MCLA Theatre Announces Four Productions | 08:18AM / Wednesday, November 06, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' (MCLA) Theatre program announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring four productions. The season opens November 8-10 with William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," directed by MCLA Professor of Theatre Laura Standley. In this bold re-telling, MCLA Theatre explores a world where crime and punishment collide under the rule of a conservative hard-liner. As moral lines blur and the city faces a draconian crackdown, one woman's plea for mercy sets off a harrowing battle between virtue, sacrifice, and power. The second show of the fall semester is "The Method Gun," running >> Read More |
MCLA Announces the MountainOne Fund| 08:08AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Foundation, Inc. announced it has received a $500,000 gift from MountainOne that will create the College's first hybrid endowment. The MountainOne Fund, the largest commitment in MountainOne's history, will support multiple priorities over the next five years. The hybrid strategy allows MountainOne's leadership to shift its funding focus from year to year to match their goals for supporting MCLA and community needs. "As two enduring pillars of North Adams, MountainOne and MCLA have a shared commitment to drive economic growth and invest in our community's future," said President and >> Read More |
Greylock School Project Moves Into Detailed Design StageBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:51AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The $65 million Greylock School project has moved into the detailed design phase after the successful debt exclusion vote earlier this month. "This is where we really start turning the work and developing the real life building," said Mayor Jennifer Macksey. "So from conception to reality." The School Building Committee on Tuesday voted to extend the contracts of Collier's International as owner's project manager and TSKP Studio as the designer. With funding secured, Superintendent Barbara Malkas said the next step is closing out the old school and preparing for demolition. "Around this >> Read More |
MCLA Awaits News on Donor GiftBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:16AM / Thursday, October 31, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A potential major donor to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts toured the campus last month. "They were here on campus in September for two days and left the meeting feeling very good about donating to the mission of the campus," President Jamie Birge told the Board of Trustees last Thursday. College officials have been working with the donor, who wishes to remain anonymous at this point, about a major gift that could include an art museum. The donor has supported other colleges in the region, said Birge. "This donor found us and over the last year or two, we have been working with the donor's representatives >> Read More |
MCLA to Host Book Talk | 04:06PM / Friday, October 25, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host a lecture by Dr. Derron Wallace, a renowned sociologist of race, ethnicity, and education. Wallace will present a book talk on his critically acclaimed work, "The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth," on Monday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Murdock Hall, Room 218. This event is part of the Commonwealth Honors Program and Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work (SASW) Speaker Series. It is free and open to the public. Wallace is the Jacob S. Potofsky Chair in Sociology and Associate Professor of Sociology and Education at Brandeis >> Read More |
Education Secretary Helps Cut Ribbon on McCann's New HVAC LabBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:16PM / Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Camryn Moran said her grade school teachers had tried to discourage her from attending a vocational school because they thought she would not receive the education necessary to attend selective colleges. "However, I didn't see this unique style of education as a disadvantage, I saw it as a way to broaden my horizons, inside and outside of the classroom," said the McCann Technical School senior on Wednesday. "It was apparent after my first year at McCann that I had made the right decision." Standing before the school's new HVAC building, Moran said she's been trained and certified through the >> Read More |
MCLA to Host Seventh Annual Day of Dialogue| 07:46AM / Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 23, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host its seventh annual Day of Dialogue – a campus-wide alternative day of education focused on "Exploring the Concept of Erasure." With suspended day classes to ensure full campus participation by students, faculty, and staff, this year's event will allow for the greatest participation. The Day of Dialogue begins at 9:30 a.m. with several sessions running throughout the day, and a keynote panel at noon in the Amsler Campus Center Gym. The panel will feature local leaders and artists discussing their personal and professional experiences with >> Read More |
Renowned Printmaker to Return to MCLA Campus| 11:11AM / Monday, October 21, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announces the return of renowned printmaker, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. to North Adams for events taking place from Oct. 22 to Oct. 24. Kennedy's visit begins with a meet and greet print session on Oct. 22 at the PRESS Room in Bowman Hall Room 301/303 from 2 to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, Kennedy will participate in MCLA's annual Day of Dialogue with a talk about his work and its relation to this year's theme, "Reclaiming Lost Narratives," which is centered around cultural erasure, stated a press release. "I >> Read More |
North Adams Educator Receives Distinguished Arts Educator Advocate Award | 08:17AM / Thursday, October 17, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools art teacher, Kyle Strack, has been awarded the Distinguished Arts Educator Advocate Award for Visual Art from Arts|Learning, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing arts education in Massachusetts. According to a press release, the award honors exceptional arts educators who advocate for the arts and arts education in their school and community. Strack, now teaching at Drury High School, was selected for his consistent efforts towards increasing access to high-quality visual arts opportunities for students in his previous role as the art teacher at Greylock Elementary School, where he was teaching when his >> Read More |
MCLA Launches 'Politics of the Visual' Lecture Series | 11:10AM / Monday, October 14, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced the launch of its 2024-25 lecture series, Politics of the Visual, organized by MCLA Associate Professor of English & Visual Culture Victoria Papa, and supported by Hardman Special Initiatives and MOSAIC. According to a press release, this series will explore questions about the political dimensions of visuality, the power structures behind perception, and the phenomena of spectacle in contemporary culture. Kicking off in October 2024 and continuing through April 2025, the series will feature leading scholars, artists, and curators, who will dive into the intersections of art, >> Read More |
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