Clark Art Celebrates Father's Day

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, June 15, the Clark Art Institute celebrates Father's Day with an art pop-up and free activities.
 
From 11 am to 1 pm, attendees can visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper to view "Dads in Art," a curated pop-up exhibition of prints, drawings, and photographs that showcase both the "strength and tenderness of the world's fathers."
 
At 2 pm, there will be an interactive, all-ages tour in the permanent collection highlighting representations of nurturing, support, protection, and more.
 
From 1–3 pm, at the Museum Pavilion attendees can design a bookmark with a message of appreciation for a father-figures in their lives.
 
Pick up a gallery guide focused on fatherhood in all its forms, available all day at the Clark Center admissions desk.
 
All special activities are free. The educator-led tour is free with gallery admission. Tour capacity is limited; participants may join on a first-come, first-served basis. Meet in the Museum Pavilion. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0524.
 
Family programs are supported by Allen & Company.

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Williamstown Child Dies in Collision with Motor Vehicle

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A 7-year-old Williamstown child died Friday evening after a collision with a motor vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Buxton Hill Road, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office announced on Saturday morning.
 
Neither the child nor the driver were identified in the release. The child, Max Rothschild of Williamstown, was formally identified by the DA's Office on Monday. The driver has not been identified and the incident remains under investigation.
 
The vehicle was traveling east on Main Street, and the child, riding a bicycle, was headed down Buxton Hill Road toward Main, according to the DA.
 
"Preliminary information suggests that the bicyclist unintentionally entered Main Street where they were struck by the involved vehicle," the news release read.
 
The child died at the scene of the accident, the news release said.
 
"The driver of the vehicle was not impaired by alcohol or drugs," the news release said. "The bicyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision."
 
The investigation remains active. 
 
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