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Gryphon Trio Plays Works by Haydn, Shostakovich, Schubert at Williams

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Gryphon Trio performs works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Schubert in a free concert in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Tuesday, April 7 at 8pm. The Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent trios, with a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the…

Art Spiegelman to Present ‘Wordless!’ at Williams College

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.)  – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman will present WORDLESS!, an “intellectual vaudeville show” created in collaboration with composer Phillip Johnston, at the ’62 Center at Williams College on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 7:30pm. WORDLESS! is a stage-show hybrid incorporating slides, a talk, and a musical performance. The performance looks at the history…

Acclaimed Author Lydia Davis to Read at Williams College

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Short story writer Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize as well as a host of other awards, will read from her works of fiction in Griffin Hall, Room 3, at Williams College tonight (Wednesday, February 18, 2015) at 7pm. The reading is free and open to the public. Lyda…

Williams Jazz Faculty – Including Avery Sharpe and Conor Meehan – to Play Original Compositions at Brooks-Rogers

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Musicians who teach jazz at Williams College will offer a Jazz Faculty Concert, featuring all original compositions, in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Thursday, February 19, at 8pm. The concert is free and open to the public. The ensemble includes jazz director Kris Allen, saxophonist Mike Kolodny, trombonist…

New Music Fest at Williams Features Works by Georges Aperghis, Philip Glass

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Talea Ensemble’s performance of “Happy End” by Greek composer Georges Aperghis will be the centerpiece of the sixth annual I/O Festival of New Music, which takes place in the ’62 Center at Williams College from Thursday, January 8, through Saturday, January 10, 2015. The festival will also feature a rendition of Philip…

Camille A. Brown & Dancers to Perform at Williams

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Camille A. Brown & Dancers perform a new work about black female identity at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at 8pm. Using Angela Davis’ book “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism” and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” as inspiration, the multimedia work, performed…

Mirror Visions Ensemble Performs Food-Themed Concert at Williams

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Mirror Visions Ensemble brings its “Concert à la Carte” – featuring food-themed songs by the likes of Barber, Berg, Bernstein, Bolcom, Porter and Schwartz – to Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at 8pm. This free event is open to the public. The first half…

Free Food- and Farm-Themed Film Festival in Williamstown

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Fresh Fest, a food- and farm-themed film festival, featuring four films documenting effort at creating and maintaining a sustainable food supply, takes place at Images Cinema on Saturday, March 9, and Sunday, March 10, 2013. The free screenings include Growing Hope Against Hunger on Saturday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m.; Edible City,…