Clark Art Concert By Circuit Des Yeux

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents the final concert in its Music in the Manton series on Thursday, Nov. 7, featuring the Circuit des Yeux, Bill Nace, and kite/wing. 
 
The concert takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium at 6 pm.
 
According to a press release:
 
Circuit des Yeux is the stage name of Haley Fohr, a Chicago-based vocalist, composer, and singer-songwriter known for her four-octave voice and distinctive twelve-string guitar style. Her recent works include an original soundtrack for Charles Bryant’s silent film Salomé (1923), commissioned by Opera North, and her acclaimed 2021 album –io, featured on NPR Music’s Best Albums of 2021 list.
 
Bill Nace is an experimental guitarist and visual artist from New Jersey. He has collaborated with Joe McPhee, Steve Gunn, Thurston Moore, Yoko Ono, and Kim Gordon.
 
kite/wing, the Hudson Valley duo of Suzanne Kite and Robbie Wing, opens, with a blend of electronics, machine learning, banjo, violin, and field recordings.
 
Tickets $10 ($8 members, $7 students, $5 children 15 and under). Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. 

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Menorah Lighting Begins 8 Days of Hanukkah, Thoughts of Gratitude

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff

Mia Wax gets some helping light as she works the controls. The full ceremony can be seen on iBerkshires' Facebook page
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — With a boost from her dad, Mia Wax on Wednesday turned on the first candle of the more than 12-foot tall menorah at the Williams Inn. 
 
Around 40 people attended the community lighting for the first night of Hanukkah, which fell this year on the same day as Christmas. They gathered in the snow around the glowing blue electric menorah even as the temperature hovered around 12 degrees.
 
"We had a small but dedicated group in North Adams, so this is unbelievable," said Rabbi Rachel Barenblat of Congregation Beth Israel in North Adams. "This is honestly unbelievable."
 
Barenblat had earlier observed the lighting of the city's menorah in City Hall, which the mayor opened briefly for the ceremony. 
 
In Williamstown, Rabbi Seth Wax, the Jewish chaplain at Williams College, with his daughter and her friend Rebecca Doret, spoke of the reasons for celebrating Hanukkah, sometimes referred to as the Festival of Lights. 
 
The two common ones, he said, are to mark the single unit of sacred olive oil that lasted eight days during the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem and the military victory over the invading Greeks.
 
"For the rabbis of antiquity, who created and shaped Judaism, these two events were considered to be miracles," said Wax. "They happened not because of what humans did on their own, but because of what something beyond them, what they called God, did on their behalf.
 
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