MSNBC 'Morning Joe' Hosts to Talk Politics at Williams

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — MSNBC personalities Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will lead a presentation and discussion titled "Beyond the Midterms: A New Way Forward," Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College. This free event is open to the public but tickets are required.

Scarborough, a former Republican congressman from Florida touted as a future national candidate, and Brzezinski, a Williams Bicentennial Medalist and member of the class of 1989, will discuss with Williams students the challenges of governing in Washington today. How can the nation make tough decisions given the apparently fractious system? The session will be taped for excerpting the following day on MSNBC.

"There's a lot of questions about America and the future of the two-party system and Joe and I get asked to speak about this all the time," Brzezinski said. "We decided to get away from all of the chatter on election night and talk to America’s future leaders, so I immediately thought of my alma mater Williams."

For tickets, contact the '62 Center box office, Tuesday through Saturday, from 1 to 5 p.m. at 413-597-2425.


Scarborough is the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe." The program features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and in-depth analysis of the day's biggest stories. Scarborough served in Congress from 1994 to 2001 and served on the Judiciary and the Armed Services committees. After leaving Congress, he was named by President Bush to the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce, where he served with Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, national labor officials and business leaders.

Brzezinski is the co-host of  "Morning Joe" and of the Citadel Media radio program "The Joe Scarborough Show." In January 2010 she published her memoir, "All Things At Once," a New York Times best seller. Brzezinski has also been an anchor for "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition" and a CBS News correspondent. She is the daughter of foreign policy expert and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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WCMA: 'Cracking the Code on Numerology'

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) opens a new exhibition, "Cracking the Cosmic Code: Numerology in Medieval Art."
 
The exhibit opened on March 22.
 
According to a press release: 
 
The idea that numbers emanate sacred significance, and connect the past with the future, is prehistoric and global. Rooted in the Babylonian science of astrology, medieval Christian numerology taught that God created a well-ordered universe. Deciphering the universe's numerical patterns would reveal the Creator's grand plan for humanity, including individual fates. 
 
This unquestioned concept deeply pervaded European cultures through centuries. Theologians and lay people alike fervently interpreted the Bible literally and figuratively via number theory, because as King Solomon told God, "Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight" (Wisdom 11:22). 
 
"Cracking the Cosmic Code" explores medieval relationships among numbers, events, and works of art. The medieval and Renaissance art on display in this exhibition from the 5th to 17th centuries—including a 15th-century birth platter by Lippo d'Andrea from Florence; a 14th-century panel fragment with courtly scenes from Palace Curiel de los Ajos, Valladolid, Spain; and a 12th-century wall capital from the Monastery at Moutiers-Saint-Jean—reveal numerical patterns as they relate to architecture, literature, gender, and timekeeping. 
 
"There was no realm of thought that was not influenced by the all-consuming belief that all things were celestially ordered, from human life to stones, herbs, and metals," said WCMA Assistant Curator Elizabeth Sandoval, who curated the exhibition. "As Vincent Foster Hopper expounds, numbers were 'fundamental realities, alive with memories and eloquent with meaning.' These artworks tease out numerical patterns and their multiple possible meanings, in relation to gender, literature, and the celestial sphere. 
 
"The exhibition looks back while moving forward: It relies on the collection's strengths in Western medieval Christianity, but points to the future with goals of acquiring works from the global Middle Ages. It also nods to the history of the gallery as a medieval period room at this pivotal time in WCMA's history before the momentous move to a new building," Sandoval said.
 
Cracking the Cosmic Code runs through Dec. 22.
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