'AV Club' Brings Immersive Visuals, Dance Party to the Adams Theater

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ADAMS, Mass. — Artists Joe Wheaton and musician Geoffrey Carter are collaborating at the Adams Theater this Halloween for a multisensory electronic dance experience, "AV Club," with visuals and DJs Glass Arrowhead, Jason Manatee, H2GO, and TruSounds. 
 
The show will take place from 8pm-midnight on Oct. 31, with 20 percent of profits going to the ACLU. Tickets are $35 at the door; get tickets for $25 in advance at adamstheater.org/events
 
Snacks and bar drinks will be available. Costumes are optional. 
 
Wheaton is an artist who has lived in the Berkshires for decades and has done lots of visual installations for years, many at the Adams Theater (he’s also a board member). Carter is a musician and producer who grew up in the Berkshires and runs BeatNest, a popular local program that introduces kids in the Berkshires to electronic music.
 
Weaton will work from inside a giant birdcage as he runs his visual installation, which will combine disparate footage of costumed humans "from Burning Man to ethnic tribal people of Burma" to create a surreal feeling against dance music, niche hip hop, and drum and bass. 
 
The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.
 
EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
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Adams Applies for CDBG Grant to Address Blight

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town continues its efforts to address blight in the community by applying for funds through the Community Development Block Grant, as it has done years prior.  
 
The Select Board recently approved the grant application requesting $950,000 to fund the highly anticipated Winter Street reconstruction and the town's Adams Housing Rehabilitation Program. 
 
CDBG is a federally funded competitive grant program administered by the state. It can be used for activities that address blight, housing, beautification, demolition and economic development.
 
The need for these funds is substantial as towns work to balance addressing high-cost infrastructure repairs with limited state and federal funding, such as Chapter 90, said Donna Cesan, community development director. 
 
"Adams is one of the poor communities in the commonwealth.  Here in the Northern Berkshires, we're still recovering from the '60s and the loss of our manufacturing base, so it's been a slow recovery," she said. 
 
Cesan has been working with the town for more than 20 years and during that time has seen improvements but there are still setbacks, including the rising costs to address the communities needs. 
 
"To continue to work on projects like this to improve the community. So, I think Adams is very deserving of this. I think the community needs this," she said. 
 
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