Literary Scavenger Hunt
Join in a literary scavenger hunt for families with young children that happens throughout the entire month of April at selected downtown Amherst businesses including Amherst Books, Food for Thought Books, Bart's Homemade, The Toy Box, Hastings and the Jones Library Children's Room. You can start anywhere and there's a small prize awarded at each location if you solve the clue! Clues available online and at each participating location. For a complete schedule and more information, visit fineartscenter.com/amherstlit

Part of the Amherst Lit Series: In Celebration of Amherst's 250th Anniversary. Presented in collaboration with UMass MFA Program for Poets and Writers, the Juniper Literary Festival and the Fine Arts Center.

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lasticity in Translation: How does Catherine Malabou's Philosophy Remold Translation?

On Friday, April 3 at 1pm, Carolyn Shread, Five College Women’s Studies Research Associate from Mount Holyoke College will offer a pre-circulated paper discussion on the implications of new French “post-deconstructive” philosophy in a talk entitled “Plasticity in
Translation: How does Catherine Malabou's Philosophy Remold Translation?” This presentation will start at the point where Jacques Derrida's rethinking of translation left off, exploring the concept of plasticity developed by Malabou. Recasting translation in a generative and transformative feminist mold allows us to restructure constrictive notions of translation at a point when the interfacing of different languages and cultures within transnational frameworks has become increasingly complex and critical to global interactions.
Pre-circulated paper discussion; paper available for reading in advance. To request a copy of the paper contact fcwsrc@fivecolleges.edu

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Vietnamese Cultural and Language Class
The Vietnames Students Association of Smith College will hold an informal class for anyone interested in learning about Vietnamese culture and language! Interactive discussion and activities.

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From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom
'From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom', a Reproductive Rights Conference, will be held at Hampshire College on April 3-5.

Over 50 conference workshops will explore real and potential threats to reproductive and sexual rights, highlighting successful examples of activism and how struggles for reproductive and sexual rights are intricately linked to movements for economic, social and environmental justice and peace.
Friday workshops will run from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.

This event is sponsored by the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program (http://clpp.hampshire.edu) and the Population and Development Program (http://popdev.hampshire.edu).

For a full list of conference speakers and workshops go to (http://clpp.hampshire.edu/projects/conference/2009/overview)

For further info contact Ellen Gattozzi at 413-599-6976 or ebgCLPP@hampshire.edu

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Lead me home........an evening of choreography by Micaela Rich and Noelle Serafino
Micaela Rich and Noelle Serafino present an evening of Division III dance works April 2-4, at 8pm in the Hampshire College Dance Studio Theatre, Music and Dance Building.
Choreographer Micaela Rich explores how the experience of loss translates into the body and choreographer Noelle Serafino contemplates the roles of the individual and the collective through ritualized movement.
Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 413-559-5889 beginning March 19th. Ticket prices are $8 for general admission and $4 for students and seniors.
The space is accessible to the handicapped.
For further information, please contact Micaela Rich 914-589-4773, or Noelle Serafino (413) 531-3414.

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Senior Dance Concert
A premiere of original choreography developed and performed by Smith College senior dance students. For more information call (413) 585-ARTS.

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Video Installation Miroslaw Balka: Gravity
Exhibition runs February 5-May 24.
Exhibition Preview: Thursday, February 5, 5 pm.
Reception: Thursday, February 5, 6:30-7:30 pm.
The University Gallery is pleased to premiere recent video works by the internationally acclaimed Polish artist, Miroslaw Balka. This is the artist's first museum exhibition in the U.S. to focus on his new video installations.

In Conversation: Thursday, February 5, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Artist Miroslaw Balka and Barbara London, curator of media, Museum of Modern Art, NY; moderated by Barton Byg (UMass Professor of German and Scandinavian Studies and founding director of DEFA Film Library)

Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 11 am-4:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday 2-5 pm. Wheelchair accessible. Free parking evenings and weekends.

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Exhibit: Natural History Prints
Exhibition runs through May 3, 2009. Photos by John Green, nature photographer. For hours, call 545-1370.

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“Thin” and “Girl Culture”
“Thin” is a documentary project by noted contemporary photographer Lauren Greenfield on the subject of eating disorders. Greenfield followed and photographed a group of women in treatment at the Renfrew Center in Florida, producing color photographs and a documentary film about the women and their experiences. “Thin” grew out of an earlier body of work, “Girl Culture,” which focused on the image-obsession of women of all ages in the United States. Selections from “Girl Culture” will be displayed in an adjacent gallery to provide a context for “Thin” and expand the themes of the show. “Thin” was curated by the artist Trudy Wilner Stack and was organized by the Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future, Dallas, Texas, and Greenfield/Evers, LLC. Ends April 26.
The Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students and $2 for youth ages 6 to 12. Free admission to all the second Friday of the month, from 4 to 8 p.m. Free passes are available at Forbes Library, 20 West St., with a Forbes Library card. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum.

