Williamstown Summer 2010

hewe::Copied from Summer 2009 Every summer, many students foolishly choose to spend the three-month break in Williamstown. This page records 2010's incarnation of this practice: the students on campus, where they will live and dine, any notable events, and the like.

Summer 2010

Dining

Paresky

Housing

Housing: Currier, Prospect, Gladden, Poker Flats
SMALL: Garfield

Concerts

Wilco Sound Festival at Mass Moca on August 13-15.

Places to go and Things to do

You can easily get by without a car during the school year. But when that 9-5 job ends, you're not left with much else to do because this is Williamstown, MA, after all. Here are some places in the "area" to spend some luxury time.

• Pittsfield is a bit closer than Vermont with 2 decent lakes. It's a "city." There's also Barrington Stage and The Colonial if you're interested in theatre/cultural activities and have seen everything at Williamstown Theatre Festival already.

• Lake Shaftsbury, VT. A short 45 minute drive away, Lake Shaftsbury offers a nice big lake with walking path around the lake, a dirt volleyball area, a wide open field for frisbee throwing and other events, paddleboats for rent, and more! $2 or $3 per person. Directions.

• Tanglewood. This performance space of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops is located in Lenox and is an outstanding location for a picnic and a concert. Try to get there before the end of the summer.

• Williamstown Theater Festival. It's here again this year. Students are allowed to purchase "Student Rush Tickets" to all performances starting three hours before curtain for $15. Otherwise, shows are pretty expensive, but it's an opportunity to see some good theater without going very far.

Students on campus

Here are those in the Purple Valley for the summer of 2010. Please add yourself with your class ('10s at the top, '13s at the bottom).

Name	Year	Job	Housing
Veronica Rabelo	11	PSYC thesis	Unknown
Nat Hewett	11	ECON Research	Unknown
Lisa Merkhofer	11	GEOS thesis	Unknown
Casey Lyons	11	Chem thesis	Gladden
Robby Finley	11	PHIL thesis	Unknown
Jen Oswald	11	WCMA Education Intern	TBA
Michaela Morton	12	Tourguiding	Unknown
Tyisha Turner	12	Summer Theatre Lab	Prospect
Emily Stein	12	Sawyer lib. assistant	Unknown