In accordance with Massachusetts regulations, strict restrictions are in effect for in-person campus events. Most of the the events listed here are taking place remotely on Zoom and other online platforms. See each listing for details. All times are United States Eastern Time Zone.
Month of September 2017
New Asia Cinema 2017: Fashion. The 13th annual installment of this semester-long international series explores the complexities of costume and spectacle, style and identity, creativity and subversion, and labor and consumerism.
September 6—December 6, 2017, Wednesdays 7:30 pm-10:00 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
November 22
Isenberg School of Management, 137 (Flavin Family Auditorium)

In a tradition of hosting challenging exhibitions organized by student curators, the UMCA presents an exhibition of African art drawn from the collection of Charles Derby, a UMass alumnus who has been collecting since the 1970s alongside an exhibition of painted flags of Africa by the renowned African American artist Fred Wilson.
September 27—December 10, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 27—December 10, 2017, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
November 11, November 18—November 26
University Museum of Contemporary Art

Enjoy great conversation with students and UMass community members over free coffee, tea and tasty snacks.
September 6, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
September 19, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
October 5, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
October 20, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 3, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 14, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 29, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
December 11, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Campus Center, Blue Wall

Come join us for the first UMass Night Out of the semester! This first UMNO is all about decorating your new room, with artwork that you paint! Trained professionals will guide you step by step through a watercolor painting celebrating UMass.
September 8, 2017
6:00 pm-11:00 pm
Student Union, Ballroom

Have an idea but don't know where to turn? The Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship has you covered. Our Idea Jams offer students the opportunity to get good ideas out in the open and recruit the help they need to bring these ideas to life.
September 14, 2017
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois

Presented by Five College Opera, The Scarlet Professor dramatizes the true story of Newton Arvin, a Smith College literature professor arrested in 1960, with two of his colleagues, for possessing male erotic photographs.
September 15—September 16, 2017 8:00 pm
September 23, 2017 8:00 pm
September 17—September 24, 2017, Sundays 3:00 pm
Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Artts

The 2017 Mark Roskill Symposium will explore the topics of colonialism, resistance and repatriation, and what artists, museum professionals and scholars are doing to promote justice for Native American communities, both in the art world and beyond.
September 15, 2017
4:00 pm-7:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S240

Join us on the Amherst Town Common for our annual Apple Harvest, Craft, and Children's Festival, featuring artisan crafts from juried crafters along with delicious local food, a petting zoo, pony rides, children's games, and local pre-schools offering information and activities.
September 16, 2017
10:00 am
Amherst Town Common

We are looking to cast an ensemble of 12-14 actors and seeking a diverse cast with all roles open to students and members of the community of all ages, races, genders and identities. Dancers, singers & musicians are encouraged to attend!
September 17, 2017 1:30 pm-5:30 pm
September 18—September 19, 2017 6:30 pm-10:30 pm
Curtain Theater

Come and talk to one of your lawyers from the Student Legal Services Office and have your questions answered.
September 20, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
October 4, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
October 18, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 1, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 15, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
November 29, 2017 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Student Union, 314

Kate Fagan is an acclaimed columnist and feature writer for espnW, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. She is also a regular panelist on ESPN's "Around the Horn" and can also be seen on "Outside the Lines." Previously, Fagan spent three seasons covering the 76ers for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
September 21, 2017
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Mullins Center, Massachusetts Room

Acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise will be on campus to give commentary on the film The Great White Hoax, which explores how American political leaders of both parties have been tapping into white anxiety, stoking white grievance, and scapegoating people of color for decades to divide and conquer working class voters and shore up political support.
September 25, 2017
5:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, N151

Marriott Meals gives Hospitality and Tourism Management students a competitive advantage within this experiential learning class.
September 26—December 6, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu 11:45 am-12:30 pm
September 26—December 6, 2017, Tue/Wed 5:45 pm-6:30 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
October 10, October 12, November 1, November 21—November 23
Campus Center - Marriott Center, 1101

UMass Student Farm's Amanda Brown and Book & Plow Farm's Maida Ives will share their stories of managing campus farms in the Pioneer Valley, providing food for the institutions in which they are housed, engaging with students and conducting on-farm education and service learning in collaboration, all while collaborating with the student body.
September 26, 2017
5:30 pm-6:45 pm
Paige Laboratory, 202

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences hosts the next event in its Dean's Symposia Series, “Women Behind Bars: Public Health and Criminal Justice Reform.” Andrea James, the founder and executive director of Families for Justice as Healing, will provide the keynote address.
September 27, 2017
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Campus Center, 904

The George "Trigger" Burke UMass Athletics Hall of Fame showcases the university's rich athletic history and proudly honors former student-athletes, coaches, and administrators who have made a significant impact on the program through their commitment to excellence.The 2017 Hall of Fame Induction Class includes Clarence Brooks '73, Judy Dixon, Tim Edwards '67, Bob Hansen '70, Mike Stone '82 and Jane Welzel '78.
September 29, 2017
6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Campus Center Auditorium
