Images Cinema Announces 'Matewan' Reunion

07:13AM / Friday, July 17, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema has entered its first summer season following its historic theater renovation with a full slate of first-run films, repertory series, outdoor screenings, community programming, and expanded bar and lounge hours.

This season will bring the return of popular series Images Under the Stars, National Theatre Live, Nightmare on Spring Street, and Wet Hot Images Summer, as previously announced.

Also previously announced was Images' participation in Summer at the '62 Center, with our Summer of Sondheim, a new retrospective series featuring film adaptations connected to Williams College alum and musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim, taking place at the Mainstage at the '62 Center.

Images Cinema announced an additional event at the '62 Center this summer, a special highlight of the season, which is to be a benefit for Images Cinema. Williams alum John Sayles will present a special reunion screening of his landmark film "Matewan" on Saturday July 25 at 4pm at the '62 Center MainStage. A post-screening Q&A will take place immediately following, moderated by local filmmaker and archivist Rich Remsburg.

"Matewan" cast members currently confirmed to attend the screening and participate in the moderated Q&A are Williamstown native Maggie Renzi, Oscar-nominee David Strathairn, and Oscar-winner Chris Cooper. Additional participants may be announced at a future date.

"We're so excited to bring back John, Maggie, and David for another special event here in Williamstown," said Dan Hudson, Executive Director. "One of the top requests I've heard from members over the past few years is 'When are you going to do something with John Sayles again?', and I'm glad to say that not only is that day finally here, but we're going big!"

General admission tickets for the event will be $45, proceeds will benefit Images Cinema. Members of Images Cinema will have the opportunity to get early access to a pre-sale at a reduced rate of $40. The member pre-sale will begin Wednesday June 10th, and the tickets to the general public will go on-sale Wednesday June 17th.

TICKET LINK: https://www.imagescinema.org/movie/matewan-cast-reunion-a-benefit-for-images-cinema

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Williamstown's Gas Supply Is at Capacity, and Economic Development Is at Stake

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com
05:48AM / Monday, September 21, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — For more than a decade, town officials have been grappling with how the Village Beautiful can spur economic development.

Last week, the Select Board heard about a major impediment the town can do nothing about.

"Berkshire Gas had reached out to me last week," Town Manager Robert Menicocci told the board during his report at the twice-monthly meeting. "I did meet with them, and they're reaching out to let us know they're out of capacity for Northern Berkshire.

"The pipeline that comes up through North Adams and feeds into us is at its maximum capacity. So there will be no additional installations for the very foreseeable and, probably, distant future."

That means that soon no more new residential or commercial hookups for natural gas will be available in town. And new development is exactly what Williamstown has been hoping to spur, particularly in its population center.

Economic development was the focus of an intensive, yearlong town study in 2015. It has been at the heart of many of the initiatives of the town's Planning Board in recent years. And it has been a rallying cry of the Finance Committee, which has consistently told residents that without "new growth" in the property tax base, the spiraling tax burden will continue to be split among existing taxpayers.

As recently as Aug. 24, during the Select Board's annual tax classification hearing, Town Assessor Christopher Lamarre told the panel why growing the tax base is the only way to avoid either cuts to town services or a Proposition 2 1/2 override vote.

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