If you¹re anxious for spring, the 32nd Annual Spring Flower Show can give you a head start. The show will feature hundreds of spring-blossoming bulbs and plants in the century-old Talcott Greenhouse at Mount Holyoke. This year¹s theme, entitled ³Links to Spring,² recognizes the 2004 U.S. Women¹s Open to be played this summer at the Orchards, Mt. Holyoke¹s 18-hole championship golf course. The show will include beautiful spring flowers including hyacinths, narcissus, pansies, anemones, ranunculus, daffodils, crocus, scilla, muscari and primroses, as well as the vibrantly-colored, daisy-like cineraria and the red and yellow-hued calceolaria, or pocketbook plant. (Sat., March 6 to Sun., March 21, 10 a.m., Mt. Holyoke, free. For more information, call 413-538-2116.)

Princeton University Professor of Philosophy Gideon Rosen will give a lecture titled ³You Should Have Known Better: Culpable Ignorance in Law and Morality² at Amherst College. This lecture is part of the series on ³Ethics, Metaphysics, and Psychology of Belief,² hosted by the department of philosophy at Amherst College and the Forry and Micken Fund in Philosophy and Science. As Rosen explained to the Daily Princetonian in May 2003, ³My work is concerned with the ethics of praise, blame, punishment and the whole range of responses we have to violations of moral norms.² (Thurs., March 11, 4:30 p.m., Cole Assembly Room in Converse Hall, Amherst College, free.)

Don¹t miss out on the opportunity to see Bill Cosby, comedian, actor in ³The Cosby Show² (1984-1992) and best-selling author of books such as ³Fatherhood² and ³Time Flies.² Mark Gussow of The New York Times called Cosby, ³Everyman and also his own man ... A witty American humorist in complete touch with the source of his material: himself.² As one of the most popular personalities in America, Cosby reveals to us the humor in our life from our everyday successes and mistakes. (Sun., March 14, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass. Prices range from $47.50 to $75 and can be purchased at the Northampton Box Office in Thomas Marketplace or by phone at 413-586-8686.)

Editor's DVD Pick of the Week

For those of you who missed Jack Black¹s ³School of Rock² the first time around, now¹s your chance to catch it on DVD. A funny-yet-touching comedy, ³School of Rock² finally gives Black a shining role, as screenwriter Mike White (who also wrote ³The Good Girl²) designed this movie with Black specifically in mind. After being kicked out of a band, Black vows to start his own rock band but ends up working as a substitute teacher at a prep school. He begins apathetically slouching through each day, but eventually realizes that he can form the students into a new rock band. The students‹who are played by real musicians‹are surprisingly talented and perform catchy tunes. The rest of the soundtrack is even better, with songs from classic rock singers and groups such as Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, AC/DC, The Who, Black Sabbath, Metallica and many others.