Images Cinema Announces 'Matewan' Reunion

07:13AM / Friday, July 17, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema has entered its first summer season following its historic theater renovation with a full slate of first-run films, repertory series, outdoor screenings, community programming, and expanded bar and lounge hours.

This season will bring the return of popular series Images Under the Stars, National Theatre Live, Nightmare on Spring Street, and Wet Hot Images Summer, as previously announced.

Also previously announced was Images' participation in Summer at the '62 Center, with our Summer of Sondheim, a new retrospective series featuring film adaptations connected to Williams College alum and musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim, taking place at the Mainstage at the '62 Center.

Images Cinema announced an additional event at the '62 Center this summer, a special highlight of the season, which is to be a benefit for Images Cinema. Williams alum John Sayles will present a special reunion screening of his landmark film "Matewan" on Saturday July 25 at 4pm at the '62 Center MainStage. A post-screening Q&A will take place immediately following, moderated by local filmmaker and archivist Rich Remsburg.

"Matewan" cast members currently confirmed to attend the screening and participate in the moderated Q&A are Williamstown native Maggie Renzi, Oscar-nominee David Strathairn, and Oscar-winner Chris Cooper. Additional participants may be announced at a future date.

"We're so excited to bring back John, Maggie, and David for another special event here in Williamstown," said Dan Hudson, Executive Director. "One of the top requests I've heard from members over the past few years is 'When are you going to do something with John Sayles again?', and I'm glad to say that not only is that day finally here, but we're going big!"

General admission tickets for the event will be $45, proceeds will benefit Images Cinema. Members of Images Cinema will have the opportunity to get early access to a pre-sale at a reduced rate of $40. The member pre-sale will begin Wednesday June 10th, and the tickets to the general public will go on-sale Wednesday June 17th.

TICKET LINK: https://www.imagescinema.org/movie/matewan-cast-reunion-a-benefit-for-images-cinema

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Firefighters Make Progress Against Wildfire on New York/Massachusetts Border

Staff Reports02:24PM / Tuesday, October 27, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — New York officials Tuesday morning reported significant progress overnight in battling a wildfire on the Massachusetts state line, with hopes of total containment as early as tonight.

"Containment right now is about 70 percent contained," N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation Lt. Eric Stratton said during a news conference telecast by Springfield, Mass., television station WWLP. "We do anticipate by the end of the day shift today … we should be between 90 and 100 percent contained if all goes according to plan."

Stratton and Rensselaer County (N.Y.) Director of Public Safety Jay Wilson met with the media and fielded questions about the fire, which currently affects 251 acres and has spread over the state line into Williamstown.

"We had a night crew working all night long, and they were able to do a lot of good work," Stratton said. "The [relative humidities] recovered nicely, so that decreased fire behavior.

"We reinforced some [fire] line, put in a new line. We are now at 251 acres."

Stratton explained that the strategy for battling the fire involves establishing a control line around the blaze and setting fire between the control line and the wildfire to consume fuel the wildfire would need to spread.

Stratton said that as of mid-morning Tuesday, 119 fire personnel from New York and Massachusetts were involved with the effort to extinguish the blaze.

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