Brooklyn Museum curator Stephanie Sparling Williams shares insights into the process of creating Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, a highly innovative reimagining of how contemporary audiences experience historic American art.

This event is open to the public.

Gabriela Mikova Johnson, soprano, Chris Cantu, tenor, Susan Brown, piano, Stephen Paul Johnson, narration

Artist Caleb Stein, Vassar Class of 2017, returns to Poughkeepsie to discuss his ongoing photographic engagement with the local landscape. Several photographs from his 2020 series, Down by the Hudson, featuring scenes from local watering holes, are on view at the Loeb this summer.

Music by Mozart, Wilson and Beethoven. Featuring Joseph Genualdi, violin, and Richard Wilson, piano

Brian Mann, piano, Lou Pappas, double bass, Craig Wuepper, drums, Iain Mann, violin & guitar, James Ruff, voice

The Hudson Valley's Bachfest Chorus & Orchestra returns to perform works by Vivaldi, Telemann and Bach. Christine Howlett, conductor. Open to the public—suggested donation: $30, and free to students and members of Vassar community with ID.

The Hudson Valley's Bachfest returns with works for organ and piano. Yalin Chi, piano, Ruthanne Schempf, piano, Sarah Johnson ’16, organ, Gail Archer, organ. Open to the public—suggested donation: $30, and free to students and members of Vassar community with ID.

Vassar College’s 161st Commencement Ceremony will feature an address by Torrey Maldonado ’96. Reception immediately to follow on the Chapel Lawn.

View the full schedule of Commencement Weekend events.

Six studio art majors and correlates are presenting their culminating senior projects in an exhibition running until May 25.

Music by Schumann, Strauss, and Still. Isabel Crawford, horn

A Signature Program of The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts. This program will explore local acoustical environments, changes in human behavior, and their relationship to a broad range of disciplines, including ecology, animal behavior, sensory neuroscience, human psychology, sociology, music, the arts, and architecture.

An evening of music featuring Handel, Fauré, Brahms, Heggie, and a selection of Broadway’s beloved classics.

Please join the OCEL at the End of Year Party & Awards Ceremony to celebrate in community!

The Vassar Christian Fellowship (VXF) is having a Worship Night in collaboration with Culture Nights, a local young adult group.