September 2009 Events

Sept. 10  through Oct. 9
"FLOWER POWER," an exhibition devoted to the various ways in which contemporary artists have used flower-based imagery in their work. The exhibit was curated by Trevor Richardson and features work by UMass faculty, alumni, and other national artists.  Artists represented in the show are: Zeke Berman, Jeanette Cole, Michael Coblyn, Robert Cumming, Hanlyn Davies, Julie Heffernan, Butt Johnson, Deborah Karpman, Jerry Kearns, Lisa Lindgren, Geoff Miller, Rosanne Retz, John Roy, Dale Schlappi, Al Souza, and Richard Yarde. For more information, click here.

September 30

Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies presents FEMINIST FOUNDATIONS/FEMINIST FUTURES Reflecting on 35 years of Women’s Studies at UMass Amherst.
“Ain’t I a Woman?” Reflections on Feminism and Identity Politics will take place at 4p.m. in 61 Bartlett Hall.

Dayo Gore, Moderator, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst; Daphne Berry, Management, UMass Amherst; Andy Inkster, Sociology, UMass Amherst; Sarah Richardson, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst; Falguni Sheth, Social Sciences, Hampshire College.For more information, click here.

Sunday, September 27
The Renaissance Center Theater Company presents a staged reading of a new one-act play, "A Gravedigger's Gift" by well-known local playwright and actor, Steve Henderson.  2:00 pm at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, 650 East Pleasant Street, Amherst. Mr. Henderson is a recent UMass Amherst University Without Walls/Theater Department graduate.  Reservations are not necessary, but seating is limited; the reading is open to the public and free.  For more information and directions, call 413-577-3600 or e-mail renaissance@english.umass.edu.
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Thursday, September 24
The Visiting Writers Series presents poet Dara Wier reading from new and selected work at 7:00 pm in Memorial Hall.
Wier is the author of ten books of poems, including Selected Poems, just out from Wave Books. Her honors include the Poetry Center and Archives Book of the Year Award, a Pushcart Prize, the American Poetry Review's Jerome Shestack Prize, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Thursday, September 17
The Going Public Lit Series presents WHEN YOU THINK OF IT by notnostrums, 7:00 pm, Amherst Cinema, presented in collaboration with the UMass MFA Program for Poets and Writers, the Juniper Initiative, the Amherst Cinema Arts Center, and the UMass Fine Arts Center.
    Experience the world premiere of the debut film by notnostrums, an innovative online poetry journal. Featuring renowned and emerging poets reading new work in a wide range of unexpected places, WHEN YOU THINK OF IT re-imagines the ways poetry reaches us and presents a dazzling array of
contemporary poetry. Tickets:$5. Online at www.amherstcinema.org  and at the Amherst Cinema box office.

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