At Williams Public Events May 29 - June 1

Print Story | Email Story

Williams Public Events

Thursday, May 29
Senior Art Show: ... The Horse You Rode In On
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College senior students' art exhibition.

Friday, May 30
Graduate Program in the History of Art Spring Symposium
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., The Clark, 225 South Street
The Master of Arts Class of 2008 presents scholarly papers.

Friday, May 30
Senior Art Show: ... The Horse You Rode In On
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College senior students' art exhibition

Saturday, May 31
Phi Beta Kappa Induction
8:45 a.m., '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williams College
Commencement event. All are welcome.

Saturday, May 31
Sigma Xi Induction
10:00 a.m., Bronfman Science Center Auditorium, Williams College
Commencement event. All are welcome.

Saturday, May 31
Senior Art Show: ... The Horse You Rode In On
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College senior students' art exhibition

Saturday, May 31
Conversation with Honorary Degree Recipient George Shultz
10:00 a.m., Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williams College


Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Leadership Studies James McAllister will conduct a structured interview with former Secretary of State George Shultz.
Commencement event. All are welcome.

Saturday, May 31
Music Students in Concert
11:00 a.m., Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williams College
Commencement event. All are welcome.

Saturday, May 31
Lightnight
9:00 p.m., In and around Paresky Center, Williams College
There will be music and refreshments and campus buildings will be illuminated.
Commencement event. All are welcome.

Sunday, June 1
Commencement Exercises
10:00 a.m., West College Lawn, Williams College
Commencement Address by artist and sculptor Richard Serra.
All are welcome unless it rains when the event is moved in doors and tickets are necessary.

Sunday, June 1
Graduates' Reception
12:00 p.m., Chapin Hall Lawn
Immediately following Commencement Exercises, the graduates will gather with their guests and the Faculty on Chapin Hall lawn for informal greetings, congratulations, and farewells. A light lunch is served.

Sunday, June 1
Senior Art Show: ... The Horse You Rode In On
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College senior students' art exhibition

If you would like to contribute information on this article, contact us at info@iberkshires.com.

Williamstown Planning Board Narrowing in on Subdivision Bylaw Changes

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board late last month discussed specific features of what it plans to pass as a new subdivision control bylaw this year.
 
The board long has discussed the complex set of regulations as being out of date and cumbersome to both potential developers and the board itself, which has needed to hear requests for waivers of outdated rules for the handful of residential subdivisions that have been proposed in town in recent years.
 
This spring, the town engaged consultants from Northampton's Dodson and Flinker Landscape Architecture and Planning to go through the existing bylaw, compare it to more contemporary regulations in other communities and help craft a revised bylaw.
 
Unlike the zoning bylaw, where amendments require approval of town meeting, the subdivision control bylaw is a creation of the Planning Board, which can make changes on its own after a public hearing process it hopes to complete this year.
 
At a special Planning Board meeting on May 26, Dillon Sussman of Dodson and Flinker and his colleagues walked the board through a dozen different decision points that the board must resolve — either by leaving the bylaw as is or making a change — and offered suggestions based on best practices.
 
All of the issues are technical and ranged from the fundamental, like how the bylaw will define types of subdivisions, to the highly specific, like what turning radii will be required in new streets that are constructed to serve planned developments.
 
One example of a topic that came up in the recent approval of a four-home subdivision off Summer Street is stormwater management.
 
View Full Story

More Williamstown Stories