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Lecture on the History of the Williamstown Public Library| 10:23AM / Monday, April 08, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The first in a series of lectures celebrating the 150th anniversary of Williamstown's public library will take place on Saturday, April 13, at 2:00 p.m. in the Milne Public Library, 1095 Main Street in Williamstown. Dustin Griffin will give a talk on "The History of the Williamstown Public Library" from its beginnings in a corner of a general store on Water Street in 1874, through a move to the Botsford House on Main Street in 1941, and the complex real estate deal that made it possible to move in 1996 to its present location, where it became known as the Milne Library. Dustin Griffin is well-known to Williamstown audiences 0 Comments
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Clark Art Announces Research and Academic Fellowships | 04:00PM / Saturday, April 06, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2024–2025 class of Fellows for summer 2024 and the upcoming academic year. The Clark is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes top international scholars for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 430 individuals hailing from thirty countries, forming a global network of scholars united 0 Comments
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DESE Office of School Monitoring to Visit MGRSD| 01:48PM / Friday, April 05, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — During the week of May 13, 2024, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of Mount Greylock Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team process, and IEP development and implementation. Areas of review related to civil rights 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Edgar Degas| 08:00AM / Friday, April 05, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 9 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a lecture by Michelle Foa (Tulane University/Florence Gould Foundation Fellow) in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Foa frames Edgar Degas as an artist who was committed, above all, to investigating the life of matter and the matter of art, and whose career-long fixation on materials informed his work, practices, and interests in remarkable and little-understood ways. Foa is the co-curator of the Clark's upcoming Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition, along 0 Comments
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Lazits Leading Lions to First in IviesiBerkshires.com Sports,
06:01AM / Thursday, April 04, 2024 | |
 Taconic High School graduate and Columbia University junior Anton Lazits is hitting .253 for the Lions this spring. Lazits has six home runs, five doubles and 13 RBIs in starting all 22 games for the Lions, who are 10-12 overall and 5-1 in the Ivy League heading into this weekend's games at Dartmouth. He started the year with two home runs and four RBIs in Columbia's 15-6 loss at Florida on Feb. 23. Saturday's 11:30 Columbia game against the Big Green is scheduled to be telecast on ESPN-plus. Staying in the Ivies, Taconic graduate Nick Guachione has appeared in seven games at the University of Pennsylvania. He has drawn two walks and been hit by a 0 Comments
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Clark Art First Sunday Free Program| 08:01AM / Wednesday, April 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's First Sundays Free program continues on Sunday, April 7. Offering free admission from 10 am–5 pm, the day also features a series of paper-themed special activities from 1–4 pm, including a tour of the Clark's "Paper Cities" exhibition at 2 pm. According to a press release: Engage with the limitless possibilities of paper in a variety of paper-play activities. Get three-dimensional with a single sheet of paper by making a pop-up book or take on woven paper activities and make a decorative object to take home. At 2 pm, Allison Marino, curatorial assistant for works on paper and curator of Paper 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Social Inequality and Urban Planning | 08:00AM / Tuesday, April 02, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, April 7 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute hosts a lecture by Giuseppina Forte, professor of architecture and environmental studies at Williams College, who discusses her new book project, "The Self-Built City: Material Politics and Ecologies of Difference in São Paulo," and questions how a built environment predicts social inequity. The free talk is presented in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Forte's book project chronicles the forces shaping urban ecologies, from self-built homes to infectious diseases, and how colonial structures solidify sites of difference. From her 0 Comments
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Protect Your Eyes During the Solar Eclipse| 01:02PM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
 Many people are eagerly awaiting the rare total solar eclipse that will take place on April 8, when the moon will completely block the sun. Starting around 2 pm and lasting for about one hour, the daytime skies of northern Vermont and New Hampshire will slowly darken. At Dartmouth Health, we want to make sure you keep your eyes safe while you observe the magic of the eclipse. On April 8, a total solar eclipse will darken the daytime skies of both Northern Vermont and Northern New Hampshire. The partial eclipse should begin sometime after 2 pm in both states, depending on location. A little more than an hour later, the full eclipse will set in and last for approximately three
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Mount Greylock Regional School Talent Show | 10:37AM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School's Friends of the Arts are set to host the annual "Celebration of the Arts" talent and art show on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 7 p.m. The event will take place at the school's auditorium located at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown, with an art show preview beginning at 6:30 p.m. The show features a lineup of students and faculty from Mount Greylock Regional School (MGRS), showcasing a diverse range of artistic abilities. Attendees can expect performances that cater to all ages. In addition to the onstage talent, the Friends of the Arts organization will present a collection of student 0 Comments
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SVMC Wellness Connection: March 29| 08:52AM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
 March 29, 2024 Protect Your Eyes to Enjoy the Solar Phenomenon Safely ? Many people are eagerly awaiting the rare total solar eclipse that will take place on April 8, when the moon will completely block the sun. Lasting for about an hour, the daytime skies of northern Vermont and New Hampshire will slowly darken. But to safely and fully enjoy the magic of the eclipse, your eyes must be protected. Learn how to best prepare for this once-in-a-generation 0 Comments
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Clark Art Lecture on Compromised Art of Parasitical Resistance | 08:01AM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, April 5 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a lecture by Anna Watkins Fisher (University of Michigan) who examines artistic resistance in the twenty-first century, when disruption and dissent are co-opted and commodified in ways that reinforce powerful systems. The talk takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release, this lecture weighs the gambit of artists who willfully abandon the radical scripts of opposition and refusal long identified with anticapitalism and feminism to embrace parasitism—tactics of complicity that effect 0 Comments
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Williamstown Residents Concerned over Impact of Habitat DevelopmentBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:44AM / Sunday, March 31, 2024 | |
Homeowners Kayla and Derek Falkowski ask questions at a Habitat information session at the Harper Center. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Drainage was the chief concern of the residents who turned out for Wednesday's informational meeting about a planned five-home development off Summer Street. Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity President Keith Davis led an hourlong meeting at the Harper Center, the first of two such Wednesday evening sessions before the non-profit gives a preliminary presentation to the Planning Board scheduled for April 9. The Planning Board later this spring will be asked to approve a subdivision to allow the parcel, currently owned by the 0 Comments
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