Past Events
Beijing opera is a colorful, spectacular performance art that dazzles and fascinates. Reservations required.
A lecture by Dr. Cancan Liao, associate professor of Chinese philosophy in the School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, and a Harvard-Yenching Institute visiting scholar. Campus community only, please.
An annual event presented by Noyes House featuring live music, food from La Cabañita and Twisted Soul, and more!
A 20- to 30-minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program every Thursday in April.
Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School, will deliver the lecture, “Captain or Captive: Human Agency in a New Machine Age.”
In 2021, Bryan Ruby ’19 became the only active professional baseball player to come out as gay. He will share his inspirational and uplifting story about how he was able to get a job in professional sports and his decision to be openly gay in baseball. Campus community only, please.
Speakers for this hybrid event include Professor Laura Haynes (Biology), Professor Jeffrey Seidman (Philosophy), and Ilse Schreiber-Noll, the artist whose books are currently on display in the Library.
A lecture by Kelly J. Shannon ’03—author, professor, and specialist in the history of U.S. foreign relations during the 20th century. Campus community only, please.
Christine Howlett, conductor
This event will be live streamed
Christina Seely’s multidisciplinary photographic practice stretches into the fields of science, design, installation, and sound. This talk includes a screening of her short film Dissonance, filmed in summer 2019 on a rapidly melting Greenland ice sheet while traveling with the Institute of Arctic Studies.
All are welcome. Dinner and entertainment provided. Please register in advance.
Vocalist, actress, dancer, composer, poet-lyricist, and artist, Joan Henry will lead an embodied conversation about the ethical display of Indigenous culture in museums.
This session (the second in a two-day series) explores the experiences of all Vassar students and employees. Campus community only, please.
This session (on Monday 3/28) centers the experiences of Vassar’s Jewish community. The next day’s session (on Tuesday 3/29) explores the experiences of all Vassar students and employees. Campus community only, please.
Brian Mann and Friends: An afternoon of jazz featuring Brian Mann, piano, Pat O'Leary, double bass, Craig Wuepper, drums, with special guests appearances by faculty and friends.
This event will be live streamed
A solo piano recital featuring music by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Wang, and Gershwin.
Assisted by Susan Brown, piano.
Very limited seating—campus guests only.
A staged reading followed by a reception.
Congratulations to the 2022 award recipients: Gabriella Kimbrough ’22, for her play True Crime, and Louis Blachman ’23, for his play Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Two weeks of productions of new plays written by Drama Department students. Campus community only, please.