TUESDAY
The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College will host an assembly of Russian Art, held through January, 2009. "Celebrating a Transforming Legacy" is compiled of more than 400 works of the 1937 Amherst College graduate Thomas P. Whitney's collection of Russian Art. For more information, visit www.amherst.edu/mead or call 413-545-2335.
WEDNESDAY
Silvio Torres-Saillant, a professor of English and director of the Latino-Latin American Studies Program at Syracuse University, will conduct a lecture illustrating the concerns of the United States Hispanic population. Torres-Saillant is the co-director for Latino Research, an association of 14 Latino research centers at universities across the country, and will discuss diverse national origins, histories, cultural backgrounds, and manners of incorporation into American. society. Sponsored by the Casa Dominicana, the Center for Latino American and Caribbean Studies and the Latin American Cultural Center, the program will take place in the University of Massachusetts Campus Center from 7-9 p.m. Contact Gisel Saillant at gsaillan@student.umass.edu or 413-546-0365 for more details.
THURSDAY The U Just Do U Showcase: Homecoming 2008 Talent Show will take place tonight in Bowker Auditorium from 6-9 p.m. Hosted by a surprise guest from "The Real World: Hollywood," this event will display the talent possessed by many UMass student organizations, as well as UMass Greek Life. Tickets for the Homecoming 2008 event finale "Club U" will also be available. Contact Lucas Y at umass.upc.@gmail.com for more information.
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