Images Cinema Launches a 'LEGO Drive' to Benefit UNO Community Center

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema continues its family-friendly film series Bright Young Things with a documentary about one of the world’s most successful toys.

In August, Images will screen "A LEGO Brickumentary." Narrated by Jason Bateman, this kid-firendly documentary explores the LEGO universe of creativity and inspiration. The narrative will take us to art galleries full of LEGO creations, introduce us to Master Builders making movies, explore the world of LEGO therapy and bring us along to meet AFOLS (Adult Fans of LEGO), each with amazing stories to tell. A LEGO Brickumentary explores the essential nature of human creativity and the ways we seek to build and understand our world.

LEGOs will be available to play with, starting 30 minutes prior to each show. A Q&A with Steven Miller, Williams College Mathematics Professor and LEGO-building record-holder, will take place after both shows. Shows are Saturday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 9, at 12:30 p.m.

Leading up to the screenings of "A LEGO Brickumentary," Images Cinema will hold a  “LEGO Drive.” LEGOs cannot be recycled, but they can be reused and re-enjoyed for generations. From now through Aug. 9, people can bring in their gently-used LEGO  bricks and receive a free pee-wee popcorn. LEGO donations will benefit the UNO  Community Center in North Adams. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring St.

Bright Young Things continues in September with "When Marnie Was There," a latest film from Studio Ghibli and the director of The Secret of Arriety. With an English language  cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly and Vanessa Williams, this acclaimed animated feature is a sweeping story of friendship, mystery and discovery.



In October, Bright Young Things presents "Fantastic Journeys: Animated Shorts." Originally presented at the 2015 Children’s Film Festival Seattle, this program features animated shorts from 10 countries, including France, Japan, Russia and the United States.

Regular ticket prices apply to all Bright Young Things shows.



 

 


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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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