Fall Foliage Festival Leaf Hunt 2015

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual Fall Foliage Leaf hunt has begun, and the committee has released the first set of clues.

Colored paper leaves are hidden throughout the area and participants must solve the clues in order to find the leaves and win a prize.

The leaves are well hidden and the committee suggests persons search thoroughly to find them. When a leaf is found the person must sign their name on it and return it to Pedrin's Dairy Bar on Curran Highway to claim the prize. One prize per household please.

There is also a phantom leaf hunt for homebound residents. Those participating in the phantom leaf hunt must send a postcard with their name address phone number and the answer to the clue to the Peggy Oleskiewicz, 264 Sand Springs Road, Williamstown, MA 01267.

In the event of a tie, the earliest postmark will determine the winner. Only mailed postcards will be accepted.

If there are any unsolved clues a second set will be released. This event will conclude on Oct. 16; no leaves will accepted after this date. At the conclusion, answers to the clues along with the names of the winners will be announced. Prizes for the event are generously donated by area merchants.

Second set of clues
These phantom leaves haven't been found yet


2.  Deposits and withdrawals
3.  Founded in 1937 for education
7.  You cannot play at this "park"
9.  Something old, something older
11.  Bless them all, RIP
14.  2nd original 13 flyer
15.  Trailside pusher
16.  Retirement, here I come

Second set for Phantom Leaf

1.  Fabricating, machining, turning
3.   2 and 7

 

First set of clues:
 
1.  Unsociable?
2.  Small town bring$ "6" together
3.  Climbing or knowledge?


4.  SUMMER or spring blossoms?
5.  oCoN
6   no BCD or F here

7.  Monumental moolah?
8.  Before the Empire Struck Back
9.  Gold, Myrrh, Frankincense
10  Walt's Ferry Stop
11.  Ketchum, Bullock, Clark Memorial Park
12.  No ocean sound, hmm
13   Nashville Flow

14   Bluegrass and Syrup modified me
15.  No use till winter
16   World upon your shoulders



 

Phantom leaf hunt clues:

1.  I was called an outdoorsman, but that I was not, now I am the county cat's offspring.
2.  In the "center" of it all, you could enjoy our "famous" Friday, fish and chips or a quick beer with the buddies,
     but urban renewal took it away from us.

3.  I was a "hot" spot for dining and special occasions. Now, I am lonely and empty sitting on a very "cold" spot.
 


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WCMA: 'Cracking the Code on Numerology'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) opens a new exhibition, "Cracking the Cosmic Code: Numerology in Medieval Art."
 
The exhibit opened on March 22.
 
According to a press release: 
 
The idea that numbers emanate sacred significance, and connect the past with the future, is prehistoric and global. Rooted in the Babylonian science of astrology, medieval Christian numerology taught that God created a well-ordered universe. Deciphering the universe's numerical patterns would reveal the Creator's grand plan for humanity, including individual fates. 
 
This unquestioned concept deeply pervaded European cultures through centuries. Theologians and lay people alike fervently interpreted the Bible literally and figuratively via number theory, because as King Solomon told God, "Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight" (Wisdom 11:22). 
 
"Cracking the Cosmic Code" explores medieval relationships among numbers, events, and works of art. The medieval and Renaissance art on display in this exhibition from the 5th to 17th centuries—including a 15th-century birth platter by Lippo d'Andrea from Florence; a 14th-century panel fragment with courtly scenes from Palace Curiel de los Ajos, Valladolid, Spain; and a 12th-century wall capital from the Monastery at Moutiers-Saint-Jean—reveal numerical patterns as they relate to architecture, literature, gender, and timekeeping. 
 
"There was no realm of thought that was not influenced by the all-consuming belief that all things were celestially ordered, from human life to stones, herbs, and metals," said WCMA Assistant Curator Elizabeth Sandoval, who curated the exhibition. "As Vincent Foster Hopper expounds, numbers were 'fundamental realities, alive with memories and eloquent with meaning.' These artworks tease out numerical patterns and their multiple possible meanings, in relation to gender, literature, and the celestial sphere. 
 
"The exhibition looks back while moving forward: It relies on the collection's strengths in Western medieval Christianity, but points to the future with goals of acquiring works from the global Middle Ages. It also nods to the history of the gallery as a medieval period room at this pivotal time in WCMA's history before the momentous move to a new building," Sandoval said.
 
Cracking the Cosmic Code runs through Dec. 22.
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