Five College Calendar of Events: February 27th, 2005

27th February 2005

Community



	Ecumenical Worship Service All are welcome to join us! view event details >




	"Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100" Free. view event details >




	Catholic Mass All are welcome to join us! view event details >




	Auditions: Spring Festival of One Acts Auditions for the Spring Festival of One Acts, Department of Theatre at Smith. Showcases our directing students; advisor Ellen W. Kaplan, professor of acting and directing. Auditions are open to all Five College students and the general community. view event details >




	Zazen Meditation Join professor Tadanori Yamashita. view event details >

Exhibitions



	Sally Curcio� Family Resemblences Drawing and painting by local artist. Exhibit runs: February 1-March 1. Gallery hours: Mon-Thurs noon-6 pm; Sun 2-5 pm. view event details >




	"Town and Country: Modern Life in America" The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College presents the exhibition "Town and Country: Modern Life in America" from Jan. 18 May 29, 2005. Selected from the rich holdings of the Mead�s American collection, "Town and Country: Modern Life in America" offers images by 43 artists who recorded life in America between 1900 and 1950. Organized by Trinkett Clark, the curator of American art at the Mead, this exhibition includes paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, photographs, and sculpture. Together, the work demonstrates that even while the country was immersed in two world wars and the general population was suffering from harrowing economic conditions, a sense of steadfast optimism and integrity prevailed. Among the artists included in the exhibition are Berenice Abbott, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Ilse Bing, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, Dorothea Lange, Blanche Lazzell, George Luks, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, Maurice Prendergast, Aaron Siskind, Edward Steichen, Marion Post Wolcott, and Grant Wood. Related programming for this exhibition includes gallery talks by Carol Clark (Professor of Fine Arts and American Studies), Betsey Garand, (Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts), and Trinkett Clark as part of the Noon at the Mead Series. In addition, the Mead is sponsoring a film series of black and white classic movies produced during the era. There will also be a lecture by Dr. Kathleen Spies, Assistant Professor of Art History at Birmingham-Southern College, on Thurs., March 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Stirn Auditorium. This event is made possible by the generous assistance of the Department of Fine Arts. A reception will follow at the Mead Art Museum. For more information about the exhibition and related events, please call the Mead Art Museum at 413/542-2235 or visit the Website, http://www.amherst.edu/mead. The exhibition and special programs are free and open to the public. The Mead is open between Jan. 18 and Jan. 30 from noon to 4:30 p.m. Beginning Feb. 1, the Museum resumes regular hours: Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursdays until 9 p.m. and closed on Mondays. view event details >




	Fine Arts Department Exhibition Works by Howard McCalebb, 2005 Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Fine Arts, Feb. 21-March 11, 2005. Gallery hours: Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. view event details >




	Letters From a Small Room: Contemporary Sequential Art by Women Exhibition runs through February 28. Closed Mondays. view event details >




	Kristen Madsen: "Reflections" Local furniture designer Kristen Madsen. Drawings, sample boards, and finished furniture concentrating on the carved surface. view event details >




	Japanese Picture Books from the Collection of George Cash On exhibit in the Mortimer Rare Book Room third floor through February. Closed for lunch from 12-1p.m. view event details >

Film/Video



	"Living with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100" Free view event details >

Lecture/Reading



	The use of seed catalogs over the centuries With 40,000 seed catalogs, the horticultural society has one of the largest collections of seed catalogs. Maureen Horn will speak on the use of seed catalogs over the centuries and how they have evolved. Part of The Historic Deerfield Winter Lecture series, featuring three experts who will speak on the Shaker seed industry, Victorian seed catalogs and the role of Chinese plants in American gardens. See 1/23/05 and 3/20/05 to view the other lectures. view event details >




	Mollie Rogers 1905: Her Vision and Legacy Lecture by Sister Rosemary Huber, M.M., on individuality versus individualism. Panel of respondents: Sister Giang Nguyen, M.M.; Emily Cox '07; and Elizabeth Koke '07. Moderated by Elizabeth Carr, Catholic chaplain to the college. Part of the Mollie Rogers centennial conference, "To Take Up Our Work in the World:Celebrating Mollie Rogers." view event details >




