At Williams lists public events on and around campus. http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:59:37 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/11/2009#event2432 Lunchtime recital series featuring student and faculty performers. Presented by the Department of Music. All are invited to bring a lunch and listen to classical, jazz and world music. Seating is on the stage of Chapin Hall.
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More »]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:17:24 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/12/2009#event2381 The legendary jazz/funk trio returns to North Adams with a full head of steam, having just released Radiolarians III, the third installment of its 2009 3-album, 3-tour project Viva La Evolution. Admission charge.

More »]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:15:11 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/12/2009#event2546 Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; directed by Jean-Bernard Bucky; musical direction by Eric Kang. First produced in 1970, Company presented a new model for musical theatre: a theatrical montage, which attempts to explore the inner worlds of memory and desire by mobilizing well known musical forms, often in ironic confrontation with the show's characters and their urbane, witty and ambiguous lyrics. Company won six Tony Awards, and it remains one of Sondheim's most beloved and most frequently produced works. Admission $3; reservations 413-597-2425.

More »]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:32:15 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/13/2009#event2439 Experience the wonders of our universe from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector. Shows last about 50 minutes. For reservations (recommended) contact Barbara Swanson at (413) 597-2188. Others admitted as space permits. Large groups please call for special appointments.
More »]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/13/2009#event2527 Haldan Martinson, violin, and Mihail Jojatu, cello, join the orchestra for the Brahms: Double Concerto on a program that also includes Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture and Luciano Berio: Rendering. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
More »]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:00:35 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/13/2009#event2546 Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; directed by Jean-Bernard Bucky; musical direction by Eric Kang. First produced in 1970, Company presented a new model for musical theatre: a theatrical montage, which attempts to explore the inner worlds of memory and desire by mobilizing well known musical forms, often in ironic confrontation with the show's characters and their urbane, witty and ambiguous lyrics. Company won six Tony Awards, and it remains one of Sondheim's most beloved and most frequently produced works. Admission $3; reservations 413-597-2425.

More »]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:32:15 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/13/2009#event2553 As you all know, Friday Nov. 13th signals the start of Homecoming weekend (Woot!!! Woot!!!). So, with that said, start your homecoming off right with some sick spoken word from the one and only Speak Free, the spoken word group of Williams College. Come as you are and be ready to hear some of the best poetry ever to grace Goodrich Hall!]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:08:41 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/14/2009#event2460 Three Coins in the Fountain (1954, 102 min.) is a silly 1950s romance about three American secretaries finding the continental men of their dreams. Directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Clifton Webb and Dorothy McGuire, it is the first motion picture outside of the United States to be filmed in CinemaScope. Part of the Projections of Rome Film Series. Admission to the film is free.
More »]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:44:17 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/14/2009#event2546 Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; directed by Jean-Bernard Bucky; musical direction by Eric Kang. First produced in 1970, Company presented a new model for musical theatre: a theatrical montage, which attempts to explore the inner worlds of memory and desire by mobilizing well known musical forms, often in ironic confrontation with the show's characters and their urbane, witty and ambiguous lyrics. Company won six Tony Awards, and it remains one of Sondheim's most beloved and most frequently produced works. Admission $3; reservations 413-597-2425.

More »]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:32:15 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/14/2009#event2470 The 35th annual concert of the Williams Octet Alumni. Celebrating their Maestro Warren Hunke '42. Featuring a chorus of 50 voices signing their favorite Hunke arrangements, songs of Williams, and joined by special guests the current undergraduate Williams Octet. Free.]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:02:35 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/15/2009#event2536 Explore the paradoxes of ancient and modern Rome's place in the 19th century with assistant deputy director Tom Loughman. Admission is free. Fascinated by both the fantasies and realities of Rome, artists of the 19th century created a myriad of differing artistic compositions of the city. Join Loughman as he explores the artistic parallels to Italy's political and social flux during the same time.
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More »]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:48:55 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/18/2009#event2433 Lunchtime recital series featuring student and faculty performers. Presented by the Department of Music. All are invited to bring a lunch and listen to classical, jazz and world music. This week's performance features organ students.
More »]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:42:14 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/19/2009#event2505 Dr. David Demsey is Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Curator of the Living Jazz Archives, and Professor of Music at William Paterson University. He is the author of John Coltrane Plays Giant Steps and Chromatic Third Relationships in the Music of John Coltrane. An internationally known saxophonist, Dempsey is much in demand as both a jazz and classical performer.]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:34 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/19/2009#event2525 The Department of Music presents a chamber music master class for Williams students with the Jupiter String Quartet. This free event is open to the public.
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More »]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/20/2009#event2528 The Department of Music presents the Jupiter String Quartet, "One of the strongest young string quartets in the country" (New York Sun) with Haydn's Quartet in F Minor, opus 20, no. 5; Golijov’s "Yiddishbbuk"; and Beethoven's Quartet in E-flat Major, opus 127. Free, but tickets are required and available one hour prior to performance.
More »]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:07 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/20/2009#event2554 Kusika, Sankofa, and the Zambezi Marimba Band perform new work in a shared concert, "In the Spirit," celebrating the impact of African popular music, dance and storytelling in the lives of people world-wide. Box office: 413-597-2425.
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More »]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:26:01 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/21/2009#event2461 In Fellini's first film, The White Sheik (1951, 88 min., in Italian with subtitles), a newly-wed couple from the provinces makes their pilgrimage to Rome The groom (Clifton Webb) is eager to visit the Pope, while the bride (Brunella Bovo) only wants to see the third-rate Valentino of the title (Alberto Sordi). Part of the Projections of Rome Film Series. Admission to the film is free.
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More »]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:26:01 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/21/2009#event2529 The Department of Music presents the Percussion Ensemble with cutting-edge new music featuring Michal van der Aa, "Between" for percussion and electronics; works by Zoltan Jeney and Elliott Sharp; and a premiere co-written by Williams seniors Alex Creighton and Brian Simalchik.
More »]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:10:55 -0500 http://www.williams.edu/go/atwilliams/?start=11/22/2009#event2530 The Department of Music presents a new recital series for the younger audience to introduce them to various kinds of music played by young adults (aka Williams College students). This will include talking about the piece and why the student chose to play his/her instrument. No shhh'ing allowed. If a child wants to sing and dance in the aisle because the music has inspired him or her to do so, then this is encouraged. This free event is open to the public.
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