H1N1 vaccinations

At the Select Board meeting tonight the town announced that there will be H1N1 vaccinations offered at the Middle School on Wednesday 11/11 9am-1pm for children under age 17 or pregnant woman or those caring for infants under 6 months.

Submitted by Town Meeting member Clare Bertrand

Amherst 250th Parade DVDs for sale

DVDs of Amherst's 250th Parade on September 27th are now available for $10. Full coverage of the event includes the group who marched for Amherst Elementary Schools. Produced by ACTV, these DVDs make a great souvenir of the event!
Contact Catherine Stryker on 413 695 7124 to place your order.

And

A DVD produced by the 250th Celebration Committee is on sale. It is a 90 minute video with all marching units in the parade and footage of the Clydesdales in downtown shot earlier in the week. A tremendous souvenir of the 250th parade. Parade was filmed by Patrick Serio a professional videographer from neighboring Hadley. for more information click on this site. http://www.amherst250.org/index.php?id=65

Mt Holyoke Study

Professor Francine Deutsch from Mount Holyoke College is conducting a study on how parents balance housework and childcare. We are particularly looking for families where both spouses work at least 20 hours/week for pay, are native speakers, and where the fathers share the load of household chores and parenting tasks. Participating couples will each take part in a 15-minute phone interview with a student research assistant at their convenient time.
If you are interested in our study, please contact Fong at ta20p@mtholyoke.edu, or 413-230-6793.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!

Free Family Event

Dear Teachers and Parents,

We are looking forward to seeing your students next Tuesday for the Cirque Mechanics performance of A Birdhouse Factory. In anticipation of this event the Fine Arts Center is hosting a FREE family circus day on Sunday, November 8^th from 2pm – 4:30pm in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall lobby. If you have e-lists for parents or other appropriate means of contacting families we would appreciate your sharing this information. Hope to see you there!

Want to Run Away and Join the Circus!?
Join us for Wunderle's Big Top Workshop

Sunday, November 8, 2:00 – 4:30 PM, Concert Hall Lobby, free and open to all ages!

An interactive circus adventure appropriate for a wide range of skill levels and ages. Participants can partake in the entire workshop or leave at any point. Equipment to be taught may include, but is not limited to: juggling scarves, balls, rings, and clubs, spinning plates, devil sticks, diablos, feathers, hula hoops, and jump ropes. Plus, human stunts such as clowning and entertaining tricks for all will be taught. A former international performer with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Troy Wunderle is the founder of Wunderle's Big Top Circus and is the Big Top Tour Director of Circus Smirkus in Vermont.

Wunderle's Big Top Workshop is presented in anticipation of the appearance of Cirque Mechanics in Birdhouse Factory: an extraordinary troupe of Cirque du Soleil, Pickle Family Circus, and Moscow Circus veterans who transform the mundane into the magnificent. Cirque Mechanics will perform at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30 PM and a sold-out school performance that morning at 10am.

For more information on Wunderle's Big Top Workshop, see www.bigtopadventures.com. Information and tickets for the November 10 evening performance by Cirque Mechanics are available at the Fine Arts Center website.

Halina Kusleika
Assistant Director of Programming, Fine Arts Center
15 Curry Hicks
University of Massachusetts Amherst
100 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9267
ph. 413.545.4157
fax 413.545.0132
www.fineartscenter.com