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- Free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered on April 26 and May 10, 2008
- Dancer, choreographer, and “genius grant” winner Bill T. Jones to discuss his creative process, give master class for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. Monday, April 21, 2008
- Earth Week panelists to discuss “Green for All: Race, Class, and Environmentalism.” Saturday, April 19, 2008
- Scholar, journalist, and author Daniel Mendelsohn to discuss “The Lost,” his international best seller exploring the fate of family members during the Holocaust. Tuesday, April 15, 2008
- Vassar College launches enhanced YouTube channel
- Princeton religion and black studies scholar Eddie S. Glaude Jr., a key organizer of the groundbreaking Covenant With Black America, will discuss pressing political, social and religious issues. Wednesday, April 9, 2008
- Author Mohsin Hamid to read from his New York Times best-selling novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and to discuss Pakistani politics. Wednesday, April 9, 2008
- Seventh annual Vassar Haiti Project art auction and sale will fund the completion of a new primary school in remote Chermaitre, Haiti. April 7-13, 2008
- Holocaust survivor and literary scholar Ruth Kluger will discuss “The Aftermath: Living with Memories of the Holocaust”. Tuesday, April 8, 2008
- Science writers and EPA official to discuss how the press covers environmental health risks, featuring New Yorker and NPR reporters. Tuesday, April 8, 2008
- Powerhouse Theater announces preview of 24th season featuring a new play by Eric Bogosian, a new musical by Tony Award-winning Spring Awakening creators Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, a new play by The Vagina Monologues creator Eve Ensler, and a one-man show by former Saturday Night Live comedy writer Alan Zweibel
- Resiliency in children and young adults with learning disabilities to be discussed by author and Harvard Med School professor Robert Brooks. Thursday, April 3, 2008
- Small press author and publisher Renee Gladman, a Vassar alumna, to discuss urban fiction. Thursday, March 27, 2008
- World Trade Center redevelopment events to include conversation with Bloomberg administration official, and a panel discussion on architectural, media, and policy issues. Thursday, March 27 & Thursday, April 3, 2008
- John and Abigail Adams correspondence to be exhibited publicly as a collection for first time - at Vassar College - and will include lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. April 7-30, 2008
- Out of Shape: Stylistic Distortions of the Human Form in Art from the Logan Collection to appear exclusively at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. March 14 - June 8, 2008
- The Ethicist columnist for the New York Times, Randy Cohen, will give the 2008 commencement address at Vassar College
- Vassar Haiti Project excursion will deliver supplies, support school construction, and assess health conditions in impoverished village
- West Point English professor and author Elizabeth Samet to discuss teaching literature to future soldiers. Wednesday, March 26, 2008
- Common Ground Series panel discussion on diversity in education will feature NYU and Cal-Berkeley sociologist Troy Duster. Tuesday, March 4, 2008
- Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Training Program now accepting applications for 2008 season
- Prominent NYC architect Paul Byard to discuss “Vassar’s Modernism”. Tuesday, February 26, 2008
- One-woman show will celebrate famed Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston. Saturday, March 1, 2008
- 26th annual Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre gala concerts will feature choreography by Mark Morris and the New York City Ballet’s Miriam Mahdaviani. Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2, 2008
- New York Times writer Joseph Berger will speak about his new book The World in a City, a study of how the latest wave of immigration is transforming New York City neighborhoods. Monday, February 25, 2008
- Renowned cognitive scientist and accomplished violinist Jamshed Bharucha, provost of Tufts University, will discuss the relationships between the arts and sciences. Thursday, February 21, 2008
- Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Washington Post columnist Michael Dirda will discuss his work and life. Thursday, February 28, 2008
- Historian Barbara Weinstein to speak on modern Brazilian history. Wednesday, February 13, 2007
- Vassar scholarship will remove loans from financial aid offered to Poughkeepsie High School graduates. Thursday, February 7, 2008
- New York Times columnist Gail Collins to give Vassar’s annual Krieger Lecture by social commentators. Wednesday, February 13, 2008
- Scholar, former Gates Foundation director, and alumna Laurie Schwab Zabin to discuss reproductive health and receive distinguished achievement award. Thursday, February 7, 2008
- Author Lydia Davis, Vassar’s Writer-in-Residence, to give reading. Wednesday, February 6, 2008
- Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. to speak at Vassar. Thursday, February 7, 2008
- Economist Ha-Joon Chang to deliver lecture on “The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism.” Wednesday, January 30, 2008
- Renowned actor and folk singer Theodore Bikel and conductor Tamara Brooks to visit Vassar College as Artists in Residence. February 10-18, 2008
- Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, a major retrospective of the famed New Yorker artist, will conclude its national tour at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, through February 24, 2008
- Contemporary architect Deborah Berke to discuss her work. Wednesday, December 5, 2007
- Photography from Hispanic cultures to be exhibited at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery, November 30-December 20
- Award-winning poet Peter Kane Dufault to read from his collection of poetry. Wednesday, November 28, 2007
- Sing Sing Chaplain Reverend Petero Sabune to discuss his work in Rwanda. Wednesday, November 28, 2007
- Law professor Frank H. Wu to discuss affirmative action as part of Vassar’s Common Ground Series. Monday, November 26, 2007
- New book champions the role of liberal arts colleges in educating teachers
- Pre-Thanksgiving Fast Will Raise Awareness of Local Hunger. Monday, November 19, 2007
- Kevin Howley to speak on “Understanding Community Media”. Monday, November 19, 2007
- Educator and consultant Neal H. Shultz to discuss roles and misconceptions of women in history. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Photography and artwork from China and Japan to be exhibited at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery. November 14-27, 2007
- New guidebook highlights ninety great works in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center collection
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre presents its Final Showings performances. November 15-17, 2007
- Chuck D, legendary rapper and co-founder of the group Public Enemy, will address “Rap, Race, Reality”. Tuesday, November 6, 2007
- Gillespie Forum to host discussion on Dutchess County immigration. Sunday, November 4, 2007
- Arms control expert and author Joseph Cirincione will discuss the history and future of nuclear weapons. Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Native American authors to join in poetry roundtable. Thursday, November 8, 2007
- Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center to host first-ever Family Day. Saturday, November 3, 2007
- Winifred “Tim” Asprey, computer pioneer and longtime professor at Vassar College, dies at 90
- Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer to speak about the art of being funny. Thursday, November 1, 2007
- BITTER-SWEET exhibit at Palmer Gallery to use Casperkill Creek plants as art. October 24 - November 10, 2007
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist who proved science of “Big Bang” theory to deliver Matthew Vassar Lecture. Monday, October 29, 2007
- Two free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered. Saturday, October 27, 2007
- Noted economist to speak about “Econometrics and Magical Thinking”. Thursday, October 25, 2007
- Author Josh Swiller of Cold Spring to discuss his memoir. Tuesday, October 23, 2007
- Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient, to deliver William Gifford Lecture. Wednesday, October 24, 2007
- Author Simon Armitage to deliver reading, Wednesday, October 10, 2007
- Native American leader Winona LaDuke to discuss environmental justice. Thursday, October 4, 2007
- John Amaechi, first NBA player to come out as a gay man, will speak about his life and new book. Monday, October 8, 2007
- Photographer Rick Miller captures flavor of Cuban life in photographs to be exhibited at Palmer Gallery. Wednesday, September 26, through Friday, October 12, 2007
- Casperkill Assessment Project to share new research on watershed at public forum, Thursday, September 20, 2007
- Religion and sociology experts to discuss role of faith on college campuses. Monday, September 17, 2007
- Vassar welcomes class of 2011
- Bestselling author Tim O’Brien to speak about the writing life and the experience of war
- Award-winning poet Harryette Mullen to deliver Elizabeth Bishop Lecture, Tuesday, September 18, 2007
- Panel of foreign affairs experts to examine future of Korea, Wednesday, September 19, 2007
- Antislavery History Group Plans “History Harvest,” Seeks Community Participation, September 15 and 16, 2007
- Borromeo String Quartet, medieval music group TREFOIL, and award-winning organist Gerre Hancock will headline Vassar’s Fall Concert Series
- Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, a major retrospective of the famed New Yorker artist, will conclude its national tour at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, November 2, 2007 - February 24, 2008
- Hudson River School Trilogy: A Focused Collection; Drawings From Dia; Selections from the Permanent Collection at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. August 17 - October 21, 2007
- Oscar, Tony, and Pulitzer-winner John Patrick Shanley and Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger to debut Romantic Poetry: A Musical Play at Powerhouse Theater Season. July 19-29, 2007
- Widely acclaimed new play Dance of the Holy Ghost traces heartfelt journey of troubled jazz musician, July 13-15 at the Powerhouse Theater
- Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lucinda Franks and New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to discuss fathers’ secret lives during Holocaust. Sunday, May 6, 2007
- Vassar to host prestigious national debate championship tournament. Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 22, 2007
- Vassar College and Hudson Valley to host East Coast’s largest collegiate cycling championships. April 28–29, 2007
