Past Events
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
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!
Chinese Student Community, South Asian Student Association, and Vassar Office of International Services present the celebration of cultural diversity through dance performances.
A modern retelling of Georg Buchner’s classic play Woyzeck. Performances Feb. 22, 23, 24. Reservations required.
Campus community only, please.
An exhibition by Kütral Vargas Huaiquimilla. Performance and opening reception February 22.
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.
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 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.
A lecture by Peter S. Henne ’05, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Vermont, on how states wield religion as a critical tool in their competition with one another for power and influence.
James Osborn, conductor.
Drew Minter and John Carden, baritones, and David Alpher and Bryan Reeder, pianists, perform a program of standards and duets—some seasonal, some universal.
On February 16th, Lisa Collins will give a reading from her new book about a quilt made in mourning and the memory of its making.
The Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies Program invites the campus community and the public to hear Michelle Horton discuss her six-year battle to free her sister from incarceration—a local story that turned into a national conversation.
Four students will present their original research on the legacy at Vassar College of the Black theologian Rev. Howard Thurman, and offer their perspectives on the role that Thurman played in shaping the Vassar of the past, present, and future.
An ecumenical service at the Vassar Chapel including the imposition of ashes.
Campus community only, please.
Love and torment in the music of Monteverdi, Rossi, Mazzocchi, Caccini, and others. This performance features superstar soprano Amanda Forsythe ’98!
Have a broken item lying around that you’d like to fix, but you don’t know how? Come to the Repair Cafe and local coaches will help you fix your things—from bikes to lamps to jewelry and more—all for free!