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3D Art Films at Images Cinema in Conjunction with 'Anselm'| 01:06PM / Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Images Cinema will present the new 3D documentary "ANSELM," about German artist Anselm Keifer, Friday, February 23 through Thursday, February 29. As a last hurrah for 3D cinema, Images will also present in limited engagement a handful of other notable 3D films by auteur film directors Wim Wenders, Ridley Scott, Ang Lee, and Alfonso Cuarón from 2011 to 2013. Full details can be found at https://www.imagescinema.org/pandoras-children-auteurist-3d. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street Williamstown. According to a press release: James Cameron’s "AVATAR" heralded a revival of 0 Comments
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Dalton Considers Reorganizing Transfer StationBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — The transfer station may undergo a reorganization. Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson last week showed the board a list of proposed money articles for town meeting in May. Articles proposed included funds to cover the cost of engineering or match for lifts at Town Hall, a vehicle for the Department of Public Works and Police Department, the design and installation of heat pumps at Town Hall and the library, replacement of the last two town garage doors, grant application funds, funds for cleaning up condemned homes, and more. Three of these articles involved the transfer station including a swap shop, equipment, and 25 percent 0 Comments
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Youth Baseball Registration Underway for 2024 SeasoniBerkshires.com Sports,
10:20AM / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Registration is underway for the newly restructured Pittsfield Little League for the 2024 season. In the offseason, the Pittsfield Little League National Division and American Division merged to form a single league. The youth program is encouraging all returning and new players eligible for the 2024 campaign to register at www.pittsfieldll.com. Registration for the Adams-Cheshire Little League is available here. Dalton-Hinsdale Little League registration is here. Sign up for the Great Barrington Little League here. Northern Berkshire NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The Northern Berkshire Youth Baseball League is looking for players aged 7 to 16 to 0 Comments
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Clark Art Concert By Ice Rasta and Father Hotep| 08:00AM / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In partnership with North Adams-based Belltower Records, the Clark Art Institute hosts a concert by Ice Rasta and Father Hotep on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7 pm. The performance takes place in the Clark's Michael Conforti Pavilion (located in the Clark Center), wrapping up the Concerts at the Conforti series for the spring season. Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 students, $5 children 15 and under). Advance registration required; capacity is limited. For more information and to register, visit clarkart.edu/events. According to a press release: Ice Rasta is Adam McNair, a New England-based mixed media artist specializing in drum 0 Comments
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Williamstown Select Board Gets Update on Climate Action PlanBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:06AM / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The leaders of a Net Zero Task Force in town updated the Select Board last week on a climate action plan that the annual town meeting authorized in 2021. Wendy Penner and Nancy Nylen told the board that a group of two dozen volunteers plans to have a plan ready to present to attendees at the upcoming annual town meeting May. The goal of the plan is help the town achieve a goal of net zero carbon emissions by adopting, "multi-pronged strategies including energy efficiency, renewable energy, zero waste, and nature-based solutions to CO2 removal, such as the protection and restoration of forests, wetlands and other ecosystems," in the words 0 Comments
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Williamstown Planners Balk at Sweetwood Zoning ProposalBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
11:41AM / Monday, February 19, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week encouraged the owner of the Sweetwood Independent Living Community to take another stab at a proposed bylaw amendment that would allow for multifamily housing at the Cold Spring Road facility. After CareOne attorney Jeffrey Grandchamp laid out a proposal to create an overlay district for the Route 7 parcel, a couple of board members raised concerns that the overlay could pave the way for a complete conversion of the site to multifamily housing and an end to assisted living for seniors. "Sweetwood was created around 1980," Roger Lawrence said. "It was a special exception to create a large apartment 0 Comments
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Williams Men's Basketball Advances in Conference Tournament| 06:48PM / Saturday, February 17, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Cole Prowitt-Smith and Brandon Roughley each scored 19 points Saturday to lead the Williams College men's basketball team to a 67-47 win over Hamilton in the quarter-finals of the NESCAC tournament. Prowitt-Smith finished with a double-double, grabbing 13 rebounds for Williams (20-5), which hosts Amherst on Saturday in the league semi-finals. Photos from this game here. Skiing HANCOCK, Mass. -- The Williams Alpine ski team finished off the slalom portion of their home carnival Saturday at Jiminy Peak. Leading the women's team was Chloe Aust, who scored NCAA slalom points, finishing 30th. On the men's side, Evan Cook had 0 Comments
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Berkshire Student Film Festival Seeks Submissions| 02:00PM / Friday, February 16, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema will present its inaugural regional student film festival over the first weekend in May. "This open call offers a felicitous opportunity for young creators of the Berkshires to see their short films on the big screen," said Images intern and Williams College student Minnie Lerner. The festival is seeking submissions from high school and college students at schools within a 25 mile radius of Images Cinema, including Williamstown, North Adams, Pittsfield, and Bennington, VT. Submissions are now open until Sunday, March 17 and can be made upon accessing the Images website (imagescinema.org). Up to two 0 Comments
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Clark Art Broadcasts 'King Lear'| 08:01AM / Friday, February 16, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute broadcasts a recording of Shakespeare's "King Lear" filmed live in London. This event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Ian McKellen stars as King Lear in this tender, violent play. Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two aging fathers—one a King, one his courtier—reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with 0 Comments
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Williamstown Looking to Designate Leashed, Unleashed Dog Areas at SprucesBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Friday, February 16, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday discussed finding a way to designate areas in the Spruces Park where dogs can and cannot be kept off leash. The discussion was a continuation of last year's annual town meeting, where the meeting voted to take no action on a proposal to change the town's bylaw allowing dogs to be off leash or "under voice command" in the General Residence District. Subsequent to the meeting, town officials realized there is a bylaw on the books that the Select Board, acting in its capacity as the town's Parks Commission, enacted in 1977 and amended 1998 that requires animals to be leashed in town parks. That 0 Comments
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Letter: Democratic Writer Out of Touch With RealityLetter to the Editor,
07:00PM / Thursday, February 15, 2024 | |
 To the Editor:
Let me start by saying that I have zero expectations that this will be published on iBerkshires because any messages against the favored leftist narrative are not allowed on your platform.
After reading his letter to the editor entitled "Contrast Between Parties," I'm struggling to determine if Michael Wise is merely out of touch with reality or if he's intentionally attempting to gaslight people. My guess is that it's the latter. He claims that "Only one of our national political parties cares anymore about good government," and asserts that is the Democrats. Is our wide-open southern border an example of that "good government?"
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Williamstown Select Board Urged to Sign Resolution on Gaza Cease FireBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
10:30AM / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board Monday heard impassioned pleas to take a stand for peace in the continuing war in Gaza and resulting humanitarian crisis. One of the many residents who turned out for the board's biweekly meeting talked about the horror they felt on Sunday evening as they watched a video of a young girl hanging from the side of a bomb damaged building in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. "And at that moment, there were cheers downstairs because the Chiefs had one," the Williams College student told the board over a Zoom link. "We live in a time when we are blessed and cursed with such advancements in communication. We can 0 Comments
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