March events at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

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Public Programs and Special Events in March March 3: New Mothers Gallery Talks. In this series of gallery talks geared toward new mothers, a different piece of the collection will be highlighted. Infants in strollers are welcome. Free, 10 am. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 3: Clark After Dark Series. From carnivale to karaoke, Vegas to Vesuvius, these monthly theme nights will feature music, films, gallery talks, snacks, and out-of-the-ordinary activities. The theme for this evening will be "Venetian Carnivale." Cost $10 ($8 members), 8 pm to 12 am. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 5: Jonathan Bloom, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, will present "The Paper Trail," a slide lecture about the history of paper. Free, 2 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 7: Clark Fellow Maggie Bickford, of Brown University, will lecture on "Learning from Emperor Huizong: A 12th Century Agenda and the Story of Chinese Painting" at 5:30 pm. Free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 9: Looking at Lunchtime Talks. On the second Thursday of each month at 12:30 pm, a Clark curator gives a half-hour talk about a single work of art from the collection. March 9 will feature Madame Escudier by John Singer Sargent. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 9: Clark Fellow Anthony Lee introduces Bamboozled (2000, 135 minutes), a controversial, dark, biting satire of the television industry, starring Damon Wayans and Jada Pinkett Smith. Directed by Spike Lee. Free, 7:30 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 14: Clark Fellow Mignon Nixon, of Courtauld Institute, will lecture on "Transference and the Woman Artist" at 5:30 pm. Free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 16: Artist CafÃ© Series. On the third Thursday of each month, assistant curator of education Danielle Steinmann will present this series of informal talks on the lives of four painters (Renoir, Pissarro, Morisot, and Monet). There will be a cash bar and light snacks, and each talk will feature a different signature drink inspired by the artist's birthplace. March 16 will feature "The Singular Life of Berthe Morisot." Cost is $15 per talk ($12 members), 6 to 8 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 18: Richie Havens will perform at 8 pm. Havens, one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, has been known for decades for his unique and ageless soulful singing style. Cost is $20 ($15 members and students). Part of the "From Woodstock to Somewhere Near There..." series. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 23: Clark Fellow Mignon Nixon introduces The Son's Room (la Stanza del Figlio) (2001, 99 minutes), a moving story of a successful psychoanalyst whose family life is shattered by the death of his son in a scuba diving accident. Nanni Moretti directed and stars in this film alongside Laura Morante. Free, 7:30 pm. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. March 26: As part of the winter film program "Triple Feature: 3 Colors, 3 Painters, 3 Studios" designed to follow a thread of connection through diverse work, March 26 will feature "Triple Feature: 3 Studios." Short films from the studios of The National Film Board of Canada at 11 am, Aardman Animation at 1:30 pm, and Hubley Studios at 4 pm. Free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA, 01267. www.clarkart.edu, 413-458-2303. Special Exhibitions PLEASE NOTE: Titles and dates of future exhibitions are subject to change. To confirm or for more information, call Sarah Hoffman at (413) 458-0471. Through May 7, 2006 Hail to the Chiefs The Clark's portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart is joined by two other presidential portraits by the artist (Jefferson and Madison), on loan from Bowdoin College. Through June 18, 2006 Special Installation: Pastels In the hands of 19th-century artists, pastel was used with great freedom in a variety of genres, including landscape, cityscape, and scenes of modern life. The Impressionists made pastels on the scale of paintings and included them in their group exhibitions. As part of the Clark's 50th anniversary celebrations, a selection of favorite pastels by Camille Pissarro and other late-19th- and early-20th-century artists, including Mary Cassatt, Jean-FranÃ§ois Millet, and Edouard Vuillard, will be on view in a special installation drawn from the Clark's extensive collection of works on paper. February 19, 2006-April 30, 2006 Paper Trails: 100 Great Drawings, Prints, and Photographs from the Clark Paper Trails: 100 Great Drawings, Prints, and Photographs from the Clark, an exciting exhibition of some of the best selections from the Clark's print room, draws connections between such greats as Picasso and DÃ¼rer and finds links both visual and historical, in often seemingly disparate works. This fun and unusual approach invites reflection on the nature of connectedness and invites viewers to find their own trails between the works. This anniversary exhibition spans over 500 years and includes works by Degas, Morandi, Atget, and Munch. June 4, 2006-September 4, 2006 The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the Collections of Sterling and Stephen Clark This exhibition will be the first to unite the masterpieces collected by Sterling Clark-works by Renoir, Monet, Homer, Sargent, and more-with those collected by his brother, Stephen Clark, including paintings by Hopper, Matisse, and CÃ©zanne. Vincent Van Gogh's The Night CafÃ©, and Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad from Stephen Clark's collection will join Winslow Homer's Undertow and John Singer Sargent's Street in Venice, both from Sterling Clark's collection. Featuring more than 60 paintings, the exhibition will examine the brothers' collecting and explore their relationship, their rivalry, and the influential but ultimately divergent roles they came to play in the arts in the United States. The show will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in summer 2007.

