Past Events
A 20–30-minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Café.
Art and Decolonization in Africa during the Independence Era, 1956–1982: This talk by a MoMA curator foregrounds artists’ response to the advent of a new African reality characterized by the transition from colonial modernity to an aspirational decolonized subjectivity.
Khury Petersen-Smith, the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, will discuss the historic nature of the outpouring of protest for a ceasefire in Gaza and the importance of the movement in pursuing a world where the rights of the vulnerable are protected and the dignity of all uplifted.
Includes lively dance/spoken word performances, students remarks, faculty keynotes, and student-led activities. Delicious food and beverages will be available. Please RSVP.
Or, takes place (mostly) during one night in the life of Aphra Behn, poet, spy, and soon to be first professional female playwright. Performances April 18, 19, 20. Reservations required.
Campus community only, please.
A lecture by Sharla Alegria, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, whose research examines inequalities that persist when individuals and organizations embrace principles of equity.
Puppet show followed by a talkback. After the event, members of Bread and Puppet will serve their famous sourdough rye bread with aioli! Books, posters, and cheap art will be for sale in the lobby. Reserve free tickets.
Natalie Frank offers an overview of her work from her undergraduate studies to portrait paintings that are currently under development in the studio (2005-2024).
Celebrate Pride Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month with the author of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. A reception will follow with food from a local Chinese-run restaurant.
Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise”
“Les Chemins de l’Amour”: a love story told through the songs of Francis Poulenc, Vincenzo Bellini, Erik Satie, and Aaron Copland.
Vassar College Choir concert with a pre-concert talk by Professor of Music Kathryn Libin.
This is an in-person event—the concert will also be streamed live
We will prepare meals for 100 unhoused shelter guests. Alums, students, and community members are welcome! Please register by April 12.
Building a life of purpose: A conversation with filmmaker and social justice advocate Pam Harris ’92
Harris is the 2023 recipient of the AAVC’s Spirit of Vassar Award. Attend in person or on Zoom.
A 20–30-minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Café.
The Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre will premiere a new full-company work by Bessie Award-winning choreographer Soleymane Badolo, plus an exciting new dance by Hip-Hop Instructor Julian Llanos, and more! There is a waiting list for tickets. Please arrive at Keynon Hall at 6:30 p.m. to join the list and we will do our best to accommodate.
An Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Amherst College will discuss “The Functional Unity of Propaganda: Bald-faced propaganda and epistemic infringement.”
The 2024 Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Pauline Newman ’47 Distinguished Lecture by Beronda Montgomery, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Grinnell College, who studies how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by environments in which they exist.
The 2023-2024 Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to Science Book Club selection is Lessons from Plants by Beronda L. Montgomery, Professor of Biology and Academic Dean at Grinnell College. Join us April 9th for a talk and dinner with the author.
Campus community only, please.
Visiting Ribicoff Professor Sean Sawyer will give a lecture on Olana, the masterwork of Frederic Church (1826-1900), America’s most famous artist of the mid-19th century.