Downtown Amherst is so close to the college that I can go into town at least once every week, if not multiple times, especially since I walk through town to get to the Jones Library, where I volunteer with the Poetry Club. One of Downtown’s most fantastic features is that most stores and restaurants are…Continue Reading Favorite Restaurants and Stores in Amherst
I have lived in the Bay Area, specifically in the San Mateo area, ever since I was born, which is a huge reason why I decided I wanted to go to a college on the East Coast and experience a new environment. Initially, when I arrived in Western Massachusetts for the first time at the…Continue Reading Amherst vs. The Bay Area
Brahms and Hindemith in our own Buckley Recital Hall. Yesterday, the Amherst Symphony Orchestra performed Johannes Brahm’s (1833-1897) Symphony #3 in F major, OP.90 (1883), and Symphony Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). This is the second time I have attended an ASO concert, the orchestra blows me away every time. The first piece was very…Continue Reading Brahms & Hindemith Winter Concert 2023
I am sure I have uncovered one of Amherst’s hidden gems and they are the yoga classes. Monday through Friday, Amherst offers a one-hour yoga class to all students, with no experience or commitment required. AMAZING RIGHT? I learned about yoga through the daily mammoth and decided to try something new this week. To my…Continue Reading YOGA!
Before coming to Amherst, I never had plants of my own. It wasn’t that I never wanted to take care of plants, but rather I never really thought about it. However, when I got to Amherst, there were a ton of events around the beginning of the year in which the school provided succulents for…Continue Reading Raising Plants at Amherst
The Buckley Recital Hall is our primary performance hall on campus where the space serves as an opportunity to hold events of wide-ranging musical variety from student-led (student thesis) concerts or outside artists. Recently, I attended the Indian Country with opening words and a song by Larry Spotted Crow Mann. Indian Country is a special…Continue Reading Indian Country and Larry Spotted Crow Mann: Performances at Amherst College
Food, people, talking, community! This semester, Amherst College hosted a Winter Fest for the Amherst College and town community. They had ice sculptures of a mammoth, snowflake, penguin, and grizzly bear near the entrance of the event. The environment was beautifully decorated with purple-blue lights that illuminated the entire room. For our live music performances,…Continue Reading Winter Fest
Dining hall food is a factor to consider when deciding which college you want to attend. For someone who isn’t the biggest foodie, dining hall food wasn’t one of my biggest priorities when choosing which college I wanted to attend, but when I got to Amherst, I found out that there are a lot of…Continue Reading Favorite Val Meals
After spending your first month at Amherst, you start wondering what you will major in. In my position as a first year in my second semester, I can attest to the anxiety of knowing what you “will be” after college. My appreciation for spending the week before my first week of school with the AHA…Continue Reading AHA! (Arts and Humanities in Action)
A museum on campus! Sounds crazy when you usually have to go to your local public museum to view art pieces. For a bit of background, the Mead Art Museum has been closed since March 2020 to repair the steeple. On February 8th, the Mead Art Museum opened back up to the public for the…Continue Reading The Mead Art Museum’s Reawakening