Lectures/Symposia

Biological sciences colloquium “Muscle Functional Plasticity in Vivo: How Animals Accommodate Variable Motor Skills.” Garry Gillis, Mount Holyoke College. Refreshments precede in foyer. 4:30 p.m., McConnell B05

Performing Arts/Films

Film Gaza Strip, producer James Longley’s documentary of life in an overcrowded occupied territory. 7 p.m., Seelye 109

S.O.S. Fund Drive Screening and discussion of the film Philadelphia. 8 p.m., Wright Auditorium*

Meetings/Workshops

Study abroad information session Weekly meeting for interested students, including a review of opportunities and procedures, and a question-and-answer period. 4 p.m., Third Floor Resource Room, Clark Hall

Discussion “Sociology in the Field.” Sociology majors and minors discuss internships in their field. Open to potential or declared majors and anyone interested in the application of sociology outside the classroom. 4 p.m., Campus Center 205

Smith World Affairs Committee meeting
5 p.m., Campus Center 204

CDO infosession “How to Find an Internship or Summer Job.” 5 p.m., CDO, Drew

Smith Democrats meeting 7 p.m., Campus Center 103-104

Other Events/Activities

Language lunch tables French, Italian. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B

President’s open hours First come, first served. 4-5 p.m., College Hall 20

Opening reception for “Memory and Forgetting,” an exhibition of mixed media by Smith visual studies students. Refreshments served. 5-7 p.m., Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer, Brown Fine Arts Center

Aerobics class Noncredit, for students. Show up any time. 7:30-8:20 p.m., Ainsworth Gym

Lectures/Symposia

Women and Financial Independence lecture series “Principles of Investing.” Roger Kaufman, economics. Learn the fundamentals of investing, including stocks and bonds, portfolio diversification and asset allocation, and more. Lunch provided. Noon, Neilson Browsing Room*

Sigma Xi luncheon talk “Polymer Synthesis with Transition Metal Catalysts.” Maureen Fagan, chemistry. Open to faculty, emeriti and staff. 12:15 p.m., College Club, Lower Level

Lecture “The Feminized Courtly Lover and the Renaissance Woman Poet: Transgendered Lyric in Lyon.” Edwin Duval, Yale University. 4:30 p.m., Seelye 201

Lecture “Neo-Cons and American Foreign Policy.” Fred Baumann, political science, Kenyon College, and author, Politics and Fraternity. 4:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room

Slide lecture “Poetry and Image in the Arts of Islam.” Walter B. Denny, art history, UMass. In conjunction with the Museum of Art exhibition Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran. 7 p.m., Graham Hall, Hillyer, Brown Fine Arts Center*

Panel Discussion “Global/Local, Treatment/Prevention: Finding Connections and Parallels Within the Fight Against AIDS.” Richard Goldsby, biology, Amherst College; Kiaran Honderich, economics; Jill Lewis, gender studies and literature, Hampshire College; and Ellen Miller-Mack, Brightwood Community Health Center. 7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Lecture “Emotion: A Buddhist Account.” Geshe Ngawang Samten, director and vice chancellor, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in India. Part of the Kahn Institute project for 2003-04, “TransBuddhism: Transmission, Translation, and Transformation.” 7:30 p.m., Seelye 106*

Performing Arts/Films

Music in the Noon Hour Ellen Redman, flute, with Clifton J. Noble Jr., piano, perform works by Foss and Noble. 12:30 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage*

Meetings/Workshops

CDO infosession “Job Search for Seniors.”
5 p.m., CDO, Drew

SGA Senate meeting Open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Campus Center 103-104

Religious Life

Discussion “Exploring the Inner Landscape.” Share thoughts about life’s challenges with Sensei Issho Fujita, Zen Buddhist priest and adjunct chaplain. A soup and bread lunch is provided. For more information or to sign up, send email to blinge@smith.edu or call ext. 2754. Noon-1 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities

Language lunch tables Korean, German. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B (alternate weekly)

Kickboxing class Noncredit, for students. Show up any time. 7:30-8:20 p.m., ESS Fitness Studio, Ainsworth

