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.

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A recital of works by Mozart, Chopin, Robert Schumann, György Ligeti, Unsuk Chin and Hans Abrahamsen evoking experiences of day and night. Thomas Sauer, piano

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Tita Chico, University of Maryland Professor of English, will discuss the literary history of 18th-century technology.

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Tita Chico (VC ’91) is a Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is the author of three books, most recently On Wonder (Cambridge UP, 2025). This talk is drawn from her current book, Devices of Enlightenment: A Literary History of Technology.

Eduardo Navega, conductor

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

Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays. Each date will feature different hands-on art activities inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children 5 and up.

Songs by Franz Schubert to poems by Goethe, Mayrhofer, Rellstab and Stollberg. Drew Minter, tenor, Maria Rose, fortepiano

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The Asian Studies Program Annual Gandhi Lecture. Jyotsna Vaid ’76 will discuss the remarkable life of her late sister, the renowned LGBTQ+ activist Urvashi Vaid ’79.

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8:00 p.m.