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Bus Trip to New York City museums. Participants must pay a fee. Sponsored by the Friends of Art.
Exhibition European and American Paintings from the Collection, on view through April 20. Art Museum, 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 The Spirit of West African Textiles. The beauty and diversity of West African textiles are displayed in a colorful variety of more than fifty objects including costumes, blankets, fabrics, and textile masks. Organized and circulated by the Council of Creative Projects, the exhibition examines the creation and use of wearable art with emphasis on the design and technique employed by its makers. On view through June 29. Art Museum, Tuesday- Friday, 11 am-5 pm, Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
French Language Table Venez nombreux déjeuner avec nous dans une ambiance relaxe. Abbey private dining room, noon.
Dance Performance Marilyn Middleton, visiting artist, director of Bamidele Dancers and Drummers. In conjunction with the exhibition The Spirit of West African Textiles. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Theater Students of the Magnet Middle School in Holyoke present their school performance. Chapin Auditorium, 1-3 pm.
Film/Discussion "African Films of John Kennedy Marshall" Showing of N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman, with a short introduction to Marshall's new series, A Kalahari Family, followed by discussion. 101 Dwight Hall, 1:30 pm.
Talk/Award Ceremony Jean Thorensen '66, who is writing a book on Mary Woolley. In celebration of Pangynaskeia. Blanchard steps, 2 pm.
Poetry Contest The Seventy-Fourth Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest. "Life and Letters," a conversation with the judges. Featuring X. J. Kennedy, Tony Sanders, Grace Schulman, and students from MIT and Barnard, Dartmouth, Hampshire, Middlebury, and Mount Holyoke Colleges. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 3:30- 5:00 pm.
Student Recital Student instrumentalists and vocalists perform a varied program of music. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 4-5 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4- 5 pm.
Lecture "Afro-Oceanic Art: Toward the Twenty-First Century in Our Discipline." Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University. Keynote address for the "Lives of Africa Celebration" symposium, continuing through 4/19. 101 Dwight Hall (please note change of location), 4:15-8:00 pm.
Meeting Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Singing, speakers, prayer, and fun. Eliot House lounge, 7:30 pm.
Lecture "Do Environmental and Health Problems of Russia Matter to the U.S.?" Murray Feshbach. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm.
Something Every Friday presents the V8s with guest a cappella group. Free admission. Blanchard Campus Center, 8 pm.
Poetry Reading The Seventy-Fourth Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest. Student contestants from MIT and Barnard, Dartmouth, Hampshire, Middlebury, and Mount Holyoke Colleges will read their entries. Gamble Auditorium, 8-10 pm.
Semiformal BMW Weekend Moonlight Serenade. Chapin Auditorium, 10 pm-2 am.
Pangynaskeia Come recognize your power as a woman at the Wall of Recognition. On display through 4/25. Blanchard Campus Center.
Presentations "New Directions in African Studies: Work done by MHC graduates in film, textiles, migration, dance, and economic theory." With Carolyn Keyes Adenaike, Nema Blyden, Rebecca Gearhart, Tracey Hebert-Barry, Carlyn Saltman, and Cathy Skidmore-Hess. Dwight Hall 101, 10 am.
Poetry Reading The Seventy-Fourth Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest. Judges' Poetry Reading. Featuring X. J. Kennedy, Tony Sanders, and Grace Schulman. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 10:30 am-noon.
Lacrosse vs. MIT. Home, 1 pm.
Film session "Making Films in Africa," with panelists John Kennedy Marshall, Awam Ampka, Samba Gadjigo, Rebecca Gearhart, and Carlyn Saltman. Dwight Hall 101, 2 pm.
Recital "Maple Sugar Child" senior voice recital. Caissa McClinton, soprano, with Mark Gionfriddo, pianist. Music by Margaret Bonds, Samuel Barber, Florence Price, James W. Work, Chopin, and others. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 2:00-3:30 pm.
Family Day with Egyptian theme. Come explore ancient artifacts, decipher the language of hieroglyphics, understand the magic of amulets and spells, learn about daily life and the afterlife in ancient Egypt, unravel the steps of mummification, and then design your own life-sized mummy! For children ages eight to twelve. Advanced registration required, space limited. Admission $4 per child; parental supervision encouraged. Art Museum, 2:00-4:30 pm.
Celebration Festival of Eid. Sponsored by the UMMA. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 6- 9 pm.
Party BMW Weekend Worldwide Music Party. Admission $4. Chapin Auditorium, 10 pm-2 am.
