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 | Clark Art Expands RX for Wellbeing Program
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute and Berkshire Medical Center are teaming to provide a new mental health service aimed at providing assistance to trauma victims.
The Clark currently offers a county-wide program, Rx for Wellbeing at the Clark, through local mental health practitioners as a means of encouraging |
 | GET LOUD: A Celebration of Banned Books
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Oct. 1, the Williamstown League of Women Voters in collaboration with the David and Joyce Milne Public Library and the Friends of the Milne Library are presenting Get Loud: A Celebration of Banned Books.
A group of nine authors, performers, teachers, and local individuals will read aloud |
 | Harrington Earns League Honor at Stonehill College
Pittsfield High School graduate Kellie Harrington last week was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week for her performance as a first-year harrier at Stonehill College.
Harrington placed 21st and helped the Skyhawks finish second as a team at her first collegiate race, a 5-kilometer event at the 41-team UMass Dartmouth |
 | Clark Art Talk on Posthistorical Memory and Colonial Representation
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Elena Shtromberg (University of Utah / Clark Fellow), who examines how contemporary video works have confronted the persistence of colonial illustrations circulated in European travel narratives.
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 | Clark Art Screens 'Daughters of the Dust'
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 5, the Clark Art Institute continues its four-part film series examining the L.A. Rebellion, presented in celebration and anticipation of the Clark's 2023 Conference, "The Fetish A(r)t Work: African Objects in the Making of European Art History, |
| Williamstown Select Board Discusses Climate, Diversity Plans
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday heard presentations on work the town can do locally to address two of the most intractable global issues facing the nation: climate change and systemic racism.
First, representatives from the town's Carbon Dioxide Lowering (COOL) Committee discussed initiatives that are |
 | Williamstown Crash Sends Two Cars into Bushes on Main Street
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two people were taken by ambulance from the scene of a two-car collision at the corner of Main Street and Luce Road on Monday afternoon, police said.
According to a police report, Laura Martin of Shaftsbury, Vt., was exiting Luce Road and pulled into the path of a vehicle driving east on Main |
 | Clark Art Presents Classical Music Performance
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Sept. 30 at 4 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a concert by the BlackBox Ensemble on its Fernández Terrace, located by its Reflecting Pool.
"The Sound of Space Between Us" is a site-specific performance connecting sound and movement through physical |
| Berkshires Receive National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — To help address the crisis, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $1 million in funding for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to address the impact of the opioid crisis on the local workforce in Berkshire County.
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 | German-Austrian Film Festival at Images
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This Fall, on three consecutive Tuesdays, the German Austrian Film Festival (GAFF) is looking at very recent movies from Germany and Austria, depicting characters in a state of crisis, trapped in situations that force them to break with societal norms and ultimately become outsiders.
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