Clark Art Concert: Hub New Music

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a concert by Hub New Music, a contemporary music ensemble.
 
The performance takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.
 
Hub New Music gives the world premiere of Daniel Wohl's new piece Mirage. This immersive work seamlessly blends electronic and acoustic sounds inspired by the cultural phenomena surrounding UFO-sightings. Using a bit of sci-fi fun, the composer asks the more existential question, "Are UFOs just products of our imagination, projections of our hopes, or something truly alien?".
 
Founded in 2013 in Boston, Hub New Music—a combination of flute, clarinet, violin, and cello—is one of today's leading contemporary music ensembles. Hub New Music's recordings have garnered consistent acclaim, and their 2022 album with Carlos Simon, Requiem for the Enslaved, was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Classical Composition.
 
Tickets $20 ($16 members, $14 college students, $10 children 17 and under). Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. All ticket sales are non-refundable. 

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Williamstown Health Board Develops Nitrous Oxide Bylaw

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Board of Health on Monday moved closer to tightening regulations around the sale of nitrous oxide canisters.
 
The board held a public hearing on a draft ordinance that would limit sales only to "medical supply stores" and "kitchen supply stores" while prohibiting sales in other establishments with punishment through escalating fines and, ultimately, the report of a criminal offense.
 
The panel agreed to strengthen the draft submitted by Health Inspector Ruth Russell to strengthen the punishment for stores not authorized to sell the canisters at all.
 
Russell had proposed such businesses be fined $300 for a first offense, $500 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third offense before a referral for criminal charges.
 
 "I'd say in the second case, someone who is not one of our approved locations, you get one warning and then [criminal prosecution]," James Parkinson said.
 
Later, he amended that suggestion.
 
"Maybe two chances," Parkinson said. "But the third [offense], there should be something other than just a fine."
 
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