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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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Association of Smith Pagans Meeting
Association of Smith Pagans general meeting. Please come to socialize with other Pagans, learn about Pagan faiths, and plan events!
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Roman Catholic Mass.
The Catholic Community at Smith welcomes you to celebrate Mass every Sunday when classes are in session. A home-coked Sunday Supper immediately follows in Bodman Lounge. All are welcome. Please call 585-2750 Monday through Friday with questions.
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Exhibitions
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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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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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Special Event
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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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A Service of Solidarity and Tolerance.
Interfaith gathering of eight Northampton congregations to express mutual honor and support in an age of division.
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