Clark Art, GlimmerGlass Festival Presents 'Happy End'

12:16PM / Tuesday, May 05, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, May 9 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute and The Glimmerglass Festival present a live performance of the touring production of "Happy End," a musical satire by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, and Elisabeth Hauptmann.

The production takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release:

Banned after only two performances at its 1929 Berlin premiere, Happy End remains one of Weill and Brecht's most theatrical and incisive collaborations. Set in a smoky Chicago speakeasy where gangsters negotiate power, and Salvation Army missionaries seek redemption, the work explores the intersection of faith, commerce, and morality.

This new touring production of Happy End is presented as part of a historic new collaborative partnership between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and Seagle Festival in a shared effort to expand access to opera across the region. Music is directed by Rob Ainsley, Artistic and General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival, and features Ana Karneža, a Juilliard drama graduate who won the Kurt Weill Foundation's Lotte Lenya Competition in 2024.

Tickets start at $40. Accessible seats available. Call 413 458 0570 with any questions. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit events.clarkart.edu.

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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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