Kusika, the College’s African Dance group, performing at the 2014 Inside/Outside series at Jacob’s Pillow. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Kraus/Jacob’s Pillow Dance.)
On Nov. 17, the Doris Duke Theatre...
David Fincher’s latest venture MANK, a black and white historical recreation chronicling the writing of Citizen Kane, is a thoughtfully crafted and refreshing departure from the usually bleak and cool-toned...
Helene Ryu ’22 has recently started experimenting with themes of intimacy in relation to others. (Photo courtesy of Helene Ryu ’22.)
I don’t recall exactly how my view of Helene Ryu ’22 changed...
“In a time when Earth is no longer habitable, a band of humans attempt to colonize Planet 85K: Aurora.”
This is how the description for Star Choir, Phase 1: Dialogue begins. “A performance for...
The actors, director, and stage manager at rehearsal for the student written play Trivial. (Photo courtesy of Shizah Kashif '24.)
Trivial, a new Cap & Bells production which premieres Friday, Nov....
Emily Bleiberg '22 embroiders pouches to raise money for the ACLU Voting Rights Project (Photo courtesy of Emily Bleiberg '22.)
With the recent national presidential election, the subject of voting...
Aaron Sorkin’s second film as both director and writer, The Trial of the Chicago 7, sheds light on a highly relevant historical event: the trial of eight men charged with conspiracy for inciting riots...
In a world of webinars and Zoom calls, it’s rare to be in an environment that makes us want to get up out of our chairs and dance. Yet on Friday night, I was delighted to find myself grooving along...
Lin May Saeed (German-Iraqi, born 1973), Panther Relief, 2017. Polystyrene foam, acrylic paint, wood, 44 1/8 × 72 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (Photo Courtesy of the artist; Nicolas Krupp, Basel).
Hidden away...
NBC teammates taking a break from outdoor rehearsal (Photo courtesy of Iris Park ’21.)
Although they won’t be singing on Mountain Day, dancing during Homecoming halftime, or performing before a...
Members of Mills-Dennett 4 stand in front of their finalized 1,000 origami cranes. From left to right: Charles Yang ’24, Emma Schulman ’24, Rika Nakato ’24, Syl Foisy ’24, Sarah Lindeman ’24,...
Apple, A. G. Cook's second studio album, was released September 18, just one month after his 49 song studio debut, 7G (Photo courtesy of PC Music).
Perhaps best known for his collaborations with Charli...
Williams alum, Jason Hehir (’98) won his first Emmy for The Last Dance (Photo Credit: Yahoo)
Last Sunday, the 2020 Emmy Awards, hosted virtually by Jimmy Kimmel from the Staples Center, gave us a...
Perhaps best known for his collaborations with Charli XCX and for founding the electronic pop music label PC Music, A. G. Cook’s musical oeuvre is hard to pin down. Apple, his followup to the gargantuan...
Selma Marchers Approaching Montgomery, Alabama, James H. Karales (American; 1930-2002).
Following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police this year, and as a response to the ongoing protests...
Courtesy of Rachel Buccalo/The Williams Record.
Ever since the creation of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign by April Reign, a Black activist, four years ago, the Academy has dedicated copious amounts of...
Jack Romans ’20 is using his Watson Fellowship to explore youth theatre practices across the world. (Photo courtesy of Brad Wakoff.)
While life after college typically invites adulthood, independence...
Javier Robelo ’22 outside the WCMA pop-up store on Spring Street. (Photo courtesy of Alexa Walkovitz ’21.)
The way I see it, there are two kinds of artists: those who use art to reflect their reality,...
The scores for each contestant of Williams College TaskMaster, mid-episode one. (Photo courtesy of Owen Foster.)
“I just have to hope that somewhere out there, in some part of the world, one of the...
Photo courtesy of Emaun Irani '20
The classroom experience has been hindered, athletics have been canceled, final performances have been nixed, lives have been uprooted and, yet, some continue to sing...
Cate Osborne ’21 in a cover-in-progress she is designing with Reed Putnam ’23 for her upcoming extended play record (Photo courtesy of Cate Osborne.)
If there’s one thing that these two months...
Melia Hagino ’22 rehearsing to play Madame Armfeldt, the blunt and cynical grandmother in A Little Night Music (Photo courtesy of Gigi Gamez.)