- Psychiatrist and scholar to discuss evolution of African American family. Thursday, April 26, 2007
- Ralph Nader to kick off Earth Week at Vassar College. Monday, April 23, 2007
- Festivities to mark 100th birthday of distinctive Jewett House dorm. Saturday, April 21, 2007
- Algerian revolutionary journalist Henri Alleg to discuss torture in war. Tuesday, April 17, 2007
- Utopian Mirage: Social Metaphors in Contemporary Photography and Film group exibition at the FLLAC, May 25 - July 29, 2007
- Vassar dance director and company to perform critically acclaimed piece, The Dead Father, and debut new work entitled For the Bazillionth Time. Friday, April 20, 2007
- Two free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered. Saturday, April 28, 2007
- Award-winning installation artist George Trakas to discuss Hudson River environmental project, Wednesday, April 18, 2007
- Kevin Klose, President of National Public Radio, to speak at FDR Library on “Broadcasting’s Impact on International Affairs”. Wednesday, April 11, 2007
- Award-winning motivational speaker Rick Lavoie to discuss adolescent learning disabilities in annual Hirsch Disability Awareness Lecture. Thursday, April 12, 2007
- Qu’ran Scholar to Discuss Role of Women in Islam. Monday, April 16, 2007
- Economics scholar to discuss relationship between socioeconomic status and children’s health. Tuesday, April 10, 2007
- Murray Horwitz, Director of American Film Institute’s Silver Theater and Cultural Center, to discuss the “Silver Age of Documentary Film”. Thursday, March 29, 2007
- Two provocative documentaries on U.S. military bases and prostitution in South Korea to be screened. Tuesday, March 27, 2007
- Leading ethnic relations scholar to discuss American racism, Thursday, March 29, 2007
- Twenty-second annual Iyoya exhibit to celebrate local children’s art, culminates in “I Won’t Grow Up Day”. March 25 - 31, 2007
- Pioneering global warming researcher to discuss role of oceans in climate change, and ways to reverse current warming trend. Tuesday, March 27, 2007
- Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to discuss the future of health care. Thursday, March 29, 2007
- Slam poet Daniel Beaty to perform Emergence-SEE! Thursday, March 29, 2007
- Terry Gross, host of NPR’s Fresh Air, will be Vassar commencement speaker, Sunday, May 27, 2007
- Cultural Scholar to Explore Growth of Evangelicalism. Thursday, March 1, 2007
- Former Guantanamo Bay Army Chaplain James Yee lecture and follow-up film, The Road to Guantanamo, to explore prison experiences. Wednesday, February 28, 2007
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT) presents 25th Annual Bardavon Opera House Gala Performances, culminating a breakout year for the college’s dance program. Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, 2007
- Performance theorist and director Richard Schechner to discuss American theater. Wednesday, February 21, 2007
- Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints, an early sign of spring at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. March 23 – May 13, 2007
- Award-winning author, MacArthur Fellow, and Vassar’s Writer-in-Residence Colson Whitehead to deliver reading. Tuesday, February 20, 2007
- Fine photography of Italy to be exhibited February 22 – March 9 at the James W. Palmer Gallery
- Panel and Films to Examine Iranian Society, Politics, and Culture. Thursday, February 15, 2007
- Best-selling author and humorist Sarah Vowell to deliver reading. Thursday, February 15, 2007
- Award-winning mineral collector to give advice on “Digital Mineral Photography”. Thursday, February 15, 2007
- Preeminent astronomer and Vassar alumna Vera Cooper Rubin, who proved the existence of “Dark Matter”, to discuss her life’s work. Thursday, February 8, 2007
- Legendary dancer/choreographer Donald McKayle to speak during Vassar residency. Monday, December 4, 2006
- “Landscapes in the Mist”, oil and pastel paintings by Vincent Connelly, November 27 - December 20 the James W. Palmer Gallery
- For the People: American Mural Drawings of the 1930s and 1940s, a look inside a public art movement, January 12-March 11, 2007 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- Fast To Raise Awareness of Local Hunger and Poverty. Monday, November 20, 2006
- Alexander Masters to discuss and read from award-winning debut book. Tuesday, November 28, 2006
- Vassar College to prohibit investments tied to Sudan
- Vassar to host two dance giants, New York Times critic Anna Kisselgoff, Wednesday, November 8, and Broadway star Bill Irwin, Saturday, November 11, 2006
- Western Lama to Discuss Buddhism’s Popularity in U.S. Tuesday, November 7, 2006
- Dinotopia Author/Illustrator to Discuss Real and Imagined Landscapes. Thursday, November 2, 2006
- Distinguished Computer Scientist to Discuss the “Information Revolution”. Wednesday, November 1, 2006
- Oxfam America Leader to Discuss International Relief Efforts. Wednesday, November 15, 2006
- Performances and Exhibition Will Celebrate Inauguration of New Vassar President
- “Thought Travels”, sculpture exhibition by Strong-Cuevas, October 26 - November 12 at the James W. Palmer Gallery
- New Yorker Cartoonists Will Discuss “Is Cartooning Art?” Tuesday, October 24, 2006
- Vassar College will inaugurate Catharine B. Hill as tenth president on October 29, 2006
- Acclaimed author Louise Erdrich to discuss writing, and her latest work. Tuesday, October 10, 2006.