Lectures/Symposia

Chemistry/Biochemistry lunch chat An informal departmental seminar for students and faculty. 12:10-1:10 p.m., Burton 101

Lecture “Russia’s Economic Transformation and the Law of Unintended Consequences.” David M. Kotz, author of Revolution from Above: The Demise of the Soviet System. Open class meeting of ECO 209, Comparative Economic Systems. 2:30 p.m., Dewey Common Room*

Lecture “Tibetan Heart Yoga: How It Works.” Geshe Michael Roach, a fully ordained Buddhist monk, will discuss Tibetan Heart Yoga as outlined in his new book. For more information, consult: www.heartyoga.org. 7:30 p.m., Chapel*

Performing Arts/Films

International Film Festival Serephina (Africa). One in a series of films from different areas of the world, chosen by several first-year international students to accurately portray their own countries, cultures and traditions. 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium

WORD! Festival The Five College Multicultural Theater festival will feature staged readings of six original works by undergraduate students from the five colleges. These will be approx-imately ten minutes each and feature themes that reflect the diversity of human experience. Reception follows. 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, Mendenhall CPA*

Meetings/Workshops

CDO infosession “Creating Résumés and Cover Letters.” 5 p.m., CDO, Drew

Religious Life

Catholic Adas gathering and informal discussion/ reflection. Lunch served. All welcome. Noon, Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Meeting “Introduction to Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation.” Learn the value and practice of mindfulness in Buddhist meditation. Experience living in the present and learn skills that apply to everyday life. For more information, send email to Sensei Issho Fujita, Zen Buddhist priest and adjunct chaplain, isshofujita@gis.net. 7:15-8:45 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel

Other Events/Activities

Language lunch tables Spanish and Portuguese. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B

Language lunch table Chinese. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

CDO open hours for browsing, Web site, and library assistance. 4:30–6 p.m., CDO, Drew

Social events coordinator dinner 5:45 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room C

Step intervals class Noncredit, for students. Show up any time. 7:30-8:20 p.m., Ainsworth Gym

Lectures/Symposia

Women and Financial Independence lecture series “Entrepreneurship.” Jim Theroux, Isenberg School of Business, UMass. Learn the fundamentals of starting your own business, including writing a business plan and raising capital. Local entrepreneurs will share their experiences. Lunch provided. Noon, Neilson Browsing Room*

Liberal Arts Luncheon lecture “Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) on Texts of Walt Whitman.” Jonathan Hirsh, music, and Michael Thurston, English. Sponsor: Committee on Academic Priorities. Noon, College Club, Lower Level

Meetings/Workshops

CDO infosession “Who Do You Think You Are? Defining Your Career Skills, Interests, and Values.” 4:15 p.m., CDO, Drew

Religious Life

Wellness Zone Meditation and stress reduction open to the entire campus community on a drop-in basis. 5-5:30 p.m., Campus Center 102

Intervarsity Christian fellowship Friendship and fun organized by students. All welcome. 8-9:30 p.m., Campus Center 103-104

Taize prayer circle in the Christian tradition. An informal service of sung prayer and meditation. All welcome. 10 p.m., Dewey Common Room

Other Events/Activities

Language lunch tables Japanese, Russian. Noon, Duckett Special Dining Rooms A, B (alternate weekly)

Glee Club lunch table Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C

Friday 3/12-Saturday 3/13

No events scheduled.

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Sunday, March 14

Lectures/Symposia

Northampton 350th lecture series “Hard Thoughts and Jealousies: The Goody Parsons Witchcraft Case.” John Putnam Demos, Yale University, winner of the 1983 Bancroft Prize and author of Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England. Sponsors: history; Historic Northampton.
2 p.m., Wright Auditorium*

Performing Arts/Films

Concert Luiz de Moura Castro, piano. De Moura Castro gave his debut recital in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, at the age of nine. He has appeared with orchestras throughout the world and currently teaches at the Hartt School of Music. Sponsor: Ernst Wallfisch Memorial Scholarship Fund. 4 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage

Religious Life

No religious life events during spring break

Other Events/Activities

No CDO open hours during spring break

Monday-Wednesday,
March 15-17

No events scheduled
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Thursday, March 18

Meetings/Workshops

Staff meeting Open meeting for staff to ask questions of and share concerns with senior staff regarding budget issues and changes ahead. Bring lunch. Noon, Campus Center 205

Friday 3/19 - Saturday 3/20

No events scheduled.

