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Friday, Jan. 15
Material Witnesses: Photographs of Things exhibition opens
10:00 a.m., The Clark, 225 South Street Since its invention in the early 19th century, photography has faithfully recorded the details of archaeological artifacts, works of art, and natural specimens. Many of these photographs are not as simple as they seem at first glance. This exhibition considers how documentary images are also highly mysterious works of art. On view through April 11. More...
The Soulful Landscape: Restoring the Relationship Between People and Place
12:00 p.m., The Log, Spring Street
Environmental Studies Log Lunch presentation by Erica Wheeler, award-winning singer and songwriter. Vegetarian meal: $4. Reservations: 597-2346 or szepka@williams.edu.
Film Screening: Outrage
7:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street The Williams College Queer Film Festival presents a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. More...
The Zeiss Planetarium Sky
7:30 p.m., Old Hopkins Observatory, 829 Main Street
Experience the wonders of our universe from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector. Shows last about 50 minutes. Reservations recommended: (413) 597-2188. More...Film event with director and star: My American Girls: A Dominican Story
8:00 p.m., Brooks Rogers Recital Hall This acclaimed PBS documentary depicts the experiences during one year in the life of a first-generation immigrant family from the Dominican Republic. María Elena Cepeda, Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies, introduces the film. Director Aaron Mathews and the mother in the depicted family, Sandra Ortiz, lead a discussion afterward. Williams Reads. More...
Film Screening: Travel Queeries
9:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street The Williams College Queer Film Festival presents a documentary that examines the culture, art and activism of radical queers in contemporary Europe through personal interviews and documentation of performances, festivals, multi-media visual arts and spaces. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. More...
The 87th Semiannual Williams College Trivia Contest
10:00 p.m., Broadcast on WCFM 91.9 Listen to WCFM 91.9 for 8 hours of the most intense, nerve-wracking, exhilarating, panic-inducing, fun-filled trivia competition in the world. The pre-show begins at 9 p.m. Show off your big brain by answering questions on movies, television, pop culture, music, history, geography, science, literature, politics, sports and Tonga. Register to play on your own or with a team. It's free. The broadcast is also available via Internet stream at wcfm.williams.edu. Email info@mnpigpen.com for more details. More...
Rocky Horror Picture Show
11:59 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street The Williams College Queer Film Festival presents the original cult film starring Susan Sarandon and Tim Curry with the Come Again Players of South Hadley, MA. A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter on the same night the doctor unveils his latest creation. Regular ticket prices apply; Williams College students $5. More...
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Saturday, Jan. 16
Film Screening: The Aggressives
2:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street The Williams College Queer Film Festival presents this documentary look at women who prefer to dress and act as men and who participate in NYC's predominantly African-American lesbian drag balls. Regular ticket prices apply. Free for Williams College students with ID; Admission to this film includes admission to the next film, Mom's Apple Pie. More...
Film screening: Mom's Apple Pie
3:15 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street While the beginnings of the LGBT Civil Rights movement was gaining momentum, the 1970s witnessed horrific custody battles for lesbian mothers. Mom's Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mothers' Custody Movement revisits the early tumultuous years of the lesbian custody movement through the stories of five lesbian mothers and their four children. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. Part of the Williams College Queer Film Festival. More...
Laurie Anderson In Conversation
4:00 p.m., MASS MoCA, North Adams One of the seminal artists of our time, Laurie Anderson, will talk about her latest piece, Delusion, a series of short mystery plays that jump cut between the everyday and the mythic. She's at MASS MoCA for a developmental residency before Delusion's world premiere in February at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Galleries open until 7:30 PM. Hunter Center. $10 / $20 premium seating. More...
Film screening: Hannah Free
5:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually challenge their deep love for one another. Hannah becomes an adventurous, unapologetic lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet homemaker. Weaving back and forth between past and present, the film reveals how the women maintained their love affair despite a marriage, a world war, infidelities, and family denial. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. Part of the Williams College Queer Film Festival. More...
MLK Day Concert
7:30 p.m., St. John's Episcopal Church, 35 Park St.