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Emulation or Imitation: The Case of Dürer vs. Marcantonio Raimondi
This small-focus show presents a singularly important early stage in the emergence of the concept of the individual artist and his work in the Northern Renaissance. Dürer’s unprecedented lawsuit against the Venetian printmaker Marcantonio Raimondi, who, ca. 1511, copied his series “Life of the Virgin,” spotlights an important historical turning point in which the conception of originality was beginning to emerge as the definition of artistic creativity. Through April 19.
The Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students and $2 for youth ages 6 to 12. Free admission to all the second Friday of the month, from 4 to 8 p.m. Free passes are available at Forbes Library, 20 West St., with a Forbes Library card. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum.

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Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art
This exhibition celebrates the recent gift of 34 works by 22 noted Chinese contemporary artists to SCMA by Smith alumna Joan Lebold Cohen and her husband. The works provide a look into the era when Chinese artists began to throw off the restrictions of China’s 30 years of Maoist communism and reclaim their individuality. Through May 31.

The Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) is open 10 a.m. to 4 pm.\ Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 pm.\ on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students and $2 for youth ages 6 to 12. Free admission to all the second Friday of the month, from 4 to 8 pm.\ Free passes are available at Forbes Library, 20 West St., with a Forbes Library card. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum

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Exhibition-- SAND T: New Work
Exhibition runs 3/23/09-4/3/09. Reception Saturday 3/28, 12-2 pm.
Artist Talk Friday 4/3, 1-2 pm.
The Student Union Art Gallery presents an exhibition of 40 new works by SAND T. SAND T's new works on acrylic or hardboard panel use epoxy resin, graphite, and paint to create a simple visual experience with the basic elements of dot, line, surface and light, yet they suggest the abstract concepts of time, concentration, and meditative energies of motion. The physicality of "drawing the lines" and "dropping the dots" underlines the artist's fixation with chaos, the keen desire to bring order within the structural grid.

SAND T has exhibited her work in solo shows in Malaysia and the USA. She has participated in group shows in the USA, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, and her work resides in public and private art collections worldwide.

SAND T operated artSPACE@16, an award-winning non-commercial gallery in Malden, Massachusetts from October 1998 to May 2008. Her recent awards include The Malden YWCA Tribute to Women Award 2007, grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2007) and the LEF Foundation (2006 and 2007). SAND T was nominated for a Commonwealth Award in 2007 for Outstanding Contributions to Arts and Culture in Massachusetts.

Artist's website: http://www.SandTworks.com
Artist's blog: http://sandtblog.blogspot.com/

Student Union Gallery, located in the Student Union Building between Earthfoods and People’s Market.

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Mongolian Art Exhibit
In conjunction with the symposium “Buddhism in Mongolia: Rebirth and Transformation” taking place at Smith March 27-29, paintings by Mongolian artist Soyolma, named Female Artist of the Year by the Union of Mongolian Artists, will be on exhibit. Runs March 18 to April 4. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/buddhism/mongolia/exhibit.php An artist's reception will be at the Arts Lounge on Friday, March 27, 5–7 p.m.

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Ingeborg Bachmann Exhibition
An exhibition of the antiwar writings of the Austrian poetess Ingeborg Bachmann. Runs March 23 to April 12. For more information, contact Joseph McVeigh at (413) 585-3406 or jmcveigh@smith.edu

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Tulip Mania
Anna Pavord, best-selling author of The Tulip, provides the text for this beautifully illustrated exhibit. Richly colored graphic panels tell the story of this beautiful and enigmatic flower, which ultimately becomes the object of obsession in 17th century Europe. For more information, see http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html. March 6 through June 2.

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Five College Learning in Retirement Great Decisions Series presents Michael Docter
Registration for this lecture begins at 9 a.m. Lunch is available. There is ample parking at and near the Northampton Senior Center.

The politics of food have and will continue to have a profound impact on global security. Can we feed ourselves? Can we do so economically? These and other questions of food sustainability will be discussed by Michael Docter, Founder and Director of the Food Bank Farm, at the second program in this Five College Learning in Retirement series.

Over 125 guests have attended past programs in this series which examine Foreign Policy issues through a DVD presentation, a talk by the guest speaker and a lively session of questions and answers.

The Food Bank Farm is a 660-member Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project that produces over 400,000 lb. of organic produce per year and donates almost half to feed the needy. The farm’s management systems have become a model for diversified vegetable production, as well as making substantial contributions to reducing hunger in the community. In addition to his substantial hands-on food growing experience, Docter has written and lectured widely on the subject.

The Great Decisions series has been developed by The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring the American public to learn more about the world. It provides independent publications, programs and forums designed to increase public awareness of, and foster popular participation in, matters relating to these policy issues.

