Paresky Auditorium
Paresky Auditorium is often used for lectures, screenings, and performances. Located in the basement of the Paresky Center, the auditorium seats 150.
Past Events
November 2018
SASA Presents: Stand Up Comedy Unity Tour: Akaash Singh and Danish Maqbool
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- Campus Life/Student Organizations
Come to a special stand up comedy event hosted by the Williams South Asian Student Association in collaboration with multiple academic departments and student organizations! The event will be this Friday night at 7:30 in Paresky Auditorium!
Find out more »The American Immigrant in Short Film
The Coalition for Immigrant Student Advancement present four short films addressing Dreamers, family separation, and the undocumented immigrant as a part of our Immigrant Week. 11/14, Paresky Auditorium, 8:30 PM. We will have snacks!
Find out more »February 2019
CDE Intercultural Night, Saturday 2/2 at 7 PM
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- Performances
Join us for CDE Intercultural night on Saturday, February 2 at 7 PM in the Paresky Auditorium. Enjoy a performance featuring music, dance, songs, and fashion from the CDE fellows' countries. It's a wonderful opportunity to learn more about this year's class and the countries they represent. Intercultural night is open to all members of the Williams and Williamstown community.…
Find out more »BSU Presents: Boots Riley! (Black History Month Keynote 2/6 in Paresky Auditorium. 7:30pm)
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- Campus Life/Student Organizations
Join us in celebrating this years Black History Month keynote, brought to you by the Black Student Union. Activist, rapper, producer, screenwriter, and director of the acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley is coming to campus to talk about his activist and artistic work, as well as the making of his debut film. There will be time for questions…
Find out more »POSTPONED: “Jewel’s Catch One”
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
"Jewel's Catch One" | February 19th at 7:00 pm | Paresky Auditorium | Talkback led by Prof. Kai Green
Find out more »April 2019
Considering the Case for Campus Free Expression
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
What are we allowed to say? Should there be restraints on ideas and public discourse? On Wed., April 3, the Society for Conservative Thought will host "Considering the Case for Campus Free Expression" to explore these questions and more.
Find out more »The Williams Summit on Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital 2019
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- Graduate and Career Services
The Williams Summit is a conference designed to bring together entrepreneurial minds in the Williams College community.
Find out more »Social Change Film Series: The Mask You Live In
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
The Mask You Live In April 16th 2019 Paresky Auditorium Talkback led by Kendra Werst The Social Change Film Series is a collaboration between the Davis Center at Williams College, the Multicultural Resource Center at MCLA, and the Office of Student Engagement at Bennington College. The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true…
Find out more »Lecture: Dr. Dorceta Taylor, “Diverse Perspectives on Food Access in Communities of Color”
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Lecture: “Diverse Perspectives on Food Access in Communities of Color," by Dr. Dorceta Taylor, James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice and the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at U Michigan.
Find out more »The Earthweek Keynote Address: “Wizard and the Prophet,” Charles C. Mann
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Charles Mann is a journalist and author specializing in environmental and scientific topics. His book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus won the National Academies Communication Award for best book of the year. He is the coauthor of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired. His talk will focus on his most recent book, The Wizard and the Prophet (2018), which details two…
Find out more »September 2019
DC Social Change Film Series: “A Decade of Fire” on September 4th @ 7PM in Paresky Auditorium
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- Community Engagement
Please join us for the kick off of the DC Social Change Film Series!
WHAT: Film screening of "A Decade of Fire" (for more details, see link below), talkback to follow with Ceci Del Cid
WHERE: Paresky Auditorium
WHEN: Sep 4, 2019 at 7PM
October 2019
DC Social Change Film Series: “Food Chains” on October 16th @ 7PM in Paresky Auditorium
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- Community Engagement
Please join us for our DC Social Change Film Series!
WHAT: Film screening of "Food Chains" (for more details, see link below), talkback to follow with Caroline Bruno & April Merleaux
WHERE: Paresky Auditorium
WHEN: Oct 16, 2019 at 7PM
Adam Foss: "Swords and Shields: A Discussion of Power, Privilege, and Opportunity"
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Adam Foss is a former Assistant DA in the Juvenile Division of the Suffolk County DA's Office in Boston, and a fierce advocate for criminal justice reform and the importance of the role of the prosecutor in ending mass incarceration.
Find out more »November 2019
Larry Spotted Crow Mann – Award Winning Native American Story Teller, Poet, and Tribal Drummer
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Larry Spotted Crow Mann- Award Winning Nipmuc Traditional Story Teller, Poet, Cultural Educator, and Tribal Drummer /Dancer
Find out more »Lauret Savoy, "Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape"
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Dr. Lauret Savoy, David B. Truman Professor of Environmental Studies & Co-Chair of Environmental Studies, Mt Holyoke College, will read from her book "Trace" and engage in discussion.
Find out more »DC Social Change Film Series: “Marathon for Justice” on November 20th @ 7PM in Paresky Auditorium
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- Community Engagement
Please join us for our monthly Social Change Film Series!
WHAT: Film screening, "Marathon for Justice" with talkback by Christine DeLucia
WHEN: November 20, 2019, 7PM
WHERE: Paresky Auditorium
An Evening with Mark Feuerstein
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Actor and producer Mark Feuerstein has received critical acclaim for his roles in feature film, television and theater. He is best known for his lead role as Dr. Hank Lawson in the series Royal Pains. In addition to directing many episodes of Royal Pains, he co-created, with his wife, Dana Klein a show for CBS, 9JKL, that he also starred in.…
Find out more »December 2019
DC Social Change Film Series: “Intelligent Lives” on December 4th @ 7PM in Paresky Auditorium
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- Community Engagement
Please join us for our monthly Social Change Film Series!