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of...
Alexa Walkovitz ’21 in quarantine. (Photo Courtesy of Anna Jackowski ’21.)
For many people, life in quarantine has been characterized by mundanity, days that move drearily into one another without...
Izzy Levi ’23 in Florence, Italy, September 2018. (Photo courtesy of Izzy Levi.)
I sit down to interview Izzy Levi ’23 — over FaceTime, of course — exactly five weeks after we both left...
Wylie Thornquist ’20 practicing balance in North Adams natural bridge park. (Photo courtesy of Wylie Thornquist.)
He flips the camera on his iPhone away from his face and focuses
it on one...
Avery Sharpe's jazz performances were inspired by the history of the black experience in America. (Photo courtesy of Avery Sharpe.)
A silence settles over Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
Through...
Cap and Bells will put on a performance of Stephen Sondheim ’50s musical A Little Night Music. Tali Natter/The Williams Record
With musicals, you either love them or you hate them. In commemoration...
Nicole Ford ’20 created 3D artwork that brought together interests in astrophysics and studio art. Virginia Ontiveros/The Williams Record
Nicole Ford ’20 knew what she wanted to do when she came...
“Wherever people feel safe … they will be indifferent,” Susan Sontag writes in her 2003 essay “Regarding the Pain of Others.” How, then, might government officials or other privileged individuals...
Art history graduate student Elyse Mack’s exhibition focuses on the complex relationship between the College and public art. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Leitzell.)
Walking toward Currier Quad on...
Hilfer arranged an opera for his senior thesis in the Music department. His focus on vocal music has been a priority throughout his life. (Photo courtesy of Keith Forman.)
I sat down with Brandon Hilfer...
At this year’s JUNO awards, Assistant Professor of Music Zachary Wadsworth’s album When There Is Peace: An Armistice Oratorio has been nominated for the category “Classical Album of the Year:...
The Clark hosted students on Friday for a special opening of “Arabesque,” an exhibition on orientalist art. Sarah Gantt/The Williams Record
Last Friday, the Clark Art Institute held an exclusive...
“Fantastic Fungi” explores how mushrooms grow and are harvested, revealing knowledge about the fungi. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images).
Katya King, Director of Fellowships at the College, grew...
KIMBERLEAN DONIS/THE WILLIAMS RECORD Kyle Scadlock '19 drew several black students and created an exhibition to display these drawings along with a quote selected by the students.
Studio art major...
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART. WCMA transfromed one of its galleries into an exact replica of the Room Z of King Ashurnasirpal II’s ninth century palace. The piece engages with...
PHOTO COURTESY OF IFCCenter “American Factory” details the struggles of industrial workers at the Moraine Assembly Plant and the impact of lost jobs to the workers.
Last Thursday, The Massachusets...
KARA R. HADDEN ’22 “I was told there was going to be a hot gay rapper coming to campus, so I had to go. And in short, she delivered. I made a lot of friends at the event – it didn’t feel like...
Sankofa, pictured here rehearsing in the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance, pays homage to traditional black step culture.
Sankofa was founded in 1996 by five black women, Dahra Jackson ’00, Maxine...
Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite walked away with four Oscar wins, including Best Picture. Students watched the awards ceremony from various locations on campus and in town. (Photo courtesy of IMDB.)
During...
Hipolito Vazquez ’22 put together a humorous boyfriend resume for potential suitors, posting copies in public spaces around campus. ANIAH PRICE/PHOTO EDITOR
Roughly one in five alums from the...
Stephan James and Kiki Layne help bring James Baldwin’s novel to visual life in Barry Jenkins’ screen adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. (PHOTO COURTESY OF TATUM MANGUS/ANNAPURNA PICTURES)
My...
Jon Lovett ’04 has worked as a speechwriter for Obama, a screenwriter and a co-creator of popular podcast channel Crooked Media. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
In the midst of an unprecedented...
This past weekend, Cap & Bells put on a production of Noises Off – a famous comedy of errors. Students and community members alike were treated to a three-hour witty, slapstick comedy at the...
On Jan. 27, as the wind whips snow into the air on a brisk morning in Williamstown, towngoers hurry in to seek refuge in First Congregational Church (FCC), a building that, with its classic white exterior...