Kim and Reggie Harris and Charlie King and Karen Brandow, will join forces for a memorable performance. This foursome has a history of artistic collaboration spanning two decades, on stage and in the recording studio. Their music tells stories of diverse cultures in this country, interpreting our rich and challenging history. Co-sponsored by the Williams College Multicultural Center, Black Students Union, Dining Services and St. John's Church.
Northern Berkshire Chorale Winter Concert
8:00 p.m., Chapin Hall
The Northern Berkshire Chorale presents a winter concert featuring Messe de Minuit for chorus and orchestra by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The enchanting Baroque piece uses old French carols as a basis for the composition. The performance also includes Three Mystical Carols by Conrad Susa and other rare works for chorus and orchestra by Rossini and Beethoven.
Hess Is More
8:00 p.m., MASS MoCA, North Adams Combining electronic and acoustic instrumentation with looped beats and a dizzying stage show, Danish pop sensation Mikkel Hess' incredible band delivers what he calls Freestyle Disco Jazz.Think Steve Martin filtered through Lars von Trier, backed by club-ready grooves and serious jazz chops. Tickets $12 in advance/$16 at the door/$10 for students. More...
Film screening: Bandaged
9:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street Since his wife's death, Arthur, a peculiar and severe surgeon, cloisters his teen daughter Lucille inside a strange mansion. Desperate, Lucille tries to commit suicide and ends up with her face completely burned and bandaged. Arthur, with the assistance of his aunt, prepares a weird skin graft in order to give back Lucille a face, a face that resembles his beloved and deceased wife. To take care of her, the father then hires Joan, an attractive nurse with a somber past. Lucille and Joan start a forbidden and passionate love affair. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. Part of the Williams College Queer Film Festival. More...
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Sunday, Jan. 17
Film screening: The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
12:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street Raquela is a transsexual "ladyboy" from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. Part of the Williams College Queer Film Festival. More...
Film screening: Who's The Top
4:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street The Williams College Queer Film Festival presentsa fantastical S/M musical comedy, complete with Busby Berkeley-like dance sequences. One writer finds her true self by determining who's the bottom. Directed by Jennie Livingston, who will be present for a Q&A session after the next film, Paris is Burning. Regular ticket prices apply; Free for Williams College students with student ID. More...
MLK Day 2010: Mixed Media Presentation
4:30 p.m., St. John's Episcopal Church, 35 Park St.
Charlie King and Karen Brandow will present a musical history performance piece, "It Isnʼt Nice: A History of Nonviolence in the United States." This mixed-media program chronicles the inspiring history of nonviolent direct action involving many social issues starting with the Boston Tea Party and ending with Iraq veterans resisting the war. Co-sponsored by the Williams College Multicultural Center, Black Students Union, Dining Services, and St. John's Church.
Film screening: Paris is Burning; discussion with director Jenny Livingston
7:00 p.m., Images Cinema, Spring Street Jennie Livingston helped launch both the American Independent film movement and New Queer Cinema with this documentary, which won the 1991 Sundance Grand Jury Prize. An unblinking behind the scenes story of fashion obsessed New Yorkers who created "voguing" and drag balls, and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression of personal pride. This is the culmination of the Williams College Queer Film Festival. Free. More...
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Monday, Jan. 18
Weyl's Equidistribution Theorem
1:00 p.m., Bronfman 104
Math/Stats Department Colloquium by Elly Teitsworth '10. If we multiply the rational number a=p/q by the integers 1, 2, 3,..., n, the fractional parts of these products must be 0, 1/q, 2/q,..., or (q-1)/q. But what happens if the number a is irrational? More precisely, if we plot the fractional parts of a, 2a, 3a, ... on the unit interval, how will they be distributed? Using Fourier analysis and tools from real analysis, we will prove Weyl's Equidistribution Theorem, which says that these points are uniformly distributed over [0,1].
