Past Events

Performance of choir members standing, foreground row singing, background is a row of people holding a single candle each.

Featuring the premiere of Katerina Gimon’s My Own Design and music of Susan Brumfield, Florence Price, Felix Mendelssohn, and others. Christine Howlett, conductor

This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live

Apr. 6, 2024, 1:00–3:00 p.m.

A community event sponsored by the Town of Poughkeepsie Parks and Recreation Department on Joss Beach. Face painting, DJ, obstacle course, and more!

side-by-side portraits of Liz Duffy Adams and Madeleine George with the words "panel discussion with playwrights!"
Apr. 5, 2024, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Playwrights Liz Duffy Adams and Madeleine George will discuss “Women Rewriting the Canon: Adaptation as Intervention in Contemporary Playwriting” with Drama faculty members. Short performances will precede the discussion.

text, Music Concert, 2024 Spring Season.
Apr. 5, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

Students from Vassar’s Music Department perform songs of transformation and becoming, drawn from Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and contemporary pop.

A string and wind ensemble performing, seated, with a clarinetist in the foreground.
Apr. 4, 2024, noon

A 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Café.

A photo of a large, spacious art gallery with a display on the walls that reads "Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna" in large letters.

Exhibition curators Jessica D. Brier and Mary-Kay Lombino, joined by Loeb Director T. Barton Thurber and Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Luísa Valle, will lead an exhibition tour focusing on highlights from McKenna’s prolific career.

3 blade windmill against a blue sky.

A lecture by Dr. Alex Barron, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Smith College, who has designed climate policies in Congress and worked with the Obama and Biden Administrations.

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Mar. 31, 2024, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Come outside in the warm spring weather to play some Ultimate! Learn to throw a frisbee from players on professional NYC teams, and come pick up a FREE frisbee.

Campus community only, please.

A decorative logo that reads, "Spring 2024 Drama Productions"
Mar. 28 – Mar. 30, 2024

A senior project in drama directed by Kendall Wienecke ’24. Performances March 28, 29, 30. In The Martel Theater. Open to the Public, reservations required.

Detail of a stylized painting featuring a scene looking down a river.
Mar. 28, 2024, 5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

This event helps fund a medical clinic that serves 3000+ residents from 50 villages in the mountains of northwest Haiti. Open to the public, tickets required.

A person with short, black, curly hair and a bright orange suit jacket smiles at the viewer.
Mar. 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

This lecture by Dr. Heba Gowayed, Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College (CUNY), will explore the marketplace between migrants, smugglers, and states.

Headshot of Ross Benjamin
Mar. 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

Vassar alum Ross Benjamin ’03 will discuss his Guggenheim scholarship-funded work: An essential new translation of Kafka’s complete, uncensored diaries.

A person sitting in front of a floor-to-ceiling organ—a view of all the pipes.
Mar. 24, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

Contemporary Bulgarian organ music, influenced by irregular rhythms of folk traditions and non-Western musical scales.

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A springtime celebration of love, joy, community, and personal growth featuring classical and modern vocal music in German, Italian, English, French, and Chinese.

A group of people standing on a dirt road looking through binoculars.
Mar. 22, 2024, 3:00–5:00 p.m.

Join Ecoleaders for an exploration of local nature. Discuss amphibian migrations, engage in outdoor nature activities, and share snacks with friends.

Campus community only, please.