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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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Clark Art Offers Activities During School Vacation Week | 08:00AM / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— From Monday, Feb. 19 through Friday, Feb. 23, the Clark Art Institute hosts special activities during February School Vacation Week. Every day this week, visitors can also pick up a set of complimentary colored pencils and a drawing pad at the Clark Center Admissions desk. Admission is free for all visitors through March 31, 2024. Drop-in Cyanotype-Making Feb. 22, 2–4 pm Clark Center, Michael Conforti Pavilion Learn more about the photographic printing process. Drop in anytime from 2–4 pm and experiment with light-sensitive paper to make your own cyanotype. Printmaking Workshops Feb. 23, 1 & 2 pm Clark Center, 0 Comments
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'Emancipation' Opens at WCMA | 07:45AM / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—In conjunction with the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) will present newly commissioned and recent works by Sadie Barnette, Alfred Conteh, Maya Freelon, Hugh Hayden, Letitia Huckaby, Jeffrey Meris, and Sable Elyse Smith in a new exhibition visualizing Black freedom, agency, and the legacy of the Civil War today and beyond. The seven installations featured in "Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation"—spanning sculpture, photography, and paper and textile fabrications—will react to the legacy of John Quincy Adams Ward's bronze sculpture "The Freedman" 0 Comments
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Berkshire Running Sets Full Year of Charity RunsCommunity submission,
06:42AM / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Berkshire Running Foundation has released the 2024 Race Calendar for the local nonprofit with several new events scheduled throughout the county. Following its first official year operating as a nonprofit entity in 2023, the 501c3 organization, which has a mission of advancing and expanding on the positive impact the running community has on the neighborhoods we live, produced, and directed eight events in 2023. The Foundation donated just more than $48,000 to local nonprofit entities which benefit from each event. The Foundation has also incorporated that all students in Berkshire County can run in these races for free. To encourage families to 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Superintendent to Work on Culture Shift Over Next 3 YearsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:55AM / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School Superintendent has goals for the next three years that he characterized as simple yet profound. "I think somebody could look at this and say, 'OK, Dr. McCandless, you are the Mayor of Simpleton,'" Jason McCandless said last week, referencing a single from the English rock group XTC. "'You want kids to be nice to one another, and you want them to show up at school. Big deal.' "It is a big deal." McCandless made that comment toward the end of a presentation on his goals to the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee at its Feb. 8 meeting. McCandless told the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Gallery Talk With Emerging Art Historians| 08:15AM / Monday, February 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, Feb. 16, enjoy a new look at old favorites in the Clark's permanent collection. In Fresh Takes, a Williams College graduate student shares their take on an object (or two) with the perspective of new scholarship. Tours begin in the Museum Pavilion at noon. No registration is required. 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock District Looking to Mitigate Cost Increases in FY25 BudgetBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:08AM / Monday, February 12, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday started to hear numbers that will feed the fiscal year 2025 budget that the panel will be asked to approve next month. Most of the presentation from the district's assistant superintendent and business manager focused on the revenue side of the budget, but Joe Bergeron did offer some insight into some of the increased expenses the regional district will face in the year that begins on July 1. Since the committee's last gathering, the district got one key piece of data, a 7 percent increase in health insurance costs that will add about $225,000 to what is a $25 million operating budget 0 Comments
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Williamstown Boba Purveyor: 'It's Where Joy is Born'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:51PM / Friday, February 09, 2024 | |
Glory-Anne Jones jokes with the first customers at her Tea and Boba Lounge on Friday afternoon. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The owner of Spring Street's newest business knows the power of tea. On Friday afternoon, Glory-Anne Jones cut the ribbon and welcomed the public to the Tea and Boba Lounge at 76 Spring St., a sister store to Chocolate Is Self-Care, a manufacturer and tea studio that she operates in Cohoes, N.Y. While the New York business has chocolate in its name, don't think candy bars. Think "Chocolate Raspberry Spice Tea," "Chocolate Chai Ginger Tea," or any of the dozen exclusive tea blends that Jones helped create. All those 0 Comments
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HooRWA: What Happens on Land Doesn’t Stay on Land| 12:30PM / Thursday, February 08, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Ecosystem ecologist Allison Gill will talk on "Land to Water: Managing Terrestrial Landscapes to Support Healthy Waterways" at the Hoosic River Watershed (HooRWA)'s State of the River and Annual Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:00 p.m. in Williams College's Griffin 5. She will discuss how the way people treat land impacts waterways, like the Hoosic River. All are welcome. No registration needed for this free program co-hosted by Williams College Center for Environmental Studies. A brief Annual Meeting of the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA) will proceed the presentation, with a review on some of 0 Comments
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Softball, Baseball Winter Vacation Camps OfferedCommunity submission,
11:39AM / Thursday, February 08, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Infield Berkshire Baseball Academy is offering winter vacation day camps for baseball and softball players aged 8 to 12. The baseball camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 19 and 20. The softball camp is 9 a.m. to noon on Feb. 21 and 22. The cost is $50 per day. The camp will focus on basic offense and defense skills. Campers are asked to bring a snack, indoor shoes, glove and bat. The Infield is located at 10 Lyman St. To register, email theinfieldbba@gmai.com. 0 Comments
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Community Contra Dance in Williamstown| 12:37PM / Wednesday, February 07, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance on Saturday, Feb. 10. Popular young caller Liz Nelson will teach every dance to live traditional fiddle music from the local band, Cider Mountain. According to a press release, Contra dancing is a living tradition in New England; for hundreds of years, neighbors and friends have made their own social entertainment in this easy and highly collaborative dance form. All are welcome. Come alone, or with friends -- most people change partners for each dance throughout the evening. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive by 7:30 for instruction in 0 Comments
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Clark Art Broadcasts Production of 'Good'| 08:05AM / Wednesday, February 07, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, February 11 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute broadcasts a recording of C.P. Taylor's play "Good" filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. This event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain's most powerful political plays. As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences. Olivier Award-winner Dominic 0 Comments
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