W’town CARES – Community Assessment Research – Project Final Report is published!

Click HERE to read the CARES REPORT. The Williamstown CARES (Community Assessment Research) Project was designed by Kerri Leyda Nicoll, MDiv, MSW, PhD, and Jennifer James, MSW, MA, MSc. All interviews were conducted by trained social workers from the community: Abby Reifsnyder, LICSW; Aseel Abulhab, LCSW; Elizabeth Whitney, LICSW; Eva Tracy-Raeder, LICSW; Christina Daignault, LICSW; Susan Puddester, BSW; and Patrick Quinn, MSW. The Williamstown CARES Final Report was written by Kerri Leyda Nicoll, MDiv, MSW, PhD, with assistance from Abby Reifsnyder, LICSW. Dr. Nicoll conducted analysis of all interview data.

W’town HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT hours on TUES, OCTOBER 31 are 6:00 – 7:30pm… BOO!

W’town Chamber of Commerce hosts HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT on Spring St. 4:30-5:30pm at these stores: ABC Clothing Pop-Up Shop
Amy’s Cottage
Blue Mango
Carrigans Cuts
The Clip Shop
Goodman’s Jewelers
Images Cinema
​The Log by Ramunto’s
Nature’s Closet
The Spring Street Market & Cafe
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians
West’s Wine & Spirits
The Williams Inn
The Williams Shop & Goff’s Sports
Williamstown Chamber of Commerce @ the Information Booth
Williamstown Community Chest
Where’d You Get That?!

FUNDRAISER for B’shire Food Project! Play “Mingo Musical Bingo”, 6:30pm SAT OCT 21

Support the Berkshire Food Project – for more INFO & TIX – & have fun doing it at Mingos 41 Roberts Dr. N. Adams on SAT OCT 21, 6:30pm

MCLA hosts Public Policy Lecture: Amanda Tyler on “Supreme Court Round Up”, 7pm THU, OCT 26

Tyler gives audiences a behind-the-curtain look at the history and procedures of the nation’s highest court, exploring notable decisions, the quirks and personalities of current and prior courts. Amanda Tyler, UC Berkeley Law Professor & author of “Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union”  

7 P.M., THU OCTOBER 26 at MCLA – CHURCH STREET CENTER AUDITORIUM

Mass MoCA presents: Kevin Bubriski: The Uyghurs on Thu, Oct. 26, 5pm. FREE to all.

Documentary photographer Kevin Bubriski, in conversation with photographer Holly Lynton. In 1998, Bubriski lived among the Uyghurs in Kashgar. In the just-published The Uyghurs: Kashgar before the Catastrophe, Bubriski has created an unforgettable portrait of the Uyghurs and of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar before the Chinese government’s decimation of the religion, language, culture, and personal freedom. Today, Uyghurs and the mostly Han government clash over who has greater historical claim to the Xinjiang region. This struggle of native rights has led to the detainment of over 1 million Uyghur people in camps where they have been subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restrictions, and even forced sterilization.