Amherst College Event Calendar Academic Year at a Glance

Time	Event Title
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.	Mead Art Museum Mead Art Museum Open late for Family Weekend.
11:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.	Museum Tour Mead Art Museum Students from the museum’s volunteer docent group discuss highlights of the museum’s collections, showcasing celebrated artworks and their own research.
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	"Why Study Abroad?" Fayerweather Hall Family members of both first-generation college students and students of color are encouraged to attend this session with Director of International Experience Janna Behrens. Dean Behrens will discuss the many benefits of studying abroad, as well as the financial aid process, and she will provide answers to your questions as well. Join us Saturday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. in Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115).
12:00 p.m.	Choral Society's Family Weekend Concert Buckley Recital Hall
12:30 p.m.	Football vs. Trinity Pratt Field Family Weekend
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Exhibition Tour Mead Art Museum Director and chief curator Elizabeth Barker leads this up-close exploration of the paintings and prints of Lino Mannocci, the contemporary artist featured in the Mead’s special exhibition.
3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.	Fireside Chat Lecture Series Charles Drew House Help us welcome Lucy Hurston, sociologist and author of "Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston" in the Charles Drew common room.
8:30 p.m.	“Bohemian Rhapsodies” Buckley Recital Hall The Amherst Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Family Weekend concert.

Time	Event Title
Nov 6-Nov 8	Family Weekend Alumni House