Five College Learning in Retirement (5CLIR) is a semi-autonomous organization under the umbrella of Five Colleges, Incorporated, and is a member of the Elderhostel Institute Network. It was founded in 1989 “to enrich our lives by providing forums for the pleasures of active learning.”

Questions about the program or Five College Learning in Retirement and requests for pre-registration forms can be addressed to Callie Kendall Orszak, at (413) 585-3756 or 5clir@email.smith.edu or by visiting the Five College Learning in Retirement Web site.

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Student Recital.
The Children's Hour: A voice recital featuring Smith student Magdalene Rascoe ' 10, soprano, with Clifton J. Noble, Jr., piano.

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The Troupe - Berkshire Hills Music Academy
The Troupe from Berkshire Hills Music Academy is playing in Blanchard. The Mount Holyoke M&Cs are hosting the show. Don't miss this great performance!

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Renaissance Center presents Renaissance Mandolin Concert -- MANDO MUCHO
Under the leadership of Joe Blumenthal, MANDO MUCHO, a nine-piece ensemble of local musicians, will present an evening of Renaissance music for stringed instruments. The group has worked with their special guest artist Michael Nix, an expert in early modern music, to put together this free concert. MANDO MUCHO is made up of nine musicians: five mandolins, one mandola, two guitars, and one bass viol. The group, lead by Northampton's Downtown Sound proprietor Blumenthal, is well-known locally and frequently plays for the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley. They are popular too at rest homes and retirement communities such as Applewood and Loomis Village. Their repertoire is primarily early 20th century popular and light classical music, but for this concert they are putting together a selection of Renaissance music for stringed instruments. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies.

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Faculty Recital
Visiting Professor Michael Sakash ('97 BMus), alto/baritone saxophones and Nadine Shank, piano.

Rachmaninoff: Songs, Piazzolla: Tango Etudes, Descenclos: Prelude, Cadence and Finale, Decruck: Sonata

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Auditions for Hampshire Shakespeare Young Company
Hampshire Shakespeare Company announces open auditions for the Young Company production of Twelfth Night, directed by Sarah Wilson. The production week for the show will run July 27-August 2; show dates are July 31, August 1 and 2. There is a fee for participation in this workshop production. Call or email Sarah Wilson to arrange a time bracket at 413-584-2116 or sarahwilson@crocker.com.



Auditioners should come prepared with a monologue of Shakespeare or verse, a minimum of 14 lines, and no more than two minutes. Auditioners may be asked to do some improvisation, move or sing a simple song. Musical ability including singing and the ability to play an instrument is sought for some characters. Auditions will be held at the Jones Library on Amity Street in Amherst on Thursday, April 9, 4-6 pm, and at the Hartsbrook School at 193 Bay Road in Hadley on Saturday, April 11, 1-4 pm. For directions to the school, visit http://www.hartsbrook.org/directions.htm.



The Young Company welcomes actors ages 10 through 17 to audition; no previous Shakespeare experience is necessary. Some actors cast in leading roles work with an acting coach during the rehearsal process for the main stage production of Twelfth Night, as well as take minor but fun roles in the adult show. Main stage show dates are July 15-26 (Wednesday through Sunday).



Hampshire Shakespeare Company is a community-based organization with part-time seasonal professional staff. The company brings together professional, amateur and student performers, offering audiences and actors a range of theatrical experiences from the most profound to the most playful. Our summer performances are held on the campus of the Hartsbrook School on an open-air stage with a majestic view of the Holyoke Range. For more information about Hampshire Shakespeare Company, visit our web site at www.hampshireshakespeare.org.

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CPR Classes -- Register Now!
Get CPR certified at an American Heart Association Healthcare Provider-level class offered by University Health Services (UHS) at UMass Amherst and the campus Emergency Medical Service.

Choose from Thursday, April 23 or Thursday, April 30. Each class meets from 4-8 pm in room 302 at UHS.

Cost is $20, including the class, materials and supplies. Payment is due at the class; cash or check are accepted.

Registration deadline is April 15. Class size is limited to 12, so don't wait!

Call 413-577-5217 or email pmascis@uhs.umass.edu

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BreastFest.
An informational fair put on by the Smith Breast Health Collective to educate the Five-College and Smith communities about breast health and breast cancer. Please stop by to enjoy educational games, music, and other activities. Participants will be entered into a raffle to win prizes such as an I-pod touch.

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Astronomy Solar Viewing.
Come see the sun like you’ve never seen it before. In conjunction with the International Astronomical Union as part of the International Year of Astronomy’s “100 Hours of Astronomy” event, the Smith Astronomy department is holding solar viewing using the college’s new Coronado Solar Max 90 telescope, ideal for viewing storms and eruptions on the surface of our sun. Continues April 3. For more information, visit http://earth.ast.smith.edu/SmithIYA2009.jpg or call (413) 585-6515 or e-mail zames@smith.edu.

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