The New York Times science and medicine reporter Gina Kolata is the keynote speaker

at a lecture entitled "Reporting on

the Embryo." In addition to her work with the Times, she has written articles in magazines such as Smithsonian, Glamour and GQ and award-winning books on topics ranging from the flu epidemic to exercise to cloning. Kolata was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 2000. (Thurs., 7:30 p.m., Gamble Auditorium, Mt. Holyoke College.)

Window-shoppers in Amherst will enjoy "Perimeter Visions: an Exhibition Environment," a window-based art installation series. Each two-week show will showcase contemporary artists' work in different mediums, making the art visible in a new and more public space. The opening show features the color photographs of Jessica Fafnir Adamites, a UMass graduate who experiments with the use of costumes, modeling, binary systems and chaotic design. (Food for Thought Books, Sat. through May 2.)

Be the first in line to purchase the new game "Living Life," designed after the tragedy of Sept. 11 by Jay Moore '94.

The game consists of 30 cards prompting players to take real-life adventures designed "to get back in touch with what it means

to live life to

the fullest," said Moore. He founded his own company, Romherst, Inc. (named after his hometown, Rochester, N.Y. and Amherst College), to create unique, exciting and life-fulfilling games. (To be sold exclusively at Newbury Comics in the Pioneer Valley area.)

Think you might find yourself up early on Easter morning? If not, plan on it: you don't want to miss the Easter Sunrise Service, do you? (Sun., 6:30 a.m., Amphitheatre, Mt. Holyoke College.)

Editors' Movie Rental of the Week

To be perfectly honest, the fact that Amanda Bynes stars in the latest "Princess Diaries" knockoff "What a Girl Wants" is just another reason to not see it. If you're just hunting for a taste of Bynes' delectable costar Colin Firth, however, run and

rent the beyond-superlative 1996 BBC version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Not only is Firth's universally recognized wet-shirt scene an understated erotic stunner, but the novel has been adapted with an uncannily intuitive sensibility to make this the most magnificent Austen production to date: you finish the film wishing that the six-hour running time had been six days. Better yet, six years.