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May Pageant to Celebrate Spring

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Social Psychologist Phoebe Ellsworth to Lecture April 29

German Theaterfest Set for May 2

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This Week at MHC

Happenings

April
Friday 26

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Daily Morning Prayer Monday–Friday, Safford Hall, 7:15 am.

Volunteer Community Service—Kate's Kitchen Contact karipley@mtholyoke.edu or
call x4332. Van leaves Blanchard at 11 am.

French Lunch Table Abbey Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.

Japanese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.

Lunch and Jumma Prayer RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 4/25. *Eliot House lounge, noon.

Walk the Sacred Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.

Pagan and Wiccan Collective Meeting Room 212, *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:30 pm.

May Pageant This spring a group of MHC students will revive an old College tradition that includes community-focused dance and theater and traditional Maypole dancing. Vendors will sell spring wares, and archival photographs of previous MHC May pageants will be exhibited. Skinner Green, 3:30 pm. Rain location: Kendall Gymnasium.

"Life and Letters" A conversation with the Glyn Maxwell, Rosanna Warren, and Karl Kirchwey, judges for the Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition. Stimson Room, *Williston Library, 3 pm.

What Do You Want to Do: Achieving Clarity (Part II) *CDC workshop room, 3 pm.

Hindu Community Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:30 pm.

Shabbat Candle-Lighting Ceremony *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.

Hawaii Night A showcase of Hawaiian culture and history. *Blanchard Campus Center, 7 pm.

Senior Voice Recital "No Secrets," a program of original music by Caitlin Jaene Parsons '02 and her band. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 7:30 pm.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Group Meeting *MacGregor Hall living room,
7:45 pm.

Seventy-ninth Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition Student contestants from Colby College, Brandeis University, Hampshire College, University of Connecticut, Vassar College, and Mount Holyoke. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 8 pm.

Hamlet Alycia Smith-Howard directs this all-female production. Performances are April 18–20 at 8 pm, April 26 and 27 at 8 pm, and April 28 at 2 pm. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $3 for students and senior citizens. For reservations call x2406. *Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.

Five College Party Admission is $1 for first-years and $3 for all others. *Betty Shabazz House, 11 pm.

Saturday 27

Volunteer Community Service—FRESH Start Contact sjdavis@mtholyoke.edu or call x5741.

Fifty-fifth Annual Undergraduate Psychology Conference Student posters and papers on their research. Keynote speaker: Anthony Wagner, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT. Room 302, *Reese, 9 am–3 pm.

WMHC Fiftieth Anniversary Panel Discussion Offered in conjunction with the W.A.M! Festival (see below). Room 216, *Skinner Hall, 10 am.

Spring Free from Smoking *Groves Health Center, 10 am.

Poetry Reading By Glascock judges Glyn Maxwell, Rosanna Warren, and Karl Kirchwey. Stimson Room, *Williston Library, 10:30 am.

W.A.M! Festival The second-annual W.A.M! (Women and Music) Festival features Patti Griffin, Voices on the Verge (McKeown, Klein, Amsel, Polenzani), Toshi Reagon, Kris Delmhorst, Jill Sobule, Tish Hinojosa, Antigone Rising, Alex Olsen, and Doria Roberts. MHC students, faculty, and staff may purchase up to two discounted tickets ($15) at the Blanchard information desk. The supply is limited, and a valid MHC ID must be presented. General public tickets ($24 in advance, $30 at the door) are available at tickets.com or by calling 800-477-6849. Abbey Green and Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 11 am–8 pm.

Film Society Movie Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 7 and 9:30 pm.

Hamlet See 4/26. *Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.

Senior Ball Dancing, a jazz band, DJ, food, and a cash bar. $8 in advance, $10 at the door. *Willits-Hallowell Center, 9 pm.

Sunday 28

Volunteer Community Service—Berkshire Hills Music Academy Contact jagagne@mtholyoke.edu or call x5382.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Van Rides A van leaves from the MHC gates for Saint John's Church in Springfield at 7:15 am; for information contact jihazel@mtholyoke.edu. At 8:45 am a van leaves from Blanchard Campus Center for First Baptist Church in Amherst.

Renaissance Fair Skinner Green, 11 am. Rain location: Blanchard Campus Center.

Ecumenical Worship Service *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.

First-Year Students and Alumnae Panel A program for first-year students only. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 1 pm.

Hamlet See 4/26. *Rooke Theatre, 2 pm.

"Reflections on the Life of the Spirit" *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:30 pm.

Unitarian Universalist Community Meeting *Eliot House lounge, 6:30 pm.

Roman Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 6:30 pm.

Intro to Photoshop Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/workshops. Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.

Zazen Meditation With Professor Tadanori Yamashita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 9 pm.

Monday 29

Bible Study With Anita Magovern and Andrea Ayvazian. *Eliot House lounge, 12:15 pm.

Volunteer Community Service—Girls Inc. Contact jgroth@mtholyoke.edu or call x4179. Van leaves Blanchard at 2:40 pm.

"Interpretation and Emotion" The Barbara Reck Hastorf '43 Lecture by Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Ellis Professor of Law, University of Michigan. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 4 pm.