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Sunday 3/21

Lectures/Symposia

A Gallery of Readers Writers Robin Barber and Joan Cenedella will read from their work. 4 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room*

Performing Arts/Films

ACDA Children’s Choral Festival Eight children’s choirs from throughout western Massachusetts will perform from their own repertoires, then combine to present the newly commissioned “Ev’ry Time I feel the Spirit” by composer Clifton J. Noble, Jr. conducted by Pamela Getnick, Paradise City Treble Choir. 6 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage*

Meetings/Workshops

Meeting Students for Social Justice and Institutional Change. 7:30 p.m., Campus Center 104




No religious life events during spring break

Other Events/Activities

No CDO open hours during spring break

On Inhabiting Identity features recent work of the award-winning New York architectural firm Lubrano Ciavarra Design, founded by Anne Marie Lubrano ’91, who will give a gallery talk on Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m., followed by an opening reception at 4 p.m. March 7 through 28. Oresman Gallery, Hillyer, Brown Fine Arts Center*

Annual Spring Bulb Show A spectacular array of blossoming crocus, hyacinths, narcissi, irises, lilies and tulips will provide an early glimpse of spring. March 6 through 21. Lyman Conservatory*

The Face: An Obsession (Three Decades) An exhibit of portraits of well-known feminists, including Margaret Sanger, Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug, as well as other works on paper by New York artist and feminist Linda Stein. In commemoration of Women’s History Month. For more information on Stein, consult http://www.lindastein.com. Through March 30. Morgan Gallery, Neilson Library*

The Botanic Garden: A Neighboring View Northampton resident and photographer Judy Messer, whose home neighbors Smith, will present 15 years of photographic exploration of the Botanic Garden. Through May 31. Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Conservatory*

Exposures: Photographic Displays of Personal Projects Away from Smith A collaboration of students sharing their summer and JYA experiences from different perspectives, interests, majors and locations. March 1 through 26. Campus Center, Arts Lounge*

The Way I Remember Them: Paintings by Nusra Latif Qureshi A showcase of works by this contemporary Pakistani miniaturist, who combines historical techniques and subjects in her paintings. Qureshi’s work will be shown with some of her sources, including traditional Islamic objects (such as daggers), Mughal period miniatures, and colonial era photo-graphs. Curated by Anna Sloan, lecturer, art. Through April 25. Museum of Art*

Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran This traveling exhibition, drawn from the collection of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., focuses on the tradition of miniature painting in Iran in the16th and early 17th centuries. Through April 25. Museum of Art*

Girl Printers: An Invitational Show Featuring Printing, Books and Ephemera Curated by Carol J. Blinn, proprietor of Warwick Press. Sponsor: Mortimer Rare Book Room. Through March 28. Morgan Gallery and Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library*

Counting History: From Cuneiform to Calculus This exhibit, created by students in MTH350/ HSC211 last fall, provides a fascinating and unexpect-ed hands-on history of mathematical notations. Count with abaci and quipus; decipher cuneiform tablets and Renaissance treatises. Through March 12. Kahn Institute, Neilson Library*

In Focus: A Brief History of Photography To comple-ment a spring course titled The History of Photogra-phy, this exhibition high-lights the deep resources of the museum’s photo-graphy collection in a sur-vey of photographic prints from a variety of artists, cultures and techniques dating from the early 1840s to the present. Through April 4. Museum of Art*

Memory and Forgetting An exhibition of work by Smith College visual studies stu-dents dealing with memory from different perspectives and in a wide range of me-dia, from printmaking to video installation. Through March 21. Janotta Gallery, Hillyer, Brown Fine Arts Center