Past Events

Man in a blue shirt and derby hat smiling
Jan. 31, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

A lecture by José Perillán, Associate Professor of Physics and Science, Technology, and Society Program (STS) Director.

MODfest 2025

A portrait of the six performers in Magic Names.
Jan. 31, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

A performance of Stimmung, a highly influential avant-garde work that provided inspiration for the spectral composition school that emerged in Paris during the 1970’s.

MODfest 2025

Allee Willis sits on a circular bed in the middle of a music video set, the walls are splatter painted and there is a heart with lights surrounding it on the wall behind her.

Prudence Fenton ’75 will be featured at a screening of a documentary she co-produced about her partner, the songwriter Allee Willis. Open to the public.

Photo taken in a hospital of nonbinary adult looking at the viewer while holding a newborn dressed in a white gown.
Jan. 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Jess T. Dugan is a renowned photographer whose captivating family portrait, Self-portrait with Vanessa and Elinor (2 days old), is a highlight of Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency. Their work is informed by their own life experiences, including their identity as a queer and nonbinary person, and reflects a deep belief in the importance of representation and the transformative power of storytelling.

Drawing of flowers in multiple colors hanging from a vine with text below: On behalf of H.O.M.E. you are cordially invited to our Brewer Bucks Auction, Friday December 13, 7:30–9:00 p.m. in the Mug.
Dec. 13, 2024, 7:30–9:00 p.m.

Get ready to bid and win on Friday, December 13, 2024, from 7:30–9:30 p.m. in The Mug.

Campus community only, please.

Four dancers performing on stage
Dec. 13, 2024, 6:30 p.m.

A showcase featuring highlights from the fall Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT) dance concert, a performance by NYC’s Battery Dance Company, and works created through Dancing to Connect, a collaboration between Vassar College and Poughkeepsie High School students. Open to the public.

Gloved hands applying a bandage to an arm after giving blood.
Dec. 12, 2024, 12:00–6:00 p.m.

Vassar College men’s and women’s fencing teams are sponsoring the 11th Annual New York Blood Center Blood Drive. Walk-ins are welcome. Open to the entire Poughkeepsie community.

Sa’ed Atshan at a microphone wearing a light blue collared shirt and black jacket.

Sa’ed Atshan, Vassar’s 2024-2025 Randolph Fellow in Peace, Conflict, and the Middle East, will moderate a discussion with Rabbi Bryan Mann, Rachlin Director of Jewish Student Life at Vassar, and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.

Campus community only, please.

Pictured from above, the interior of the Vassar chapel with people sitting.
Dec. 8, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

This annual Advent service at the Vassar College Chapel features readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers and Treble Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir will perform.

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Students, staff, and faculty are invited to meet with the Office of Community-Engaged Learning’s (OCEL) community partner organizations and explore possible partnerships through community-engaged opportunities, community-engaged intensives, and community-based research projects.

Person with long brown hair on a stage smiling and playing a violin.
Dec. 5, 2024, 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

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

An old man with short hair, long gray beard, long tan coat with a sack backpack and steel cup hanging from it and hands folded on top of a wood cane.
Dec. 5, 2024, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Come celebrate the publication of “Our Common People Are a Vagrant Before Anything”: Wanderer-Pilgrims in the Nineteenth-Century Russian Literary Landscape (Slavica, 2024) by Associate Professor of Russian Studies Charles Arndt.

Campus community only, please.

Close up of a person's head looking towards the right.
Dec. 4, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

The Vassar Film Department will host alum India Donaldson ’07 and her feature debut, Good One. This event is free and open to the public.