🌱 How will Williamstown’s new urgent care change where you go first?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Williamstown’s new urgent care change where you go first?
• How did Clark Art’s paintings turn into brand-new student music?

Also on today's calendar: Crescendo's Second Holiday Production: A Tapestry of Traditions: Unraveling the History of Christmas.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 28 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Not as cold, becoming breezy, temps: high: 42, low: 25.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• BHS' New North County Urgent Care Center Opens Tuesday (iberkshires.com) — A new Berkshire Health Systems urgent care center opens Tuesday at 11 a.m. inside Williamstown Medical on Adams Road, offering evening and weekend hours plus X-ray services. Staffed by experienced urgent-care providers and linked to the wider BHS network, the clinic aims to fill the gap left by a previous local walk-in and a recently closed urgent care in North Berkshire.
   

• BAAMS Students Compose Music Inspired By Clark Art (iberkshires.com) — Local BAAMS students recently toured the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, using its galleries as a creative lab to compose original music inspired by paintings and architecture. Guided by museum mentors and faculty, the young musicians turned sketches, notes, and field recordings into three new collaborative pieces, deepening their connection to Williamstown’s cultural institutions and the wider Berkshires arts community.
   

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Sunday December 21

• Crescendo's Second Holiday Production: A Tapestry of Traditions: Unraveling the History of Christmas
  Saint James Place, 352 Main St, Great Barrington
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Clark Art Institute, Performance
  Clark Art Institute , 225 South St , Williamstown
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Lanesborough Public Library Storytime!
  Lanesborough Library , 83 N Main St , Lanesborough
  10:30 am
• Berkshire Green Drinks: "A New Vision for Protecting the Environment" with Berkshire Environmental Action Team Staff
  Berkshire Environmental Action Team , 20 Chapel Street , Pittsfield
  6:00 pm
• Mrs. Clause & Holiday Book Sale
  Adams Free Library , 92 Park St , Adams
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Tracking Winter Wildlife for Beginners
  The Mount , 2 Plunkett St , Lenox
  10:00 am
• Haunted Hancock Tour
  Hancock Shaker Village , 1843 W Housatonic St , Pittsfield
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Green Mtn. Stitcher's study group
  North Adams Public Library , 74 Church Street , North Adams
• Festival of Trees
  Hancock Shaker Village , 1843 W Housatonic St , Pittsfield
  11:00 am
• Member Discount Days: Nov 28-Nov 30
  Hancock Shaker Village , 1843 W Housatonic St , Pittsfield
  11:00 am

Sunday December 21

• What to wear
  MASS MoCA , 1040 Mass MoCA Way , North Adams
  3:00 pm
• Solstice Walk & Fire at Houstonic Flats
  Housatonic Flats , Great Barrington, MA
  3:00 pm

Monday December 22

• West African & Caribbean Drum and Song Classes
  Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center , 1515 Savoy Hollow Rd , Windsor
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Has anyone seen our package?
  It was delivered early Sunday morning on Henderson Rd. Between the mailboxes of 510 and 491. Brown box with the green label. Thank you, Mark (Nextdoor Williamstown)

• Williams College posted a job opening for Senior Assistant Coach- Football - 302693 in Williamstown. Apply here.
• H&R Block posted a job opening for Guest Services Coordinator in North Adams. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Williamstown here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Adams

• Something's ‘Brewing' At The Former Dunkin' Food Court Inside The North Adams Walmart (live959.com)
• Berkshire Rabbi says Jews must 'come together and be together' after Bondi Beach shooting (wamc.org)
• Boil water advisory issued in North Adams (news10.com)

Adams

• Hoosac Valley Students' Interconnected Art Installation Debuts at the Adams Theater (iberkshires.com)

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