Clark Art Presents Scottish Dance Tunes Concert

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, March 8 at 7 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents the musical ensemble Ruckus and their concert The Edinburgh Rollick: Music from the Niel Gow Collections, featuring Keir GoGwilt on violin.

The concert takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

According to a press release:

Ruckus, a shapeshifting group with a playful approach to classical music, explores the legacy of Niel Gow, eighteenth-century Scotland's most celebrated fiddler. His son Nathaniel further combined traditional and original dance tunes under the Gow name in six collections of strathspeys and reels. Ruckus and GoGwilt bring their foot-stomping, dance-forward approach to tunes from the Gow Collections of Strathspey Reels, Books 1 and 2 (1784, 1788). Gow's dance tunes are full of the signature "Scotch snap" and rhythmic drive familiar to lovers of traditional Scottish dance, along with a refined lyricism.

Ensemble members include:

Doug Balliett, bass and viola da gamba
Rami El-Aasser, percussion
Elliot Figg, harpsichord
Keir GoGwilt, violin
Paul Holmes Morton, guitars
Clay Zeller-Townson, double reeds

Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 students, $5 children 15 and under). Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 549 0524.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Agrees to Continue Emergency Mortgage, Rental Programs

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
04:14AM / Tuesday, December 30, 2025

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The board of the town's Affordable Housing Trust at its December meeting voted to extend its mortgage and rental assistance programs and discussed bringing in some consultants early next year before embarking on any new programs.

Chair Daniel Gura informed the board that its agreements with Pittsfield's Hearthway Inc., to administer the Williamstown Emergency Rental Assistance Program and Williamstown Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program was expiring at the end of the year.

Gura sought and obtained a vote of the board to extend the programs, born during the COVID-19 pandemic, through the end of January 2026, at which time the board plans to sign a new long-term agreement.

"In 2024, we distributed $80,000," through the programs known as WERAP and WEMAP, Gura said. "This year, to date, we gave $16,000, and Ihere's $17,000 left. … It's a little interesting we saw a dropoff from 2024 to 2025, although I think there were obvious reasons for that in terms of where we are in the world."

Gura suggested that the board might want to increase the funding to the programs, which benefit income-qualified town residents.

"If you look at the broader economic picture in this country, there's a prospect of more people needing help, not fewer people," Thomas Sheldon said in agreeing with Gura. "I think the need will bump up again."

The board voted to add an additional $13,000 to the amount available to applicants screened by Hearthway with the possibility of raising that funding if a spike in demand is seen.

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