Series: Window on Williams

Bill McKibben joined the Williams Community for an Earth Week talk, "Outside the Comfort Zone: Working for Change on an Overheated Planet." McKibben is an author and environmentalist. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement. A former staff writer for the New Yorker, he writes frequently for a wide variety of publications around the world, including the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone.

Producer

Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services

Series

Window on Williams

Category

Lectures & Forums

Zambezi has been inspired by traditional Zimbabwean music as well as contemporary African styles. Zambezi’s chromatic marimbas are hybrids, combining tempered tuning with a rich and buzzy African tone.

Producer

Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services

Series

Window on Williams

Category

Lectures & Forums

James Hansen, who directs the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University spoke at Williams College on Wednesday, March 8, in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall. The title of his talk was “Global Climate Change: How Can Young People Take Charge of Their Future?”

Producer

Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services

Series

Window on Williams

Category

Lectures & Forums

Barbara Smith, an author, activist, and independent scholar who has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender, spoke at Claiming Williams on February 2, 2017. Claiming Williams is an annual event where the campus community comes together to discuss issues of race, gender, identity, religion and community.

Producer

Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services

Series

Window on Williams

Category

Lectures & Forums

The Dance Department welcomed back to Berkshire County H. T. Chen and Dancers in a residency exploring their new work South of Gold Mountain, which is an interpretation based on the images and oral histories of the Chinese who settled in the southern states prior to WWII. Lesser known were the Chinese who came to the southern states to work on plantations, widen the Augusta Canal, and build the railroads. Starting from the diaspora that led the Chinese to the South, this piece is a collective journey of these individuals. Through the power of faith, tradition, and work ethic, as well as the bonds to other Chinese families in the South, these individuals experienced, endured, and overcame their hardships. South of Gold Mountain pays tribute to the livelihoods of Chinese grocers, laundries, restaurants, and those who quietly persevered to make a difference in the communities in which they lived.

Producer

Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services

Series

Window on Williams

Category

Lectures & Forums