Tag Archive for Williamstown

Blockbuster Homer Show on Tap at The Clark for Summer 2013

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The greatest collection of works by Winslow Homer assembled by one person since the artist’s death — and one of the leading collections of any art museum in the United States — will be featured this summer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. On view June 9, 2013, through September…

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,…

Mezze Bistro Warms Up Winter with Locally Sourced Chamber Folk

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Mezze Bistro + Bar is adding music to its menu this winter, with monthly gigs by the Wandering Rocks, a local chamber folk band whose tunes evoke “river, fields, love and dreams drenched with whiskey.” The monthly series will take place on Fridays through April: February 15, March 15, April 19. New…

Artworks Reveal Hidden Stories at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass..) — A painting is a three-dimensional object, but often visitors to art museums are only privy to one aspect, and thus are deprived of the whole story the artwork can tell. In the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s exhibition Backstories: The Other Side of Art, the hidden aspects of works of art…

The Clark Opens Exhibition Created By Eleven-Year-Old Guest Curator

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – In what may well be a first for any museum of its kind in the world, The Clark opens a new exhibition created by its youngest curator ever, when Giselle’s Remix, an installation created by eleven-year-old guest curator Giselle Ciulla as part of The Clark’s interactive uCurate program, is unveiled this Saturday,…

Carpe Diem String Quartet to Perform at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at 8 pm, the Carpe Diem String Quartet will perform Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Opus 80 as their traditional work in The Clark’s popular chamber music series. In celebration of The Clark’s Unearthed exhibition, Carpe Diem will be joined by award-winning pipa player Yihan Chen in a performance…

Ying Quartet Kicks Off Chamber Series at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Ying Quartet kicks off The Clark’s popular chamber music series on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at at 8 pm. Four internationally acclaimed chamber groups will be performing in The Clark’s auditorium, on subsequent Tuesdays at 8, including the Hermitage Piano Trio, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet. Concert…

Bradley Cooper and Patricia Clarkson to Star in Williamstown’s ‘Elephant Man’

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” will transform himself into the hideously deformed title character of The Elephant Man when Bradley Cooper, star of Hollywood comedies including The Hangover and Wedding Crashers, tackles the dramatic role of John Merrick at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, in a production also starring indie film queen Patricia…

WTF Pairs with Restaurant to Add Outdoor Dining to Lineup

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) –Williamstown Theatre Festival has teamed with restaurant Hops & Vines to provide expanded concessions and outdoor seating at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance during the WTF season. Hops & Vines concessions at WTF productions will feature a full bar, gourmet sandwiches, snacks, and dessert items including ice cream from SoCo Creamery.…