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Community Contra Dance in North Adams| 04:00PM / Wednesday, June 05, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Saturday, June 8 there will be a community contra dance. North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance with calling by Peter Stix, and live music provided by an open band. All are welcome. Come alone, or with friends - most people change partners for each dance throughout the evening. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive by 7:30 for instruction in the basics. Peter Stix will call all dances, starting the evening with easy dances friendly to newcomers and families with children. The caller teaches new moves and skills as needed, so that beginners can dance with everyone right 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Names Student Speakers for 2024 Graduation| 12:06PM / Wednesday, June 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two students will be the speakers for Mount Greylock Regional School's 2024 graduation ceremonies on Saturday, June 8, at 11 a.m. in the school gymnasium. Judge P. Martin was chosen to speak by the graduating class and Vincent P. Welch was selected by the faculty. The high school provided the following information about their educational and athletic achievements. Martin has shown dedication to academic excellence and his athletic prowess has been remarkable. On the basketball court, his skills and leadership were evident as he served as a key varsity team member for four years, culminating in this role as team captain during his 0 Comments
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Williamstown Board Opts for Signage Over Pub ClosureBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Wednesday, June 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday voted unanimously not to revoke the license of a South Williamstown restaurant that has been operating under a boil water order from the state Department of Environmental Protection since December. Instead the board ordered the '6 House Pub to use more prominent signage to notify patrons of the order, called for more frequent inspections by the town's health inspector and warned the restaurant that even one instance of E. coli contamination tied to the establishment will be grounds for revocation. Michael Oring, the owner of the '6 House and 1896 House Inn on Cold Spring Road (Route 7) appeared before the 0 Comments
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Nearly 100 Compete in Berkshire Pride 5K| 08:28AM / Monday, June 03, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Jay Santangelo of Lenox was the top nonbinary runner at the Berkshire Pride 5K on Sunday. Santangelo covered the 5-kilometer course in 27 minutes, 14.53 seconds to place 16th overall among 94 finishers. Pittsfield's Cam LaFerriere was the overall winner in 22.45.72, a 7:19 mile pace. LaFerriere finished 24 seconds ahead of Canaan, N.Y.'s, Thomas Salaatte in second place (23:09.52). The top woman in the field was Williamstown's Maya Filson, who placed seventh overall with a time of 24:09.06. Full results are available on the Berkshire Running Center's website. 0 Comments
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Clark Art Concert By Basic and Erica Dawn Lyle | 08:09AM / Monday, June 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday June 9 at 5 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the first of its four-part Music on the Moltz concert series with a performance by Basic. Erica Dawn Lyle opens. The free outdoor concert takes place on the Clark's Moltz Terrace at the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. According to a press release: Evocative of an imaginary electronic desert blues soundtrack, Basic is a new project of Philadelphia's Chris Forsyth (guitar), Nick Millevoi (guitar, drum machine), and Mikel Patrick Avery from Natural Information Society (percussion/electronics). Inspired by the aesthetics of American guitarist Robert Wolfe Quine and 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Reminded of Community that Got Them to GraduationBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:14PM / Sunday, June 02, 2024 | |
The graduates heard from two speakers — Phi Betta Kappa speaker Milo Chang and class speaker Jahnavi Nayar Kirtane. The keynote speaker, Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was unable to attend and recorded his speech for playback. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College said goodbye Sunday to its graduating seniors. And a representative of the class of 2024 took the time to say goodbye to everyone in the community who made students' journey possible. Milo Chang, the Phi Beta Kappa speaker for the class and one of two students to speak at Sunday's 235th commencement exercises, explained 0 Comments
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Williamstown Paving Schedule| 10:34AM / Friday, May 31, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Town of Williamstown will be milling and paving the following roads beginning on June 3, 2024, and in no particular order. · School Street · Moorland Street · Meacham Street · Park Street On street parking for the above listed streets is prohibited during the hours of 6:00am – 6:00pm during construction. There may be traffic delays in these areas. Schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions. 0 Comments
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Williamstown Elementary School to Present 'Matilda, Jr.' Musical| 04:00PM / Thursday, May 30, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 6th graders of Williamstown Elementary School are set to perform Roald Dahl's "Matilda, Jr." as their spring musical this weekend in the WES Auditorium. The performances will take place on Friday, May 31, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, June 1, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m. Families, friends, and community members are invited to attend. General admission is $5. 0 Comments
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BAAMS' Band and Special Guests Live at Waubeeka | 12:52PM / Thursday, May 30, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, June 1, from 4 to 7pm, Waubeeka Golf Links at 137 New Ashford Road, will host a music event benefitting Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS). The lineup includes BAAMS faculty Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Alex Blake on bass, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion. Special guests will join them. Tickets can be purchased here. There will be seating and food and drink available for purchase including flatbread pizza, wraps, burgers/cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches with mushrooms and cheese, turkey wrap, nachos, and more. There will be a full 0 Comments
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Incumbents Returned to Williamstown Prudential CommitteeBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:57PM / Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As expected, incumbents Lindsay Neathawk and David Moresi won re-election to three-year seats on the Prudential Committee on Tuesday. Williamstown Fire District Clerk Sarah Currie reported Tuesday morning that 27 residents turned out at the polls at Williamstown Elementary School for the district election; there were no contested races on the ballot. A small crowd of residents convened for the district annual meeting that followed the election. All articles on the meeting warrant passed unanimously. The only question from the floor came regarding Article 11, a $60,000 appropriation for design work for the new fire station. A 0 Comments
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Williams Grads Present Art History at the Leading Edge| 01:13PM / Monday, May 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. On Friday, May 31, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art will host public presentations at the Clark Art Institute's Manton Research Center by the Program's graduating Masters students. The presentations, timed in conjunction with Williams' 2024 Commencement weekend, will address a variety of topics in the history of art, including the gendering of seventeenth-century sculpture, late eighteenth-century abolitionism in painting, nineteenth-century electrotypes and imperial power, early cinema and death, cultural anthropology and cybernetics at the Museum of Modern Art in
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Clark Art Free Pride Month Tour | 08:00AM / Monday, May 27, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, June 2, the Clark Art Institute offers a special free event, "Queering the Clark's Collection," in celebration of Pride Month. A Clark educator leads a guided tour of the permanent collection, and together educator and guests contemplate questions like "What makes an artwork queer?" and "How does our understanding of queerness today shape how we understand the identities and lives of artists in the past?" 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 at 11:15 am. 0 Comments
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