Triplex Cinema, Jacob's Pillow Announce 'The Red Shoes' Screening Fundraiser

08:57AM / Thursday, March 27, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Triplex Cinema and Jacob's Pillow have announced a special screening of the film "The Red Shoes" to benefit the Triplex Cinema.

The screening will take place on Saturday, April 5, at 3:00 PM. Speakers at the event will include Norton Owen, Director of Preservation at Jacob's Pillow, and Lynn Garafola, Professor Emerita of Dance, Barnard College.

Tickets are available for $75 at www.thetriplex.org.

"The Red Shoes," directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and released in 1948, is a film about ballet. The film underwent a digital restoration at the UCLA Film and Television archive between 2006 and 2008.

The film's plot is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale and includes a ballet sequence. The film features Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, and Ludmilla Tcherina. Filming locations included London, Monte Carlo, and the Cote d'Azur.

The film explores the theme of the tension between art and life. Anton Walbrook portrays Boris Lermontov, a character based on Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes.

Norton Owen will participate as a guest speaker.

Lynn Garafola is a dance historian and critic.

The Triplex Cinema is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

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Williamstown Child Dies in Collision with Motor Vehicle

iBerkshires.com10:21AM / Saturday, August 08, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A 7-year-old Williamstown child died Friday evening after a collision with a motor vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Buxton Hill Road, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office announced on Saturday morning.

Neither the child nor the driver were identified in the release. The child, Max Rothschild of Williamstown, was formally identified by the DA's Office on Monday. The driver has not been identified and the incident remains under investigation.

The vehicle was traveling east on Main Street, and the child, riding a bicycle, was headed down Buxton Hill Road toward Main, according to the DA.

"Preliminary information suggests that the bicyclist unintentionally entered Main Street where they were struck by the involved vehicle," the news release read.

The child died at the scene of the accident, the news release said.

"The driver of the vehicle was not impaired by alcohol or drugs," the news release said. "The bicyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision."

The investigation remains active.

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