PowerPoint for Presentations Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/workshops. Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.

"Twice the Man They Were: Joan of Arc as Political and Personal Icon from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Centuries" Lecture by Nadia Margolis. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building, 4:30 pm.

French Department Distribution of Prizes *Ham Hall living room, 4:30 pm.

French Table *Ham Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Japanese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.

Voces Feminae A concert of medieval and Renaissance music from England and Italy. For information email reisenst@mtholyoke.edu or call x2079. See also 5/2. Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College, 8 pm.

Tuesday 30

Faculty/Staff Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 12:15 pm.

Women's Recovery Weekly Meeting A gathering of campus women supporting one another in dealing with concerns about use and recovery. Room 202, *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:15 pm.

Shared Student Recital A varied program of music performed by student instrumentalists and vocalists. Warbeke Room, *Pratt Hall, 12:15 pm.

Weekly Discussion on Islam *Eliot House lounge, 2 pm.

Women's Studies Senior Seminar Colloquium Presentation of internships. New York Room, *Mary Woolley Hall, 4 pm.

Mindfulness Meditation *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4 :15 pm.

Spanish Table Abbey Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

German Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 5:30 pm.

Dreamweaver Templates Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/workshops (prerequisite required). Room 231, *Williston Library, 7 pm.

Inward Bound *South Mandelle living room, 7 pm.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible Study North Rockefeller Hall living room, 7:30 pm.

Japanese Tea Ceremony With Nobue Socho Yamashita. Sign up at the entrance. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House, 7:30 pm.

Sugar Ray Tickets are priced at $15 for MHC students and require a valid MHC ID. Tickets for the public (including MHC faculty and staff) are $20. Tickets go are sale at the Blanchard information desk; Tix Unlimited, UMass; B-Side Records, Northampton; For the Record, Amherst; and all Strawberries locations. Tickets can also be purchased online at tickets.com or by phone at 800-477-6849. *Kendall, 8 pm.

Sugar Ray After-Concert Party Admission is $2 with ID, $4 without. *Blanchard Campus Center, 10 pm.

May
Wednesday 1

Interfaith Prayer Lunch *Eliot House lounge, noon.

Volunteer Community Service—Tutoring in Holyoke Contact rsridhar@mtholyoke.edu or call x5542. Van leaves Blanchard at 2:40 pm.

Deep Calls to Deep *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4 pm.

Zazen Meditation "Religious Forms," by Rev. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, *Eliot House,
4 pm.

Italian Table Ham Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bible Study 1837 living room, 7:30 pm.

Shared Student Recital A varied program of music performed by student instrumentalists and vocalists. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 8 pm.

Thursday 2

Annual German Theatre Festival and Competition Dramatic presentations in German judged by a jury of secondary school German teachers, members of Smith's and Mount Holyoke's German studies faculty, MHC theatre arts faculty, as well as representatives of the German Consulate and the Goethe Insitute Boston. Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am.

Russian Table Abbey Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.

Volunteer Community Service—Holyoke Soldier's Home Contact rsridhar@mtholyoke.edu or call x5542. Van leaves Blanchard at 2:40 pm.

Intro to Dreamweaver Register at www.mtholyoke.edu/go/workshops. Room 231, *Williston Library, 4:15 pm.

Voces Feminae See 4/29. South Hadley Congregational Church, 8 pm.

Friday 3

Volunteer Community Service—Kate's Kitchen Contact karipley@mtholyoke.edu or call x4332. Van leaves Blanchard at 11 am.

French Lunch Table Abbey Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.

Japanese Table South Rockefeller Hall private dining room, 11:30 am.

Lunch and Jumma Prayer RSVP required; call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 5/2. *Eliot House lounge, noon.

Walk the Sacred Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, noon–2 pm.

The Fulbright Fellowship *CDC workshop room, 12:15 pm.

Pagan and Wiccan Collective Meeting Room 212, *Blanchard Campus Center, 12:30 pm.

"Proof of Things Invisible" Architect Daniel Libeskind, designer of the award-winning Jewish Museum Berlin, will speak about his current design projects and the meaning of architecture in the twenty-first century. Following Libeskind's talk, the architect will have a conversation with James Young, chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts. Gamble Auditorium, *Art Building,
4 pm. W. Michael Blumenthal, director of the Jewish Museum Berlin, will give a pre-lecture talk at 3 pm.

Student Recital Vocal and instrumental music. McCulloch Auditorium, *Pratt Hall, 4 pm.

Hindu Community Meeting *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:30 pm.

Shabbat Candle-Lighting Ceremony *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 6:30 pm.

Something Every Friday—Danse du Ventre: Dance of the Belly Belly dancing and Middle Eastern dancing. *Blanchard Campus Center, 7 pm.

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Group Meeting *MacGregor Hall living room,
7:45 pm.

Early Music Concert The Five College Early Music Collegium and the Tufts University Collegium perform sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music from Spain and the New World. For information email reisenst@mtholyoke.edu or call x2079. First Congregational Church, Main Street, Amherst, 8 pm.

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