Local Businessman Planning Purchase of Waubeeka

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
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A purchase and sale agreement has been signed for Waubeeka Golf Links.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Waubeeka Golf Links should have a new owner Friday.

Michael Deep of North Adams confirmed on Tuesday that he has signed a purchase-and-sales agreement for the 18-hole golf course.

"I'm excited," he said. "I'm very, very excited and happy. Now I'm just waiting for Friday."

Several local names had surfaced as interested buyers in the last few weeks as the deadline loomed for whether the course would open this spring. Deep said he had been interested but backed off when another potential buyer began serious talks with owners James and Jody Goff so as not to get in the way.

"When it didn't happen, Jim called me," Deep said.

James Goff had confirmed earlier in the week that a "verbal agreement" had been made. The Goffs bought the 200-acre course in 2008 and made major upgrades.

The price on the course was dropped last fall from $5 million to $3.5 million; Alton & Westall Real Estate had been marketing the property since the Goffs, who live Colorado, decided to sell it nearly two years ago.

Goff, a former Williamstown high school golf champ, had said he hoped to sell to someone would keep the operation intact, but if not, there was the potential of the three parcels being sold for other uses.



Deep, a local developer and owner of Deep Associates Insurance Agency, said he had no intention of buying a golf course — 45 days ago. Now he's eager to close the deal and prepare the course for an April 15 opening.

"I am planning no changes whatsoever," he said. "The golf superintendent (Greg Tudor) is coming back and the rates are the same as last year."

Deep said he would be able to speak more on Friday; club members are being informed by letter.

Membership rates for 2014 will range from $800 to $2,100, paid by April 1, with juniors at $250 and college students at $350.

There are still things to get in place, Deep said, pending Friday's closing.

"We're going to have a first class operation," he said.  "We're certainly on the right road right now."


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Clark Art Lecture On Queer Art And Artists in Medieval Europe

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, April 11, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program presents a talk by Karl Whittington (The Ohio State University) titled "Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe."

This free event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release: 

Whittington asks: what role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question with reference to historical evidence about an artist's sexual identity, personality, and relationships, or with reference to particular kinds of imagery in works of art. But how do we think about desire in the case of anonymous artists or in works whose subject matter is mainstream? We know little about the lives and personalities of the makers of most works of art in Europe in the Middle Ages, but this should not hold us back from thinking about their embodied experience. This talk argues that we can "queer" the works of anonymous historical makers by thinking not about their identities or about the subject matter of their artworks but rather about their embodied experiences working with materials. Through considering issues of touch, pressure and gesture across materials such as wood, stone, ivory, wax, cloth, and metal, Whittington argues for an erotics of artisanal labor, in which the actions of hand, body, and breath interact in intimate ways with materials. Combining historical evidence with more speculative description, this talk broadens our understanding of the motivations and experiences of premodern artists.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events

 

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