August
29, 2003
Happenings
August
Sunday 31
Roman Catholic Mass *Abbey Chapel, 9:30 am.
Ecumenical Worship Services *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 11 am.
September
Monday 1
Walk the Sacred Labyrinth *Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary,
1 pm.
Orientation:
The Five Colleges Learn about the many opportunities
available to students in the Pioneer Valley. Five College students
will talk about off-campus classes, social opportunities, and
more! Hooker Auditorium, *Clapp Laboratory, 4:30 pm.
Orientation: Find Out Now, Not Later Learn about resources available
and information on alcohol and other drugs. Gamble Auditorium,*Art
Building, 6:30 pm.
Tuesday 2
Telephone and Cable Registration Drawing Studio, *Central
Services, 9 am.
First-Year and Frances Perkins CDC Orientation Library,
*CDC, 3 pm.
Jewish Community BBQ Patio, *Eliot House, 5 pm.
wednesday 3
LITS Orientation for New Faculty Room 419, *Williston
Library, 10 am.
Convocation Gettell Amphitheater, 11:30 am.
Blanchard Campus Center Ribbon Cutting/Community Picnic A
brief ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly renovated Blanchard
Campus Center will take place immediately after convocation, followed
by a community picnic on Skinner Green at 12:30 pm. (Rain locations
for the picnic: Abbey-Buckland, Ham-MacGregor, Prospect, and Rockefeller
dining halls; for the ribbon-cutting ceremony: inside Blanchard
Campus Center, 1:30 pm.)
Code Blue
Party The class of 2004 kicks off the year with one hot
campuswide party! Don’t miss the inaugural bash at Blanchard!
Free admission if you are wearing blue (jeans do not count); $2
others. Great Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30 pm.
Thursday 4
Hindu Worship
*Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary, 4:15 pm.
Theatre Auditions For a staged reading of Folding, a senior thesis
project written and directed by Leah Maxwell ’04. This absurdist
romp features two laundresses folding their way through eternity
in a Sisyphean laundry room built only for them. Or is it? Callbacks
will be September 6. Roles for four women. Rehearsals begin immediately.
Performances: September 27 and 28. *Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.
Film Bend
It Like Beckham. Free popcorn, free admission! Great
Room, *Blanchard Campus Center, 10:30 pm.
Friday 5
Auditions and Info Session—Five College Early Music Program
Learn
about the fall offerings of the Five College Early Music Program
(for UMass, Hampshire College, and MHC credit), including the
Collegium (for violin band, loud band, other instruments, and
mixed choir), rehearsing Tuesday evenings at UMass; Baroque/Classical
Chamber Music, rehearsing on your campus at mutually agreed upon
times; Women’s Vocal Ensemble; Seventeenth-Century Solo,
Duo, and Trio Seminar for singers and keyboard players; Renaissance
Dance Class; viol and recorder consorts; other chamber ensembles;
and group and private lessons. There are openings for singers
and instrumentalists of all sorts. Sign up on the sheets provided
at each Five College music department and come to a scheduled
painless audition and information session. Room 210, *Pratt Hall,
2 pm.
Community Shabbat Services *Eliot House lounge,
6:30 pm.
Annual Fall
A Cappella Jam Something Every Friday and SGA host the
perennial favorite. Don't miss it! Chapin Auditorium, *Mary Woolley
Hall, 8 pm.
Theatre Auditions See 9/4. *Rooke Theatre, 8 pm.
Salsa Café! Live dance party with the Pioneer
Valley’s hottest players. Free admission. Great Room, *Blanchard
Campus Center,
10:30 pm.
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