Past Events
Lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.
As New York emerged from the Great Depression, a cohort of Jewish photographers looked to document the streets of their hometown. Come and see what they saw.
Chelle Barbour’s multidisciplinary art practice reimagines the body of the Black female through the lens of Afro-Surrealism. Barbour’s morning talk will be followed by an evening reception.
Mr. Junya Koikawa, a performer of Taishu Engeki (a Japanese performing art with Kabuki origins), will play Tsugaru-shamisen, a traditional Japanese musical instrument.
Dona Nelson’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Centre Pompidou, among others.
A lecture by Visiting Professor Anurag Mehra, Science and Society Faculty Fellow at Vassar College.
Presented by the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA cultural center and featuring delicious food, interactive activities, and engaging performances and speeches!
Campus community only, please.
Dr. James R. Jones, Director of the Center on Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University–Newark, will discuss how white supremacy diffuses from Congress through law, politics, and everyday social life.
A Holocaust Remembrance Day presentation featuring a short film clip, a musical performance, and a discussion with the subjects and makers of a documentary about local musicians and Holocaust survivors in the Hudson Valley.
Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro, editors of the new essay collection Letters to a Writer of Color, will talk about race and craft with a multidisciplinary panel of Vassar faculty.
Royal Funeral Anthems
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
Eden Bartholomew, Raffaella Zanetti, Madeleine Donat
Art historian Wu Hung, who has published widely on both traditional and contemporary Chinese art, will speak about Chinese portrait photography.
Lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program.
Alexis Dudden, Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, will lecture on “Japan’s Controversial Territorial Claims Against China, Taiwan, Russia, and the Koreas.”
Robinson’s film, The Young Vote, follows a diverse group of students and activists during the 2020 election to show young people’s perceptions of voting and civic engagement.
Emmet Chilton-Sugerman and Clara Ross
An evening of arias and art songs featuring Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, and more. Assisted by Susan Brown, piano; with Clarissa Longoria, soprano, and piano quintet.
Join us for our 20-30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Four Thursdays in April in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.