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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

Phillips won a Pulitzer Prize in 2023 for his collection Then the War. (Jackson Hipp/The Williams Record)

Poet Carl Phillips visits for Williams Literary Arts Reading Series

Amita Khurana and Rosario Carranza Rengifo October 8, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips visited the College to deliver a reading on Thursday.
Sadykova plans to bring her theatre experiences abroad to Cap & Bells. (Photo courtesy of Diliara Sadykova.)

The Artist Otherwise Known As: Diliara Sadykova ’26

Ahmad Irfan October 8, 2025
Diliara Sadykova talks bringing her study abroad experience back to theatre on campus.
(Melania Espinal/The Williams Record)

Majoring in mixing: New electronic music club drops on campus

Chloë Alexander  and Leif Terre October 8, 2025
There is a new group on campus: the Williams Electronic Music Society. And they're bringing the club to sleepy Williamstown.
“Vanishing Point” appears impossibly dynamic. (Photo courtesy of Alon Koppel.)

‘Imbalanced, imperfect, ugly’: Professor of Art Rit Premnath’s latest exhibition looks under the ‘Overbody’

Brendan Fitzgerald and Tahlia Gerger October 1, 2025
A recent exhibition featuring the work of Associate Professor of Art Rit Premnath opened at Bennington College in Bennington, Vt. earlier this month.
The Hun Hazy duo performs traditional Mongolian music with khöömi throat singing. (Jackson Hipp/The Williams Record)

Hun Hazy inaugurates this year’s Ernest Brown World Music Concert Series with music of Mongolia, Tuva, Inner Mongolia

Adelina Yang and Leif Terra October 1, 2025
Internationally renown group "Hun Hazy" visited the College for a performance on Friday evening.
The festival hosts three days of performances and competitions. (Photo courtesy of  Douglas Mason.)

The devil went down to North Adams: Fiddlers face off at annual FreshGrass Awards

Olivia Johnson September 24, 2025
Staff writer Olivia Johnson shares her experience at the annual music festival FreshGrass.
Grace Espinosa ’26 created a watercolor figure drawing of Makosky. (Photo courtesy of Grace Espinosa.)

Nude modeling: Just another campus job

Amita Khurana September 24, 2025
Nude modeling seems nerve-racking but is actually a source of community and respect.
Photo courtesy of Rebecca Dravis.

It takes a Town to crochet a coral reef

Dilay Kalınoğlu September 24, 2025
Students, faculty, and community members have been working on the Berkshire Satellite Reef Project as part of a global community art initiative that raises awareness about the threats to coral reefs while celebrating the beauty of the marine ecosystem.
Kim recently began his tenure as director of the Berkshire Symphony. (Photo courtesy of Dan Wright.)

Andrew Kim, Berkshire Symphony’s new director, is ready to take the stage

Rosario Carranza Rengifo September 17, 2025
Andrew Kim, the Berkshire Symphony’s new director, sat down with the Record to discuss his trajectory in conducting and the future of the orchestra.
Stage managers play a crucial role in the theatre department’s productions, like last year’s Much Ado About Nothing. (Photo courtesy of Keith Forman.)

Theatre department to begin compensating student stage managers

Catriona Marangi September 17, 2025
Beginning this fall, the theatre department will pay student stage managers for their work throughout the entire rehearsal process. Previously, the position was entirely unpaid.
Senosiain’s “Coata III” greets visitors to the Clark Art Institute. (Photo courtesy of Theo Duarte-Baird.)

Where art grows right out of the ground

Tahlia Gerger September 17, 2025
The Clark officially opened its latest outdoor exhibition, featuring six sculptures across the museum’s grounds in June.
Maul featured a scene in which characters interacted off stage while being filmed. (Photo courtesy of Leo Yihan Wang.)

Christmas in May: student play ‘Maul’ comes to stage and screen

Tahlia Gerger May 14, 2025
Student-written and produced play 'Maul' debuted at the College this past weekend.
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