A weekend of queer film at Images Cinema

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Williamstown - The weekend of April 14 Images Cinema will host three queer films, in association with Williams Collegeâ€™s celebration of Queer Pride Days. Screening Friday, April 14 at 5pm is SAVING FACE, a comedy about embracing oneâ€™s own identity in the face of cultural expectation. Friday, April 14 at 12 Midnight, musical cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW will screen in all of its camp glory. And on Sunday, April 16 at 9pm the Williams College Dively Fund presents a free screening of documentary GAY SEX IN THE 70s with director Joseph Lovett. More information about each film follows below. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring Street in Williamstown, MA. Friday, April 14 at 5pm: Saving Face Wil is reluctant to come out to the Chinese-American community, and tolerates her motherâ€™s set-ups with suitable men. But when Ma shows up on Wil's doorstep, pregnant and refusing to reveal the name of child's father, the tables are turned. Wil tries to find a husband for her mother before the baby is born, but ultimately both daughter and mother must learn to stand up for their own desires in the face of cultural expectation. Directed by Alice Wu. Starring Michelle Krusiec and Joan Chen. Rated R, 1 hour 31 minutes. Sponsored by Williams College Asian American Students in Action (AASiA), Department of American Studies, Theater Department, Queer Student Union (QSU), and Cinephiles. "A frothy delight, robust with strong and conflicted characters. It often is deliriously funny, thanks to Wu's decidedly raunchy sensibility."-THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday, April 14 at 12 midnight The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a story of creation, love, hate, adventure, and, sex. Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), wind up at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite alien from the planet of Transylvania in the galaxy of Transsexual. They discover they have arrived on a "special night"; Frank's newest creation is to be born! Can Brad and Janet survive all the mayhem? Directed by Jim Sharman. Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon. Rated R, 1 hour 40 minutes. Presented by the Williams College Cinephiles and Queer Student Union. "The nearly non-stop musical numbers-brilliant conflations of glam-rock and showtunes-and transgressive sexual energy keep things moving. With its fairly extreme but somehow cuddly take on sexual fluidity, it's easy to see why the appeal of RHPS hasn't waned."-THE ONION A.V. CLUB Sunday, April 16 at 9pm: Gay Sex In The 70s Q&A with director Joseph Lovett will follow the screening Gay Sex in the 70s offers a focused documentary glimpse at the twelve-year period between the Stonewall riots in 1969, which brought homosexuality to the streets, and the first reported cases of AIDS in 1981. As both a reaction against years of repression, and as a countercultural movement, the gay community in New York during this period was politically activated and sexually liberated. (Not Rated, 1 hour 12 minutes). Presented by the Williams College Dively Fund for Human Sexuality and Diversity. "Magnificent photographs, archival news footage, and location-shot porn add texture and immediacy to Joseph Lovett's fascinating memoir of the sexually explosive 12-year period."-Variety One of the few year-round single-screen cinemas left in the country, Images Cinema has been a non-profit organization for seven years. It continues to expand programming to meet the educational and cultural needs of the community, while maintaining its dedication to quality independent film. Images Cinema is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Current happenings are listed at www.imagescinema.org.

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2025 Year in Sports: Mount Greylock Girls Track Was County's Top Story

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
08:43AM / Sunday, December 28, 2025

Mount Greylock Regional School did not need an on-campus track to be a powerhouse.

But it did not hurt.

In the same spring that it held its first meets on its new eight-lane track, Mount Greylock won its second straight Division 6 State Championship to become the story of the year in high school athletics in Berkshire County.

"It meant so much this year to be able to come and compete on our own track and have people come here – especially having Western Mass here, it's such a big meet,"Mounties standout Katherine Goss said at the regional meet in late May. "It's nice to win on our own track.”

A week later at the other end of the commonwealth, Goss placed second in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles and third in the 400 hurdles to help the Mounties finish nearly five points ahead of the field.

Her teammates Josephine Bay, Cornelia Swabey, Brenna Lopez and Vera de Jong ran circles around the competition with a nine-second win in the 4-by-800 relay. And the Mounties placed second in the 4-by-400 relay while picking up a third-place showing from Nora Lopez in the javelin.

Mount Greylock's girls won a third straight Western Mass Championship on the day the school's boys team claimed a fourth straight title. At states, the Mounties finished fifth in Division 6.

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