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Williams Research Talk: “Dancing with the Hips, Butt, & Pelvis: Black Majorette/Dance Team Performance & the Politics of Pleasure”

Public invited to ’62 Center Main Stage on Wed, April 19, 7-8:00pm for this Research Talk by Saroya Corbett. In this discussion, Saroya Corbett, Bolin Fellow in Dance, addresses the racialized and gender politics of dancing with the hips, butt, and pelvis. She examines Black culture’s engagement and complex relationship with the politics of respectability and pleasure. To contextualize these movement cultures, she explores the use of the mid-section in Black majorette/dance team performance, a movement practice that originates from the marching band culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Masks are required for all members of the audience.

nbCC Community Forum: ONLINE SAFETY & SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY on THU April 13, 4-6pm

All welcome to this presentation & discussion by Tyler Cote and Operation 250 at Terra Nova, 85 Main St., N. Adams 4-6pm, Thu April 13. More INFO

W’town Town Meeting to have warrant article about use of electronic voting at future Town Meetings.

Town Clerk Nicole Beverly recommends citizens acquaint themselves with the electronic voter clicker system by signing up for individual demonstrations of how the system works with Meridia Interactive Solutions owner. Your choice of 30 min or 60 minute demo! Click here to schedule: www.meridiaars.com/scheduledemo

Select the ‘TownVOTE’ program if 30 minutes is enough for you, or just select ‘EZ-VOTE Connect’ for an hour.

W’town Local Election on Tue, May 9 to determine contested Select Board race; uncontested Planning Board & Library Trustees.

4 candidates returned papers to Town Clerk for 2 open seats on Select Board (3yr): Stephanie Boyd, Andi Bryant, Paul Harsch, Andrew Hogeland. Planning Board 1 yr seat: Benjamin Greenfield; Planning Board 5 yr seat: Cory Campbell. Milne Library Trustees, 2 open seats: Alex Carlisle and Katherine Evans.

NOMINATIONS OPEN for “Scarborough-Salomon-Flynt Community Service Award”..deadline April 18. Award presented at Annual Town Mtg on May 22, 2025.

This Award is a result of the merger of the Faith R. Scarborough Award and the Williamstown Community Chest Volunteer of the Year Award. DEADLINE for nomination submissions is April 18, 2025. More info & nomination forms can be found here:

https://williamstowncommunitychest.org/scarborough-salomon-flynt/

The Award will recognize a person’s, persons’ or civic group’s demonstrated dedication, excellence and integrity to community service in order to make Williamstown a better place. Nominators should provide a narrative of accomplishments in support of their nominee. With many deserving people nominated in a given year, much of the Committee’s decision- making is based on the substance of the reasons given for the nomination and provides the content of the award recipient’s certificate.

Nominations may be submitted online or emailed to the Town Moderator Elizabeth Goodman at egoodman@williamstownma.gov or delivered in a sealed envelope to the Town Manager’s office in Town Hall, 41 North St., W’town.

DEADLINE for nomination submissions is April 18, 2025.