Fresh Fest: A Farm and Food Film Festival At Images Cinema

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema presents Fresh Fest: A Farm and Food Film Festival, Friday, May 6 through Thursday, May 12. 
 
Produced by Images Cinema, in collaboration with Storey Publishing and the Williams College Center or Environmental Studies, this annual film festival explores the ways farming and food culture impacts lives, and makes links to local farmers and food producers. 
 
All events are at Images Cinema, 50 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA. Find more details at imagescinema.org.
 
 
Events 
Friday, May 6 at 6:30pm: Opening Reception featuring refreshments from Cabot Creamery, Cricket Creek Farm, and Wild Oats Market. Entrance included with purchase of a ticket for the film.
 
Friday, May 6 at 7:30pm: "Cow," followed by a discussion with Sarah Gardner, Associate Director and Lecturer in Environmental Studies at Williams College and Topher Sabot, Owner and Head Farmer at Cricket Creek Farm. Regular Images admission.
 
Saturday, May 7 at 5:15pm: "Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World" – Free Admission
 
Monday, May 9 at 7:30pm: "Hive," introduced by Karen Trubitt of True Love Farm – Free Admission
 
Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30pm: "The Ants and the Grasshopper," introduced by Tu Le of 328North – Free Admission
 
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Hancock School Celebrates Thanksgiving by Highlighting Community

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

The children perform music and a play during the luncheon.
HANCOCK, Mass. — For many, Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude and unity. Hancock Elementary School embraced this spirit on Thursday by hosting a community Thanksgiving feast for seniors.
 
The children had a major role in organizing the event, from peeling the potatoes to creating the centerpieces to performing. 
 
"Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what we have. To be thankful for the communities that we live in. Thankful for the families that we have, our friends," Principal John Merselis III said. 
 
"And by opening our doors and inviting people in, I think we just embrace that idea." 
 
More than 50 seniors visited the school for a Thanksgiving lunch prepared by the school's students. In addition to those who attended, the students made enough for 40 takeout orders and to feed themselves and the school's staff. 
 
The lunch was kicked off with student performances on the drums, playing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" using boomwhackers, and a play showcasing the preparation of a Thanksgiving feast, which caused rumbles of laughter. 
 
"[The event] gives [students] a great opportunity to practice their life skills such as cooking and creating things for people, and also [build] their self-confidence and just public speaking," said Samantha Lincoln, first and second-grade teacher. 
 
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