Past Events
Joseph Genualdi, violin, and Richard Wilson, piano, return to Skinner Hall with a program to include Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata.
Works by Mahler, Wagner, Bruckner, Creston, and Tommy Peterson. Featuring Brad Ward, Tom Hutchinson, and Paul Bellino, tenor trombone, and Cameron Owen and Matt Wozniak, bass trombone.
A Palmer Gallery exhibition featuring work that evokes the mystery and power of nature through intensely materialist and tactile forms and imagery; closing reception September 16.
Gail Archer plays a program of contemporary Polish organ literature from her new CD, Cantius, including works by the influential woman composer Grazyna Bacewicz and scholar/composer Pawel Lukazewski.
Now in its 36th year, Powerhouse brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices and nurtures the next generation of theater artists. This year’s programming lineup includes musicals, plays, and readings—all of which are open to the public. Tickets required for some events.
The Hudson Valley’s Bachfest returns with works for chorus and orchestra featuring Christ lag in Todesbanden and Der Herr denket an uns. Christine Howlett, director.
After a virtual Commencement ceremony in 2020, classmates will return to campus for an in-person celebration this Memorial Day weekend.
With Ariana Maki, guest curator of Beyond the Threshold: Tibetan Contemporary Art at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, and artists Gonkar Gyatso, Nyema Droma, and Marie-Dolma Chopel.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. In collaboration with the Departments of Drama and Music. A senior project production directed by Christopher Grabowski and Drew Minter. Reservations required.
Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m.
Botti and Yoshioka of Duo della Luna celebrate their recently released recording Mangetsu. Their repertoire features contemporary works, exploring the natural world, myths, story-telling, and folk songs.
Celebrate the opening of Mastery and Merit: Selections from the Jack Shear Collection of Tibetan Art and Beyond the Threshold: Tibetan Contemporary Art with a reception followed by a panel of speakers.
In 1908, Vassar students held a suffrage rally in the cemetery across the street from the present-day location of Kenyon Hall. This site has been selected as one of 2,000 to be marked as part of the National Votes for Women Trail, a national public/private initiative.
As part of the NYS Trees for Tribs Program, we will be planting trees along a stream on the Preserve to restore natural buffers that protect the water and provide many benefits. Open to all!
Dr. Stier of Florida International University will present a multimedia talk surveying the public history of the Holocaust and its evolving modes of memorial representation—asking not only how we remember the Shoah but why, exactly, do we do so?
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This event will be live streamed
Eduardo Navega, conductor
This event will be live streamed
A Matthew Vassar Lecture by syndicated Black cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Jerry Craft, who will discuss his graphic novel New Kid—and how the text has recently been weaponized as a political pawn, banned from some libraries and classrooms across the country.
This virtual event will raise funds for the staffing, supplies, and operation of a medical clinic in Haiti for a full year. This year’s honorees include Grammy Award-winning music producer Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis and the Rotarians of the Hudson Valley. Please register to receive event link.
Dr. Ali, Visiting Associate Professor at the NYU Gallatin School for Individualized Study, will look at how the region of Gilgit-Baltistan—which forms part of the heavily militarized, disputed border zone of Kashmir—is produced as an “unimagined community” within Pakistani national discourse.
Known for her acclaimed Instagram account @subwayhands, La Follette Ryan will discuss her work and creative practice.