Past Events

Painting of Langdale Valley, United Kingdom - a grass and tree covered valley and mountains with a small stone walled path on the left.

The Palmer Gallery welcomes the artists’ collective Rhinebeck Fine Art, featuring Hudson Valley artists working in media ranging from painting to photography to sculpture. Artists’ reception September 27.

Exterior view of Skinner Hall of Music
Jul. 7, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Brian Mann, piano, Lou Pappas, double bass, Tom Melito, drums, Iain Mann, violin, guitar, Courtenay Budd, voice, James Ruff, voice

A group of smiling, waving people, some standing and some kneeling on the street in New York City, holding a rainbow banner with word "Vassar" on it.
Jun. 30, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Vassar Club of NY and LGBTQIA+ alums invite you to unite for the 2024 NYC Pride March. Whether you’re a member or an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, let’s march together as proud Vassar Brewers!

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Jun. 25, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Vassar Veterans Employee Resource Group is hosting a Summer BBQ. This is open to veterans and non-veterans—all employees are welcome.

Campus community only, please.

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 23, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest Chorus & Orchestra returns with works for chorus and orchestra featuring Buxtehude’s Jesu, meines Lebens Leben and Bach’s Cantata 34 O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe, Cantata 191 Gloria in excelsis Deo, and the Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord. Christine Howlett, conductor.   

a concert hall with a grand piano on a wooden stage. Behind the stage is a large, ornate pipe organ with polished metal pipes and intricate woodwork.
Jun. 22, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest returns with works for organ and piano, featuring pianists Sylvia Buccelli and Ruthanne Schempf and organists Gail Archer and Avery Duer ’24.

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Jun. 21 – Jul. 28, 2024

The annual Powerhouse Summer Season brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices and welcomes the next generation of theater artists as members of the renowned Powerhouse Theater Training Program. Ticket sales begin May 30!

An image of a you boy peering out of a doorway from Amy Kaslow's exhibit, "LifeI After War: Disturbed".
May 31 – Aug. 5, 2024

Life After War: Disturbed, an exhibit by Amy Kaslow ’81 at the Palmer Gallery, transports you through images and storyboards to a dozen countries, some decades into their post-war years.

A person with short brown hair is smiling at the camera. They are wearing large hoop earrings and a sleeveless burgundy blouse with a ruffled neckline.

This free workshop highlights and defines the eight areas of wellness that affect our daily function, well-being, and how we navigate through the world. Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 30–June 25.

Vassar employees and students only, registration required.

Black and white portrait of a person with shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly, wearing a white shirt, standing in front of a striped background. Photo credit: Robert Taylor.
May 19, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

Vassar College’s 160th Commencement Ceremony will feature an address by Emily Mortimer. Reception immediately to follow on President’s Lawn.

Sigma Xi logo The Scientific Research Society and word mark
May 16, 2024, 3:30–5:30 p.m.

Sigma Xi is an international scientific research honor society dating back to 1886. It is one of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world. This ceremony will honor invited, eligible members and their invited guests to celebrate their current and future accomplishments to science, technology, and engineering.