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Clark Art Presents Performance By New Chamber Ballet| 08:18AM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — At 4 pm on Sunday, Oct. 13, the Clark Art Institute presents a new ballet by Miro Magloire, set to music by Alyssa Regent and Pulitzer Prize winner Tania León and performed by New Chamber Ballet. According to a press release: Quadrille, inspired by an eighteenth-century dance from France to the Caribbean, merges contemporary ballet with chamber music. New Chamber Ballet's six dancers and a cellist perform Miro Magloire’s choreography, reflecting folk dance symmetries from his Haitian heritage. León's Four Pieces for Cello draws on Cuban Santeria music, while Regent’s Fortis Meam will be paired with a world premiere 0 Comments
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Williams College 'Pluriverse' Pavilion Example of Intersection of DisciplinesBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:51PM / Tuesday, October 08, 2024 | |
Course instructor Giuseppina Forte, left, and college President Maud Mandel at the ribbon cutting. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A Williams College class has brought together art and architecture, sustainability and design, and learned a whole lot about carpentry and math, in a curling, open pavilion on Main Street. The product of professor Giuseppina Forte's fall 2023 class "Design for the Pluriverse" took nearly a year to design, model and construct and is meant to be a welcoming space to meditate and connect. President Maud Mandel said she'd been getting quite a few queries about the little structure between First Congregational 0 Comments
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WCMA Community Forum on New Museum Building Project| 11:46AM / Saturday, October 05, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) invites the community to a forum to learn more about the new museum building project at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. The forum, which will be held in the Williams Inn Ballroom, will kick off the WCMA building project construction phase, slated to begin this fall. Learn about the project schedule and expectations, review updated designs, and hear from our landscape architect, Reed Hildebrand, for a special landscape design presentation. The new Williams College Museum of Art is conceived to serve the college, the local community and visitors to the Berkshires. According to a press release, the new 0 Comments
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Berkshire Green Drinks: Tracking: Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind| 03:54PM / Friday, October 04, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Daniel Hansche, the founder of Spur Wander and an evaluator with Tracker Certification North America, will speak at the October Berkshire Green Drinks event on Wednesday, Oct. 9. This free hybrid event will take place online via Zoom and in person at The Barn of the Williams Inn, 101 Spring Street, Pittsfield. The in-person social gathering will begin around 5:30 PM; the presentation and Zoom meeting will start at 6:00 PM. According to a press release: Wildlife tracking has contributed significantly to our awareness of the species cohabitating in the Berkshires alongside our human population. Especially valuable to the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Screens 'The Three Musketeers - Part II: Milady'| 11:14AM / Friday, October 04, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As part of its free Alexandre Dumas film series this fall, the Clark Art Institute screens "The Three Musketeers—Part II: Milady" (2023) at 6 pm on Oct. 10 in the Manton Research Center auditorium. The film is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Guillaume Lethière, on view at the Clark through Oct. 14. According to a press release: An unbelievable hit when it was first published, The Three Musketeers has been adapted into film over thirty times, most recently in this two-film version by Martin Bourboulon in 2023. As the Guillaume Lethière exhibition enters its last weeks, celebrate the idealism and 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Lecture on Forthcoming Exhibition| 08:11AM / Friday, October 04, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a free lecture by artist-scholar Andil Gosine (York University / Beinecke Fellow). In it he previews his bronze sculpture Ixora Coccinea from his forthcoming exhibition Nature's Wild at the Art Museum of the Americas (June 2025). According to a press release: Gosine considers contemporary and historical personal and sociopolitical catalysts for his sculpture. Ixora Coccinea is at once invested in contestation of anthropocentrism, observation and documentation of the historical significance of 0 Comments
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Clark Art Offers Event for New Berkshire Residents| 11:29AM / Thursday, October 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — At 5:30 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 9, the Clark Art Institute welcomes recent transplants to "The Art of Orientation: Getting to Know the Northern Berkshires," a fun and informal session focusing on the history, geography, resources, and culture of the area. This free evening of connection at the Clark includes conversations with local organizations and individuals, opportunities to connect with cultural and social networks in the region, and free admission to the special exhibitions "Guillaume Lethière and Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass." Light refreshments will be provided by culinary community 0 Comments
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Thankful 5K Expanding in Ninth YearCommunity submission,
10:48AM / Thursday, October 03, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Running Foundation is eager to kick off the fundraising efforts surrounding the 9th annual MountainOne Thankful 5K to be held on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. at Berkshire Community College. This year the Thankful 5K expands to include walkers, virtual participants and a new training program for the community. The annual event is a fundraiser hosted by the Foundation to raise much needed funds for the South Community Food Pantry and the local Fuel Assistance Fund. The first 500 participants who register for the event receive a Thankful hat, with all the proceeds going to the designated causes. More than 400 0 Comments
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Clark Art Herbalist Workshop| 08:03AM / Thursday, October 03, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — At 10 am on Saturday, Oct. 5, the Clark Art Institute presents the final installment in its "From Ground to Cup" series. This free event takes place at the Clark Center entrance. According to a press release: In this workshop, herbalist and healing practitioner Rebecca Guanzon gets us ready for winter and seasonal illnesses with mullein, elderberry, and cherry bark. Discover the natural immune-boosting properties of these herbs to stay resilient during the colder months. At the end of the talk, participants can create a take-home tea blend with the herbs explored in the workshop. Free. For accessibility questions, 0 Comments
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Clark Art, Du Bois Freedom Center Host Poetry Reading | 03:03PM / Wednesday, October 02, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Oct. 6 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts poets Iain Haley Pollock and Nathan McClain in the Manton Research Center auditorium for a free poetry reading. Pollock reads poems from his most recent book, "Ghost, Like a Place," and from a forthcoming collection. McClain, whose poetry has been described as "no-nonsense, meat and potatoes, good gotdam poetry," also reads from his work. The two poets then discuss their stylistic differences and conceptual overlap when it comes to poetry, language, race, and W.E.B. Du Bois's concept of double consciousness. A Q&A and book signing follow the event. Iain Haley 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Jazz Concert | 08:28AM / Wednesday, October 02, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents a jazz concert on Saturday, Oct. 5 featuring the showstopper trio Leon Lee Dorsey, Mike Clark, and Michael Wolff. The concert takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium at 7 pm. According to a press release: In his latest album, A Letter to Bill Evans, acclaimed bassist Leon Lee Dorsey teams up with renowned drummer Mike Clark and master pianist Michael Wolff for a creative and heartfelt tribute to the legendary Bill Evans. The album features innovative interpretations of classics such as the bossa-infused Gloria's Step and the stirring Turn Out the Stars. Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 0 Comments
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Clark Art New Season of First Sunday Free| 08:01AM / Wednesday, October 02, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute holds its inaugural First Sunday Free of the season on Sunday, Oct. 6 with the theme Dancing with Degas, celebrating dance and movement in connection with the exhibition Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism. Offering free admission from 10 am–5 pm, the Clark features a pop-up installation of prints, drawings, and photographs showcasing the art of dance in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 11 am–1 pm, plus a series of dance-themed special activities from 1–4 pm. Sculpt your own mixed-media dancer, drawing inspiration from Degas's Little Dancer. Composed of an 0 Comments
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