Clark Art Hosts Mother's Day

07:22AM / Wednesday, May 07, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will host a day of activities on Sunday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., centered on themes of mothers and maternal love.

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., a selection of prints, drawings, and photographs depicting motherhood will be on view at the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper.

From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., a button-making activity will take place at the Clark Center. Participants can explore personal, family, and community values through button design.

At 2 p.m., an interactive engagement focused on representations of care within the permanent collection galleries will be led by an educator. This program is open to all ages.

Visitors can also explore the Clark's grounds throughout the day.

All special activities are free. The educator-led tour is free with gallery admission, and capacity is limited on a first-come, first-served basis.

Family programs are supported by Allen & Company.

For accessibility inquiries, call 413 458 0524.

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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.

Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.

Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.

"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.

"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."

One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.

That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.

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