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Williamstown Select Board Discusses Language in 'Guidebook'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:53PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — During a discussion about goal setting and priorities for the 2024-25 term, Select Board member Randal Fippinger on Monday pointed out that the body has limited bandwidth. "There's so much that we have to do," Fippinger said. "There is so little discretionary time in our calendar for stuff to do." Moments later, the board spent more than 40 minutes discussing modifications to a 3-year-old document that the town does not need, largely focusing on a passage that has no basis in state law or town code. At issue was the "Select Board Guidebook," which the body created in 2021 and published on the town 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Performance By Ximena Bedoya | 04:07PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a performance on Sunday, July 14 at 4 pm by Ximena Bedoya, an interdisciplinary artist and designer from Peru. This free performance takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Currently based in New York, Bedoya explores transitional states of mind, body, and space through audiovisual experiences. Her work teaches viewers to embrace life's fluctuating moments. Bedoya is half of Lobby Art Editions, a record and cassette label with roots in Western Massachusetts. She received an MFA in Applied Craft & Design from the Pacific 0 Comments
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Director Susan Seidelman at Images Cinema| 01:38PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — An Evening with Susan Seidelman is a fundraising event for Images Cinema on Wednesday, July 17 at 7pm. Following a screening of the 1985 film "Desperately Seeking Susan," director Susan Seidelman will be in conversation with Jessica Hecht, after which she will sign copies of her new memoir, "Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir about Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls." Tickets are $20; $18 for Images Cinema members; with the option to pay a higher ticket price to benefit Images. Susan Seidelman, director of "Smithereens," "Desperately Seeking Susan," and episodes of "Sex and the 0 Comments
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Bomb Threat that Closed Williams Campus Deemed 'Not Credible'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com
12:17PM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College Thursday briefly closed its campus and sent all non-essential employees home for the day after a reported bomb threat that later was deemed to be "not credible." Late Thursday morning, the college sent an alert to its employees that the school was investigating a threat to several college buildings and ordering the evacuation of Faculty House, the Paresky Center, Mission dorm and "athletics and all libraries." By about 11:45 a.m., the college released the same information in a post on social media, and shortly before noon, it announced on "X" (formerly Twitter), "Please evacuate and avoid area 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Free Community Day| 11:12AM / Thursday, July 11, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, July 14, the Clark Art Institute opens its doors for Community Day. There will be free admission all day (10 am–5 pm), and from 11 am to 4 pm, the Institute offers art-making activities, live entertainment, and more. Visitors can view the Clark's permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions, including Guillaume Lethière, Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires, Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass, Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism, and David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee. The Clark's 140-acre campus offers walking trails through its woodlands and meadows 0 Comments
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Williamstown Fills Vacant Seat on Library Trustees BoardBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:55AM / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board and Milne Library Board of Trustees on Monday unanimously appointed Ben Lee-Cohen to fill the remainder of a vacant term on the library board. The vote came after a longtime member of the library board said Lee-Cohen is not necessarily better than the other three applicants for the office but could be a better fit for the board given its current membership. "I'm so impressed hearing from all of you, and I'm really sincere trying to imagine all the ways you could contribute … in the future on a building committee or some other thing," said Bridget Spann, a former Milne board chair who was appointed herself to 0 Comments
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Edgar Degas Exhibit Opens At Clark Art| 11:18AM / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the First Impressionist Exhibition, held in Paris in 1874, the Clark Art Institute presents "Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism." The exhibition is on view in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper in the Clark's Manton Research Center from July 13 through October 6, 2024. According to a press release: The exhibition highlights the innovative and experimental practices of Edgar Degas in the realm of works on paper. In his pastels, drawings, photographs, and prints, Degas was relentless in exploring unusual media and processes. A range of works 0 Comments
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WCMA Summer Program| 02:31PM / Tuesday, July 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) will host a summer program series on three Tuesdays this July in the exhibition SO–IL \ WCMA: Building a New Museum. Visitors can learn about the plans for the new WCMA, get a behind-the-scenes look at what the museum has in store for the new building, and offer their own thoughts about the future of WCMA. Each program will begin at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a patio party at 6 p.m. The series kicks off on Tuesday July 9, with EDU 101: Exploring Education. WCMA's engagement curators will discuss how they are imagining education in the new museum in an informal setting with activities and 0 Comments
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Clark Art: Guided By Glass, Weekly Drop in Art Making| 11:21AM / Tuesday, July 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In celebration of the exhibition "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass,"" the Clark Art Institute offers a weekly drop-in art-making program this summer on Thursdays from 1–4 pm, July 11, 18, and 25 and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. According to a press release: Explore the unique characteristics of glass and learn about light, color, and transparency. Drop in anytime between 1–4 pm to decorate your own fun glass object to take home, and contribute to a large-scale, collaborative mural led by emerging local artists. Free. All materials provided. Meet on the Fernández Terrace; in case of 0 Comments
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Williamstown Temporary Closure of Route 2 at Green River Bridge | 08:00AM / Monday, July 08, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that Route 2 will be closed at the Green River Bridge in Williamstown, from 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10. The closure is necessary to allow for the placement and initial setting of concrete on the bridge deck. During this closure, traffic will be detoured via Cole Avenue to North Hoosac Road to Ashton Avenue. Businesses on both sides of the bridge will remain open and accessible. Appropriate detour signage and message boards will be in place to alert the public to the upcoming closure. Drivers traveling through the 0 Comments
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Bennington Museum Launches $3.2M Century Campaign | 12:27PM / Sunday, July 07, 2024 | |
 BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Bennington Museum has launched a "century campaign" with the goal of making $3.2 million in structural and programming improvements as it enters its second century. Over the next four years, the museum will raise funds to improve curbside appeal, create new community spaces, comply with modern safety and accessibility standards, and provide long-term stability so that the collections and programs will always be within reach of the community and the some 20,000 visitors it has each year. The goal is to complete a campus-wide transformation by the end of year 2028, the museum's 100th anniversary. "I am so excited by the 0 Comments
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Williamstown Coping with More Erosion Along Hoosic RiverBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Friday, July 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is looking at several potential projects to stabilize the banks of the Hoosic River in the foreseeable future. One much discussed effort near the intersection of North Street and Syndicate Road already is making its way through the permitting process. Two more were discussed last week at a meeting of the Conservation Commission. Chair Lauren Stevens reported to his colleagues that he met with state Department of Environmental Protection officials at a bend in the river near Williams College's athletic fields to assess the impact of a breach to the riverbank. "In one case, a very large tree went over and took a ball of dirt 0 Comments
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