WHAT: Film screening, "Intelligent Lives" with talkback hosted by G.L. Wallace
WHEN: December 4, 2019, 7PM
WHERE: Paresky Auditorium
January 2020
WOC and WRLF present "a Layman's History of Williamstown's Trees" on 1/18 at 11 am in Paresky Aud.
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
WOC and the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation (WRLF) will be hosting a talk by Dustin Griffin titled “A Layman’s History of Williamstown’s Trees” on Saturday, January 18 at 11 a.m. at the Paresky Center Auditorium of Williams College.
Find out more »Naila and the Uprising Film Screening! THURS, 1/23, 7pm, Paresky Auditorium
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Are you interested in Palestine-Israel? Feminism? Learning more about how these things are intertwined? Hearing the behind-the-scenes of making a documentary? If so, join us for a screening of Naila and the Uprising, a film by Just Vision!
Find out more »DC Social Change Film Series: “The True Cost” on January 29th @ 7PM in Paresky Auditorium
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- Community Engagement
Please join us for our monthly Social Change Film Series!
WHAT: Film screening, "The True Cost" with talkback hosted by Vivian Huang
WHEN: January 29, 2020, 7PM
WHERE: Paresky Auditorium
February 2020
Social Change Film Series: Too Black to Be French, Wed. 02/19/2020 at 7 p.m. at Paresky Auditorium
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- General Announcements
In this documentary film, Isabelle Boni-Claverie explores the role of race and the persistence of racism in France, as well as the impact of the French colonial past.
Find out more »Film screening: Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019) by Pedro Almodovar
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
PAIN AND GLORY tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Winner of the Goya Award for Best Film and nominated by the Academy Awards for best International Feature Film.
Find out more »CDE Intercultural Night, Saturday 2/22 at 7 PM
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- Performances
Join us for CDE Intercultural night on Saturday, February 22 at 7 PM in the Paresky Auditorium. Enjoy a performance featuring music, dance, songs, and fashion from the CDE fellows’ countries.
Find out more »March 2020
‘Alone in Fukushima’: A Documentary Screening on 3/13-CANCELED
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
A documentary screening marking the anniversary of the 3.11.2011 Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Ostriches, cows, hogs, cats, a pony and a dog…and a single person remain in the nuclear zone in Fukushima.
Find out more »March 2022
French and Francophone Film Festival: Film Director, Amandine Gay, Lecture in English
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
The day after her film showing, film director, Amandine Gay will give a talk entitled "Practicing intersectionality and being actively antiracist : working towards equality and social justice is a dirty job, are you still up for it?"
Find out more »April 2022
EARTHWEEK Keynote: IS IT TOO LATE? Moving into a decisive decade for addressing climate crisis…
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- General Announcements
IS IT TOO LATE? As we move into this decisive decade for addressing the climate crisis, our ability to ensure a just transition will determine whether we win or lose. Earthweek Keynote by Danielle Deane '97, Bicentennial Medalist 2019.
Find out more »Improv Comedy Show Saturday 8pm in Paresky Auditorium!!
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- Performances
Isaac Wilkins! Melia Hagino! Noah Cohen-Greenberg! Owen Foster! Izzy Levi! Ethan Cooper! Shenba Vairavan! Darlie Kerns! Obi Nwako (in spirit)! Greer Ingoe-Gerney! David Wignall!
Come to Paresky Auditorium at 8pm to see these funny folk!
Find out more »September 2022
Virtual Panel on Current Political Situation in Nicaragua (Spanish/English Bilingual Event)
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
English Join us for a virtual panel about the ongoing political crisis occurring in Nicaragua. Since April 2018, Nicaraguans have been affected by increasingly serious government repression, even leaders within the Catholic Church have been silenced -- this has extended into every aspect of Nicaraguan life. In 2018 alone, 300+ civilians, including many university students, lost their lives during anti-government…
Find out more »October 2022
Film Screening & Talk: Minamata
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
The photojournalist W Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coaster communities, Minamata in Japan. Based on Eugene and Aileen Smiths’ book "Minamata."
Find out more »March 2023
Berkshire Community Action Council (BCAC) Anti-Poverty Forum
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- Community Engagement
BCAC needs your input... join the conversation on poverty with special guest State Senator Paul Mark and a panel of local experts. Coffee & light breakfast at 9:30am, conversation begins at 10am. Free lunch provided. RSVP required.
Find out more »April 2023
Ballroom Short Film Screening Fri. 6:15pm
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
In honor of Trans Day of Visibility, come to the Paresky Auditorium and watch three short films about the predominantly Black and Latinx trans/queer ballroom scene! There will be pizza!
Find out more »November 2023
3 x 13: Film Screening, Q & A with Zoe Rabinowitz & Mohammed Smahneh from Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
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- Arts at Williams
This 2021 film was produced by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre; directed by Eimi Imanishi; choreographed by Samar Haddad King; with original music composed by Lou Tides. The film 3 X 13 explores the singularity of the individual and the universality of the human experience. In 12 short films with original music by Lou Tides, 12 artists from around the globe (Cuba,…
Find out more »December 2023
NUH-MI-BEE-UHN – Germany’s Forgotten Genocide in South West Africa: Film Screening and Q&A
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
NUH-MI-BEE-UHN - Germany's Forgotten Genocide in South West Africa. Film Screening, Q&A and Art Installation. Hambira’s presentation will draw together personal and historical contexts about Germany’s colonial history in today’s Namibia.
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