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Kane-Smalls Leads Mount Greylock to OT Win in Title Game| 03:03PM / Monday, October 16, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Noah Kane-Smalls hit the game-winning shot in overtime Sunday to lead Mount Greylock to a 65-64 win over Hoosac Valley in the Northern Berkshire Sports Academy fall high school basketball league. Kane-Smalls finished with a double-double, scoring 25 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Desmond Cobb also had a double-double for the Mounties with 24 points and 13 boards. Ward Bianchi scored 11 points, and Nolan Barnes grabbed 15 rebounds in the win. Hoosac Valley was led by Trevor Moynihan with 23 points, including five 3-pointers. Joey McGovern also hit five 3s and scored 16 to go with 15 rebounds for the Hurricanes. A 0 Comments
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Clark Art Conference on African Art in European Discourse| 11:38AM / Monday, October 16, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 19, and Friday, Oct. 20, the Research and Academic Program at the Clark Art Institute hosts a Clark Conference, The Fetish A(r)t Work: African Objects in the Making of European Art History 1500–1900. The program begins at 9 am in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. The program is free and open to the public. According to a press release: The conference brings together scholars across the humanities who examine the making and "invention" of African art in European discourse. Convened by scholar and former Clark Professor Anne Lafont (The School for Advanced Studies in the 0 Comments
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Big Pass Play Late Lifts Williams Football to Road Win| 10:13PM / Saturday, October 14, 2023 | |
CLINTON, N.Y. -- Sam Jaffe caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Owen McHugh Saturday to break a 17-17 fourth-quarter tie and send the Williams College football team to a 24-17 win over Hamilton. McHugh threw for 215 yards and ran for a team-high 69 yards in the win. Williams (2-3) is home on Saturday to face Trinity. Field Hockey WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Kiki Higgins scored to give Williams a 3-1 lead, and it held on for a 3-2 win over Wesleyan. Claire Colvin and Meaghan Boehm also scored in the win. Gates Tenerowicz made five saves to earn the win in goal for Williams (7-3, 4-1 NESCAC), which travels to Tufts on Sunday. Volleyball BEVERLY, Mass. -- 0 Comments
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Williamstown Con Comm Clears College Field House DemoBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:01AM / Saturday, October 14, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Conservation Commission Thursday gave the green light to Williams College's plan to demolish its Towne Field House. The college was before the panel to request a negative determination of applicability under the Wetlands Protection Act for the demolition project near Christmas Brook. The commissioners found that the college, which plans silt sacks in all storm drains and a silt fence along Latham Street, which runs between the field house and the brook, had adequate erosion measures planned. The plan also calls for a wash area for trucks entering or leaving the demolition site. Williams Senior Project Manager Shaun Garvey said the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Book Talk With Design Author | 08:00AM / Friday, October 13, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a book talk and conversation by Williams College Environmental Studies Professor Laura J. Martin. Martin is the author of "Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration" (Harvard University Press, 2022), which examines how, in this age of biodiversity crisis, many wild species will not survive without acts of human care. The event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Martin speaks to what can be learned from the past century of ecological restoration; discusses what it means to be wild; and offers a call for ecological 0 Comments
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Berkshire Green Drinks: 'Snakes Are More Interesting Than You Can Imagine'| 12:00PM / Thursday, October 12, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Tom Tyning, an expert on amphibians and reptiles and an authority on New England's natural history, will present at the September Berkshire Green Drinks event on Monday, Oct. 16, in person and online via Zoom. The in-person gathering begins at 5:00 PM at The Barn at Williams Inn, 103 Spring St, Williamstown. The presentation and Zoom meeting start at 6:00 PM. If the weather permits, the in-person gathering will take place outdoors. According to a press release: The life histories, annual behaviors, and evolutionary story of snakes are incredible, fascinating, and remarkable. Tom will focus on our Berkshire/New England snake species, 0 Comments
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Clark Art Presents Lecture on European Prints| 08:00AM / Thursday, October 12, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Oct. 15, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture with art historian Alexander Nagel, who examines how prints set in motion a new way of thinking about images as media, continually bringing image-making back to its fundamentals: lines on surfaces. The free lecture takes place at 1 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in its Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Five centuries before photography, printmaking fundamentally transformed western art. Prints made images move like never before, launching new forms of fame, sparking viral memes, and building shared imaginaries. Prints reconfigured all other 0 Comments
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Local Teams Win Titles in Just for Kicks TourneyiBerkshires.com Sports,
12:06PM / Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | |
 DALTON, Mass. -- Youth soccer programs from Adams, Great Barrington and Dalton emerged with team titles from the 26th annual Dalton CRA Just for Kicks Soccer Tournament last weekend. Adams won the under-12 boys Division 2 championship, beating the Williamstown Wizards in the tournament final. The Berkshire Hills U14 boys won the U14 boys title with a victory over South Hadley in the final. And the Dalton Blue squad took the U14 girls crown, beating the Pittsfield Soccer Club Panthers in the title match. One other local squad reached their divisional final in the event, which drew 58 teams from around the region for two days of games at Wahconah Regional High 0 Comments
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Clark Art Hosts Jazz Concert Tribute to Art Blakey | 08:00AM / Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Clark Art Institute hosts a jazz concert in tribute to Art Blakey with musicians George Cables, David Schnitter, and Steve Davis. The concert takes place at 7 pm in the Clark's auditorium, located in its Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Celebrate one of the founding fathers of modern jazz, legendary drummer, and bandleader Art Blakey. Blakey developed more great young musicians than anyone else from the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century with his group Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Alumni include Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett, and Chuck 0 Comments
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Clark Art Artist Talk on Plants and People| 04:00PM / Monday, October 09, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Oct. 14, the Clark Art Institute hosts a conversation with exhibiting artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, featured in "Humane Ecology: Eight Positions," and exhibition curator Robert Wiesenberger. They discuss Aparicio's sculptural practice and the complex interdependence of people and plants—specifically in Central America and in the Los Angeles neighborhoods where he grew up. This free talk takes place at 3:30 pm in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. Aparicio received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 2016 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College in 2012. He has appeared in 0 Comments
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Williams Field Hockey Tops Conn College| 06:33PM / Saturday, October 07, 2023 | |
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Natalia Nolan scored a pair of goals Saturday to lead the Williams College field hockey team to a 4-1 win over Conn College. Claire Colvin had a goal and an assist, and Gates Tenerowicz stopped three shots for Williams (6-2, 3-1 NESCAC), which goes to New Jersey to play Salisbury University on Sunday. Men's Soccer NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Andrew Coelho scored in the 62nd minute to give Williams a 1-1 tie at Conn College. Ben Diffley stopped four shots for Williams (6-2-2 2-2-2), which hosts Wesleyan on Saturday. Women's Soccer NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Ella Gazo assisted on both goals as Conn College handed Williams a 2-0 0 Comments
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Jane Swift Named to National Education BoardStaff Reports, iBerkshires
01:56PM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Gov. Jane Swift will join the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the country's only ongoing, nationally representative assessment of student achievement. Swift was appointed on Friday by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The Governing Board is a nonpartisan body established by Congress in 1988 to oversee and set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as The Nation's Report Card. NAEP provides objective information on student performance in various subjects and reports on student achievement across the nation, in states, and in select large urban districts. The 0 Comments
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