Williams College News

As the curator lifts the glassine-like tissue on the museum's classroom table, the painting is familiar.

The fifth annual Sugar Hill Folk Festival will take place on Sunday, Aug. 16, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., at Sugar Hill Senior Living Community, on the lawn of the Crane Mansion, 45 Main St.

It isn't necessary to travel to Washington, D.C., to see a complete set of the country's founding documents.

President James Garfield was shot and mortally wounded in Washington on July 2, 1881 as he walked through the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station on his way to catch a train to go to Williamstown, Mass., where he was to deliver a commencement speech at Williams College, from which he graduated with high honors in 1856.

Starting next month, the Campus Center Hotel at the University of Massachusetts will start paying taxes to the town, ending a town-gown debate that's gone on for at least 15 years.

Why would a 61-year-old civilian surgeon volunteer for Iraq? By KARL ROVE At a dinner last week in California, I was reminded of the debt we owe to those who have, for 233 years, sustained our freedom and independence.

To hear lifelong Williamstown resident Ralph Renzi tell it, the Williamstown Theatre Festival didn't just spring to life 55 years ago, it sprinted, "I figured it would succeed, but not to the extent it has," Renzi, 88, said during a recent telephone conversation from his Williamstown home.

Drawings appearing in books by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are among the works of a late British illustrator now in the care of the Chapin Library at Williams College.

Promoting the Village Beautiful is the focus of a group made up of local business owners and community members, who have come together to organize a series of weekend street fairs beginning next month.

The Ramsey Lewis Trio will open Aurora University's ninth annual Music by Lake series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at The Ferro Pavilion at George Williams College of Aurora University, located on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wis.

On an early June morning, a group throat singing session was scheduled in Chapin Hall at Williams College.

Williamstown, Mass . - " In partnership with the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art presents Prendergast in Italy, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings by American artist Maurice B. Prendergast.

So joyous were the 251 graduates from Harding High School, they had to be told to slow down as they marched a step or two ahead of Pomp and Circumstance, into the Arena at Harbor Yard Monday at the school's 83rd Commencement Ceremony.

After four years of displaying an unshakable work ethic and a commitment to academic excellence, Kyle Werner and Hannah Wang graduated on Saturday as Lake Forest High School's valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

A hard frost in the middle of May and several lighter ones heading into June have made it a tough spring for local farmers.

Click on picture to enlarge image and view caption. Seventeen seniors from local high schools received $67,000 in scholarships from the Rotary Club of Menlo Park last week in ceremonies at the club's regular meeting.

Make your plans to attend today. Register for a late addition workshop: Social Media as an Organizing Tool.

After backpacking around South East Asia, Princess Eugenie is now all set to visit Africa during her gap year before starting University.

On Wednesday, June 10th, Representative Nikki Tsongas officially congratulated both houses of the Massachusetts State Legislature for passing a resolution written by Mass Power Shift student leaders in partnership with State Senator Marc Pacheco and Representative Frank Smizik in a statement in the congressional record.

London based Bridgeman Art Library, a specialty library featuring fine art, history and culture related images, has announced that it now represents Over 200 fine art images from the The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute.