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Family Fun at the Loeb

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Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays (October 11, November 15, and December 13) this fall. Each date will feature a different hands-on art activity inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children ages 5 and up. Check our Instagram @theloeb for details about the activity, or email loebtours@vassar.edu with questions.

This event is free and open to the public.

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A Conversation with Michelle Zauner

In conjunction with the Class of 2030’s Common Reading, the Dean of First-Year Students will be hosting Michelle Zauner as Vassar’s 2026 William A. Starr Lecturer to discuss her memoir, Crying in H Mart.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

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Music In the Bridge

Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Vassar College Orchestra

Featuring Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op 16. Featuring Eduardo Navega, conductor and Marija Ilic, piano.

This event is free and open to the public.

Three student musicians perform on violin, cello, and piano in the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences.

Music In the Bridge

Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.

This event is free and open to the public.

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I Never Asked for a Gofundme

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I Never Asked for a GoFundMe is a heartwarming comedy play by Jayne Deely about a queer couple dealing with small-town gossip and unwanted donations.

Campus community only, please.

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Doodling at the Greenhouse

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Join us at the Olmsted Greenhouse for a calm doodling session with Vassar’s Counseling Center! No artistic skills necessary—we are just doodling for fun and to calm the mind. All ages welcome.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Ongoing Events

The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist—Solo Exhibition by Joyce Polance

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In The Patient Looks Back: Portraits of My Therapist, Catskill-based painter Joyce Polance reverses therapy’s usual direction of attention by turning the patient’s gaze toward the therapist. Painted in oil entirely with her fingers, the three-year series moves between likeness and disruption, testing how much close looking can—and cannot—reveal.