Week of November 25—December 1, 2012
Carolyn Webb's work, Two Ways of Looking at an Elm Tree, I and II, is mounted on the south façade of the Fine Arts Center.
August 2, 2012—November 30, 2012
Fine Arts Center, South Facade
A new traveling exhibition that examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they sought equal opportunities in their sport beginning in the post-Civil War era.
October 12, 2012—December 7, 2012
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November 12, 2012—November 12, 2012, November 22, 2012—November 22, 2012
Learning Commons in W.E.B. Du Bois Library
A solo exhibition of work by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, the internationally acclaimed French artist whose innovative work merges the realms of the musical and the visual.
October 4, 2012—December 2, 2012, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
October 6, 2012—December 2, 2012, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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October 8, 2012—October 8, 2012, November 12, 2012—November 12, 2012, November 22, 2012—November 25, 2012
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Main Gallery
The Incubator Project Space presents "House of Observation," an exhibit by Claudia Sperry and Rachel Sperry.
October 28, 2012—November 29, 2012, Sun/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri
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November 12, 2012—November 12, 2012, November 22, 2012—November 25, 2012
Hampden Gallery
"I Probably Shouldn't Be Telling You This" is an art exhibition by Linda Griggs.
October 28, 2012—November 29, 2012, Sun/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri
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November 12, 2012—November 12, 2012, November 22, 2012—November 25, 2012
Hampden Gallery
Born out of unthinkable violence, the Greensboro Justice Fund was established to educate the public about discrimination and discriminatory organizations.
October 31, 2012—January 11, 2013
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November 22, 2012—November 22, 2012, December 16, 2012—December 16, 2012, December 22, 2012—December 23, 2012, December 28, 2012—January 1, 2013, January 6, 2013—January 6, 2013, December 25, 2012—December 25, 2012
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Floor 25
Site FAC is a series of public art projects made by UMass MFA candidates that utilize the Fine Art Center as a site for creative activity.
November 5, 2012—November 27, 2012
Haigis Mall
A group exhibit featuring ten photographers whose work to provided us with an understanding of how landscapes of conflict are remembered and memorialized, landscapes that were historically contested.
November 8, 2012—December 4, 2012, Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri
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November 12, 2012—November 12, 2012, November 22, 2012—November 25, 2012
Herter Art Gallery
The Student Union Art Gallery presents an exhibit by Caroline Woolard.
November 13, 2012—November 30, 2012, Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu 10:00 am-5:00 pm
November 13, 2012—November 30, 2012, Fridays 10:00 am-3:00 pm
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November 22, 2012—November 23, 2012
Student Union Art Gallery, 326
Head coach Sharon Dawley leads the Minutewomen into action against the Crusaders of Holy Cross.
November 25, 2012
2:00 pm
Mullins Center
The Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi are pedaling stationary bikes in the Campus Center for five days to raise funds and awareness on behalf of people with disabilities.
November 26, 2012—November 30, 2012 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Campus Center, Across from University Store
This lecture with Professor Sabina Murray will be a look at the power of engaging history in one’s fiction—of inviting the real into the imagined.
November 26, 2012
6:30 pm
Campus Center Auditorium
Faculty recital featuring Laura Klock, horn and including Harbison: Twilight Music, Scriabin: Romance, and Macchia: Links, a premiere.
November 26, 2012
8:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Economy of We opening reception with artist's talk
November 27, 2012
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Student Union Art Gallery, 326
Spoken Word Night is an opportunity to speak your truth before an audience in a welcoming, creative, diverse and vibrant setting.
November 27, 2012
7:30 pm
New Africa House, 203
Guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone have a long-standing duo, now in its eleventh year as a collaborative endeavor.
November 27, 2012
8:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
From the literal to the metaphorical! These 19 UMass undergraduates' 2 and 3D works are inspired by quotes from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss.
November 28, 2012—December 7, 2012, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
December 2, 2012—December 2, 2012, Sundays 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
December 9, 2012—December 9, 2012, Sundays 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Hampden Gallery
Three distinguished panelists—all university and college teaching award winners, will each present a distinct approach to the integration of their research and teaching, spanning the instruction of graduate and undergraduate students, both inside and outside of the classroom.
November 28, 2012
1:30 pm-2:45 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, 2601
Please join us at a reception to celebrate the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life's beautiful new office in the Student Union.
