Mount Holyoke College – The Sailing Club will hold a pre-exam massage session starting at 3 p.m. in room 226 of the Blanchard Campus Center. Massages are available for various prices to work away the stress before exams starting at 3 p.m. everyday from Wednesday to Friday.

University of Massachusetts – At 7 p.m., Suzanne Zwingel, a Five College Women’s Studies Research Center associate from Bochum, Germany, will speak on “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” in room 811-815 of the Campus Center. She will be discussing the U.N.’s CEDAW, a bill often described as a Bill of Rights for Women.

Mount Holyoke College – Voces Feminae will present the program “Iberian Nights,” featuring selections from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Sephardic song, and motets by Victoria and Guerrero at 8 p.m. in Abbey Chapel.

Smith College – At 8 p.m., the Fall Festival of One-Acts featuring one-act plays written by Five College students will be performed in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre in Mendell Hall. Tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis. The festival will continue with a second showing at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

Tomorrow

University of Massachusetts – The Campus Activities Office is taking over the Campus Center Concourse from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. in an event entitled “Tension Breakers” designed to help students de-stress and relax before finals. Activities will include a caricature artist, a balloon artist, a table where buttons are created and free stress balls/care packages will be available.

Mount Holyoke College – At 4:30 p.m., David L. Eng, author of “Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America”, will give a lecture entitled “The Language of Kinship” in Gamble Auditorium.

University of Massachusetts – Michael Greenstone, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Economics, will speak on “Civil Rights, the War on Poverty and Black-White Convergence in Infant Mortality in Mississippi” in room 620 of Thompson Hall at 4 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 12

University of Massachusetts – At 7 p.m., UMass’ Doo-Wop Shop will perform its final concert of the semester, “The Doo-Wop Shop’s 10th Anniversary Concert” in the Bezanson Recital Hall. Music will range from oldies to hip-hop. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased from the Fine Arts Center Box Office.

Saturday, Dec. 13

Amherst College – The Emily Dickinson Museum on Main Street in Amherst will host its annual Open House from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in honor of Emily Dickinson’s birthday. Visitors are welcome to self-guided tours of the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens along with activities for children. For more information visit www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org.

Mount Holyoke College – At 7 p.m., Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, “Night, Mother” will be performed in Chapin Auditorium of Mary Woolley Hall. Admission is free. There will be a second showing on Sunday at 2 p.m.

University of Massachusetts – The UMass juggling club will present a show entitled “A Phenomenal Spectacular for the Whole Family” at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The show will feature juggling of all kinds, magic, acrobatics, martial arts and much more.