	HIV/AIDS: Reconsidering Sexuality and Cultural Norms Sister Dr. Mary Annel, M.M. Keynote address of the Mollie Rogers centennial conference, "To Take Up Our Work in the World: Celebrating Mollie Rogers". view event details >

Special Event



	Annual Commemoration of 1704 Raid Events include a re-enactment of the skirmish which will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Deerfield Academy Playing fields. Some 50 reenactors will recreate the end of the famous attack by French and Native Americans when a handful of townsmen and local militia chased the last of the attackers who fled north to Canada. A winter encampment will be staged at the Indian House and Bloody Brook, both off Main Street, and demonstrations will be held at both the Indian House and Hall Tavern, located on Main Street. Historic re-enactors will demonstrate and discuss a wide range of activities and topics from life among the Northwest Woodland Native Americans to 18th century open hearth cooking. For children, they will be able to play in period costumes at the Indian House. The Hall Tavern Ballroom will be the site of first person presentations Saturday. At 10:30 a.m. visitor will be able to hear the story of Elizabeth Hull, a captive and at 3:30 p.m., visitors will hear the stories of Abigail Nims and Mehuman Hinsdale, two other Deerfield captives. The film Captive!, in which a number of scenes were shot in Deerfield, will premier Feb. 26 at noon in the White Church Community Center on Memorial Street and Feb . 27 at 1 p.m. The building is handicapped accessible. Julie Wheelwright, the film�s producer and descendent of the film�s main character, Esther Wheelwright, will introduce the film and lead a discussion. Though Esther Wheelwright was not a Deerfield captive, her story of being taken captive in Maine in 1703, parallels the experience of the Deerfield captives. Like many Deerfield captives, Esther Wheelwright remained in Canada. She then became the mother superior of the Ursaline Nuns in Quebec. Both Saturday and Sunday, the Flynt Center of Early New England Life will be open for visitors to tour the exhibition, �Remembering 1704: Context and Commemoration of the Deerfield Raid.� The exhibition is a collaboration of both museums. Lynn Murphy, a descendant of one of the most well-known captives, Eunice Williams, will be at the Flynt Center exhibition Saturday from 9:30 to noon and 1-3 p.m. to offer insight into her heritage and a personal glimpse at the 1704 raid. The Deerfield Inn�s Terrace Caf� will be open Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will serve �1704 fare.� The Inn will serve brunch Sunday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. view event details >




	A Celebration of the Life and Works of David Graham Du Bois David Graham Du Bois died on January 28th, 2005. David was the son of Shirley Graham Du Bois and the stepson of W.E.B. Du Bois. A commemorative service will be held on campus Sunday, February 27 from 2-5 pm. The service will include spoken tributes from family, friends and colleagues, musical selections and statements read from those unable to attend. If you plan on attending please let us know as soon as possible by replying to John Bracey at 413-545-2751 or by email to tlovelan@afroam.umass.edu. If you wish to send a written statement appropriate for being shared at the service, please send it to the above address or by fax to 413-545-0628. view event details >




	Catholic Mass Mass presided by Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell of Springfield. Music provided by the Smith College Chorus, Deanna Joseph, conductor. view event details >

Theater



	Callbacks: The Prison of Women The Prison of Women by Fatheyya Al Assal; directed by Nora Amin Callbacks: Sun, Feb. 27, 1-4 pm. Performances: April 13-17. Rehearsals begin immediately The Prison of Women investigates the stories of women in prison, their crimes, their dreams and their relations to society. The play exposes many facets of Egyptian society, through the lens of women's issues. Roles for 12 WOMEN (roles range from 20-60 yrs.) Performers and non-performers must be able to improvise, be interested in issue based theatre, feminist theatre, women's images and roles in other cultures, able to bridge between their personal experiences and views and work with physical expression (mainly movement work.) view event details >

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