November 28, 2012
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Student Union, Dukes Room
Professor Judith Duncan draws on postmodern childhood studies and socio-cultural theories to critique current cultural assumptions underlying early childhood education, support for families, and early childhood education pedagogy.
November 28, 2012
3:30 pm
Campus Center, 917
Dr. Cornelina I. Bargmann will give the 7th Annual Sinauer Associates Lectuer. Her research focuses on how the environment, experience and the biology of the brain interact to shape an animal's behavior. Cornelia I.
November 28, 2012
4:00 pm
Engineering Lab (E-Lab) II , Engineering II Auditorium (Rm 119)
The Yellow House (Amor Hakkar, Algeria/France, 2007).
November 28, 2012
7:00 pm
Isenberg School of Management, 137
Tapestry Health is conducting free and anonymous HIV testing. Know your status!
November 29, 2012
12:00 pm-3:30 pm
Campus Center, 101
Flu clinics are open to students and all UHS patients. Walk in or call (413) 577-5101 for an appointment.
November 29, 2012
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
University Health Services (UHS), 302
What does it mean to be truly healed? This is the central question behind Violet: The Musical.
November 29, 2012—December 1, 2012 8:00 pm
December 6, 2012—December 8, 2012 8:00 pm
December 1, 2012—December 1, 2012 2:00 pm
December 8, 2012—December 8, 2012 2:00 pm
Rand Theater
Rob Weir is a lecturer of history at UMass Amherst and has taught at Bay Path College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Mount Ida College, and was a senior Fulbright scholar in New Zealand.
November 29, 2012
4:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level
“Local Reformations and London City Comedy: Middleton’s The Puritan Widow,” with Brian Walsh of the English Dept., Yale University.
November 29, 2012
4:30 pm
Renaissance Center, Reading Room
Mark Anthony Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University. He has written and lectured extensively on Black popular culture and music,
November 29, 2012
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Campus Center, 904-08
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, highlighst the importance of living sustainably, a necessity driven by the ongoing collapse of the environment, industrial economy, and by the arriving shortages of cheap oil.
November 29, 2012
6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Campus Center, 165-69
WMUA 91.1 FM presents Hip Hop in Renaissance, a showcase revealing the diverse elements of a culture that reinvented the music industry.
November 29, 2012
8:00 pm
Campus Center, Reading Room
The Student Alumni Association is collecting new teddy bears and other furry friends to benefit children from a variety of local health and human service agencies this holiday season.
November 30, 2012—December 10, 2012
Memorial Hall and UStore 
This talk will cover the changing demography of aging, importance of studying cohort differences, and cognitive changes in later life as these impact consumer behavior.
November 30, 2012
10:30 am-12:00 pm
Isenberg School of Management, 112
The UMass Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is conducting a toy drive at the December 1 men's basketball game, and at the November 30, December 7, and December 8 ice hockey games.
November 30, 2012—November 30, 2012 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
December 1, 2012—December 1, 2012 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
December 7, 2012—December 8, 2012 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Mullins Center
Head coach John Micheletto leads the Minutemen into action against conference foe Northeastern.
November 30, 2012
7:00 pm
Mullins Center
Directed by Paul Dennis, this performance features works by Anna Sokolow (Rooms), Billbob Brown/Marilyn Sylla, Adrienne Hawkins, and Tom Vacanti.
November 30, 2012—December 1, 2012 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Baroque chamber orchestra of strings and winds, directed by Robert Eisenstein.
November 30, 2012
8:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Join UPC a showing of "The Campaign."
November 30, 2012
8:00 pm
Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union Apply for a STEM Family Travel Initiative. The deadline is December 1, 2012.
December 1, 2012
8:00 am
Online
UMass swimming and diving takes on Yale at home in Amherst.
December 1, 2012
1:00 pm
Boyden Gymnasium, Pool
Coach Derek Kellogg leads the Minutemen against Miami (Fla.).
December 1, 2012
2:00 pm
Mullins Center
Mark your calendar now for the 2012-2013 UMass Basketball season and plan to meet-up at Professor Thom's for pre-game festivities.
December 1, 2012—December 1, 2012 2:00 pm
Professor Thom's 
Joshua Greene, Assistant Conductor, Metropolitan Opera will give a masterclass.
December 1, 2012
4:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster takes us on a musical sleigh ride through Nova Scotia at Christmastime with a spirited performance of traditional and contemporary Celtic melodies and Christmas carols.