Past Events
A lecture and exhibit with readings commemorating the centennial anniversary of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
ALANA Fest is one of the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center’s core events, and it makes visible, celebrates, and builds community with students of color at Vassar. Performances, food, and fun!
Vassar guitar faculty member Trevor Babb will be joined by Matt Sargent, Blair McMillan, Evan Runyon, and Taylor Long in a program of contemporary chamber music written or adapted for modern rock band instrumentation. Free and open to the public.
American director/cinematographer Ellen Kuras will speak about her groundbreaking and visionary work. Moderated by Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross Chair. Open to the public.
Panelists include the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art executive director and curator-in-residence, along with the inaugural director of the Atlanta University Center Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies. Livestream available.
One of the greatest of all melodramas, presented at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Robert Osborne, bass-baritone; Babette Hierholzer, piano. Free and open to the public.
Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. Free and open to the public.
A reception for the Library’s fall exhibition, Elizabeth Bishop’s Postcards, with talks by Head of Special Collections Ronald Patkus and the two co-curators of the exhibit, plus refreshments.
A celebration of Vassar’s 2023 Community Fellows and community partners at the ALANA Center (Rain Location: Aula).
The Vassar College Music Department Jazz Faculty perform original and standard jazz! Free and open to the public.
Planning international travel soon? Take advantage of this opportunity to apply for a new passport right here on campus instead of trekking to a passport application facility.
Campus community only, please.
Photographer Elia Alba will speak about her multifaceted project The Supper Club, on view at the Palmer Gallery through October 14.
Film Professor Mia Mask examines the African American Western hero within the larger context of film history by considering how Black westerns evolved.
Campus community only, please.
Program will include works by Bach, Schubert, and Wilson along with selected memories of 51 years on the Vassar faculty.
A fun-filled evening with a flag ceremony to open the celebration, various student and local community performances, guest speakers, music, delicious food, and more! Please RSVP.
Campus community only, please.
The author of this year’s common reading, Year of the Tiger, will be with us in a livestreamed event in the Villard Room to answer questions about her book and her disability activism.
Help restore a riparian (streamside) buffer to improve water quality, reduce erosion, and promote native habitat for plants and animals. No prior planting experience is required!
An evening of Sufi music from the Middle East. Free and open to the public.
Promoting Government Transparency through the Federal Depository Library Program: A talk honoring Vassar’s 80th anniversary as a federal government documents depository. Highlights from the Libraries’ documents collection on view.
An exciting and modern twist to jazz music. Free and open to the public, but tickets are required.