Williams Ensemble Concert to Feature Kechley Work

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WILLIAMSTOWN - The Williams Chamber Players will perform a concert on Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the college campus.

There will be a preconcert talk with David Kechley, composer of "Colliding Objects: Interactions for Piano and Percussion," which will be making its Williamstown premiere. This free event is open to the public.

This evening of music will include "Los Caujaritos" by Ignacio "Indio" Figueredo, vocal ensembles from Mozart's "Le Nozze de Figaro" and "Cosi Fan Tutte," and Bartok’s rarely performed work "Sonata for Two Pianos" and "Percussion."

The resident chamber ensemble, founded at Williams in 1999, presents concerts for the college and community throughout the academic year. Tts antecedents are the Williams Trio, founded in 1970, and the Group for 20th Century Music, founded in 1989. Repertoire for concerts is drawn from the standard chamber music repertoire with special attention to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and to music by Williams composers.

Musicians are normally drawn from the ranks of artists-in-residence, studio instructors, and other faculty, as well as occasional visiting artists. This concert features Kerry Ryer-Parke, Erin Casey, Jennifer Ashe, Keith Kibler, Charley Blandy, Robert Phelps, Matthew Gold, Ian Hale, Edwin Lawrence, Elizabeth Wright and Doris Stevenson.
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction is underway to transform the former Harry's Supermarket into a restaurant

Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building. 

"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu. 

A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building. 

White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.  

He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns. 

Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot. 

A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use. 

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