- Fitness Experts to Discuss Nutrition and Performance in Two Vassar Talks. Thursday, 9/28 and Thursday, 10/5, 2006
- Africa scholar to discuss continent’s growing role in world oil. Thursday, September 28, 2006
- Two Free Walking Tours of Vassar College Architecture to be Offered. Saturday, October 7, 2006
- Cold War historian to discuss Bush foreign policy. Thursday, October 5, 2006
- “Double Entente” at the James W. Palmer Gallery, explores human themes behind recent world events. September 22-October 14, 2006
- Eighth annual Arlington Street Fair will celebrate Poughkeepsie neighborhood. Saturday, September 30, 2006
- New College Guide Praises Vassar for Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Students
- Sanctuary Movement Founder Rev. John Fife to Discuss Migrant Border Deaths, at Vassar College and First Presbyterian Church. Tuesday, September 12, 2006.
- Copies, Casts, and Pedagogy: The Early Teaching of Art and Art History at Vassar College, September 13-October 22, 2006, at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- New Multimedia CD-ROM, “Environmental Risks and Breast Cancer,” Details Chemicals Implicated in the High Rate of Breast Cancer and Pinpoints Critical Periods of Susceptibility
- Future of India-U.S. Relations to be Discussed in Panel Discussion Moderated by India scholar M. Glen Johnson, Tuesday, September 19, 2006
- Vassar welcomes class of 2010
- Alumnus William Plapinger Takes Office as Chair of Vassar College Board of Trustees
- Miami String Quartet, Be-Bop Legend Phil Woods, and Grammy-winning Chanticleer Will Headline Vassar’s Fall Concert Series
- Marine Eye’s View of Iraq War Photographed in Occupation. 8/27-9/16, 2006
- Powerhouse Theater Announces 22nd Season of New Works, Featuring Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Oscar-Winning Composer, and a Musical of Sondheim and Shakespeare
- Vassar Students to Screen and Discuss Their New Film On Community Leader Lateef Islam. Thursday, May 18, 2006
- Vassar’s Senior Studio Art Show Opening on Saturday, May 20 at 37 Academy Street, Poughkeepsie. Receptions 5/20 and 5/27, 2006
- Vassar Senior Ethan Nguyen Wins Prestigious Watson Fellowship for International Study
- Jenny Holzer’s Granite Ode to Elizabeth Bishop Honors Vassar President
- Subterranean Monuments: Burckhardt, Johnson, Hujar, and the Changing Life of Bohemia in Post-War Manhattan, an Appreciation From the Margins of the Art World. June 30 – September 17, 2006
- Movement Theater Project’s Treaty to be performed, May 4 and 5, 2006
- Two Free Walking Tours of Vassar College Architecture to Be Offered. Saturday, May 13, 2006
- Vassar Students Will Lead Trash Clean Up of Casper’s Kill. Saturday, April 22, 2006
- Internationally Acclaimed Scholar of Law and Race To Discuss Affirmative Action. Thursday, May 4, 2006
- Discussion and Poetry to Mark Breast Cancer Awareness Event. Saturday, April 29, 2006
- New York Stage and Film and Vassar College Announce The Powerhouse Summer Theatre Apprenticeship Program
- New York Times Climate Change Expert Speaks During Earth Week. Thursday, April 20, 2006
- $21 Million Renovation Launches Versatile Kenyon Hall Into the Twenty-First Century, With New Dance Theater Rising From Old Swimming Pool
- Vassar College Alumna to Speak on Transgender Rights
- Ten Million Dollar Gift Will Name Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
- The Resiliency of Indigenous Art Examined in Forms of Exchange: Art of Native Peoples from the Edward J. Guarino Collection, April 28-September 3, 2006, at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- April Film Screenings Mark Women’s Safety Campaign. April 10, 26, 27, 2006
- Religion and Media Scholar to Discuss Evangelicalism. Monday, April 3, 2006
- Exchange with Museum of Modern Art Brings Cézanne Work to Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Through Sunday, May 14, 2006
- Fifth Haitian Art Exhibit and Sale To Benefit Village Children. April 3–9, 2006
- Exhibit Will Mark Reunion of Greenhaven Prison Program: reception Monday, March 27, 2006
- Nobel Poet Derek Walcott To Read From His Work. Tuesday, April 11, 2006
- Risk Lessons from the Indian Ocean Tsunami To Be Discussed. Monday, March 27, 2006
- William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, Will Be Vassar Commencement Speaker
- Twenty-First Annual Iyoya Exhibit Will Celebrate Area’s Youngest Artists. March 25 - April 1, 2006
- Scholar of Learning Disabilities Will Discuss Dyslexia, Writing, and Creativity. Wednesday, April 5, 2006
