Clark Art Screens 'Run Lola Run'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 2 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a screening of "Run Lola Run," the third in a series of films celebrating Mariel Capanna's yearlong public spaces installation Giornata. 
 
The screening takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.
 
Inspired by Capanna's practice of imposing time constraints upon herself while painting, this five-part series showcases films by directors who worked within time constraints.
 
"Run Lola Run" (1998) feels like a video game playing you. The same story is told three times, each with a slight twist. Lola (Franka Potente) must somehow raise 100,000 German marks in twenty minutes to save her forgetful, criminal boyfriend from his gangster boss. A techno-punk mélange of styles, including animation, it was uncommonly prescient, both in gesturing toward the uncertain future of cinema and in capturing the bizarre mixture of optimism and cynicism that marked the maturation of Gen-X, fittingly set in a recently unified Berlin. Tom Tykwer's direction catches your eye, and Potente's performance holds it, stitching together the frenetic puzzle. (Run Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes)
 
All films in this series are free and screened on select Thursdays at 6 pm. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.

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Reverend: Christian Nationalists Make Jesus Victim of 'Identity Theft'

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

David Langston introduces the Rev. Darrell Goodwin on Wednesday morning. 
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rev. Darrell Goodwin told attendees at Wednesday's "PrayAction Breakfast" that they need more action to make their prayer effective.
 
"Sometimes prayer causes us to be in deep reflection," Goodwin told the group gathered at the Williamstown Meetinghouse. "And years and years and years pass, and we've actually done nothing about it.
 
"Our physical belief system is somehow: Say the words to God, and it becomes God's responsibility, and we've done our part because we've told God exactly what to do."
 
Goodwin, the president of the United Church of Christ's Southern New England Conference, was invited to Williamstown by First Congregational Church to speak on "The Challenge of Christian Nationalism."
 
And Goodwin challenged his listeners to take meaningful action to confront and address the ideology in their daily lives.
 
Christian Nationalism, which Goodwin referred to as White Christian Nationalism, is a perversion of Christ's teachings, he said.
 
"What does it mean to be spiritually grounded but practically committed?" Goodwin asked rhetorically. "This morning I've been asked to come here to talk about Christian Nationalism, but I think it would be remiss if I didn't say White Christian Nationalism. I want to name all three of these words because each tells us something that we must do.
 
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