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October 28, 2007
- UMass G/60 Open Chess Tournament
- The UMass Chess Club and the Ware Chess Club are hosting a G/60 Chess Tournament, with rated and unrated sections.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 8:30 am
- Fine Arts Center Lobby
- 3rd Annual String Day
- A day-long event for Junior & Senior high school students, parents, teachers & conductors.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 10:00 am
- Bezanson Recital Hall
- Renaissance Center Book Sale
- The Renaissance Center sells its duplicate books at deep discounts.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 10:00 am
- Renaissance Center
- Improv Comedy Workshop
- At our free weekly improv workshops (happening every Sunday), we teach improv comedy in a low-pressure setting.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 3:00 pm
- Dwight Basement Lounge
- Music at Newman
- The Newman Center Presents music by John Williams, Thomas Stevens, Jan Koetsier, and Krzystztof Penderecki.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 4:00 pm
- Newman Center Chapel
- Something Every Friday: Transformers
- Based on the successful cartoon from the 80s, this action adventure pits the Autobots against the evil Decepticons.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 8:00 pm
- Student Union Cape Cod Lounge
- Turn Back Your Clocks! Infinity Brass
- UMass Amherst's faculty brass quintet, Infinity Brass, performs a program of morning music in the evening.
- Sun Oct 28, 2007, 8:00 pm
- Bezanson Recital Hall
- Exhibit: Naturally Beautiful: Photographs by Suzanne Bell
- The exhibit features Suzanne Bell’s observations of the natural world reflected in images of backyard birds, mountains, beaches, and national parks.
- Wed Sep 5 to Mon Dec 31, 2007
- Library, Integrated Sciences & Engineering
- Exhibit: Staged: Scenes from the James Ellis Theatre Collection
- Featuring examples of the collection’s highlights, including books depicting the lives and work of Gilbert & Sullivan, the stage and its actors, amateur theatrical productions and private clubs.
- Wed Sep 5 to Mon Dec 31, 2007
- Library Learning Commons
- Exhibit: Carolyn Webb: Dialogue with a Collection
- This premiere exhibition features work by Carolyn Webb alongside works she has selected and placed in direct dialogue with her own sculpture and works on paper.
- Wed Sep 26 to Sun Nov 4, 2007
- Fine Arts Center - University Gallery
- Exhibit: Ex Libris: Matthew Higgs and Peter Wüthrich
- This exhibition brings together two internationally acclaimed artists, Matthew Higgs (UK) and Peter Wüthrich (Switzerland), who explore the book as “found” conceptual art and sculptural form.
- Wed Sep 26 to Sun Dec 9, 2007
- Fine Arts Center - University Gallery
- Open Enrollment for Health Care Spending Account & Dependent Care Assistance Programs
- This is your once annual opportunity to enroll in the pre-tax Health Care Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance Program for calendar year 2008.
- Tue Oct 9 to Fri Nov 9, 2007
- Exhibit: Inside/Out: Works by Hamlyn Davies, 1972-2007
- This retrospective exhibition includes examples of paintings and prints by the artist of a period of 35 years.
- Thu Oct 11 to Sun Nov 11, 2007
- Herter Art Gallery
- Exhibit: Flying Subjects by Artist Emily Luce
- The show features a mobius strip of I-95 and drawings made by turbulence.
- Sun Oct 21 to Fri Nov 2, 2007
- Student Union Art Gallery
- Exhibit: "Titles"
- Titles is an itinerant exhibition designed to adapt and travel to bookstores in different cities.
- Wed Oct 24 to Sun Nov 25, 2007
- Amherst Books
