Images Cinema Open For Theater Rentals

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema has entered the first phase of its reopening plan with Private Theater Rentals. 
 
The theater is available for private rentals for quarantine pods or other groups. 
 
The rental price starts at $350, with a discounted price of  $275 for Images members. The schedule is flexible, so any night of the week can be a night out at the movies.
 
Plus, people can also enter Images' raffle for a 1-in-35 chance to win a Private Theater Rental. To buy a $10 raffle ticket, visit Images Cinema's online store, images-cinema.square.site.
 
All current guidelines will be followed, meaning groups can be no larger than 20 people, masks are required and social distancing will be enforced. Images has upgraded its HVAC system to the latest preventive technology, enhanced cleaning procedures are being implemented, and there will be a maximum of one rental per day.
 
The full list of private rental rules is below and can be found at Images' website, imagescinema.org/private-rentals. Please read them carefully.
 
Images Cinema expects the next step in their reopening plans will be public screenings with a limited schedule of screenings, perhaps just on the weekend. Eventually the cinema will reopen to seven-days-a-week programming, but this will depend on many factors: continuing favorable progress against coronavirus, widespread vaccinations, state guidelines and the availability of new films.
 
Questions about re-opening or private rental reservations requests can be directed to doug@imagescinema.org, or the Images Cinema office at 413.458.1039.
 
Private Rental Guidelines at Images Cinema
  • Price is $350 per show ($275 for Images members)
  • Groups can be no larger than 20 people.
  • Quarantine pods of 6 or less can sit together. Larger groups will be socially distanced within the theater.
  • Masks must be worn unless eating or drinking within the theater at your seats.
  • Visitors will be required to sign a waiver stating you and your group are COVID free.
  • No mingling before or after the film. Please arrive no earlier than 10 minutes before the agreed-upon start time and leave within 10 minutes of the conclusion of the film.
  • Limited concessions will be available, including beer and wine for those over 21.
 
Images Cinema precautions 
  • Masks must be worn by both guests and staff.
  • Air quality in the auditorium is being addressed by newly installed needlepoint bipolar ionization technology, and there are professional-grade air purifiers throughout the theater.
  • Seating within the auditorium is limited to pairs of specific seats with at least six feet between each set of seats. Seating is also only allowed in every other row.
  • Frequent disinfection of high contact surfaces and other points of contact.
  • Touchless hand sanitizer dispensers throughout the theater.
  • Only one private rental a day.
 

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Summer Street Residents Make Case to Williamstown Planning Board

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Neighbors of a proposed subdivision off Summer Street last week asked the Planning Board to take a critical look at the project, which the residents say is out of scale to the neighborhood.
 
Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity was at Town Hall last Tuesday to present to the planners a preliminary plan to build five houses on a 1.75 acre lot currently owned by town's Affordable Housing Trust.
 
The subdivision includes the construction of a road from Summer Street onto the property to provide access to five new building lots of about a quarter-acre apiece.
 
Several residents addressed the board from the floor of the meeting to share their objections to the proposed subdivision.
 
"I support the mission of Habitat," Summer Street resident Christopher Bolton told the board. "There's been a lot of concern in the neighborhood. We had a neighborhood meeting [Monday] night, and about half the houses were represented.
 
"I'm impressed with the generosity of my neighbors wanting to contribute to help with the housing crisis in the town and enthusiastic about a Habitat house on that property or maybe two or even three, if that's the plan. … What I've heard is a lot of concern in the neighborhood about the scale of the development, that in a very small neighborhood of 23 houses, five houses, close together on a plot like this will change the character of the neighborhood dramatically."
 
Last week's presentation from NBHFH was just the beginning of a process that ultimately would include a definitive subdivision plan for an up or down vote from the board.
 
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