Exhibition Modern Painting and Sculpture from the Collection. On display through April 19. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
SGA Elections Blanchard Campus Center, 9 am-5 pm.
French Lunch Table Come join us for relaxed conversation in French. All levels welcome. Venez nombreux! Abbey private dining room, noon.
Friday Prayer Shamshad Sheikh. Muslim Prayer Room, Eliot House, noon.
XXIII Annual Undergraduate Science Symposium L-1, L-2, L-3 Cleveland Hall, 1 pm.
Film Society Sling Blade. Admission $2. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Film and Reading Andrew Lass, anthropology, will introduce and show a 10 minute film he made in Prague, 1965, depicting the now famous crowning of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg as King of May. The historic event is recounted in Ginsberg's poem, "Kral Majales." Followed by group reading of Ginsberg's poem "Howl," by poets James Tate, Dara Weir, Kenny Fries, and actor James Emery. Part of the Odyssey Bookshop's "Allen Ginsberg Commemoration and Beat Generation Book Weekend." Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Theater Performance "Body In Mind." One-woman independent study. Black Box, Rooke Theater, 8-9 pm.
Something Every Friday Bruce Jacques. An evening of comedy and improvisation. Blanchard Campus Center, 9 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Quarterly Committee. Andreola Room, Willits-Hallowell, 8:30 am-5:00 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Program Committee. Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am-1 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Honors Research Committee. Mary Woolley Hall, 9 am-5 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Classes/Reunion Committee. Founder's Room. Willits-Hallowell, 10 am-3 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Nominating Committee. Mary Woolley Hall, 10 am-5 pm.
Meeting Alumnae Board of Directors. Executive Board Room, Willits-Hallowell, 4-10 pm.
Film Society Sling Blade. Admission $2. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Semi-Formal Dance "Night of a Thousand Masks" with DJ, psychics, roving entertainment, and refreshments. Admission $5 individual, $8 couple in advance; $7 individual, $10 couple at the door. Chapin Auditorium, 10 pm-2 am.
Meeting Alumnae Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. Executive Board Room, Willits-Hallowell, 9 am-2 pm.
Roman Catholic Palm Sunday Mass Abbey Chapel, 11 am.
Lecture "One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America." Keith Boyken. Gamble Auditorium, 1:00-2:30 pm.
Faculty Recital "April in Paris." The Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble: Christopher Aspaas, tenor; Robert Eisenstein, viola da gamba; Linda Laderach, violin; Larry Schipull, harpsichord; Melinda Spratlan, soprano. Music by Rameau, Schobert, Caix d'Hervelois, Mondeville, and Monteclair. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Protestant Palm Sunday Worship Abbey Small Chapel, 4:15 pm.
Film Et Dieu crea la femme. Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
Meeting College Democrats. Women in Politics Room, Williston Library, 7 pm.
Workshop "Secrets of Semicolons and Other Issues in Punctuation." Sponsored by Speaking, Arguing and Writing (SAW) Program. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-8 pm.
Meeting Debate Team. 210 Skinner Hall, 7:30-10:00 pm.
Workshop "Activating the Passive Voice." Sponsored by SAW. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, 8:15-9:15 pm.
Prospective Majors Tea Sociology and anthropology. North Rockefeller Hall living room, 4-5 pm.
Prospective Majors Gathering African American and African studies. East Balcony, Blanchard Campus Center, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Works-In-Progress Talk "Feminist Board of Directors: Strategies for Achieving Multicultural Leadership for Social Change." Heidi Creamer, Community Associate, New England Learning Center for Women in Transition. Sponsored by The Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson House living room, 4:30 pm.
Prospective Majors Reception Medieval studies. 216 Art Building, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Spanish Language Table Ham Hall dining room, 5:30 pm.
Japanese Language Table Are you interested in Japanese and Japanese culture? Then join our table. South Rocky private dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Lecture "The Atomic-Scale Origins of Friction." Jacqueline Krim, physics, Northeastern University. Lecture in L3 Cleveland Laboratory, 7:30-9:00 pm; Reception in 110 Shattuck Hall, 8:30-10:00 pm.
Meeting WMHC. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 10:00-11:30 pm.
Exhibition Cooking for the Gods: The Art of Home Ritual in Bengal features over seventy-five objects relating to the art of Hindu home ritual. On display through June 28. Art Museum, Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1-5 pm.
Prospective Majors Reception English. 202 Clapp Laboratory, 4-5 pm.
Prospective Majors Tea Spanish and Italian. 217 Ciruti Center for Foreign Languages, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Prospective Majors Pizza Geography, geology and environmental studies. 327 Clapp Laboratory, 4:15-5:15 pm.
Prospective Majors Tea Politics. North Rockefeller Hall living room, 4:30 pm.
Reception to welcome the Joy of Africa Choir. Willits-Hallowell living room, 5 pm.
Italian Language Table Do you know how to pronounce the word "precipitevelossimevolmente?" Come join us and you'll know. Ham dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Concert Joy of Africa Choir. Abbey Chapel, 7 pm.
Discussion Independent People by Haldor Laxness, Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Discussion will be lead by poet and novelist Brad Leithauser, Emily Dickinson Lecturer in English. Odyssey Bookshop, 7 pm.
Meeting Korean American Christian Fellowship. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 7-10 pm.
