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Clark Art Talk on 'Secrets From the Press'| 08:36AM / Monday, August 14, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—On Wednesday, Aug. 23, the Clark Art Institute presents a talk on Jan van der Straet's major print "The Invention of Copper Engraving," acquired just last year. Curatorial Assistant for Works on Paper Allison Marino reveals lesser-known facts about the early modern printer's workshop. The talk takes place at 1 pm in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clarks collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Free. Capacity is limited. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events. According to a press release: In this talk, Marino considers how the print transports the >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Talk on Edvard Munch's 'Imaginary Worlds'| 08:32AM / Friday, August 11, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, Aug. 19, the Clark Art Institute hosts a talk by art historian and Professor of Art History at Wellesley College Pat Berman, who explores Edvard Munch's alternative worlds. Offered at 2 pm in the Clark's auditorium, the talk is presented in conjunction with the Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth exhibition. The event is free. According to a press release: Through his visual art and his writings, Munch offered speculation about alternative worlds, those that animate the tangible world on Earth as well as forces in the larger universe. In an era in which science fiction matured as a genre, a variety of radiant >> Read More |
In Williamstown, 'An Odd Summer' as Merchants See Drop in TourismBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:36AM / Friday, August 11, 2023 | |
The Williamstown Theatre Festival came back from the pandemic in 2021 with 64 performances, including three outdoor shows. This year, there were a total of 26 performances during a one-month run. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — As early as March, town officials were expressing concern that a drop in offerings from the Williamstown Theatre Festival would impact summer tourism revenue. Last weekend, when the curtain dropped on a curtailed WTF season, it was clear those concerns were valid. "What we have seen in the last 15 or 16 years is people love to stay in North County," said Ashwan Malhotra, owner of the Maple Terrace hotel on Main Street. "They come here >> Read More |
Clark Art Hosts Nature Hike | 12:22PM / Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, Aug. 17 at 5:30 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts a nature hike along the Stone Hill trails. Bud Wobus, professor emeritus of geology at Williams College, introduces the hike; then the Clark's Head of Public Programs Will Schmenner leads the hike. According to a press release: Exploring the 500 million-year geologic history of Stone Hill, Wobus traces the processes of mountain building and erosion, bracketed by two vastly different shorelines, that have sculpted the hill we see today. Afterwards, Schmenner guides participants to sites along the Stone Hill trails, connecting the geologic story to the hill's present >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Some Like it Hot'| 12:04PM / Tuesday, August 08, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Clark Art Institute screens Some "Like it Hot." The film is shown as part of the Clark's five-part Summer Outdoor Movie Series. The film screens outdoors near the Clark's Reflecting Pool, beginning at dusk (7:55 pm). According to a press release: One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy. After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group's >> Read More |
Clark Art Talk on British Photo Tourism| 12:02PM / Monday, August 07, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Clark Art Institute presents a talk focusing on works by nineteenth-century British photographers. Williams College/Clark Graduate Curatorial Intern Eva Dailey discusses how photography functioned both as a novel artistic enterprise and as archival documentation contributing to the emergence of photo-tourism. The talk takes place at 1 pm in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. In this talk, Dailey explores how the medium played an integral role in the nineteenth century archeological project and will here be >> Read More |
Q&A: Berkshires' Rick D'Elia Talks About His Vampire ComedyBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:50PM / Sunday, August 06, 2023 | |
Rick D'Elia grew up in the Berkshires before launching his comedy career. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Berkshire County's Rick D'Elia is doing something Christopher Nolan couldn't — taking a movie screen away from billion-dollar "Barbie." Images Cinema on Sunday night is hosting a special screening of the film "Don't Suck," written by the Cheshire native. The event, organized by Berkshire Mountain Comedy Arts Festival, starts at 7 followed by a discussion with D'Elia. The film follows a veteran comedian mentoring a new young comic with blood-sucking tendencies. It stars some well-known comic names >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Our Hospitality'| 04:00PM / Friday, August 04, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 9, the Clark Art Institute screens "Our Hospitality." The film is shown as part of the Clark's five-part Summer Outdoor Movie Series. The film screens outdoors near the Clark's Reflecting Pool, beginning at dusk (8:05 pm). According to a press release: "Our Hospitality" (1923; 1 hour, 14 minutes) broadened the boundaries of slapstick and justified the European avant-garde's fascination with American comedy. Just a few years after women had won the right to vote in the United States, Buster Keaton retools the classic story of the Hatfields and the McCoys in order to figuratively (and >> Read More |
Clark Art Presents Concert By Kathleen Edwards | 12:26PM / Tuesday, August 01, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute wraps up its five-part outdoor concert series with a performance by Katheen Edwards. The free outdoor concert takes place near the Reflecting Pool. According to a press release: The daughter of a Canadian diplomat, Kathleen Edwards cultivates a political worldview through her songwriting, sympathetically articulating the triumphs and heartbreaks of human experience. The evening of folk-rock music is colored by the power and emotion in Edwards' vocals. Before Kathleen Edwards takes the stage, local musician Wes Buckley opens with a short set of his affable, affirming folk >> Read More |
Clark Art Outdoor Movie Series: 'Playtime'| 12:22PM / Friday, July 28, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute presents five film screenings as part of its summer outdoor movie series On Aug. 2 at 8:15pm the film "Playtime" will be screened. According to a press release: Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with "Playtime" (1967; 2 hours, 4 minutes). For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its >> Read More |
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