(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 6:45 pm, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes will be present for a pre-show discussion about his film Far From Heaven — on which the musical by the same title currently running in a preview production at Williamstown Theatre Festival is based — outside on the lawn…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Williamstown Theatre Festival opened its 58th anniversary season last Friday (June 28, 2012) with simultaneous opening-night performances of Oscar Wilde’s quintessential comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, is directed by TV star David Hyde Pierce, and the world premiere of The Blue Deep, written by Lucy Boyle, directed by veteran…
by Seth Rogovoy (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Archeology. Northern Chinese art. Medieval Chinese history. None of these are things in which, at least on paper, I am remotely interested. And if a trio of exhibitions concerning Northern Chinese archeological discoveries of items from about 1,500 years ago weren’t at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China, featuring rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, opens Saturday, June 16, 2012, at The Clark and runs through October 21, 2012. The exhibition features objects recently excavated from sites in the…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Jodi Joseph, a Berkshire native who lives in Williamstown and has been director of retail operations at MASS MoCA, has been named to the position of director of Berkshire Creative, a five-year-old nonprofit agency representing the interests of 6,500 creative economy workers in Berkshire County. Berkshire Creative’s previous director, Helena Fruscio, now…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Chamberlin, a Vermont-based folk-rock group that has drawn comparisons to My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire and The Band, performs at Billsville House Concerts on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at 8 p.m. The group’s latest album, Bitter Blood, was produced by Scott Tournet, lead guitarist for Grace Potter and the…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian comes to The Clark for a free book reading on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 5:30 pm, and a concert on Friday, April 20, at 8 pm. Ian’s breakthrough hit, “Society’s Child (Baby, I’ve Been Thinking),” written about interracial romance when she was just 13 years old,…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cellist Edward Arron and pianist Jeewon Park will perform works by Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach at The Clark on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 3 pm. The program features Chopin’s Polonaise Brillante, Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Amy Beach’s Dreaming for Cello and Piano, and Mendelssohn’s Sonata in D…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Monday, March 5, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., New Yorker columnist Adam Gopnik will address How Did Food Happen in France? drawing on his musings in his latest book, The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m., Tenores de Aterúe, a Williamstown-based quartet, will share the unique style of Sardinian singing called cantu a tenore at St. John’s Church in Williamstown. Proceeds from the concert (which also includes music from Corsica and Italy) will go toward funding their first study tour in…
