Past Events
An exciting and modern twist to jazz music. Free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Elia Alba’s multifaceted project The Supper Club features portraits of contemporary artists of color and a series of salon-style dinners that serve to stimulate critical exchange and community. Palmer Gallery, College Center.
A talk by Eli Gottlieb, author and visiting English professor. This lecture was composed as a response to the current emphasis on narrative medicine, which seeks to deepen the practice of empathy in physicians.
All Vassar students are welcome! This event is the perfect opportunity to gather tons of helpful information while also meeting the CCE staff. We’ll have raffles, photo ops, ice cream, candy and more! A professional photographer will be taking FREE LinkedIn headshots all afternoon.
Bailey, a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Kansas, will discuss her new book An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era.
Campus community only, please.
Learn about the ways in which interlocking systems of oppression impact the lives of individuals navigating them. Reception to follow. This event will be livestreamed.
Campus community only, please.
Iva Casian-Lakos, voice & cello with David Crowell, saxophone, guitar, & electronics. Seating is limited to 50 on a first come, first served basis.
A free, self-guided art tour that includes two stops at Vassar College: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and the Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns—plus an exhibit of artwork by Associate Professor of Computer Science Tom Ellman.
Vassar juniors and seniors of any major may enter an original play in this competition, which ends on January 22, 2024. The author of the winning play receives a $1,000 award, a certificate from the Drama Department, and a staged reading/reception on April 21, 2024.
Vassar’s traditional opening of the academic year will feature a choir performance, a Convocation address by Professor of Art History Yvonne Elet, the presentation of AAVC’s Young Alumnae/i Achievement Award, and much more!
Presented by members of the Music Department faculty. Free and open to all.
A Palmer Gallery exhibition. Reception September 7, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
A conversation with artist Audra Wolowiec, curator John Murphy, and student curator Betsy Subiros ’25, exploring the Body Matters exhibition, followed by a live performance of Wolowiec’s AIR. Free and open to the public.
A concert featuring Adjunct Artist in Music Paul Bellino, trombone.
Spend the day exploring the biodiversity of our riparian buffer restoration site at the front of the Preserve at Vassar, looking at insects, trees, fungi, and more! Join for as little or as much as you’d like.
A 1:30 p.m. pop-up exhibit and lecture at Locust Grove Estate, followed by a 3:30 p.m. tour at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College. Free and open to the public.
Featuring Joseph Genualdi, violin and Richard Wilson, piano.
A performance of works by Mozart, Giddens, Darvishi, and Debussy that had a remarkable impact on their time. Free and open to the public.
Powerhouse brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices and welcomes the next generation of theater artists as members of the renowned Powerhouse Theater Training Program. Visit the Season page and get tickets to see this year’s lineup of new musicals, plays, and readings—all of which are open to the public and many of which are free.
Join a relaxed, guided meditation that is free and open to the public. Bring a yoga mat, bolster or blanket, and water. Extra mats will be available. Opening Meditation begins @ 12:30 in the Meditation Garden, food & vendors inside the barn.