Upcoming Events on Campus

By: Danielle Pourbaix

After a long and icy winter in Amherst, Spring is finally in sight!  Here are some *FREE* events that everyone can enjoy after spring break…

Now through Thursday, April 30

1. Art exhibit: New World Theater's 30th “Retrospective”

Learning Commons - W.E.B. DuBois Library

Now through Sunday, May 3

1. Art exhibit: Natural History Prints by photographer John Green

Integrated Sciences Building

Now through Sunday, May 24

1. Art exhibit: Miroslaw Balka (Internationally acclaimed Polish artist)

FAC – University Gallery

Thursday, April 2 (4-6pm)

1. Making connections: Life after UMass student/alumni networking event

Student Union – Cape Cod Lounge

Tuesday, April 14 (8:30-10:30am)

1. Morning Mixer: UMass Alumni Association - Free bagels & coffee for students, faculty, staff

Memorial Hall

Tuesday, April 14 (5:30pm)

1. Campus to Career: UMass Alumni Association – “Ultimate Money Skills”

Memorial Hall

Saturday, April 18 (9am)

1. 4th Annual 5K Road Race for Push America

FAC

Saturday, April 18 (7pm)

1. Vocal Suspects present “Acappellooza”

Campus Center Auditorium

Thursday, April 23 (7pm)

1. 4th Annual UMass Film Festival

Student Union – Cape Cod Lounge

Friday, April 24 (6pm) to April 25 (9am)

1. Five College Area “Relay for Life” (www.relay forlife.org)

Amherst College – Pratt Field

Monday, April 27, 12-1:30 p.m., Goodell 604

1. Peter Manseau lecture: Collecting Gods: Why Telling Stories About Other People’s Beliefs Might Just Save the World
2. BDIC alumnus, prize winning novelist

Friday, May 1, 4-6 p.m., Goodell 608

1. BDIC Alumni Forum
2. Meet distinguished BDIC alumni

Sunday, May 3 (11am – 4pm)

1. Shakespeare Festival

UMass Renaissance Center (East Pleasant St.)

Sunday, May 3 (12pm)

1. UMass Spring Concert (Performers TBD)

Mullins Center

      Sunday, May 10, 3 pm, Student Union Ballroom

1. Broadway Bash: A Musical Showcase
2. Presented by Megan Kolb, BDIC peer advisor

Designed by Elliot Gerber