Jan 30, 2018
Keeper of the Williams Center Sound
By Bill Landauer A frozen wave of oak washes over every performance at the Williams Center for the Arts. It captures music, spoken words, and the clatter…
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Dec 7, 2017
Percussion Ensemble Wows Williams Center
The Percussion Ensemble, boasting a record 42 student musicians, gave its fall recital to an appreciative audience at the Williams Center for the Arts…
Sep 29, 2017
Born in England, Sō Percussion’s ‘From Out a Darker Sea’ Hits Home
By Bill Landauer Adam Sliwinski’s family hails from western Pennsylvania, but recently he found his great-grandfather on the cliffs of a small town in…
Sep 12, 2017
Hollis Ashby: Artist, Meet Venue; Venue, Artist
By Bill Landauer First thing one morning in late August, Hollis Ashby found a plea for help in her inbox. Elizabeth Field, a former Pesky Artist-In-Residence…
Jun 19, 2017
Exciting Debuts and Initiatives Highlight Williams Center Performance Series
The 2017-18 Williams Center for the Arts Performance Series will include debut appearances by NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd; renowned tenor Mark Padmore…
Oct 10, 2016
Lafayette will Host 30-month Muslim Art Program
A grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) will help Lafayette fund a 30-month program to increase understanding among young adults…
May 15, 2015
Internationally Acclaimed Artists Performing at Williams Center in 2015-16
The Williams Center for the Arts is kicking off the 2015-16 season of its Performance Series with a variety of internationally acclaimed artists, including…
Jan 6, 2015
Photo Gallery: Theater Presents Song of Extinction
Song of Extinction, a play by E. M. Lewis, was performed as readers’ theater in the Williams Center Gallery. Michael Pestel’s exhibition, Requiem, Ectopistes…
Aug 4, 2014
Hollis Ashby Named Director of the Performance Series
Hollis Ashby, former associate director of Cal Performances at U.C. Berkeley, has been named director of the Performance Series at the Williams Center…
May 27, 2014
Educational Entrepreneur of the Arts: Ellis Finger Reflects on 31 Memorable Years
By Geoff Gehman ’80 Ellis Finger helped make Lafayette’s Williams Center for the Arts a multimedia mecca. Over 31 years the building’s only director…