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Clark Art Screens Free Noir Film Series | 10:41AM / Saturday, October 25, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Beginning this fall, the Clark Art Institute, in collaboration with Images Cinema, hosts a series of classic noir films. All films are free and screened in the Manton Research Center auditorium on select Thursdays at 6 pm. October 30 The Big Sleep (1946) Based on Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name, The Big Sleep might be the high-water mark of Hollywood's love affair with the infinitely slippery possibilities of the English language. It is also a study in the evasiveness of genre. Although the morals are skewed, the bullets plentiful, and the femmes most definitely fatale, Bogart's Marlowe is a decent, (mostly) unconflicted hero, >> Read More |
Construction Begins on Images Cinema's Two-Screen Theater Renovation| 01:44PM / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. Images Cinema, the Williamstown movie house, has begun work on its long planned Capital Project to renovate and upgrade its facility. While its Main Theater is closed for renovations, programming continues in its Lounge space with Bartender hours and Cinema Lounge shows and continuing community events. "We're very excited to begin work on this important project," said Images Board Chair Kevin O'Rourke. "Images is, and has been for years, an anchor of Spring Street and the Williamstown business community. The overwhelming support of the community, including our members, has been incredible." So far, the LOOK FORWARD Campaign has raised
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Clark Art Presents Concert By Davone Tines With Ruckus | 11:15AM / Monday, October 20, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute welcomes the return of renowned early music band, Ruckus, for a new concert performance featuring acclaimed bass-baritone Davóne Tines on Friday, Oct. 24. The group will present a new program, "What is Your Hand in This?," as part of a national tour leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The performance takes place at 7 pm in the Clark’s Manton Research Center auditorium. In a biting exploration of American revolutionary music, they time-travel through four centuries of reimagined songs, hymns, and ballads, along with a newly commissioned work by composer Doug >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Book Talk | 01:30PM / Thursday, October 16, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Clark Art Institute hosts a book talk with author Bonnie Tsui. Tsui discusses her 2025 book "On Muscle," in which she brings her blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. The free event takes place in the Clark’s Manton Research Center auditorium at 6 p.m. In "On Muscle," Tsui traces how muscles have defined beauty—and how they have distorted it—through the ages, and how they play an essential role in our physical and mental health. Woven throughout are Tsui’s own drawings and >> Read More |
Clark Art Invites People with Dementia, Caregivers for Gallery Talk| 07:59AM / Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, Oct. 20 at 1 pm in the permanent collection galleries, the Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark, a free gallery talk program designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our shared humanity. The program, developed by the Clark's Education Department, provides a calm and caring environment in which dementia patients and their caregivers can have private access to the galleries and enjoy the benefits of sharing art together. Free. Advance >> Read More |
WCMA Hosts community Forum on Mass Timber Structure of New Museum Building Project| 03:21PM / Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) invites the community to a forum to learn more about how mass timber is reshaping the future of architecture, sustainability, and the arts at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Williams Inn Ballroom. As the first purpose-built home for the Williams College Museum of Art takes shape, this forum invites students, faculty, professionals, and the wider community to learn about design and engineering innovations driving the project forward. Framed by this year's campus theme, "On the Log," the conversation will explore how the museum's design reflects evolving relationships between art, >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Production of 'La Sonnambula'| 08:25AM / Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "La Sonnambula" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 1 pm, kicking off the 2025–26 season of The Met: Live in HD. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its Manton Research Center auditorium. According to a press release: Following triumphant Met turns in "Roméo et Juliette," "La Traviata," and "Lucia di Lammermoor," Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts The Met: Live in HD| 08:19AM / Sunday, October 12, 2025 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute airs the 2025–26 season of the Metropolitan Opera's acclaimed The Met: Live in HD series. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Unless otherwise noted, the Clark broadcasts the operas on select Saturdays at 1 pm in its Manton Research Center auditorium. Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 college students, $5 children 17 and under). Advance registration encouraged; capacity is limited. To purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events or call the box office at 413 458 0524. No refunds. October 18, 2025 La >> Read More |
Clark Art Concludes Film Series With 'Boyhood'| 08:31AM / Friday, October 10, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 16 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute concludes its Mariel Capanna film series with a screening of Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" (2014). The screening takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Inspired by Capanna's practice of imposing time constraints upon herself while painting, this five-part series celebrates the artist's work by showcasing films by directors who worked within time constraints. According to a press release: An event film of the utmost modesty, "Boyhood" (2014) was shot over the course of twelve years in Linklater's native Texas and charts >> Read More |
Community Contra Dance in Williamstown| 03:45PM / Thursday, October 09, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The North Berkshire Contra Dance will hold its monthly community contra dance on Saturday, Oct. 11, with live fiddle music, and all dances taught by caller Quena Crain. Quena Crain, who calls all over New England, provides an easy teaching style. Music will be provided by fiddler Rebecca Weiss with Seamus Connor on guitar and mandolin. Atendees can come alone or with a partner; most people change partners for each dance throughout the evening. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive by 7:30 for instruction in the basics. The dance will run 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Community Hall of the First Congregational >> Read More |
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