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Friday, October 28

Fall Fest Welcome and Registration Area 
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
9:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.
If you have registered for the weekend, please come and pick up a packet of information that will guide you through the weekend's activities.

Open Classes
9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Schedule of Classes
Experience Brandeis academia up close and personal by attending a class. 

Postcards with Ollie
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Have your picture taken with Brandeis’ own mascot, Ollie the Owl!  This keepsake will help you remember your weekend once you have returned back home.

Faculty Spotlight Presentation
"A Retrospective: The Internal Perspective"
Shapiro Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room
2:00p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Panel includes: Mark Collins, Senior Vice President for Administration, Richard Sawyer, Dean of Student Life, and Elaine Wong, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Veteran and experienced members of the Brandeis community will serve on a panel discussing the past, present, and future of Brandeis University.

University-Wide Welcome Reception
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Visit with faculty and staff at this campus wide function.  Mix and mingle with other families and get to know who is here for the weekend!

Family Night on the Town:  Blue Man Group
Buses leave Usdan Student Center at 4:45 p.m.
Join other Brandeis families as they venture into the Boston theater district to see the extremely popular show, The Blue Man Group, featuring popular music, comedy and multi media. Tickets are available at $80 per person which includes transportation and ticket to the show.  Tickets must be purchased in advance and can be picked up at registration. Show starts at 7:00 pm and audiences need to be at Charles Playhouse 30 minutes in advance.

Shabbat Services
5:30 p.m.
Conservative (Traditional Egalitarian) in International Lounge, Usdan Student Center
Orthodox in  Sherman Function Hall, Hassenfeld Conference Center
Reconstructionist in The Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center (aka Upper Sherman)
Reform in  Berlin Chapel

Hillel’s Shabbat Dinner
Levin Ballroom
7:00 p.m.
Shabbat dinner tickets are available for purchase through Fall Fest registration & also Friday afternoon at the Welcome and Registration Area in the Shapiro Campus Center.  All current Brandeis students who wish to attend Shabbat dinner should sign up at the register in Sherman Dining Hall NO later than 2:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon.  Please contact the Hillel Foundation for additional information.

Haunted Castle Tour
Usen Castle
8:00 p.m.
Trust your tour guide to lead you by candlelight through our very own spooky Usen Castle. Learn all about this beautiful building, its history, and its meaning to the Brandeis campus. End your tour at Chumley's Coffeehouse for an ice cream treat!

Student Events’ Film Series - Sydney White
8:00 p.m.
In this modern retelling of Snow White, Sydney is a tomboy who talks football with her father at home but decides to pledge the girliest sorority on campus when she starts college. When she finds herself at odds with the head of the house as the two clash over a boy, she finds help in a socially challenged group of new friends who help her take revenge on the devious diva. PG-13

Hillel Oneg
International Lounge
8:00 p.m.
 "Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: Recent Insights from 21st Century Science"  with Dr. Howard Smith P’15
Dr. Howard Smith is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a member of the Harvard Department of Astronomy, and a parent of a Brandeis student (P15).  He is also the author of "Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah, a New Conversation Between Science and Religion (New World Library)," a popular level book about science and Judaism, and he lectures and teaches widely on this material. Before coming to Boston he was the chairman of astronomy at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.   He lives with his family in Newton and is an active member of the Boston Jewish community.


Brandeis Ensemble Theater (BET) presents
Cinderella Waltz
Carl J. Shapiro Theater, Shapiro Campus Center
8:00 p.m.
Rosey Snow is trapped in a fairy tale world that is by turns funny and a little frightening, with her stepsisters Goneril and Regan, her demented stepmother, her lecherous father, a bewildered Prince, a fairy godmother who sings salty old sailor songs, a troll and a possibly homicidal village idiot.  This play investigates the archetypal origins of the world's most popular fairy tale, contrasting the familiar and charming Perrault version with the darker, more ancient and disturbing tale recorded by the brothers Grimm. Grotesque farce and romantic fantasy blend in a fairy tale for adults. 
Purchase tickets online, by phone at (781) 736-3400, and in person at Brandeis Tickets in the Shapiro Campus Center.

Shabbat Walk
Leaving from Main Gate
8:45 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Brandeis students will be available to walk families staying at the Newton Marriott back to the hotel.

A Journey Through Time
Sherman Function Hall
9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
Join us in our own virtual timeline of Brandeis decades through the ages! Learn how to swing dance, tie dye a keepsake, get a period family photo or just relax and snack on some great classic treats!
For families that have not registered for Fall Fest Weekend, the door price will be $5.00 for this event.