|
| News and events in Williamstown, Mass.
|
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
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
Read More >> |
Fourth of July: The Declaration of Independence| 09:06AM / Thursday, July 04, 2024 | |
 A reminder what today is really all about: The adoption of a (literally) revolutionary document that stated the grievances of the colonists against England and their resolve to pursue a course of self-determination — without the bindings of hereditary rule.
The Unanimous Declaration
of the Thirteen United States of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent 10 Comments
Read More >> |
Mount Greylock Regional School District Honor Roll| 08:00AM / Tuesday, July 02, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District 2023-2024 4th Quarter Honor Roll. Total school enrollment 554 of which 328 have made Honor Roll for the 4th quarter. Grade 12 Ava Anagnos, Lex Anagnos, Thomas Art, Riley Babcock, Jude Bakija, Phoebe Barnes, Liam Berryman, Mirabel Boyer, Jacqueline Brannan, Emma Brennan, Kaylie Bryan, Lily Catelotti, Sylvie Clowes, Levi Cohen-McFall, Storm Colandria, Julia DeChaine, Benjamin Dingman, Karlie Dowling, Emily Dupuis, Abaigeal Fuls, Belen Galvez, Isabella Garivaltis, Louis Gotlieb, Che Guerra, Emma Kate Hane, Mia Harding, Phoebe Hughes, Jason Jaros, Shea Johnson, Talia Kapiloff, Erin Keating, Caleb Low, Savanna 8 Comments
Read More >> |
Clark Art Concert by Jacques Schwarz-Bart| 08:09AM / Monday, July 01, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—On Wednesday, July 3, the Clark Art Institute kicks off its July Outdoor Concert Series with a performance by Jacques Schwarz-Bart and Band. This year, the July Outdoor Concert Series celebrates the French Caribbean with some of best musicians from Guadeloupe and Haiti. The free concert takes place at 6 pm on the Clark's Reflecting Pool Lawn. According to a press release: Born in Guadeloupe, Jacques Schwarz-Bart has voyaged across musical genres from neo-soul, where he worked with D'angelo and Erika Badu, back to his Carribean roots where he innovated hybrid jazz genres. Playing Gwo ka and Vodou jazz, Schwarz-Bart connects 8 Comments
Read More >> |
Williamstown Youth Center's History ExploredBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:22AM / Sunday, June 30, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For about 100 years, in one incarnation or another, the Williamstown Youth Center has been improving the lives of the town's children. It is a legacy of service that, for current Executive Director Michael Williams, is summed up in the story of one longtime member of the WYC family. "One of the first people I met here when I joined the organization was someone who first started coming when he was in first grade and continued participating in programs, and, when he aged out of the programs, started working for the Youth Center," Williams said, referring to Andrew Agostini, now a teacher at Mount Greylock Regional School. "A few 8 Comments
Read More >> |
Clark Art Offers Free Admission on July 4| 11:38AM / Saturday, June 29, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On July 4, 2024, the Clark Art Institute offers free admission for all. This special offering honors the tenth anniversary of the Clark's grand reopening following the completion of its 2014 campus expansion project and the opening of its Clark Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Additionally, July 4 marks the opening of the Clark's newest special exhibition, "Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass," on view in the Clark's Conforti Pavilion through October 27, 2024. At 11 am, Williamstown's Annual Hometown Parade will head down Spring Street, followed by a live 8 Comments
Read More >> |
|
No Legal Notices
|
MEMBER SIGN IN
