Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy—a play with music featuring songs by Washburn and Michael Friedman—propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future. Reservations required.

Campus community only, please.

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

Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, When The Phone Rang investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist’s eleven-year-old mind, the phone call erases her entire country, history, and identity and hides its existence in books, films, and memories of those born before 1995.

Join Janice Gallagher, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University-Newark as we discuss her new book Bootstrap Justice: The Search for Mexico's Disappeared (2023, Oxford University Press).

Professor Kim explores the historical legacy, reception, and impact of the Council of Nicaea on the history of Christianity.

Harry Tabak, a multi-disciplinary artist in painting, sculpture, and dance shares the personal history that inspires his work.

Join the Loeb for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this spring. 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. 

Fresh from its U.S. tour, the Choir of Sommerville College, Oxford, joins the Vassar Choirs.

Truer Words: music and lyrics by Finley Greene.

Professors Christopher Bjork and William Hoynes will present first-person stories from their new book.

Battery Dance performs two works, a new dance by choreographer Damani Pompey created with dancers of Battery Dance in March, while in residence at Vassar College, and Frontiers, created last year by Rutkay Özpinar for the annual summer Battery Dance Festival.

A lecture by Amber Jamilla Musser, Professor of English and Africana studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. Open to the public.

Join curators Monique D'Almeida and Jessica D. Brier for a closer look at the exhibition, An Unfamiliar Place: Modern Landscape in East Asian and Asian American Works on Paper. This exhibition explores how photographers and printmakers help us to reconsider our surroundings using various tools and techniques.

Vassar Randolph Fellow Professor Sa'ed Atshan will moderate this panel with Swarthmore College Professor Tariq al-Jamil and University of Michigan Professor Su'ad Abdul Khabeer on the diverse experiences of Black Americans. They will reflect on questions around race and faith, Blackness, cultural production, political consciousness, and civic engagement among African American Muslims. The panel will be followed by an Iftar and this is open to the entire Vassar community, all are welcome! Please RSVP.

Campus community only, please.

The film asks what our collective responsibilities to the Land Back movement are.

A screening of the documentary Checkpoint Zoo followed by a conversation with director Joshua Zeman.

The exhibit offers children the chance to be recognized as artists with their own points of view and the desire to express themselves. The show also highlights the positive difference art teachers can make in the lives of their students; they can encourage students to take pride in their work, as well as inspire a lifelong interest in art.

Join the Loeb for FREE drop-in family programs on select Sundays this spring. 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. 

Join us to learn more about Poughkeepsie Day School (PDS), our new GROW program, and our recently confirmed International Baccalaureate® candidacy. The event includes a campus tour and a general discussion component. A completed inquiry form is required for attendance.