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Squash Howe Cup. Continues through 2/16. Yale University, times to be announced.
Indoor Track New England Division III. Continues through 2/15. Bowdoin College, times to be announced.
Exhibition Contemporary Japanese and Chinese calligraphy. Continues through February 28. Fourth floor, Williston Library.
Exhibition Photographers on Location: Landscapes and Cityscapes from the National Museum of American Art. An exhibition of photography from the National Museum of American Art's permanent collection will be on view through March 14. American photographers Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Joe Deal, William Eggleston, Robert Flick, Frank Gohlke, Karen Halverson, and Charles Doolittle Walcott are included in the exhibition. Subjects of the photographs range from the Adirondacks, New York City, and Yosemite to Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Art Museum, Tuesday- Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1- 5 pm.
Exhibition The Lure of the Nile: Images of Ancient Egypt focuses on the temples and tombs along the Nile as seen through the eyes of artists and travelers on visits to Egypt over the past four centuries. On view through May 11. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Exhibition European and American Paintings from the Collection, on view through April 20. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Gallery Talk "The Lure of the Nile: An Introduction to the Exhibition." Diana Wolfe Larkin, visiting assistant professor of art history and curator of the exhibition. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4- 5 pm.
Film Society Il Postino (The Postman). Admission $2.50. Hooker Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Faculty Recital Linda Laderach, violin; Larry Schipull, fortepiano. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 8-9 pm.
Something Every Friday A cappella with Nice Shoes. No admission charge. Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
Party Gala de Amor. Admission $4 single, $6 for couples. Sponsored by La Unidad. Chapin Auditorium, 9:30 pm-2:00 am.
Basketball vs. Wheaton College. Home, 2 pm.
Film Society Il Postino (The Postman). Admission $2.50. Hooker Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Concert The Arcadia Players Trio perform "Arcadian Vistas"; gallery talk during intermission by Diana Wolfe Larkin. Part of the Connoisseur Concert series. Admission $20; tickets available at the Arcadia Players office, 584-8882, or at the door. Gamble Auditorium, 8 pm.
Sophomore Semi Roaring Twenties! Semiformal with 1920s theme. Be prepared for a Charleston contest, cakewalk, card playing, and dance music including the Charleston, swing, and pop. Theme dress desired but not required. Admission $4 in advance, $6 at the door. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 9 pm-2 am.
Roman Catholic Mass Abbey Chapel, 11:15 am.
Concert Arcadia Players Trio. See 2/15. Gamble Auditorium, 4 pm.
Protestant Worship Community Celebration of Holy Communion. Abbey small chapel, 4:30 pm.
Lecture Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault will discuss her experiences in the civil rights movement. Chapin Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women-in-Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Community Luncheon The Staff Council invites all staff and faculty to come socialize with coworkers and greet folks you haven't seen in a while. Willits-Hallowell Center, 11:30 am-1:00 pm.
Lunch/Discussion Video series. Genesis: A Living Conversation, features Bill Moyers along with Biblical scholars, writers, artists, lawyers, and theologians across the religious spectrum discussing the stories of Genesis and their relevance for our times. Call x2054 by Friday, 2/14, for lunch reservations. Eliot House, 12:10 pm.
Japanese Language Table Sign up in the Asian studies office or email mlohuchi. Limited to fifteen. South Rockefeller private dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
German Language Table Kommt und sprecht Deutsch! Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Tribute The Makers of Black History. Student presentations of poetry, dance, and literature honoring important figures in black history. Betty Shabazz Cultural Center, 7-9 pm.
Meeting Senior Survival Night, with a panel discussion about life after MHC by young alums. Gamble Auditorium, 7-9 pm.
Film Black Robe. Pasts and Presences series. Hooker Auditorium, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Party 97 Days 'til Graduation celebration, sponsored by the senior class. Blanchard Campus Center, 9:00-11:30 pm.
Lunch/Discussion Soup, Salad, and Social Change. Lunch discussion series about peace and social change issues from a theological perspective. Radical Grace: Nonviolent Direct Action with Frances Crowe of the Religious Society of Friends. RSVP for lunch at x2054 by Monday, 2/17. Eliot House, noon.
