April 9, 4:30pm

Join the Edwin C. Gentzler Translation Center at UMass Downtown for a special event with Victoria Offredi Poletto and Giovanna Bellesia Contuzzi. They will read from and discuss their translation of Adrián N. Bravi’s "My Language Is a Jealous Lover", which won the 2024 Mass Book Award for Translated Literature.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event through Amherst Books.

Sponsored by the Mass Book Awards Speakers Bureau and presented in collaboration with the Massachusetts Center for the Book.

April 3, 4–7 p.m.

Get ready to run! Join Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County at UMass Downtown for a Daffodil Run pre-race event to remember. Music, food, giveaways, 15% off all UMass gear, and more!

Purchase a $3 cowbell to ring during the race. The UMass Store will donate 10% of all April 3 sales at both UMass Downtown and the UMass Store on campus and 100% of all cowbell sale proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County.

March 14-16

Celebrate the grand opening of UMass Downtown, located at 108 N. Pleasant St. in the heart of downtown Amherst. Stop by UMass Amherst's new multipurpose retail, meeting, and micro-event space this weekend during our Grand Opening Sale. 15% off purchases and raffles on site all weekend. Check out the new space and save on some new and classic UMass favorites!

Friday, March 14, 10am-6pm
Saturday, March 15, 10am-4pm
Sunday, March 16, 10am-4pm