Images Cinema to Host David Lynch Film Series

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema will present a special film series celebrating the works of filmmaker David Lynch.

The series will feature screenings of Lynch’s films alongside restored short films, with main theater showings scheduled for Fridays and Saturdays at 9:45 p.m. The event will also include themed lounge gatherings beginning at 9 p.m., with additional screenings in the lounge throughout the week.

The series will begin on February 7-8 with Blue Velvet (1986), paired with Lynch’s short film The Grandmother (1969). Other featured films include Mulholland Drive (2001), Lost Highway (1997), Wild at Heart (1990), Inland Empire (2006), and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), each accompanied by one of Lynch’s short films.

Tickets for the screenings range from $7 to $10 and are available for purchase online at imagescinema.org or at the box office. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street in Williamstown.

 


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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.
 
Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.
 
Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.
 
"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.
 
"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."
 
One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.
 
That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.
 
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