Youth Film Showcase: Cultures of Peace New Asia Cinema Saturday, November 14 Amherst Cinema Arts Center   11:00 am Please join us for the 3rd Annual Youth Film Showcase: Cultures of Peace with films by local youth celebrating peace, social justice, cultural diversity, and environmental issues!

The Art of the Samurai A Bus Tour to the Special Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC Saturday, November 21 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC    Includes bus and exhibit fee: $60; Five College/GCC/STCC students/17 & under $50 Tour New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and see the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the Arts of the Samurai.

Spirit and Soul: Nalini Nadkarni The Queen of Forest Canopy Research Tuesday, April 27 Bowker Auditorium   7:30 pm Free Nalini Nadkarni has been called “the queen of forest canopy research,” a field that relates directly to three of the most pressing environmental issues of our time: the maintenance of biodiversity, the stability of world climate, and the sustainability of forests.