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Lanesborough Town Meeting to Vote Budget, Bylaws & Vehicle Purchases

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
04:21PM / Monday, June 08, 2026

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Tuesday's annual town meeting includes a $14 million operating budget, new short-term rentals, accessory dwelling units and sign bylaws, and free cash article appropriations.

Voters will gather at Lanesborough Elementary School on June 9 at 6 p.m. to decide on 20 warrant articles.

The fiscal 2027 budget is up a little over 10 percent. Some of the main increases are the Mount Greylock Regional School District and McCann Technical School: the McCann assessment is up more than 30 percent based on factors including enrollment and the school renovation project, and Mount Greylock's is up 11 percent.

Article 11 is for the town to vote to approve from free cash the sum of $16,298.48 for the McCann Technical School roof and window replacement project so as not to impact the budget. Article 3 is appropriate $7,586,284 for Mount Greylock Regional School assessment.

Another notable increase was in life and health insurance, showing an increase of about 26 percent.

Ambulance Director Jen Weber is planning 24-hour coverage, which means more staff and a hike in her budget. One of the articles asks the town to appropriate $234,100 to operate the Ambulance Enterprise Fund for salaries and expenses.

Many town departments are looking for new vehicles. The Fire Department is looking to replace its outdated 1996 fire engine. There are two articles related to the truck at a total of $813,366. Article 12 would transfer $225,000 from free cash into the Fire Truck Stabilization Fund; Article 13 would transfer $605,000 from the fund and authorize the borrowing of $208,366.08.

The total includes a $100,000 contingency cost to cover any additional costs if a 2026 model-year chassis cannot be secured before new emissions standards go into effect in 2027.

The board at its last meeting moved the $225,000 transfer to come before the borrowing article, changing the stabilization number. If the $225,000 is not voted on, then they will amend the next article's number on the floor, subtracting the $225,000. This shows the borrowing number significantly lower.

Article 17 asks for the transfer of $80,000 from free cash to replace a police cruiser.

Police Chief Rob Derksen's aim is to replace one vehicle every other year, meaning the oldest vehicle gets replaced about every 10 years.

He stressed that if delayed this year, the town may have to double up in a future year to get back on schedule, and that paying later usually costs more. The article will ask for $80,000 from free cash, the vehicles used to be funded by the BHRD.

Lastly, the Highway Department is looking to replace a 2014 International dump truck that will be a total of $330,000 and will take two to three years to receive.

Money will be used from last year's approval of $250,000 from free cash for the replacement of a 2012 highway front-end loader that was underspent $49,261. Town meeting is being asked to approve a transfer of $53,274.85 from free cash and the use of $227,464 from funds from the Sale of Town Real Estate to fund the balance.

Other free cash proposals include $1,200 to purchase software to support tracking and ongoing maintenance schedules of town-owned vehicles; $42,000 for the replacement of the Highway Department's storage shed roof, $200,000 to reduce the tax levy.

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