Clark Art Hosts Performance By Glenn Jones

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its Music on the Moltz Terrace concert series with a performance by Glenn Jones on Sunday, July 28. Emily Robb opens. 
 
The free concert takes place on the Lunder Center at Stone Hill's Moltz Terrace at 5 pm.
 
According to a press release:
 
Glenn Jones is one of the leading proponents of American Primitive Guitar, a fingerstyle acoustic genre pioneered in the late 1950s by his friend and mentor John Fahey. Following his departure from leading the rock band Cul de Sac, Jones has released seven full-length solo albums. His latest release, Vade Mecum, delves into personal experiences and shared histories by blending elements of rock and experimental music with the guitar and banjo.
 
Emily Robb is a prominent player in the rock and experimental music scenes. Her latest album, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection, showcases economically crafted tunes marked by utter trance and tightrope pulsations and highlights her virtuosic electric guitar skills. Robb oversees the recording and mixing of her albums at her Philadelphia-based studio, Suddenly Studio.
 
Free. For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Bring a picnic and your own seating. This concert is presented in collaboration with Belltower Records, North Adams, Massachusetts. Rain moves the performance to the auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

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Williamstown Planners Eye Consultant Help on Mixed-Use Proposal

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board has decided to seek more input before moving ahead with a proposal that would encourage more mixed-use development in the town's business zones.
 
For months, the board had acknowledged that a lot of work needed to go into putting a full-fledged zoning overlay district proposal before town meeting but was optimistic the task could be completed in time for May's annual meeting.
 
But last Tuesday, the town planner suggested that the board could benefit from the work of consultants which the town could hire if it receives a couple of grants from the commonwealth.
 
One of those grants could help fund a study to look at what sorts of business development might be possible if the town code is changed to encourage the construction of buildings that combine commercial and residential uses in its Limited Business and Planned Business zoning districts.
 
"[The town has] done housing needs assessments a couple of times, what about a market needs assessment?" Community Development Director Andrew Groff asked the board rhetorically at its monthly meeting. "That undergirds the whole rezoning program. And then you build the form-based [zoning] on top of that."
 
Groff told the board that he started thinking about the need for studies to support the mixed-use zoning initiative after conversations with officials from the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and preliminary talks with the type of consultant who might be able to help the town get the data it could use.
 
The planner also suggested that the creation of overlay districts could be done in phases.
 
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