- Metropolitan Opera Tenor to Hold Recital, Master Class at Vassar College. Tuesday, March 7, 2006
- Panel to Discuss Role of Art in Rebirth of Poughkeepsie and Yonkers. Tuesday, March 7, 2006
- Best-Selling Author to Discuss Aggression Among Girls. Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
- New Curator Named at Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.
- Seminary Professor to Speak on Jewish Heroines. Tuesday, March 28, 2006.
- Hollywood ‘Militainment’ and the Middle East To Be Discussed
- Outdoor/Indoor Fun Will Abound at Second Annual Arlington Winterfest. Saturday, February 25, 2006
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre To Present 24th Annual Bardavon Gala Performances. Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5, 2006
- U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser to Read From His Work Monday, February 20, 2006
- Multimedia Exhibit Will Explore Public Art in Urban Redevelopment, Monday, February 13 through Friday, March 10, 2006
- A Master’s Eye for the Dramatic Explored in Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt, April 7-June 11, 2006, at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- Leading Museum Director To Receive Alumnae/i Achievement Award, Discuss Her Career, Thursday, February 9, 2006
- nathantrice/RITUALS Dance Company Will Explore Grief In “Mothers” Ballet, Friday, February 10, 2006
- Lecture and Printmaking Demonstration Will Be Special Events For American Prints Exhibition, Febraury 4 and 6, 2006
- “Teen Visions” Exhibition to Spotlight Mill Street Loft’s Art Institute Students, from January 21-February 4 in Vassar’s James W. Palmer Gallery
- Geologist’s Photo Exhibit of Tsunami and Katrina Aftermath Will Benefit the United Nations, Thursday, January 26 through Tuesday, February 28, 2006
- Vassar College Names Catharine B. Hill as Tenth President
- Arlington Holiday Festival marks the season with entertainment and cheer
- Civil Rights Leader to Discuss Book on Media Portrayal of Gay Black Men, Monday, November 28, 2006
- A Printmaking Revolution of the Past Forty Years Examined in Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, January 13-March 19, 2006, at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- Yale Law Dean and Diplomat Harold Koh to Discuss the Supreme Court’s Role in Globalism
- Fast Held To Raise Awareness of Local Poverty
- Photographer Will Discuss Book on Low Wage Workers
- Award-Winning Novelist Richard Powers To Read From Work In Progress
- Freedom Tower Designer to Discuss Architecture and His Work
- “Eyes Wide Open,” a Touring Memorial Exhibition of the Iraq War, Will Be Shown November 15-16
- Georgia O’Keefe Scholar To Explore the Artist’s Long Distance Relationship with the New York City Art World
- Poughkeepsie Institute Earns Prestigious National Award
- Rarely Seen Danish Works From the Largest Private Collection Outside the Country, to be Exhibited in Danish Paintings of the 19th Century from the Collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr., September 30 through December 18, 2005 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
- Vassar College and New York Stage and Film Announce Final Casting for New John Patrick Shanley Play, “Defiance” (Previously Titled “Chain of Command”), with Dana Delany, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Chris Bauer joining Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper
- Fiddler on the Roof’s Robert Petkoff Will Star in Big Wyoming, an Aging Philosopher’s Reflections on Life, Love, and the Paris of His Youth, July 13-17 at the Powerhouse Theatre Season
- Charlie Chaplin Musical Biography Behind the Limelight, Featuring Broadway Talent Luther Creek, Premieres July 21-24 at the Powerhouse Theatre Season
- Husband and Wife Make a Fateful Decision in Get What You Need, Premiering July 15-17 with Estelle Parsons at the 21st Powerhouse Theatre Season
- Contemporary Art to Be Featured in July at Two Vassar Art Exhibitions
- Powerhouse Apprentice Company To Perform Three Classic Plays at Vassar’s Outdoor Amphitheatre
- Tanya Barfield’s drama Blue Door, inside an African-American family’s struggles after the Civil War, will premiere July 6-9 at the 21st Powerhouse Theatre Season
- Chris Cooper To Star in Premier of New John Patrick Shanley Play, “Chain of Command”
- A brilliant courtesan challenges 16th-century Venetian society in the musical Dangerous Beauty, premiering July 7-10 at the 2005 Powerhouse Theatre Season.
