Five College Calendar of Events: April 1st, 2012

1st April 2012

Conference/Symposium



	Women, Social Justice, Documentary Symposium The Film Studies Program at Smith College will hold a two-day symposium focused on women, social justice, and documentary. This symposium will bring together some of the major women practitioners of documentary whose aim is social justice for a weekend of panel discussions, talks, and screenings. Panelists and speakers include Lourdes Portillo (keynote speaker), Cynthia Wade, Su Friedrich, Rea Tajiri, Barbara Hammer, Liza Johnson, Sonali Gulati, Joan Braderman, and Debra Zimmerman, among others. For more information about the symposium, including the program schedule and event locations, and to view the poster or download it as a PDF, go to http://www.smith.edu/filmstudies/news.html. This event is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. Presented by the Smith College Film Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Smith College Endowed Lecture Fund, the Dorius/Spofford Fund, the Film Studies Motion Picture Fund, the Departments of Government, Philosophy, and Spanish and Portuguese, the Programs in American Studies and Study of Women and Gender, the Office of Residence Life, the Five College Film Council, the Five College Lecture Fund, the Amherst College Film and Media Studies Program, and the Hampshire College Film/Photo/Video Program view event details >

Exhibitions



	Picturing Enlightenment: Thangka in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College This special exhibition marks the completion of an extensive project to conserve the Mead Art Museum’s collection of thangka (pronounced “tan-kah”)—scroll paintings of Buddhist figures. So fragile that they have remained largely inaccessible to scholars and museum visitors for nearly six decades, Amherst College’s eighteen thangka, primarily from Tibet, have been gently cleaned, stabilized, and repaired by conservators at Museum Textile Services in Andover, Massachusetts, under the leadership of Camille Myers Breeze. A generous grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and additional support from the Amherst College Department of Religion underwrote the conservation treatment. The Louis and Nettie Horch Foundation provided further support for the conservation of one thangka. For more information, visit www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/programs/2011exhib/picturingenlightenment. view event details >




	Photo Exhibition: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated Exhibit: The Gesture in Light: Illuminated by Theresa Antonellis runs from Monday Jan. 9 through Sunday May 11. A reception will be held Thursday, February 2, from 4-6pm. The exhibit consists of a related series of framed prints featuring photo-enhanced light photography by Theresa Antonellis. Info: 577-0785, mcharney@library.umass.edu view event details >




	Charles Dickens at 200 An exhibition of books by Charles Dickens from the Mortimer Rare Book Room, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Dickens birth in February 2012. The exhibition is in the Book Arts Gallery (Neilson, 3rd floor). See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information. The exhibition runs from January 15 through April 15, 2012 view event details >




	Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley Exhibition is on view from January 15 through April 15, 2012. "Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" features decorated paste papers by 19 bookbinders, most of whom live and work in the vicinity of Northampton. The exhibition marks the publication of "Paste Papers of the Pioneer Valley" in late fall 2011, and also showcases bookbindings which incorporate paste papers. All items on display are from the Mortimer Rare Book Room. The exhibition is in the Neilson Library, 3rd floor. See http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/ for library open hours, direction and other general information. view event details >




	Exhibition: Eija-Liisa Ahtila: The Annunciation February 22-May 6, 2012 The University Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present The Annunciation, a new work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, the internationally acclaimed artist from Finland who is a pioneer in the development of multi-media art. Her work explores the potential of the film medium, weaving an intricate web of references between film and theater, painting and poetry, fiction and documentary. Museum Hours: Beginning February 1, 2012 Tuesday-Friday, 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Saturday/Sunday 2-5 PM Closed Mondays and Spring Break, March 17-26 view event details >

Lecture/Reading



	Moneyball: Fact and Fiction Following a screening of the film Moneyball, Professor Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economist and nationally recognized sports economist, will present a brief talk and then lead a discussion on how the Academy Award-nominated movie differs from the book and how they both differ from the reality of the baseball business. Sponsored by the Center for Women and Financial Independence and the Department of Economics. Contact wfi@smith.edu or call x3653 for additional information. view event details >




	Gallery Talk with Photographer Frank Paulin Photographer Frank Paulin joins exhibition curator Maggie Dethloff for a public conversation about photographs included in the special exhibition "PHOTOdocument: 20th-Century American Photography and Found Text." view event details >

Music



	Saxophones UMass Saxophone Quartets & Soloists Lynn Klock, coordinator view event details >




	The Bluestockings Spring Show Come spend your April Fool's Day listening to beautiful music from the Bluestockings. The show will celebrate senior Siobhan McKissic and feature your favorite Bluesox classics as well as some brand-new songs! view event details >




	Faculty Recital Marjorie Melnick, mezzo-soprano; Estela Olevsky, piano & Delores Thayer, viola Music of Brahms, Adolphe Busch, Charles Loeffler & others $5/$10 view event details >




	April in Paris French Baroque music with a bit of Bach performed by the Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble. view event details >




	Afternoon of Opera The Smith College Glee Club, Chorus and the Amherst College Choral Society present a semi-staged concert performance of Puccinis "Suor Angelica" and favorite opera choruses. Professor Judith Gray plays Sister Angelica. To order tickets, email choirs@smith.edu. view event details >




	Concert by Men of Amherst College Choral Society and Smith College Choirs The men of Choral Society and Smith College choirs will present a concert of opera choruses. view event details >




	Oratorio. Student Ensemble concert featuring Puccini’s Suor Angelica. view event details >

Special Event



	SmiTHrift Fashion Show Come join us for the SmiTHrift Annual Fashion Show! view event details >

Theater



	Erasmo Erasmo is a tragic romance written in verse that follows the life of a young girl named Hortensia, daughter of the wealthiest man in town, who is considered cursed by the people in her town due to her lopsided mouth. Individuals with this “disfigurement” are considered to be slanderers who cannot keep secrets and, instead, repeat everything they hear. Though Hortensia longs to be accepted by her fellow townspeople and to possibly find love, she is shunned. Hortensia finally finds love in a field hand, Erasmo, who works on her father’s land. Her parents and her only friend, Agalia, warn her that love could never work between a poor man and a rich woman, like herself, and that he is probably unfaithful. While Hortensia starts suspecting Erasmo, murders start occurring daily in the town. Characters then set on an emotional journey to uncover the truth and are very surprised at what they find. Suggested donation $2-$3 Show times: 3/29 @ 7pm 3/30 @ 7pm 4/1 @2pm view event details >

Workshop



	IdeaLab: The Sustainable University IdeaLab: The Sustainable University Event Dates: Fri, March 30, 2012 - Sun, April 1, 2012 and Fri, April 20 - Sun, April 22. Berkshire Dining Commons • Private Meeting Room Southwest Residential Area UMass Amherst Campus Handicap access available Event web site: http://www.invention2venture.org/idealabumass/ Application Deadlines: March 1 (priority) and March 16 (regular) Contact: Heather Demers, demers@ecs.umass.edu, (413) 577-0231 An intensive workshop for undergraduate or graduate students passionate about protecting and preserving the planet and interested in learning how to create an innovation or viable business that addresses critical sustainability issues on university & college campuses. The workshop is free for UMass students, and Five-College or Springfield-area students can attend for $100 (scholarships are available). IdeaLab is presented by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and is part of UMass Amherst Earth Day Festival 2012 view event details >

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