Clark to Screen 'The Met: Live in HD'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — "The Met: Live in HD," a series of theatrical performances, will be shown at the Sterling and Francine Art Institute this fall with music, acclaimed actors and interpretations by celebrated directors.

This Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning series features 12 live transmissions in the Clark’s auditorium, beginning Saturday, Oct. 9 with "Das Rheingold" and continuing with "Boris Godunov" (Oct. 23), "Don Pasquale" (Nov. 13), "Don Carlo" (Dec. 11), "La Fanciulla del West" (Jan. 8), "Nixon in China" (Feb. 12), "Iphigénie en Tauride" (Feb. 26), "Lucia di Lammermoor" (March 19), "Le Comte Ory" (April 9), "Capriccio" (April 23), "Il Trovatore" (April 30), and "Die Walküre" (May 14).

Tickets may be ordered at 413-458-0MET (413-458-0638); tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 27 to Met Guild Members and Clark Society Members; Friday, Sept. 3 to Friends of the Clark; and Tuesday, Sept. 7 for general admission. Tickets are $25 ($18 for students); there is a limit of four tickets per event. Full series subscriptions are available for the 12-performance season.

For performance details, go to www.clarkart.edu/visit/methd.cfm.

Set amidst 140 acres in the Berkshires, the Clark is one of the few major art museums that also serves as a leading international center for research and scholarship. The Clark presents public and education programs and organizes groundbreaking exhibitions that advance new scholarship. The Clark’s research and academic programs include an international fellowship program and conferences. The Clark, together with Williams College, sponsors one of the nation’s leading master’s programs in art history.

The Clark is located at 225 South St. The galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 to 5 (daily in July and August). Admission is free November through May. Admission is $15 from June 1 through Oct. 31. Admission is free for children 18 and younger, members, and students with valid ID. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit clarkart.edu.

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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.

Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.

Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.

"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.

"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."

One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.

That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.

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