Past Events

A photo of Prentiss Dantzler, a person with short dark hair and a dark beard.

By situating racism and capitalism as interlocking systems of dispossession and displacement, University of Toronto Associate Professor of Sociology Prentiss Dantzler brings the “housing question” into perspective as a way to understand broader calls for reparative justice.

Dr. Andrea McDonnell, a person with long brown hair and a black coat, stands in front of a wall with diplomas and a painting hung on it.

Andrea McDonnell is a media scholar and author whose work examines the production, content, and audience reception of popular media and American celebrity culture. Her research seeks to understand the ways in which audiences engage, take pleasure in, and make sense of celebrity gossip across media platforms, including print, television, and social media.

Campus community only, please.

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Nov. 4, 2024, 5:30–7:00 p.m.

Join us for a reading and conversation with author Luisa Weiss on the occasion of the publication of her new cookbook, Classic German Cooking.

Person sitting and playing at a piano on a stage.
Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.

A different take on the music for harpsichord, with guitar and violin. The program includes music by Bach, Martinû, Milhaud, Wilson, and others. Marija Ilić, harpsichord, Roberto Granados, guitar, Anna Elashvili, violin.

Pictured: Three people holding their instruments in a collage with words that read, "The Walden Trio: Chelsea Lane, harp, Ginevra Petrucci, flute, Maren Rothfritz, viola".

A harp, viola, and flute program of works by primarily modern and contemporary composers inspired by the natural world. The Walden Trio: Chelsea Lane, harp, Ginevra Petrucci, flute, Maren Rothfritz, viola.

Collage of clipboards with pieces of paper with various "doodles" of lines, circles, colored squares and circles with patterns, and a table with various colored pens, pencils and markers.
Nov. 1, 2024, 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Join us at the Olmsted Greenhouse for a calm doodling session with Vassar’s Counseling Service!

Men on boats.
Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2024, 8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

A play and a senior Drama project.

Campus guests only, please. 

Reservations required: please contact boxoffice@vassar.edu.

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Oct. 30, 2024, 1:00–4:30 p.m.

Join us for a spooky celebration at the greenhouse! Enjoy treats as you wander among our unusual plants. Everyone is welcome—feel free to wear your Halloween costume or come as you are (the plants won’t mind!).

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Oct. 30 – Nov. 24, 2024

Palmer Gallery exhibit. Artist’s Reception: Nov. 1, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Basic stick drawing of four people holding hands in a circle.
Oct. 30, 7:00 p.m. – Nov. 8, 2024

Residential Life and Restorative Practices are facilitating Election Circles, a student community space to share and be heard.

Campus community only, please.

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Jin Jiang is Professor Emeritus at East China Normal University and Yeung Family Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests are at the intersection of women and gender, popular culture, and Shanghai history.

Photo of artist Edgar Heap of Birds standing in front of one of his text-based works.

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation) is an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose work has long advocated for recognition of historic and ongoing forms of oppression of Indigenous peoples in the US and globally. 

Portrait of a person with short cropped hair and glasses.

Join alum Jonathan Silberberg, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and producer, for an engaging discussion about the challenges and rewards of a career in documentary filmmaking and how the field is rapidly transforming today.