Clark Art Performance By Garcia Peoples, Mountain Movers

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its Music on the Moltz Terrace concert series with a performance by Garcia Peoples on Sunday, June 23. 
 
Mountain Movers opens. The free concert takes place on the Lunder Center at Stone Hill's Moltz Terrace at 5 pm.
 
According to a press release:
 
The dynamic band Garcia Peoples, featuring guitarists and vocalists Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki, drummer Cesar Arakaki, bassists Andy Cush and Derek Spaldo, and keyboardist P.G. Six., was formed in Rutherford, New Jersey. The group takes inspiration from the improvisational and psychedelic jam bands of the 1960s. With a stash of live recordings accumulating at the Live Music Archive, Garcia Peoples' music is very much a living entity.
 
Mountain Movers, an underground rock band from New Haven, Connecticut, opens. The band includes vocalist Dan Greene, guitarist Kryssi Battalene, bassist Rick Omonte, and drummer Ross Menze. The group's music is a blend of Neil Young/Dinosaur Jr. songcraft, with fiery leads provided by Battalene, who takes inspiration from Japanese psychedelic rock.
 
For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Bring a picnic and your own seating. This concert is presented in collaboration with Belltower Records, North Adams, Massachusetts. Rain moves the performance to the auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

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County Residents Encouraged to Test Home Internet Capability

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire County residents have until July 20 to challenge the federal government's assessment of broadband availability at their home.
 
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is the local authority providing access to the Broadband Equity and Deployment initiative, a federal program for funding Internet infrastructure.
 
BEAD, as the program is known, allows individuals to test the available Internet speed where they live in order to ensure that availability is properly tracked by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
 
"The Challenge Process is a crucial step to ensure the accuracy of Internet availability data and maps for the Massachusetts Broadband Institute to deploy funding to expand broadband access across the state," according to the MBI website. "Your participation can help provide a precise picture of broadband needs in Massachusetts."
 
On Monday, Town Manager Robert Menicocci noted the BEAD Challenge during his report to the Select Board at its twice-monthly meeting.
 
"Everyone can put in their address and see if they concur with what the federal government is tracking for their availability of broadband," Menicocci said. "Here, I think we're pretty well covered, and it's pretty accurate. But each individual homeowner can go into this website and, to the extent they don't agree they have access for one reason or another, they can challenge that."
 
According to the MBI website, 2,401 of 2,417 "serviceable locations" in Williamstown are served by broadband, just more than 99 percent.
 
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