Roman Catholic Mass Abbey Chapel, 11:15 am.
Protestant Worship Service of the Word. Abbey small chapel, 1:00 pm.
Lecture "Roman Revolution and Mass Movement." Fr. Vernon DeCoteau will speak on the historical development of the Catholic Liturgy from the Reformation to Vatican II. Eliot House, 2 pm.
Faculty Recital Cheryl Cobb, soprano, accompanied by Larry Schipull, pianist, and guest artist Peter Demos, clarinetist. Pratt Auditorium, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Lecture "Telling a Family Story." Margaret Claytor Woodbury, MD, will present Virginia Kaleidoscope. Coauthored by Woodbury and Ruth Claytor Marsh, this book documents the origin of an African American family from its beginnings in the 1600s through slavery to the present. It is believed to be the largest book documenting African American kinship ever published. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women-in-Politics Room, sixth floor, Williston Library, 8 pm.
Job Fair for student employment. Students must bring the number sent to them by the Office of Student Employment. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-4 pm.
Lecture "Olfaction in Drosophila: Genetic and Molecular Analysis." John Carlson, Yale University. Refreshments will be served at 4 pm in 126 Clapp. Lecture, 120 Clapp Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
German Language Table Kommt und sprecht Deutsch! Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Italian Language Table Venite a chiacchierare con noi e chiedete il programma dei film. For information, email astrambi. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 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.
First Night Seder RSVP x2054 by noon 4/18. Eliot House, 6 pm.
Photo IDs Students can pick up ID cards at the registrar's office, faculty and staff at human resources; guest cards available at Kendall. Bring this card to Blanchard for photos. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Film Coming to America. With speaker Lewis Gordon. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-10:00 pm.
Meeting Student Government Association (SGA) senate and budget hearings. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30-11:00 pm.
Job Fair for student employment. Students must bring the number sent to them by the Office of Student Employment. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-4 pm.
Film and Discussion with visiting filmmaker Kofi Baoteng whose documentary Trokosi--Wives of the Gods will be shown. The film is about a controversial spirit cult in Ghana and Togo whose priests are presented with concubines from families whose ancestors offended the gods. Gamble Auditorium, Art Building, 10:50 am-noon.
Lunch/Discussion "Integrating Prayer with Daily Life." Facilitated by Andrea Ayvazian. RSVP x2054 by noon 4/21. Location to be announced, 12:15 pm.
Photo IDs See 4/21. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 1-2 pm.
Open Forum Health Insurance. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 4-5 pm.
Lecture "Resonance Light Scattering and the Study of Supramolecular Assemblies." Robert Pasternack, Swarthmore College. Refreshments will be served in 208 Carr at 4 pm. Lecture, 209 Carr Laboratory, 4:15 pm.
Lacrosse vs. Williams College. Away, 4:15 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.
Film/Lecture Legacy of Slavery. Part one of two. A showing of the film Sankofa. Sponsored by Habitat for Humanity. Gamble Auditorium, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Meeting Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA). New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 8:30-9:30 pm.
Job Fair for student employment. Students must bring the number sent to them by the Office of Student Employment. Chapin Auditorium, 9 am-4 pm.
Open Forum Health Insurance. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, noon-1 pm.
Stimson Room Tea Meet your friends and enjoy fellowship and tea, coffee, and cookies. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4-5 pm.
Zazen Meditation Practice and discussion. "Desire." Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Lecture "Saccharomyces telomeres: Maintaining the End." Dr. Virginia Zakian, Princeton University. Refreshments will be served in Cleveland lobby at 4:15 pm. Lecture, L1 Cleveland Laboratory, 4:30 pm.
Spanish Language Table Hablemos Español. Ham dining room, 5:30 pm.
Dinner/Discussion Passover Kosher/Hallal Kitchen presents "Jewish Understanding of the Afterlife" with Devorah Jacobson. RSVP x2054 or email lwaller by noon 4/22. Eliot House lounge, 5:30 pm.
Training Session for newly nominated 1997-98 upperclass academic advisers. Conducted by Leah Glasser, dean of first-year studies, and Susan Pilner, coordinator of the Study Skills Corps. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 6:30 pm.
Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous. South Hadley Congregational Church, third floor, 7 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
All-Campus Forum to discuss cultural space. North Rockefeller living room, 7-9 pm.
Film Kat'a Kabanova. Janacek set his operatic response to Madama Butterfly in the oppressive Russia of Ostrovsky's The Storm. Nancy Gustafson '78 stars as the passionate Kat'a. In Czech with English subtitles. 101 Dwight Hall, 7:30 pm.
