Clark Art Presents Talk on America's Grand Tour

10:20AM / Thursday, August 14, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents "America's Grand Tour," the fourth in a new summer series of free curatorial talks highlighting rarely exhibited prints, drawings, and photographs from the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper's unique collection.

This event takes place in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, located in the Manton Research Center.

According to a press release:

In response to Europe's Grand Tour, nineteenth-century American writers, artists, and poets embarked on their own coming-of-age trek through New England's natural wonders and pastoral landscapes. Join Hannah Chew, works on paper intern from the Williams College/Clark Graduate Program in the History of Art, for a showcase of American prints and drawings that follows this "Northern Tour" through the Berkshires, Niagara Falls, and more.

Free. Capacity and seating are limited. Visit clarkart.edu/events for more details. The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Berenice Abbott's Modern Lens exhibition in the Manton Research Center.

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Williamstown Child Dies in Collision with Motor Vehicle

iBerkshires.com10:21AM / Saturday, August 08, 2026

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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