MLK Day 2010: Community Reading of Dr. King's Papers
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Baxter Hall, Paresky Center
Williamstown Elementary School essay and poem read at 4:00 p.m. All interested persons wishing to publicly read from Dr. Kingʼs writings are invited to participate. Contact: Ed Epping (eepping@williams.edu) or come to Baxter Hall in Paresky Center to join us in this public reading of Dr. King's memorable and essential thoughts. Dinner to follow in Greylock Dining Hall (5-8 p.m.). Co-sponsored by the Williams College Multicultural Center and Black Students Union, St. John's Church, and Williams College Dining Services.
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Tuesday, Jan. 19
An Application of Markov Games: "Last-Ups" Advantage in Baseball
1:00 p.m., Bronfman 104
Math/Stats Department Colloquium by Alexander Mathews '10. Traditional baseball wisdom states that having the last turn to bat (being last-up) is an advantage. An explanation of Markov games and a derivation of Nash's equilibrium will provide insight into the advantages (and disadvantages) of Last-Ups.
Panel Discussion of Junot Diaz's "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"
4:00 p.m., Griffin 3 Williams Reads 2010 celebrates Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" with a discussion of the book by Williams College faculty and staff. Panel members are Gene Bell-Villada (Romance Languages), María Elenda Cepeda (Latina/o Studies), Wayne Hammond (Chapin Library), Paul Park (English), Neil Roberts (Africana Studies), and Mérida Rúa (Latina/o Studies and American Studies). More...
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Wednesday, Jan. 20
Solving the Quintic
1:00 p.m., Bronfman 104
Math/Stats Department Colloquium by Thomas Coleman '10. Every high school student knows the quadratic formula to solve 2nd degree polynomial equations. Some college students have used the cubic formula, and even fewer the quartic formula. However nobody has ever used the quintic formula... because it does not exist! It is impossible to solve an arbitrary quintic polynomial using radicals. There are deep algebraic reasons for this fact, based on the structure of certain groups associated with the solutions to the quintic equation.
Greening the Games: Can Sustainability and Athletics Reach the Same Goals?
8:00 p.m., '62 Center for Theatre & Dance
Principal owner and board chair of the Pittsburgh Pirates Robert Nutting '84 joins Christina Cruz, athletics director at Southern Vermont College; Andrew Gardner, Middlebury College Nordic skiing coach; and Williams football player Tyler Ware '10 in an entertaining and enlightening discussion on athletics and sustainability. Williams geosciences professor David Dethier moderates the discussion. Admission is free but tickets are required and can be reserved by calling the '62 Center Box Office at (413) 597-2425 after January 12. Sponsored by: Athletics Department, Center for Environmental Studies, President's Office, and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives
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Thursday, Jan. 21
Cinema Lounge: Lie Cheat Steal and Fake It
7:30 p.m., Club B-10, MASS MoCA, North Adams The first in a series of documentaries looking at complicated ethical equations, this film by Leslie and Andrew Cockburn is "a powerful and shocking look at the subprime lending scandal," according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. "If you want to understand how the US financial system failed and how mortgage companies ripped off the poor, see this film." Tickets $8/$5 students. More... |
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Friday, Jan. 22
Literature and the Environment
12:00 p.m., The Log, Spring Street
Environmental Studies Log Lunch presentation by Jennifer French, Director of the Center for Environmental Studies and Professor of Spanish. Vegetarian meal: $4. Reservations: 597-2346 or szepka@williams.edu. All welcome.
The Zeiss Planetarium Sky
7:30 p.m., Old Hopkins Observatory, 829 Main Street
Experience the wonders of our universe from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector. Shows last about 50 minutes. Reservations recommended: (413) 597-2188. More...
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Saturday, Jan. 23
A Conversation with Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich: Life in the Theatre
8:00 p.m., Chapin Hall Frank Rich, New York Times columnist and former chief theatre critic, will conduct an onstage interview with Stephen Sondheim '50. The two will discuss Sondheim's career including his collaborations with Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, and Tim Burton; the state of the American musical theatre; Sondheim's own creative process; and his specific work on shows such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Company, Follies, and Sweeney Todd. This unscripted conversation promises to provide a most personal and engaging view of Sondheim and his life in the theatre. This event is open to the public, free of charge, but tickets are required. Click here to reserve tickets. Please call 413-597-4435 with questions or contact cgreene@williams.edu. More... |
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