- Rising Talents to Be Featured in New York Opera Studio Concert
- Randle Mell’s one-man show Anna and Me, an emotional and metaphysical voyage through the 1990’s, debuts at the 21st Powerhouse Season
- Edgy drama Donna Morelli, a Romeo and Juliet for the twenty-first century, will premiere June 22-25 at the 21st Powerhouse Theatre Season
- Premiere of The Man in the White Suit, the new musical by the Tony Award-winning creators of Urinetown, June 24-26 at the 21st Powerhouse Summer Theatre season
- A symposium on Frederic Edwin Church will be held at Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, on April 26, 10 a.m.
- ‘Houses that Jacques Built: Scenes from Offenbach’s Operas’ is the Opera Workshop production at Vassar College, Skinner Recital Hall, April 26, 27, 2003
- Zora, a one-woman show on the life of Zora Neale Hurston
- The Margaret Reese Langdon Disability Awareness Film
Series Presents: ‘How Difficult Can This Be – Understanding Learning Disabilities’
- Author and singer/songwriter duo perform songs about central figures from the Underground Railroad at Vassar College, April 23
- ‘The War: The View from Turkey, the Infant Democracy
and Troubled economy on the Border’ 5 p.m., Wednesday,
April 23, Sanders Auditorium, Sanders Hall
- Vassar Art Sale to Boost Haitians Raises Over $26,000
- ‘Reflections on the Economics of Immigration’ 5 p.m.,
Monday, April 14, Blanche Brumbach Spitzer Auditorium, Sanders Hall
- Hudson River School drawings at Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, April 12 – June 15, 2003
- Micere Githae Mugo to lecture and read at Vassar College, April 10, 2003
- Transformation of texts from print to digital
- Selections from Vassar’s Incunabula collection, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, will be on exhibit at Vassar College from April 10 to June 9.
- International Monetary Fund Economist to speak at Vassar College, April 9th
- World Wildlife Fund president to speak at Vassar, April 8
- Haitian Art Exhibition and Sale at Vassar College
- I Won’t Grow Up Day at Vassar College, April 5
- Cabrini Quartet to premiere new work Saturday, April 5
- Award-winning local photographer and book illustrator to be at Vassar April 5 for talk and book signing
- Vassar College will host a;Farm to College Symposium; to explore strategies for bringing locally grown food into school dining halls and cafeterias on April 4.
- Author of ‘Dead Man Walking’ to lecture at Vassar
- Film presentation: LEO BROUWER; Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 7 p.m.; Nora Ann Wallace’73 Auditorium, Blodgett Hall
- Noted multicultural educator to lecture at Vassar College,
April 2
- Nathan Englander, acclaimed author of ‘For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,’ will read from and discuss his work Tuesday, April 1
- John Solum Concert at the Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall, Vassar College, March 30
- Noted clinical psychologist and expert on depression to lecture at Vassar on March 27.
- Renowned Mexican poet and environmental activist to speak at Vassar College, March 25
- Ronald A. Sharp, Acting President and John Crowe Ransom Professor of English at Kenyon College, has been named Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English at Vassar College, effective July 1, 2003.
- Christopher Buckley RESCHEDULED for
MARCH 4
- Elly Ameling in Residence, Skinner Recital Hall
March 3, 2003
- Artwork by local school children will be on display at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT) presents 21st Annual Bardavon Opera House Gala, March 1 and March 2