Conforti Pavilion. According to a press release: Krefting is a DJ, music writer, and sound artist who has worked in the realms of drone, tape music, musique concrete, and avant-garde rock. Nace operates in similar territory, often 0 Comments
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Clark Art Fun on First Sunday Program| 03:39PM / Monday, January 30, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will offer a day of special activities on Sunday, Feb. 5 as part of its Fun on First Sundays program. Admission to the galleries and special exhibitions is free all day, and visitors can enjoy activities from 1–4 pm. To honor the Manton Research Center building's fiftieth-anniversary celebration, February's First Sunday theme, weather, is inspired by an artist in the Clark's Manton collection—who was as much a meteorologist as he was an artist—John Constable. Explore tools used to understand weather conditions and pose with a friend in front of the "wacky weather 0 Comments
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