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Saturday, October 26th

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Fall Fest Welcome and Registration Area

Shapiro Campus Center Atrium 

Beginning at 9:00 AM: Shabbat Services

Services include Orthodox (Sherman Function Hall), Conservative (Berlin Chapel) 

8:45 AM: Museum of Fine Arts and Quincy Market

Come explore the world through art at the world renowned Museum of Fine Arts in Boston! Professor Jane Kamensky (Women’s and Gender Studies/History) and Professor Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (Fine Arts/Anthropology/ Classical Studies/ WGS) will be presenting on the Art of the Early Americas and the Greco-Roman Acquisitions, respectively. Then travel around the food world with lunch at one of over 40 restaurants at Quincy Market while exploring our unique corner of the world in historic Boston. Price includes museum fare and transportation. Lunch not included in ticket price.

For more information, email kolendam@brandeis.edu or visit the MFA website and the Faneuil Hall website.

Bus meets at Spingold at 8:45 am and returns to campus at 4:00pm

Adults: $35.00.
Brandeis Students and Youth 17 and under: $15.00. 
Tickets will be available through Brandeis Tickets.

11 AM – 4 PM: Presentations by the Royal Academy of Brandeis:

Attend a variety of faculty presentations from several different departments on Brandeis. Several spotlights for this event include Robert Reitano from the Business department and his lecture on “Risk Management in the Corporate World,” Jonathan Anjaria’s talk on “Making Sense of India’s Megacities,” and many more!        

11 AM – 12 midnight: Open Gameroom for Siblings and Others

12 PM: The Reform Club Luncheon:

An informal “meet and greet” with Brandeis Faculty and Roosevelt Fellows where students and families are welcome to learn more about classes, majors, and any other academic points of interest.

12:00 PM– 5:00 PM: Visit the Rose Art Museum

Beginning at 5:05 PM: Shabbat Services

Services include Orthodox (Sherman Function Hall), Conservative (Berlin Chapel), and Reform (Pearlman Lounge). Kiddush/3rd Meal will take place in Hassenfeld Lobby and Hall.

5 – 8 PM: Dinner as a “Family”

Take some time tonight to enjoy dinner together at one of the many area restaurants! 

8:00 PM: Annual Fall Fest Variety Show

Levin Ballroom, Usdan Student Center

Take a break from globetrotting and come to the Annual Fall Fest Variety Show, a fan favorite! This year, join us for an around-the-world experience, featuring acts like Kaos Kids, Starving Artists, TSA, and other exciting and impressive student performing groups! Come enjoy all that Brandeis students have to offer!

2:00 PM and 8:00 PM: Department of Theater Arts: Studio Series [title of show]

Merrick Theater

2:00 PM and 8:00 PM: Brandeis Players presents Boeing Boeing

By Marc Camoletti
Translated by Beverley Cross & Francis Evans
Directed by Jason Haberman
Tickets: $5 (students $3), on sale at Brandeis Tickets

8:00 PM: New Music Brandeis Composers Collective

Undergraduate and Graduate composers perform new compositions.