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The Amherst College Department of Music presents Garden of Snakes, an original jazz composition thesis by Diego Ram...

This bilingual work grapples with the past, bearing witness to gender-nonconforming historical figures, La Monja Alferéz ...

Using a fusion of modern contemporary, Afro-Caribbean, African and hip-hop styles, the project hopes to explore resistance...

Free of charge and open to the public, the Amherst College Department of Music presents a special jazz concert by the Mich...

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and noon - 4 p.m. on Sundays. Closed Saturdays. This exhibi...

"Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic ...

Do you teach at one of the Five Colleges? Join us to learn more about how to make the most of the Mead’s collection of m...

Stop by the Mead to find new connections among works on view with student museum educators. Each week we’ll focus on dif...

The Amherst College Department of Music presents original composition theses Nor Any Tide and Snapshots of Summ...

This septet from Vienna is probably the strangest brass ensemble you will ever hear. With a musical virtuosity mixed with ...

Join us for a waffle breakfast to celebrate platonic friendship and the closing of Fragmented Identities: The Gendered Rol...

The Department of Russian presents I Am Dragon (ОН-ДРАКОН), a 2015 film directed by Indar Dzhendubaev.

Come take a break from your busy week and enjoy tea, coffee, snacks and good company in the Arms Green Room. The music dep...

89.3 WAMH presents three bands, Carinae, Gabe’s Mystery Band, and TWEN, at Marsh House on Friday, February 15 at 8:30 p....

Stop by the Mead to find new connections among works on view with student museum educators. Each week we’ll focus on dif...

"Listening, Hearing and the Human" is a course taught by Associate Professor of Music Jeffers Engelhardt and Associate Pro...

The story of jazz has often been upheld in terms of cultural triumph, as a transcendent response to African-American strug...

Five College Dance, in collaboration with the Amherst College Department of Theater and Dance, presents SPRING

"Every year, Max, a successful restaurant owner, and Véro, his eco-friendly wife, invite a merry group of friends to thei...

Nichole Bridges, class of 1997, is the associate curator for African art and the associate curator overseeing the Departme...

An open space for expression, articulation, resistance and gathering that centers healing, affirmation, resilience, and m...

Five College Dance, in collaboration with the Amherst College Department of Theater and Dance, presents SPRING

With her Black Earth Ensemble, Mitchell uses science fiction to address the question: “What would a world look like that...

Stop by the Mead to find new connections among works on view with student museum educators. Each week we’ll focus on dif...

Five College Dance, in collaboration with the Amherst College Department of Theater and Dance, presents SPRING

Join the MRC and the Mead as we conclude Black History Month with the Black Art Matters Festival, a visual art exhibition ...

Come see hip-hop group Blackalicious perform and get a chance to ask them about their music and career. Acclaimed for the ...

As part of LitFest 2019, Daniel Gallant, a playwright and executive director of New York’s famed Nuyorican Poets Cafe, h...

Hosted by David Gallant of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City. First place winner will receive a trip to NYC and a ...

The Department of Russian presents Mermaid (РУСАЛКА), a 2007 film directed by Anna Melikyan.

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All are invited to the Mead for a talk on symmetry with Amherst College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Chris Durr. Join ...

As part of Amherst College LitFest 2019, author and WNYC editor Rebecca Carroll hosts a conversation with two 2018 finalis...