New York Times lawyer David McCraw to speak at Williams College
Williamstown — New York Times vice president and assistant general counsel David E. McCraw will speak at Williams College on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p.m. McCraw will speak on “Freedom of the Press in the Age of Trump” in Room 3 of Griffin Hall.
McCraw authored the Times’ response to a request from an attorney for Donald Trump to retract an article printed on Oct. 12, 2016, in which two women accused Trump of touching them inappropriately, and issue an apology. McCraw declined the request on behalf of the Times, saying, “It would be a disservice not just to our readers but to democracy itself to silence their voices.”
Responsible for newsroom legal issues and litigation, McCraw has been at the Times since 2002. He is a member of the executive committee of the New York City Bar and the former chair of its Communication and Media Law Committee. He also serves on the Vance Center Committee. An adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, he is a graduate of Albany Law School, Cornell University and the University of Illinois.
For building locations on the Williams campus, consult the online map or call the Office of Communications at (413) 597-4277.
–E.E.
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Stockbridge Library to begin film series
Stockbridge — The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives will launch its Tuesday Night Film Series on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 5 p.m. The series will continue for four months and include the food-themed films “Chef” (2014) on Tuesday, Jan. 10; “Mostly Martha” (2001) on Tuesday, Feb. 14; “Eat Drink Man Woman” (1994) on Tuesday, March 14; and “Big Night” (1996) on Tuesday, April 11. All films are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, contact the library at (413) 298-5501 or info@stockbridgelibrary.org.
–E.E.
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Piano four-hands house concert
Stockbridge — On Sunday, January 15, at 4 p.m., the New Marlborough Village Association will present a piano four-hands concert with the Lev-Evans Duo at a private Stockbridge home.
Born in Jerusalem, Gili Melamed-Lev was a scholarship student at the Juilliard School and Montclair State College and is the founder and artistic director of the Concerts at Camphill Ghent. She teaches, performs and gives master classes at the Schenectady County Community College School of Music and also works with students at Williams College. Her recordings include “The Snow Goose” and an album with flutist Elyce Perico.
A graduate of the Mannes College of Music with a degree in piano performance, Mark Evans holds a master’s degree from the College of St. Rose. He is assistant professor of piano at the Schenectady County Community College School of Music and director of its chamber music series. He has appeared in concert with the Hyperion Quartet, the Esopus Chamber Ensemble and Musicians of Ma’alwyck as well as with mezzo-soprano Lucille Beer and soprano Emalie Savoy.
The duo’s debut CD, due out later this month, features the Brahms Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.65a, Schubert’s F minor Fantasy, Philip Lasser’s Madrigal Fanfare and Brahms Sextet Op. 18.
The performance will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Seating is limited and reservations are required. For tickets and more information, contact the New Marlborough Village Association at (413) 229-2785 or contact@newmarlborough.org.
–E.E.
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Great Barrington Republican Town Committee meeting
Great Barrington — The Great Barrington Republican Town Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 5:30 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Room at the Town Hall, 334 Main St. The agenda will include the upcoming elections, warrant articles, the school and town budget, sanctuary cities and towns and possible recall. All are welcome to attend and free to speak. For more information, contact Andy Moro at amoro47@gmail.com or Patrick Fennell at (413) 528-9106.
–E.E.
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‘The Apples of Our ‘i’’ digital art exhibit
Sheffield — Berkshire School’s Warren Family Gallery will host an opening reception for “The Apples of Our ‘i,’” a digital art exhibit by John and Nina Lipkowitz, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibit will be on display through Friday, March 10.
Intrigued by the creative possibilities of using Apple portable devices to make art, John and Nina Lipkowitz wanted to create a show combining Nina’s mid-century, abstract iPad prints with John’s iPhone photographs taken at Hancock Shaker Village and digitally processed with antiquing filters to mimic historical photographic processes and various aging effects.
Nina Lipkowitz was born and spent most of her adult life in New York City, where she received her degree in art history and later studied at the Art Students League. She has been a sculptor, a potter, a painter and a yoga teacher. Living in Great Barrington, she has found her voice painting watercolors and abstract iPad paintings printed as archival pigment prints.
For more than five decades photographer and former New York City attorney, John Lipkowitz has loved visiting living museums. During a visit to Hancock Shaker Village in 2014, after having read about and seen examples of the uses of iPhone photography, he traded his traditional camera for his iPhone and some of the antiquing filters then available.
For more information, call (413) 229-1265.
–E.E.
