News and events in Williamstown, Mass.
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Williamstown Paving Operations 08:17AM / Thursday, October 10, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town of Williamstown will be repaving the following roads beginning the week of Oct. 14. North Hoosac Road from Cole Avenue intersection to Bridges Road intersection - mill pavement, and overlay pavement Whitman Street - mill payment, and overlay pavement Paving will take place in no particular order. On street parking for the above listed streets prohibited during the hours of 6 am to 6 pm during construction. Schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions. 0 Comments Read More >> |
Community Contra Dance in Williamstown04:01PM / Wednesday, October 09, 2024 | | WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The North Berkshire Contra Dance will hold its monthly community contra dance on Saturday, Oct. 12, with live fiddle music, and all dances taught by caller Quena Crain. Come alone or with a partner; 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 the basics. Music will be provided by Cedar Stanistreet on fiddle and Michael Sokolovsky on guitar -- the duo version of the popular contra dance band, Sycamore. The dance will run 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church, 906 Main St., Williamstown. 0 Comments Read More >> |
Clark Art Presents Performance By New Chamber Ballet08:18AM / 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 Read More >> |
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 Read More >> |
WCMA Community Forum on New Museum Building Project11:46AM / 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 Read More >> |
Berkshire Green Drinks: Tracking: Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind03:54PM / 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 Read More >> |
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 Read More >> |
Clark Art Presents Lecture on Forthcoming Exhibition08:11AM / 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 Read More >> |
Clark Art Offers Event for New Berkshire Residents11:29AM / 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 Read More >> |
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 Read More >> |
Clark Art Herbalist Workshop08:03AM / 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 Read More >> |
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 Read More >> |
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