Lecture Karen McCarthy Brown, distinguished scholar in the sociology of religion and author of the award-winning book Mama Lola. Brown's research focuses on Haitian Vodou and its migration and transformation in the later twentieth century. First annual Elizabeth Kennan Lecture. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30 pm.
Education Session Sexual Health Educators. Contraceptive education session. Sign up with the receptionist to attend. Health Center, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Pangynaskeia Bonfire Come roast s'mores! Lower Lake fireplace, 8-10 pm.
Party Countdown to Summer Coffeehouse. Various singers, a cappella groups, and much, much more. Sponsored by the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Blanchard Campus Center, 9-11 pm.
Softball First round, NEW 8 Championships. Times and location to be announced.
Lacrosse First round, NEW 8 Championships. Times and location to be announced.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon.
Open Office Hours President Joanne Creighton. 203 Mary Lyon Hall, 1:30- 2:30 pm.
Open Office Hours Dean of students Regina Mooney. 202 Mary Lyon Hall, 2-4 pm.
Meeting Dining services student managers. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Sermons "Breaking Bread, Breaking Open the Word: Women around the Banquet Table." Catholic women preach; reflections/sermons by members of the class of 1997. Featuring Maryse Jayasuriya. Abbey Chapel, 5 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.
Open Reading Three minutes of poetry or prose. Sign up to read by calling the Odyssey Bookshop, 534-7307. Odyssey Bookshop, 7:30 pm.
Lecture "Do Goddesses Empower Women? The Case of Krishna's Defiant Mistress." Donna Walff, associate professor of religious studies, Brown University, author and editor of works on goddesses of India. Board Room, Willits-Hallowell Center, 7:30 pm.
Open Forum on racism. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-10:00 pm.
Theater Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself) by Molière. Directed by Paul Anis. A classic satirical comedy about the medical profession. Performed in French with English subtitles. All seats $1. Preceding the play, the Euridice Ensemble, conducted by Robert Eisenstein, will play a suite of Lully's music. Rooke Theater, 8 pm.
Dance Concert MHC dance students will present a program of original choreography. Reservations recommended, call x2848. Admission $5 general, $3 students and senior citizens. Kendall Studio Theater, 8 pm.
Golf Massachusetts State Championships. Orchards Golf Course.
Student Art Exhibit Students from all studio art classes will exhibit their work. Continues through 4/27. Drawing Studio, Central Services Building, 9 am-6 pm.
Pangynaskeia Picnic Come enjoy the celebration of women! For all faculty, staff, and students. Campus Green, 11:30 am-1:00 pm.
French Language Table Venez nombreux déjeuner avec nous dans une ambiance relaxe. Abbey private dining room, noon.
Gallery Talk "A Woman Artist in Seventeenth-Century Japan: Newly Acquired Screen Paintings by Kiyohara Yokinubu." Samuel C. Morse, professor of fine arts, Amherst College. Art Museum, 12:30 pm.
Meeting Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Patricia Allen will be available to answer questions, help file claims, and follow up on any filed claims. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 12:30-2:30 pm.
Student Recital Student instrumentalists and vocalists will perform a varied program of music. Pratt Auditorium, 4-5 pm.
Practice Rounds in public speaking. Speech and Debate Society. 210 Skinner Hall, 4- 5 pm.
Passover Dinner RSVP x2054 by noon 4/24. Eliot House, 5:30 pm.
Opening Reception for Student Art Exhibit. Drawing Studio, Central Services Building, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Film Society Babe. 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.
Recital Euridice, MHC's baroque/classical orchestra, conducted by Robert Eisenstein, will perform its spring concert. The program includes Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, with soloists Linda Laderach and Dana Maiben; Telemann's Water Music Suite; and Mozart's Symphony no. 31 in D (the Paris Symphony). Pratt Hall, 8 pm.
Dance Concert MHC dance students will present a program of original choreography. Reservations recommended, call x2848. Admission $5 general, $3 students and senior citizens. Continues through 4/26. Kendall Studio Theater, 8 pm.
Theater Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself) by Molière. Directed by Paul Anis. A classic satirical comedy about the medical profession. Performed in French with English subtitles. Admission $4 general, $2 students and seniors. Continues through 4/27. Rooke Theater, 8 pm.
Party "Threesome by the Lake." Come to a three-dorm (Torrey, MacGregor, and Ham) party! Admission $3, $2 with MHC ID. Band, 7-9 pm, Ham Hall; party, 10-2 am, Torrey Hall.
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