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Clark Art Hosts Jazz Concert Tribute to Art Blakey | 08:00AM / Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Clark Art Institute hosts a jazz concert in tribute to Art Blakey with musicians George Cables, David Schnitter, and Steve Davis. The concert takes place at 7 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in its Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Celebrate one of the founding fathers of modern jazz, legendary drummer, and bandleader Art Blakey. Blakey developed more great young musicians than anyone else from the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century with his group Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Alumni include Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett, and Chuck 0 Comments
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Clark Art Artist Talk on Plants and People| 04:00PM / Monday, October 09, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation with exhibiting artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, featured in "Humane Ecology: Eight Positions," and exhibition curator Robert Wiesenberger. They discuss Aparicio's sculptural practice and the complex interdependence of people and plants—specifically in Central America and in the Los Angeles neighborhoods where he grew up. This free talk takes place at 3:30 pm in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Aparicio received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2016 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College in 2012. He has appeared in 0 Comments
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Williams Field Hockey Tops Conn College| 06:33PM / Saturday, October 07, 2023 | |
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Natalia Nolan scored a pair of goals Saturday to lead the Williams College field hockey team to a 4-1 win over Conn College. Claire Colvin had a goal and an assist, and Gates Tenerowicz stopped three shots for Williams (6-2, 3-1 NESCAC), which goes to New Jersey to play Salisbury University on Sunday. Men's Soccer NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Andrew Coelho scored in the 62nd minute to give Williams a 1-1 tie at Conn College. Ben Diffley stopped four shots for Williams (6-2-2 2-2-2), which hosts Wesleyan on Saturday. Women's Soccer NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Ella Gazo assisted on both goals as Conn College handed Williams a 2-0 0 Comments
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Jane Swift Named to National Education BoardStaff Reports, iBerkshires
01:56PM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Gov. Jane Swift will join the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the country's only ongoing, nationally representative assessment of student achievement. Swift was appointed on Friday by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The Governing Board is a nonpartisan body established by Congress in 1988 to oversee and set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as The Nation's Report Card. NAEP provides objective information on student performance in various subjects and reports on student achievement across the nation, in states, and in select large urban districts. The 0 Comments
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Williamstown Con Comm Looks to Take Custody of Spruces Park, Protect More WetlandsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15AM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission has decided to move ahead with a plan to ask town meeting to place the Spruces Park property under the panel's "care, custody, management and control." On a vote of 6-0, the commissioners OK'd draft warrant article language about the 114-acre former Spruces Mobile Home Park at 60 Main St. (Route 2). It also unanimously decided to continue working on an article for town meeting that would expand the commission's authority over wetlands and water resources not currently covered under the commonwealth's Wetlands Protection Act. The Spruces Park is a former mobile home park that came into 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'Sankofa'| 08:00AM / Thursday, October 05, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 12, the Clark Art Institute concludes 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 "Sankofa" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Directed by Haile Gerima, "Sankofa" (1993; 2 hours, 4 minutes) was developed from twenty years of research into the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the experiences of African slaves in the New World. 0 Comments
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MCLA Announces Theatre, Music Productions for 2023-2024 Season | 02:00PM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Theatre and Music departments announced the 2023-2024 season of performances with four productions including visiting performing artists, guest directors, and student directors in addition to two student concerts. The fall season opens on Nov. 3 with a MainStage production titled "Antigone by Sophocles" translated by Anne Carson and guest director Rudy Ramirez. The show is scheduled to run on Nov. 3-4, 10-11 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. in Venable Theatre. Rudy Ramirez, Benedetti Teaching Artist in Residence, is a director, writer, and teaching artist specializing in 0 Comments
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Clark Art Talk on Oracle Bones Installation | 08:00AM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 11, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation with exhibiting artist Elizabeth Atterbury and Anna Hepler. The two discuss process, collaboration, the studio, and Atterbury's current installation, Oracle Bones, at 6 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Atterbury and Hepler share a curiosity for how objects and images shift in form and scale between two and three dimensions and across materials. Both based in New England, they've recently completed their third collaborative public art commission. Tessarae (2023), a mural comprised of handmade ceramic titles, is installed at the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Workshop on Textile Dyeing | 08:21AM / Monday, October 02, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Oct. 7, the Clark Art Institute invites visitors to explore how sound, color, and emotions resonate in a textile dyeing demonstration and hands-on workshop. This free drop-in event begins at 2 pm on the Fernández Terrace. Artists Emily Carris-Duncan, Eugene Lew, and Imani Uzuri lead a demonstration and workshop exploring how feelings, colors, water, voices, and sound resonate. Immerse textiles in indigo and goldenrod dye baths in an attempt to capture the ephemerality of emotions and concentrated vibrations. Water will be drawn from the grounds to create the dye baths shimmering in time with the subaquatic circulation of 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Announces 2024 National Merit Scholarship Recipients | 04:01PM / Sunday, October 01, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Principal, Jacob N. Schutz, of Mount Greylock Regional School announced that Che A. Guerra and Lucinda R. McWeeny have been named Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these seniors. About 34,000 commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2024 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2024 0 Comments
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Williams Field Hockey Blanks Amherst| 09:13AM / Sunday, October 01, 2023 | |
AMHERST, Mass. -- Gates Tenerowicz stopped three shots Saturedy to backstop the Williams College field hockey team to a 3-0 win over Amherst. Pilar Torres, Laura Ryan and Kiki Higgins scored for Williams (5-2, 2-1 NESCAC), which goes to Connecticut College on Saturday. Football MEDFORD, Mass. -- Michael Berluti threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns to lead Tufts to a 28-10 win over Williams. Williams (1-2) hosts Middlebury on Saturday. Women's Soccer AMHERST, Mass. -- Ava Simunovic scored early in the second half to give Williams a 1-0 win over Amherst. Margaret Huelin and Ana Bozzi-Mackay split time in goal for Williams, making four 0 Comments
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Teacher of the Month: Shawn BurdickBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:28PM / Saturday, September 30, 2023 | |
Teaching has always been a goal of Shawn Burdick but he spent years working on NASA projects before landing back at his alma mater Mount Greylock. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School physics teacher Shawn Burdick has been selected for the September Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series runs for the next eight months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. Burdick has been working as a teacher for 25 years but his path to this career wasn't a straight line. He worked in the physics research field for a number of years prior to becoming a teacher. He studied physics at Williams College and moved 0 Comments
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