Past Events
Contemporary Bulgarian organ music, influenced by irregular rhythms of folk traditions and non-Western musical scales.
A springtime celebration of love, joy, community, and personal growth featuring classical and modern vocal music in German, Italian, English, French, and Chinese.
Join Ecoleaders for an exploration of local nature. Discuss amphibian migrations, engage in outdoor nature activities, and share snacks with friends.
Campus community only, please.
If you are planning to apply to graduate or professional school, chances are you will be invited to write an optional essay referred to as a “diversity statement.” Learn how to navigate these essays in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. RSVP Required.
Campus community only, please.
Immerse yourself in the dynamic journey of movement as Battery Dance unveils two new pieces crafted during their transformative three-week residency at Vassar College in March 2024.
In this two-part lecture, Mindy Seu will present a performative reading of the Cyberfeminism Index followed by Celine Wong Katzman’s introduction to building intersectional feminist, archival, and curatorial frameworks in the contemporary art world.
This lecture by Dr. Fumilayo Showers, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut, will explore race, the state, and the many African immigrants laboring in U.S. health care.
Curious about community gardens? Want to start your own? Join community gardens from across Poughkeepsie to learn how they operate their spaces and how their gardens build and provide resources for communities!
Sponsored by Vassar’s Department of Education in cooperation with the Office of Campus Activities, this exhibit offers children from local schools the chance to be recognized as artists.
A multidisciplinary faculty panel (including Film, Media Studies, Neuroscience & Behavior, and Psychological Science) will be hosting a special screening of the short film See Memory followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Viviane Silvera.
Exhibit opening and discussion with Ukrainian photographer Iva Sidash.
Johns Hopkins English and History Professor Lawrence Jackson, author of the memoir Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland Baltimore, will deliver a lecture on the competing narrative strategies that have shaped his memoir writing and other developments in Black literary history.
This is an annual event that celebrates students, faculty, and neighborhood leaders of the African diaspora. Please RSVP.
Featuring student winners of the soloist competition.
Eduardo Navega, conductor
Chinese Student Community, South Asian Student Association, and Vassar Office of International Services present the celebration of cultural diversity through dance performances.
Make a difference locally! Good Neighbors supports projects that build partnerships between Vassar and the Poughkeepsie community during the Spring Semester. Apply for a grant by April 5!
Vassar Alliance for Ukraine invites everyone to a vigil to commemorate 2 years since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and 10 years since the start of Russian occupation of Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk. Photo Exhibition and Discussion postponed until February 28.
This talk explores the Black musical forms and songs of artists that have expressed African American freedom-seeking strategies and related political ideologies. Music has always been a major mode of expression for African Americans, connecting the group to their African homeland and deeply rooting them to American soil.
A modern retelling of Georg Buchner’s classic play Woyzeck. Performances Feb. 22, 23, 24. Reservations required.
Campus community only, please.
This exhibit is the first career retrospective of independent photographer and Vassar alum Rollie McKenna. Following the reception, we will be joined by eminent Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas and Princeton professor and photography historian Monica Bravo for a conversation about photography as a creative and professional practice.