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This Week in Williamstown: Aug. 30-Sept. 7

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WEEKLY ARTMAKING: IN PLEIN SITE
Thursday, August 30, 1 - 4 p.m.

Look outside the galleries and find a special demonstration by a visual artist working en plein air on the Clark’s campus. Get inspired by their work and by the paintings on view in special exhibition, Women Artists in Paris, and stop by our Visitor Picnic Tent to create a custom thumbnail watercolor kit—a pocket-sized palette perfect for the artist on the go.
 
THE CHALET
Thursday, August 23, 5:30 p.m.
Mass MoCA

Live Music Schedule:
August 30: Drag Night with The Weekend Warriors

The Chalet, Oh, Canada artist Dean Baldwin’s-sculpture-turned-river-side-beer-garden for just one night each week. 
 
This week Purple Dragon Games is hosting:
Thursday, August 30, 6 - 10 p.m., Open Board Games
Friday, August 31, 6:30 - 10 p.m., Friday Night Magic Draft
Sunday, September 2, 2 - 5 p.m.Dungeons & Dragons
Wednesday, September 5, 6 - 10 p.m., Magic the Gathering Brawl
 
Musical Bingo
Thursday, August 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Mingo's Sports Bar & Grill
 
If you love music, than you'll love Musical Bingo. Similar to Bingo but instead of numbers being called out DJ Bizz will play 45 seconds of a song and you need to cross it off your card...that's if you have it!!! And don't worry if you don't know the song, you can always ask your friend. Free to play and lots of great prizes to win.  FREE.
 
Drop-In Construction Q&A
Friday, August 31, 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Spring Street Market

Members of the College’s office of Design and Construction will be on hand to answer any of your questions.
 
Live Music featuring:  Lighten Up
Friday, August 31, 6 - 9 p.m.

Enjoy great music and good food.
 
Lita Williams
Friday, August 31, 7 - 10 p.m.

Stop by Gala to see Lita Williams perform live!
 
Saturday, September 1, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Spring Street Parking Lot
 

ALL LOCAL offerings ~ find farmers, bakers, chefs, artisans, and musicians, plus picnic tables with umbrellas!
Rain or Shine.

 
 
Tasting: GluFREEgan
Saturday & Sunday, September 1 & 2
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.


We will be having a tasting of our delicious pancakes!
 
 
Art Opening - Color Spaces
Saturday, September 1, 5 - 7 p.m.
The Left Bank, North Bennington
 

CORY HENRY & THE FUNK APOSTLES
Saturday, September 1, 8 p.m.

As a member of jazz-R&B collective Snarky Puppy, Cory Henry has won three Grammy Awards and earned a spot on the proverbial Mount Rushmore, among the greats who play contemporary keys. His newest endeavor is the flaming hot Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles — a blend of funk, gospel, and jazz that sends limbs flailing.

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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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