Pine Cobble School Play to Support New Animal Shelter

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pine Cobble School students will perform the play Charlotte's Web this December and they will donate a share of proceeds to No Paws Left Behind, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to open an animal shelter in the Northern Berkshires in early 2024. 
 
"The play's dual themes of compassion and caring for animals humanely really resonated with the kids," said play director Cynthia Quinones. 
 
Pine Cobble School is an independent day school for children from early childhood through eighth grade.
 
The play will be performed in the Adams Memorial Theater, at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13, and Thursday, December 14. Suggested donations of $10 are payable at the door. 
 
Bonnie Howland, president of No Paws Left Behind, spoke recently to Pine Cobble students about the nonprofit's vision to carry on the mission of the Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter in Pittsfield, which closed this year. 
 
The Nov. 27 event was part of an assembly recognizing the school's "character pillar" for December, compassion. Howland was joined by the nonprofit's executive director, Noelle Howland.

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Clark Art Lecture Commemorating Tadao Ando-Designed Clark Center

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, July 27 at 2 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a talk by Michael Conforti, former director of the Clark (1994–2015), honoring the ten-year anniversary of the opening of the Clark Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. 
 
The event takes place in the Clark's auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.
 
In this presentation, Conforti reviews the purpose and process of the Clark's transformative campus expansion project. Reflecting on his working relationship with Ando, Conforti discusses the Clark's initial master planning, the decision to hire Ando, the years of work that resulted in the 2008 completion of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill, and the opening of the Clark Center in 2014. Conforti, who edited the recent book Ando and Le Corbusier, will share many of the fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of the Clark project.
 
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. 
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