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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
Zaccai Curtis and his sextet perform jazz music in Brooks-Rogers. (Felix Barman/The Williams Record)

Grammy-winner Zaccai Curtis returns to the College for a day of music

Felix Barman • April 23, 2025
Grammy award-winning jazz musician Zaccai Curtis and his accompanying sextet came to the College this past weekend for a day of masterclasses and an evening performance.
Nakano hung larger-than-life bras, boxers, and briefs across Sawyer Quad. (Photo courtesy of Riku Nakano.)

Artist Otherwise Known As: Riku Nakano ’25

Rosario Carranza • April 23, 2025
Senior Riku Nakano shares a slice of her art journey, cooking skills, favorite classes at the College, and upcoming daikon radish project.
Steinberger displays a collection of adorned photos at MASS MoCA. (Photo courtesy of Jon Verney.)

Lost photos showcased at MASS MoCA

Amita Khurana • April 16, 2025
Photographer and filmmaker Randi Malkin Steinberger’s latest exhibition, The Archive of Lost Memories, brings otherwise forgotten photographs to the forefront of viewers' minds at MASS MoCA.
Generations met at the radio station during WCFM Throwback Week. (Photo courtesy of Chris Gondek.)

Back on air: DJs of yore broadcast again

Tahlia Gerger • April 16, 2025
The annual WCFM Throwback Weekend brought alums back to the College's radio station in late April.
Berchem’s etching, The Cows at the Watering Place (The Cow Drinking). (Photo courtesy of the Clark.)

‘Pastoral on Paper’: Cowherds of old featured in the Purple Valley

Tahlia Gerger • March 19, 2025
'Pastoral on Paper,' which opened last week at the Clark Art Institute, was curated by William Satloff Grad Art '25.
Music majors present composition theses

Music majors present composition theses

Rosario Carranza • March 19, 2025
Last week, senior music majors Rein Vaska ’25 and Nathan Liang ’25 presented their composition music theses in Chapin Hall. Next month, Jacob Fanto ’25 will present his with the Berkshire Symphony.
J. Rawls poses with his turntables and mixer. (Photo courtesy of J. Rawls.)

#HipHopEd: J. Rawls brings Hip Hop to the classroom

Felix Barman • March 19, 2025
Gaudino scholar and Professor at The Ohio State University Jason Rawls, a.k.a. J. Rawls, gave a lecture on incorporating hip hop into the classroom.
Kiki Smith (left) and Kathleen Morris (right) discuss Smith’s practice. (Photo courtesy of Felix Barman.)

Kiki Smith on her tapestry ‘Seven Seas’

Amita Khurana • March 12, 2025
Artist Kiki Smith visited the Clark this past weekend to talk about her tapestry 'Seven Seas,' which is currently being featured in the special exhibition 'Wall Power!'
Anora will have its last showing at Images Cinema on 3/12 at 4:30 p.m. (Tahlia Gerger/The Williams Record)

Box office hours: ‘Anora’ with Olga Kim

Henry Hilton • March 12, 2025
Assistant Professor of Russian Olga Kim talks the overlooked social commentary in the Oscar-winning film 'Anora.'

Patching up campus: WCFM x Zilkha

Tahlia Gerger • March 12, 2025
WCFM and the Zilkha Center for the Environment partnered to host a mending and merch-making workshop this past Sunday.
Sankofa celebrated together on stage after presenting first prize to Tuft’s ENVY Ladies. (Photo courtesy of Beneyam Hassen.)

‘Feel the legacies’: Sankofa brings back annual step competition

Tahlia Gerger • March 5, 2025
Sankofa hosted Steady Steppin' Forward, their annual intercollegiate step competition, for the first time since the pandemic this past weekend.
Visiting artist Tsedaye Makonnen partners with Kusika for Astral Sea

Visiting artist Tsedaye Makonnen partners with Kusika for Astral Sea

Felix Barman and Tahlia Gerger • March 5, 2025
Visiting Artist Tsedaye Makonnen and Kusika, the African music and dance student group, present Astral Sea, an interpretative piece on the African diaspora.
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