The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet presents original compositions celebrating 21 years together, highlighted by four European tours, a tour of Africa, and performances throughout the northeastern U.S.

This event is open to the public.

The Office of Community-Engaged Learning (OCEL) Community Fellows Symposium is a gathering that celebrates and uplifts the collaborative work of our Community Fellows and their partner organizations.

Vassar welcomes family members back to campus for a weekend of panels, performances, outdoor fun, art sales, and lots more!

With music of Schubert, Marais and Bartok-Arma, this concert celebrates the conjunction of theme and variation in printmaking and music. Susan Rotholz, flute, Anna Polonsky, piano.

This event is open to the public.

What does it take to build a globally recognized luxury brand—and then pivot toward a new chapter? Legendary shoe designer Stuart Weitzman joins us at Vassar for an energizing conversation on creativity, entrepreneurship, and the power of reinvention.

Campus community only, please.

Come learn how to propagate plants from cuttings, and take home your very own in a custom painted pot! No plant experience necessary.

Monica Youn is an acclaimed poet and professor, a former constitutional lawyer, and a prominent literary leader.

No reservation required. Open to the public.

Celebrate the power of solar with an afternoon full of games, food, and live music.

This event is open to the general public.

Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this fall. Each date will feature different hands-on art activities inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children 5 and up.

Join us in the Palmer Gallery for a conversation with artist Sean McCarthy about his exhibition Creature Feature, on view September 11–October 12, 2025.

This event is open to the general public.

Lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” pianist Soyeon Kate Lee presents a program featuring Schumann’s Carnaval and Kreisleriana.

This event is open to the public.

Professor Patricia Zakreski, Associate Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Exeter, specializes in women’s work, art, and authorship in the nineteenth century. She has published widely on these topics, including several co-edited volumes, and is currently completing a monograph on authorship and the decorative arts.

This event is open to the public.

The “Sky Woman Women” project holds space for eighteen women storytellers from Mohawk, Seneca and Tuscarora tribal affiliations (enrolled, unenrolled, and not enrolled), telling and retelling a Haudenosaunee creation story to each other. A Q&A with the artist and featured storytellers follows the screening.

Free and open to the public

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Georgette Bennett ’67, a trailblazer in building interreligious understanding and a lifelong champion of peace and justice. Dr. Bennett will also be honored by the AAVC Alum Recognition Committee with the 2025 AAVC Spirit of Vassar Award for her extraordinary contributions and lasting impact.

This is a hybrid event: in-person for the campus community only and virtual via Zoom for those off-campus.

A Ford Scholars Symposium keynote lecture by the Hon. Joan M. McMenemy ’88, Associate Justice of the Berkshire Juvenile Court.

A lecture by famed author Clifford Rogers. Professor Rogers is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy, West Point; Senior Editor, The West Point History of Warfare; and Co-Director of the USMA Digital History Center.

This event is open to the public.

Ford Scholars, along with CAAD participants, present their summer research findings.

The Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) is an immersive program for Vassar science students to engage in cutting-edge research under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

Campus community only, please.

Join Steven Cash ’84, Executive Director of The Steady State and former national security official, for a compelling discussion on the threats facing American democracy today.

This event is open to the public.

Join us at the Olmsted Greenhouse for a calm doodling session with Vassar's Counseling Center! No artistic skills necessary—we are just doodling for fun and to calm the mind. All ages welcome.