Clark Art Lecture on Race and Celebrity in Historical France

08:13AM / Thursday, September 19, 2024Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Clark Art Institute presents a lecture titled "Race and Celebrity in Historical France: Examining the Chevalier de Saint-George" by Christy Pichichero, Associate Professor of History, French, and African and African American Studies at George Mason University.

This free event takes place at 11 am in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release:

In her lecture, Pichichero explores race and celebrity in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century France, a topic that connects Guillaume Lethière to his contemporary, Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-George. An expert on eighteenth-century France and the French Empire, Pichichero is also writing an experimental biography on the Chevalier de Saint-George.

Guillaume Lethière celebrates the Caribbean-born artist who became a leading figure in revolutionary France, shedding new light on the reception of Caribbean artists in France during his lifetime. The exhibition is on view through October 14 at the Clark and then travels to Paris where it will be presented at the Musée du Louvre from Nov. 13, 2024 through Feb. 17, 2025.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

Tags: Clark Art,

iBerkshires.com Text Ads

Greylock Youth SummerFest

Come join in on the wealth building fun! August 3-8. Click for event details. Insured by NCUA.

www.greylock.org

rk MILES Blding Materials

Are You Ready to Update Your Home? Start With rk MILES. 4 Locations (800)670-7433

www.rkmiles.com

If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Local Authorities Responding to State's Action on Kratom

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:43AM / Tuesday, August 18, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday began a discussion about regulating the sale of kratom products in town.

The board's monthly meeting came four days after the governor's office in Boston announced that the commonwealth temporarily will designate kratom, also known by its chemical name and marketed with the term "7-OH" as a Schedule I drug, greatly restricting its sale in Massachusetts as of Aug. 28.

The board already was meeting virtually with the director of South County's Tri-Town Health Department on a different matter. Jim Wilusz stayed on the conference call to discuss the implications of Gov. Maura Healey's Thursday announcement on 7-OH, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has called potentially "The Next Wave of the Opioid Epidemic."

Wilusz said he already was working on draft regulations for Tri-Town based, in part, on an ordinance enacted by Northampton before Gov. Maura Healey's announcement. But in the wake of the announcement and the classification of kratom as a Schedule I drug, he might have to change the language of the proposed ordinance.

Healey's emergency order of Aug. 14 is intended to "give local boards of health and other municipal officials additional authority to take enforcement action against retailers selling kratom products," according to a news release announcing the move.

"I was actually hoping they were going to pass a statewide ban on this thing," Wilusz said. "This goes into effect Aug. 28, so effective the 28th, they can't have kratom in the entire state on their shelves with a one-year [period] to give not only boards of health but, possibly, the Legislature, time to enact regulation.

"I don't know if the intent is to work on a statewide Department of Public Health regulation, which would be ideal, where you would have uniformity across the entire state. It does authorize the boards of health to enact local regulations."

View Full Story