Clark Art Closing Celebration for Invisible Empires

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sept. 13, the Clark Art Institute hosts a closing festival celebrating the exhibition Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires. 
 
This event takes place at 7 pm on the Moltz Terrace of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill.
 
The evening features DJ performances from Haitian-American producer, artist, DJ, writer, and cultural producer Ashley Solage, also known as Ashley Venom, and from Haitian-American DJ and event producer Rayven Heath, also known as DJ RAYVINO. Enjoy complimentary late-night access to Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires. Custom beer by Hot Plate Brewing (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) and food from Bezzle’s BBQ (Adams, Massachusetts) are available for purchase.
 
Free. Bring a picnic and a blanket. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0524. Rain moves the event to Sept. 14.

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Cross-Commonwealth Walk Highlights Fight to Change State Flag

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A small but growing group of activists from around New England on Friday began a planned three-week trek across the commonwealth to deliver a message to Gov. Maura Healey.
 
David Detmold, 69, of Montague, is the leader of an effort to raise awareness about the Massachusetts Indigenous legislative agenda.
 
On Friday afternoon, he took a break after hiking from the New York State line to talk about that agenda in the shadow of the Williamstown Meetinghouse, home of First Congregational Church.
 
Detmold said the group's objectives boil down to three main points: listen to Native nations, defend sacred homelands, honor all people.
 
On the first goal, a major point of emphasis is a decades-long campaign to change the Massachusetts state flag.
 
As the group makes its way east toward the State House in Boston, it is handing out literature explaining some of its causes, including one that breaks down the objectionable elements of the commonwealth's seal, which adorns the flag.
 
One element that jumps out: the image of what appears to be a colonialist wielding a sword above the image of a Native American.
 
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