Rosario Carranza ’27 is a prospective history major and from Cali, Colombia. She is executive editor for the Arts section. Previously, she served as an Arts section editor. She can be reached at [email protected].
The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled grants to several organizations in the Northern Berkshires, including the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Clark Art Institute, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
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.
Last Thursday, the Italian department hosted a festival which highlighted Italian culture, food, music, and language. Students enjoyed delicacies such as pasta alla vodka driven in from the Bronx and almond cookies imported from Rome, all while listening to serenades by the Williams Concert Choir.
At a small college like this one, it doesn’t take much to think you know campus like the back of your hand. Many students, however, are unaware of the sprawling College-owned estate, Mount Hope, just a 10-minute drive from campus.
To celebrate Halloween, Images Cinema hosted a screening of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu on Oct. 29 — but it wasn’t your typical movie night. The sold-out event featured a live performance by the Andrew Alden Ensemble, which composed an original score to be played alongside the film.
The College’s Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP) decided against hiring an Italian professor for the 2025–26 academic year, effectively rendering students unable to study Italian at the College. The decision prompted outcry from several students currently or previously enrolled in Italian courses, who will now have to enroll in an Italian course at MCLA through the Williams/Bennington/MCLA Cross-Enrollment Program if they would like to continue their study of the language.
In an effort to encourage discussions about civic responsibility in the Northern Berkshires, Images Cinema screened the first film in its Civic Cinema series on Monday.
The music department presented the annual Student Soloist Gala on Friday, March 8, which featured five student soloist performers accompanied by the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra.
The art department closed its lecture series on Thursday, Feb. 29, with a talk and Q&A by Associate Professor of Painting/Printmaking and Director of Graduate Studies at the Yale School of Art Meleko Mokgosi ’07.
Rapper and songwriter bbno$ will headline the Spring Fling concert on April 27, All Campus Entertainment (ACE) announced at the end of its Battle of the Bands event on Feb. 16.
