Clark Art Institute to Present Free Outdoor Concert with Alexander Turnquist and 75 Dollar Bill

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will host a free outdoor concert featuring Alexander Turnquist and 75 Dollar Bill on Sunday, May 18, at 5 p.m.

The performance will take place on the Moltz Terrace of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill.

Alexander Turnquist, a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Kingston, NY, is known for his use of the twelve-string acoustic guitar.

75 Dollar Bill, a New York-based duo consisting of Che Chen on guitar and Rick Brown on drums, performs music that blends improvisation with elements of jazz and psychedelia. Their 2019 album, "I Was Real", was recognized as the top album of the year by The Wire.

The program is presented in collaboration with Belltower Records, located in North Adams, Massachusetts.

The event is free. In the event of rain, the performance will be moved to the auditorium in the Manton Research Center. For accessibility inquiries, call 413 458 0524.

 


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Willinet Cameras to Capture Monday's Williamstown Select Board Session

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board's third-floor meeting to complete its evaluation process for the town manager will be televised by the town's public, educational and governmental television station.
 
Willinet Executive Director Teri Yuan confirmed this week that the station will put a camera in the upstairs conference room to record a planned 8 p.m. single-item agenda meeting to do the annual review of Town Manager Robert Menicocci.
 
The board at its last meeting decided to break the evaluation out from its regular 7 p.m. meeting in the first floor Community Meeting room, which is set up with multiple cameras and audio equipment to facilitate live Willinet telecasts of most public meetings of town boards and committees.
 
The Select Board offered no real explanation for the desire to complete the evaluation in an otherwise public meeting outside of view from Willinet's cameras other than a desire to "sit around the table" rather than sit on one side of a large table along one side of the first floor meeting room.
 
The "sit around the table" talk was particularly puzzling given the fact that Willinet has a camera mounted on the wall behind the spot where Menicocci generally sits for Select Board meetings, a camera that gives a full view of both sides of the table, and an angle that Willinet frequently uses when panels like the Finance Committee invite participants to sit across the table from the committee to give testimony.
 
Perhaps the real reason is better explained by a joking comment from one Select Board member at the Sept. 28 meeting who indicated that doing the evaluation without access to things like Zoom capability was "the object" of moving that business to the third-floor meeting room.
 
The evaluation discussion on Monday evening will follow on a survey of the five board members assessing Menicocci's performance in fiscal year 2026, which ended on June 30.
 
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