Clark Art Airs The Met: 'The Magic Flute'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Magic Flute" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, Dec. 26 at 12:55 pm in an encore presentation of The Met: Live in HD. 
 
The award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full performance along with backstage interviews and commentary.
 
This encore presentation was the Metropolitan Opera's first Live in HD transmission and features a winning ensemble that includes tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape in this abridged, English-language version of Mozart's classic fable.
 
Tickets for each performance are $25 ($22 for Clark members, $18 for students with valid ID, and $7 for children 10 and under). To purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu or call the box office at 413 458 0524. All sales are final.
 
Seating capacity in the Clark's auditorium has been reduced for this season to accommodate greater social distancing. Tickets are limited to 100 guests and are selling quickly. Proof of COVID vaccination for all visitors age twelve and older is required. All guests age five and older are required to wear facemasks at all times while inside the Clark's facilities.
 
The next Met: Live in HD performance is Cinderella, airing Saturday, January 8 at 12:55pm.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Commits $80K to Support Cable Mills Phase 3

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust last week agreed in principle to commit $80,000 more in town funds to support the third phase of the Cable Mills housing development on Water Street.
 
Developer David Traggorth asked the trustees to make the contribution from its coffers to help unlock an additional $5.4 million in state funds for the planned 54-unit apartment building at the south end of the Cable Mills site.
 
In 2022, the annual town meeting approved a $400,000 outlay of Community Preservation Act funds to support the third and final phase of the Cable Mills development, which started with the restoration and conversion of the former mill building and continued with the construction of condominiums along the Green River.
 
The town's CPA funds are part of the funding mix because 28 of Phase 3's 54 units (52 percent) will be designated as affordable housing for residents making up to 60 percent of the area median income.
 
Traggorth said he hopes by this August to have shovels in the ground on Phase 3, which has been delayed due to spiraling construction costs that forced the developer to redo the financial plan for the apartment building.
 
He showed the trustees a spreadsheet that demonstrated how the overall cost of the project has gone up by about $6 million from the 2022 budget.
 
"Most of that is driven by construction costs," he said. "Some of it is caused by the increase in interest rates. If it costs us more to borrow, we can't borrow as much."
 
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