Colloquium "Catharine Sedgwick: A Case Study of Scholarly Misogyny and Literary Exclusion." Patricia Larson Kalayjian, English, Scripps College. Sponsored by The Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Dickinson House living room, 7:30 pm.
Meeting SGA Senate. Gamble Auditorium, 7:30-11:00 pm.
Faculty Recital Gary Steigerwalt, piano, performs an all-Schumann program. Pratt Auditorium, 8:00-9:30 pm.
Photo ID Sessions Students and faculty should pick up temporary ID cards from the registrar's office; staff should pick up cards from human resources. Guest IDs available at Kendall Hall. Temporary IDs must be brought to the photo ID session. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am-noon.
Meetings A Remillard Insurance Agency agent will be on campus for pre-scheduled appointments only, bring copies of your current insurance policies. Call Human Resources, x2503, for an appointment. 215 Blanchard Campus Center, 11 am-2 pm.
Spanish Language Table South Rocky private dining room, noon.
Club Web Lunch discussion group to share information about the World Wide Web, view favorite Web sites, ask questions, and discuss Web-related topics. Open to all faculty, staff, and students with Web access. 207 Blanchard Campus Center, noon-1:30 pm.
Stimson Room Tea No pearls required. Stimson Room, Williston Library, 4 pm.
Zazen Meditation "Readiness, Mindfulness." Practice and discussion. Issho Fujita. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 4:00-5:15 pm.
Current and Prospective Majors and Minors Tea Music. Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, 4:15-5:00 pm.
Picnic for WMHC FM DJ's. Lower Lake fire place, 5 pm. Rain location: Torrey Hall living room.
German Language Table MacGregor Hall dining room, 5:30-7:00 pm.
Chinese Language Table Ham Hall dining room, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Kosher/Hallal dinner and program. RSVP required. Call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 2 pm Tuesday 4/7. Eliot House, 5:45 pm.
Lecture "Women Breaking Into Politics." Jean Inman, chair of The Massachusetts Republican Party. In conjunction with Conservative Awareness Day. New York Room, Mary Woolley Hall, 7:30 pm.
Meeting Amnesty International. 202 Blanchard Campus Center, 7:30-8:30 pm.
Meeting Speech and Debate. 212 Skinner Hall, 7:30-9:30 pm.
Lecture "The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene." Dean Harner. Hooker Auditorium, 8:00-9:30 pm.
Meeting Spectrum. 212 Blanchard Campus Center, 8:00-9:30 pm.
Integrating Prayer with Daily Life Share daily concerns and how these can be integrated with prayer. These gatherings are biblically centered, not denominationally centered. Simple lunch provided, RSVP required. Call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by 2 pm Wednesday 4/8. Eliot House Lounge, noon.
Russian Language Table Abbey private dining room, noon-1 pm.
Open Meeting of Academic Policy Committee to discuss the concept of "literacies." Morrison Room, Willits-Hallowell Center, 3 pm.
Career Development Center (CDC) Workshop "Job Searching on the Web." Sign up required. CDC, 4-5 pm.
Prospective Majors Tea Women's studies. Phil Jones of the Career Development Center will present information on career possibilities for women's studies majors and minors. Dickinson House living room, 4-5 pm.
Maundy Thursday Protestant Service Abbey Small Chapel, 4:15 pm.
Photo ID Session See Wednesday. 117 Blanchard Campus Center, 5-6 pm.
Lecture "Food for the Gods." Dennis Hudson, Professor of World Religions, Smith College. Followed by the opening reception for the exhibition Cooking for the Gods with a performance of classical Indian vocal music by Indira Peterson, Asian studies, accompanied by David Nelson, mridan gam drum; and David Reck, veena. Gamble Auditorium, 7 pm.
CDC Workshop "Resume Writing." CDC, 7-8 pm.
Support Group For students with learning disabilities/differences. Call x5290 for more information. Conference Room, Groves Health Center, 7-8 pm.
Debate Society Practice 210 Skinner Hall, 7:00-9:30 pm.
Japanese Tea Ceremony "Sakura, Cherry Blossom Chakai." Nobue Socho Yamashita. Reservation required, call 536-4364. Wa-Shin-An, Eliot House, 7:30-9:00 pm.
Holy Thursday Roman Catholic Mass of the Lord's Supper and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Abbey Chapel, 8 pm.
French Lunch Table Come join us for relaxed conversation in French. All levels welcome. Venez nombreux! Abbey private dining room, noon.
Good Friday Protestant Hour of Prayer Abbey Small Chapel, noon.
First Night Passover Seder Seating is limited, RSVP required. Call x2054 or email eliot-rsvp@mtholyoke.edu by Wednesday 4/8. Eliot House, 6 pm.
AAIWA Cultural Festival Middle Eastern food, medley of dances, theater performances and other presentations, followed by party. Admission $4 dinner, show and party; $2 party only. All events at Chapin Auditorium, dinner 6:00-7:30 pm; show 8-10 pm; party 10 pm-2 am.
Good Friday Roman Catholic Remembrance of the Lord's Passion Abbey Chapel, 7 pm.
Film Society The Shining. Admission $1. Gamble Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 pm.
Class and Dance Salsa and swing class taught by instructor, Bill Tenanes. Dance to follow. Admission $3 MHC, $5 Five College. Blanchard Campus Center, class 7:00-8:30 pm, dance 8:30 pm-midnight.