Father and Daugher Valentine Dance Returns Feb. 15

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 19th annual Father and Daughter Valentine Dance will be held on Friday, Feb. 15, at the Eagles Hall on Curran Highway from 6 to 9 p.m.  

This semi-formal event is for fathers or father figures and their daughters of all ages. People have attended previous events with their fathers, grandfathers, uncles, neighbors or friend's father. There will be a disc jockey, door prizes, raffles and various other prizes.  A large selection of baked goods and beverages will be available. In addition, the hall will be decorated with hundreds of balloons and party lights. Proceeds will benefit the Berkshire Carousel Project to help in the construction of a Berkshire themed carousel and Moments House, a support program for children and adults who are suffering from cancer.
 
Tickets for the dance are $10 per person. Due to limited space, tickets will not be available at the door this year. Organizers are recommending that you get your tickets early. Tickets are available at Val's Variety on Columbia Street in Adams, Where'd You Get That?! on Spring Street in Williamstown and Persnickety Toys on Eagle Street in North Adams. The committee is also asking that each person bring a canned good or other non-perishable items to donate to a local food pantry.
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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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