Samhati Dance presents Divine Goddess: A Night of Classical Indian Dance. The performance is sponsored by Sisters of Hinduism Reaching Inward, with proceeds going to Ekalavya Bal Shikshan, a non-profit organization that serves the children of Commercial Sex Workers, alcoholics and people who are HIV positive and live below the poverty line. Thurs., 7 p.m., Chapin Auditorium. Tickets are $3 for Five College students and $5 for the general public. Donations appreciated.
Amherst College’s own Music Library Assistant Ann Maggs will torch the Backroom at Schwemm’s, backed by the EJQ jazz quartet, featuring Professor of Biology Dominic Poccia. This is the fourth in the spring series of Jazz@Schwemm’s performances. Thurs., 9 p.m., Schwemm’s Coffeehouse. No admission charge. For more information, contact bpdiehl@amherst.edu or call 413-542-8308.
The Music at Amherst Concert Series presents The Florestan Trio. The 2000 Royal Philharmonic Society Award winners will play works from Juon, Haydn and Brahms. Thurs., 8 p.m., Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center. Tickets are $6 for Amherst College students, $10 for other students, $20 for Amherst College employees and seniors, and $25 for the general public, and can be purchased by calling 413-542-2195.
Music in Deerfield presents The Chiara String Quartet performing pieces from Beethoven. Fri., pre-concert conversation at 7 p.m., Earle Recital Hall; concert at 8 p.m., Sweeney Concert Hall in Sage Hall at Smith College. Tickets are $25-$30 in advance, $32 at the door and $10 for students and children, and can be pre-ordered online at musicindeerfield.org or by calling 413-774-4200.
Exhibits
Pluralist photographer Eric Gottesman and filmmaker Daniel Negatu present their work with Hope for Children, a registered NGO in Ethiopia that houses and treats orphans with HIV/AIDS. These human rights activists and artists have given cameras to the Hope for Children orphans so that they may convey their own stories rather than submitting to representations of themselves that can deepen the stigma of their illness and/or represent them as victims. Refreshments will be provided. Wed., 5 p.m., Fayerweather 117.
Lectures & Readings
In a lecture entitled “Fortunatus’ Purse and the Wealth of the World,” Susan Goldstine ’93 of St. Mary’s College of Maryland will discuss the topology, the mathematical understanding of how our world fits together. Thurs., refreshments at 3:30 p.m., Seeley Mudd 208; lecture at 4 p.m., Seeley Mudd 206.
Amy L. Springer, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Mt. Holyoke College, will present “Sensing and Responding to the Host: Studies with African Sleeping Sickness and Malaria Parasites.” Thurs., 4 p.m., Merrill 131.