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Clark Art Hosts Morningside Student Poets| 04:00PM / Thursday, November 30, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Dec. 2 at noon, the Clark Art Institute hosts student poets from Morningside Community Elementary School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, who will recite their work during a celebratory reception for a student poetry project that is currently installed on the Clark's grounds. The reception is free and open to the public. The event takes place in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion. On Nov. 27, fifty-one tree tags embroidered with lines of student poetry were placed on trees along the Clark's trails, near Analia Saban's Teaching A Cow How to Draw (2020) fence that borders the Clark's pasture, and along the trail up 0 Comments
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Williamstown Holiday Walk Weekend Returns FridayBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:12PM / Thursday, November 30, 2023 | |
The Holiday Walk features a variety of activities, sales and raffles. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The 40th annual Holiday Walk is bigger than ever, with even more opportunities to ring in the season — in and out of Williamstown. The three-day celebration gets underway on Friday and includes a jam–packed schedule Saturday that begins in the neighboring town of Hancock and ends in the city of North Adams. "There's a ton going on in the region the next couple of weeks," Williamstown Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Susan Briggs said this week. "I was just on a call talking about that. Berkshire County likes to celebrate our 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents 'Lawrence of Arabia'| 08:00AM / Thursday, November 30, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Dec. 7, the Clark Art Institute continues its series of British films honoring the birthplace of Sir Edwin Manton during its Manton Research Center building's fiftieth anniversary. The Clark shows "Lawrence of Arabia" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: A colossal epic about the World War I Arab revolt, Lawrence of Arabia centers on a strange and fascinating performance from then-unknown Peter O'Toole as British officer and archaeologist T.E. Lawrence. One stunning set piece follows another: the entrance of Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) through a 0 Comments
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Clark Art Participates in Williamstown's Holiday Walk Weekend | 04:03PM / Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute joins in the community-wide celebration of the holidays during Williamstown's 40th Annual Holiday Walk weekend, held the first weekend in December. The Clark kicks off the festivities on Dec. 1 with a live concert by Johnny Irion and U.S. Elevator. On Dec. 2, the Clark hosts art-making activities and horse-drawn carriage rides. The Institute's popular First Sundays Free program continues on Sunday, Dec. 3. Offering free admission to the galleries and special exhibitions from 10 am–5 pm, the day also features a series of light-themed special activities from 1–4 pm, and a special production by Williamstown 0 Comments
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Pine Cobble School to Host Open House| 12:00PM / Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pine Cobble School will host an open house from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, its first such fall event in the post-pandemic era. Open to all families, this free event gives parents and guardians a chance to tour the school's eighteen-acre, historic campus; learn about the school's curriculum, arts and sports programs, and more; meet with teachers, administrators, and current Pine Cobble families; and get any questions answered about the school. Refreshments will be available. Pine Cobble School is an all-gender independent day school for children from early childhood through eighth grade. It is an inclusive community that 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Rerouting Indian Modernism| 08:00AM / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a lecture by Rakhee Balaram (State University of New York at Albany / Clark Fellow). In it she questions the historiography concerning Rabindranath Tagore's art to open up new questions about the historical avant-garde and its limits. This lecture looks to South America and Japan to consider the genesis of Tagore's drawings and paintings, which were exhibited in Paris in the wake of the celebrated African and Oceanic exhibition in Paris in 1930. Balaram draws on scientific, economic and legal discourses, and both cross-cultural 0 Comments
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Williamstown Planning Board Adopts Comprehensive PlanBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:12AM / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A little more than two years after appointing a committee to write the document, the Planning Board last week formally adopted the updated town comprehensive plan. On a vote of 4-1, the five-person board endorsed the 70-page final draft of "Envisioning Williamstown 2035," which replaces the planning document previously known as the town master plan, last drafted in 2002. Ben Greenfield was the lone dissenting vote in approving the wide-ranging document, which discusses the current conditions in the town and lays out a wide range of municipal aspirations in areas ranging from housing to conservation to transportation. Shortly before 0 Comments
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Clark Art Offers Free Gallery Tours for Parents and Infants | 08:07AM / Monday, November 27, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Dec. 1 at 10:15 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts a tour of its permanent collection galleries for new parents/caregivers and infants. The event is free. Participants should meet at the Clark’s main Admissions desk. In this special program, new parents and caregivers bring their infants into the galleries for a guided visit and the opportunity to socialize with other community members in a casual environment. The informal tour includes a unique look at the Clark's permanent collection, featuring an array of works by a variety of artists. Each month offers a different selection of artworks. Best suited for adults with 0 Comments
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National Grid Submits Comprehensive Performance Investment Plan| 11:29AM / Sunday, November 26, 2023 | |
WALTHAM, Mass. – Massachusetts Electric Company and Nantucket Electric Company, which are part of National Grid, filed with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) a Comprehensive Performance and Investment (CPI) plan, as part of its required Rate Review filing, designed to deliver the fair, affordable and clean energy transition, reinforce the local energy grid, and hold the company accountable to achieving a smarter, stronger, cleaner and more equitable energy future for the 1.3 million customers the company serves across the Commonwealth. "The proposal we've filed today, coupled with our electric sector modernization plan, Future Grid, will deliver 0 Comments
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Local Athletes Earn League Honors with College TeamsiBerkshires.com Sports,
11:08AM / Saturday, November 25, 2023 | |
 Lee High School graduate Elizabeth Brown was named to the all-Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference first team this fall. Brown, a sophomore at MCLA, led the Trailblazers in digs, with 3.27 per set, and was third on the team in kills with 2.29 per set. She played in all 26 of MCLA's matches, starting 25, and had a season-high 18 kills in a five-set loss to Westfield State. Brown was named second-team all-league last fall after her first season at MCLA. Her former Lee teammate and current MCLA teammate MaKayla Schuerer appeared in 15 matches for MCLA (21-5) in her first year on the squad. Schuerer finished with 23 digs. For the MCLA men's 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents 'Chariots of Fire'| 04:07PM / Friday, November 24, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Nov. 30, the Clark Art Institute continues its series of British films honoring the birthplace of Sir Edwin Manton during its Manton Research Center's fiftieth anniversary. The Clark shows "Chariots of Fire" at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press realease: Although perhaps remembered as a celebration of gritty Brits triumphing over much-fancied Americans, Chariots of Fire is actually a portrait of social outsiders making their contribution to the greater national good—Ian Charleson's God-fearing Scot, who refuses to run on the Sabbath, and Ben Cross's 0 Comments
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Thankful 5K Draws HundredsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
06:00AM / Friday, November 24, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Morgan Windram-Geddes said she was going to spend much of the holiday making food to bring to her brother’s house to celebrate Thanksgiving with family. Her extended family got to eat with the fastest woman at the eighth annual Thankful 5K. Windram-Geddes of Glendale, Mass., was the 10th racer overall to cross the finish line at Berkshire Community College among the hundreds of runners and walkers to set off on West Street at 9 a.m. Thursday morning. The event, sponsored by MountainOne and organized by the Berkshire Running Center, helped more than 400 participants work up an appetite and helped raise money and generate 0 Comments
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