Clark Art Free Concert By William Parker and Patricia Nicholson

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —The Clark Art Institute presents an outdoor concert on Sunday, June 29 at 5 pm featuring an evening of visionary improvisation with composer and multi-instrumentalist William Parker and dancer-poet Patricia Nicholson as they present a duo adaptation of "Hope Cries for Justice." 

This free event takes place on the Moltz Terrace of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill.

According to a press release:

William Parker, a prolific bassist, composer, and educator, has dedicated his life to the concept of Universal Tonality, blending improvisation, composition, and social consciousness.

Patricia Nicholson, a dancer, poet, and organizer, integrates movement, music, and activism into performances that illuminate and inspire, creating experiences that foster community and collective expression.

This program is presented in collaboration with Belltower Records, North Adams, Massachusetts.

Free. Rain moves the performance to the auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0524. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.


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The town manager told the Select Board last week that the town obtained a Community Compact Best Practices grant from the state's Division of Local Services to fund a consultant from the University of Massachusetts at Boston's Collins Center for Public Management to develop a communications strategy.
 
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"I think this was a new area for government and many communities are looking at a need to staff up to address communications, where, in the past, maybe a big city would have a communications director. Now that has trickled down to almost all small communities."
 
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