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October 8, 2008
- Student Union Craft Center Fall Tag Sale
- Take a break from the daily routine and browse the silver and beaded jewelry, batik wall hangings, silk painted scarves, belts, and much more!
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 11:00 am
- Library Lawn
- Speaker Luncheon: University Women's Network Featuring Holly Leonard
- Please join us for our University Women's Network October speaker luncheon featuring Holly Leonard, owner of BeFit Health and Wellness Solutions Inc.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 12:00 pm
- Campus Center 1001
- Arts Programming Grant Deadline
- Applications for a grant of up to $750 for arts programming are due at noon today for events taking place after October 15, 2008.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 12:00 pm
- Curry Hicks 10
- Workshop: The Law School Application Process
- Attend this informational workshop on the law school application process for seniors and alumni applying for Fall 2009 admission.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 1:00 pm
- Machmer W26
- Women's Tennis vs. Rhode Island
- Head coach Judy Dixon leads the UMass Amherst women's tennis team into action against the University of Rhode Island.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 2:30 pm
- Tennis Courts
- Renaissance Wednesday: "Podunk, Tuxedo, Mugwump: American Indian Terms in English"
- Contact of Europeans with American Indians in the Northeast starting in the late 16th century with traders and fisherman and the Indian words they adopted.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Renaissance Center
- Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB) Meeting
- Make a difference in the health care programs, practices and polices that affect you and all UMass Amherst students – join the Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB).
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 5:00 pm
- University Health Services (UHS) 302
- Celtics vs. Sixers Preseason Game
- The Philadelphia 76ers face the defending National Basketball Association Champion Boston Celtics in a preseason game at the Mullins Center.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 7:00 pm
- Mullins Center
- Film: Days and Nights
- This classic musical romance, directed by Henri Barakat, stars the legendary Adel Halim Hafez, one of the Arab world's most enduringly popular singers.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 7:00 pm
- Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137
- Colloquial on Alternatives to 12-Steps Approach
- This chat-like activity will present the alternatives that exist for self-help when certain behaviors or activities, such as substance use, eating, and gambling, are negatively affecting our lives or our significant others' lives.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 7:00 pm
- New Africa House The Shirley Graham Du Bois Library
- Shakespeare & Company Performs Hamlet
- The renowned Shakespeare & Company performs Hamlet, Shakespeare's timeless tale of murder and revenge.
- Wed Oct 8, 2008, 7:30 pm
- Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
- Art Exhibit: Petula Bloomfield's Laced
- Petula Bloomfield's paintings attempt to reveal both the transparent and opaque nature of the physical, emotional and spiritual experience of being human.
- Sun Sep 14 to Sun Oct 19, 2008
- Hampden Gallery
- Art Exhibit: Sean Greene's Calligraphs
- Sean Greene’s paintings are rooted in the study of color. Bands of color evoke written languages like Arabic or graffiti.
- Sun Sep 14 to Sun Oct 19, 2008
- Hampden Gallery
- Art Exhibit: Stephen Foley's In a Glass House
- Exhibition of visionary sculptures in the Hampden Incubator Project Space.
- Sun Sep 14 to Tue Oct 21, 2008
- Hampden Hall Incubator Project Space
- Art Exhibit: Nowhere Else But Here
- An exhibition in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Department of Art.
- Wed Sep 17 to Fri Oct 31, 2008
- Herter Art Gallery
