Swastika Etched into Williamstown Bus Shelter

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Police are investigating an incident of vandalism that left a swastika on the side of a Main Street structure.
 
On Tuesday at 6 p.m., police received a call reporting a swastika on the Berkshire Regional Transportation Authority bus shelter on Main Street (Route 2) across from Hopkins Hall on the Williams College campus.
 
Officer John McConnell responded to the scene and reported that the symbol was etched into the plastic on the inside of the shelter's front panel.
 
McConnell told a BRTA bus driver, who reported the incident to their supervisor, according to the police report.
 
The BRTA said it was notified by Williamstown Police on Tuesday evening and sent a BRTA crew to the scene Wednesday morning to clean and remove the vandalism. BRTA replaced the bus shelter panel on  Friday. 

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Clark Art Screens 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Aug. 7 at 8:20 pm, the Clark Art Institute presents a free outdoor screening of "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964) as part of its summer series of films that resonate with the themes of the exhibition Guillaume Lethière.
 
According to a press release:
 
"In The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," Catherine Deneuve plays an umbrella shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for handsome garage mechanic Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Told entirely through lilting songs by composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time. (Not rated. Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes.)
 
Free. Films are shown outdoors at dusk on the Reflecting Pool lawn. For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Bring a picnic and your own seating. Grab-and-go food will be available for purchase until 7:30 pm at Café 7. Rain moves the showing to the auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.
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