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…
Williams Center for the Arts
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…
Mar 12, 2014
Photo Gallery: College Theater Presents Clybourne Park
Lafayette College Theater presented its production of Clybourne Park last week in the Williams Center for the Arts. View more images of Clybourne Park…
Oct 30, 2013
Photo Gallery: College Theater Presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
College Theater presented its production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Oct. 2-5 in the Williams Center for the Arts Black Box Theater.…
Dec 3, 2012
Lafayette Receives NEA Grant to Support Jazz Programming at Williams Center
Lafayette received a $15,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support up to five jazz performances by award-winning Cuban musicians…