Meeting Beaver College study abroad programs. Come learn about Beaver's programs in Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, and Mexico, plus the multicampus peace and conflict studies program. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 4-5 pm.
Chinese Language Table Come practice Chinese! Contact Danyue at x4871 to reserve a spot. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Meeting Llamarada (yearbook). 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 6-7 pm.
Basketball vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Home, 7 pm.
Meeting International Club. Intercultural lounge, Blanchard Campus Center, 7 pm.
Lecture/Music "The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (and Queens, New York)." Theodore Levin. Willits-Hallowell executive board room, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Warbeke Memorial Concert presents Eva Legene on recorder, Wieland Kuijken on viola da gamba, and John Gibbons on harpsichord performing eighteenth-century chamber music. Pratt Auditorium, 8:00-9:30 pm.
Meeting Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA). New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8:30-9:30 pm.
Stimson Room Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Presentation Irena Tumova '97 will give an informal talk, over tea, about her independent study project (advised by Donna Van Handle, German studies), "The East German Secret Police: The Stasi's Efforts to Control GDR Citizens and the Legacy It Left Behind." Part of a new series of student talks sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Zazen Meditation Practice and discussion. "Becoming." Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Meeting Dining services student managers. 216 Skinner Hall, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Spanish Language Table Hablemos Español. Ham dining room, 5:30 pm.
Kosher/Hallal dinner and discussion. "Thinking about God: A Jewish Feminist Perspective." Judith Plaskow. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon on Tuesday, 2/18. Eliot House, 5:45 pm.
Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous. Third floor, South Hadley Congregational Church, 7 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Film Boris Godunov. Famed film director Andrei Tarkovsky's brilliant staging of the quintessential Russian opera, based on Pushkin's drama of guilt and ambition. With Robert Lloyd, Olga Borodina, and Sergei Leiferkus. In Russian with English subtitles. Part of the Russian Film Series. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30-11:00 pm.
Swimming and Diving New England Championships. Continues through 2/23. Bowdoin College, all day.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.
Open Office Hours Dean of students Regina Mooney. 202 Mary Lyon Hall, 2-4 pm.
Newman Catholic Tea Liberation Theology: Challenges to a First-World Church. Sister Jane Morrissey, SSJ. Eliot House lounge, 4 pm.
Lecture The annual Schomburg-Moreno lecture: "How Does Civil Society Thicken?: Lessons from Rural Mexico." Jonathan Fox, Latin American and Latino studies, University of California at Santa Cruz. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Meeting for international students with Joanne Picard, Terry Rivers, and Phil Jones. Hooker Auditorium, 4:15-5:45 pm.
French Language Table Bienvenue à la table de Français! Email acristes with questions or comments. Sign up at the French department. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Film In Custody. 101 Dwight Hall, 7-10 pm.
Lecture "Nineteenth-Century Artists and Photographers in Egypt: Their Role in the Documentation and Salvage of the Ancient Monuments." Lanny Bell, associate professor emeritus, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Book Reading Linda Stout, executive director of the Peace Development Fund and author of Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing, will read from her new book that chronicles her rise to self-taught activism and Piedmont Peace Project's fight for economic and social change. Cosponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center, the Women's Studies Program, and the Odyssey Bookshop. Dickinson House, 7:30 pm.
Concert Jewel (sold out). Chapin Auditorium, 8 pm.
Indoor Track Open New Englands. February 21-22. University of Rhode Island.
Gallery Talk "Egyptomania in Pushkin's Petersburg." Peter Scotto, Russian and Russian-Eurasian studies. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4- 5 pm.
Retreat "Am I My Sister's Keeper?: Issues of Conscience." MHC overnight Catholic retreat. For more information, contact Mary Sue Callan-Farley, x2791 or email mscallan. Eliot House, 5 pm.
Shabbat Service followed by Kosher/Hallal dinner and Israeli folk dancing. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon on Thursday, 2/20. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Film Society A Time to Kill. Admission $2.50. Gamble Auditorium, 7:00 and 9:30 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Something Every Friday presents the Linée Perroncel Band. Linée is back at MHC with her new band--come check them out! Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
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