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Arts aren't a sometime thing here. In South Hadley and surrounding towns, Five College audiences can flock to varied arts events any time. Here's some of what the Pioneer Valley colleges offered in one typical week.
 "Off Center" dance performance series featuring Five College Dance Department alumnae artists Amy Cox, Yasuko Yokoshi, and Patricia Kenny
 Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing
 reading of new plays
 An art gallery talk on the exhibition Equal Partners:
Men and Women Principals
in Contemporary Architectural Practice
 Flat Is Beautiful and works created for MTV by acclaimed video artist Sadie Benning
A lecture-demonstration of shaman dances from Korea
A "Concert for the Earth" by the Chamber Choir, Chorale, Vocal Jazz, and the African-American Music Ensemble
A piano, violin, and cello trio playing works by Beethoven, Ravel, and Shostakovich
The improvisational theater group Mission Improvable
Matthew Hunter, the first American accepted into the string section of the Berlin Philharmonic, performs at his alma mater.
Auditions for productions of Shakespeare's Richard III, Chekhov's The Seagull, and for several one-act plays
gallery talk: "Doubletakes: A Dialogue on Women's Photographs"
Music in the noon hour:
lieder
Screening of When the
Stars Meet the Sea, part of
the African Film Festival
Faculty music recital with the Mount Holyoke Baroque Ensemble
Three plays at New World Theatre exploring facets of cultural identity and survival
Kirtana: a concert of South Indian classical music
"Orchestral Delights" and a preconcert lecture by the University Orchestra
Central American music from Quetzal
1st Photo by Ted S. Warren
2nd Photo by Jim Gipe
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