will present “Music in the Meadow” — a concert featuring local roots rock/Americana favorites The Hoolios, Dogbite and singer-songwriter Nancy Parent — on Saturday, June 29. The concert will be held in the Arboretum's outdoor theater by the pond. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m.
,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latino culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series debuting this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latino culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series debuting this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines have explored topics related to Latinos in American society, such as culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series that debuted this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Faculty, staff and students are invited to meet President-elect Katherine Bergeron on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at an informal gathering in Shain Library at 2 p.m.
,Connecticut has been a sort of demilitarized zone between warring factions of Boston and New York sports fans, so it should be fun and provocative when ambassadors from each side descend on the neutral meeting ground of Connecticut College to debate the great rivalries past and present.
,Assistant Professor of Dance Lisa Race has reversed the normal course of events in her latest performance, “Home/Welcome.” Rather than hosting a reception after the multimedia dance show, the audience will be received into an outdoor home created in the Martha Myers Dance Studio for a special — yet unspecified — occasion, complete with snacks and drinks.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents two unique exhibitions by two of the department’s newest faculty members, Assistant Professor of Art Nadav Assor and Assistant Professor of Art Chris Barnard. The captivating new show comprises Assor’s “Ruins of the Map” and Barnard’s “Engagement Party” and will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center Galleries Sept. 2 through Oct. 20.
,The Connecticut College Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) will screen the documentary “Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” and host a talk with its director at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room of the Charles E. Shain Library.
,David Pogue, the award-winning tech columnist who taught “Dummies” how to use Macs in the ’80s and was one of the first to predict big things for Twitter, will describe what he thinks is next for personal technology in a lecture on campus Oct. 10.
,Connecticut College takes its academic Honor Code — which is unusual in that it is adjudicated by students — extremely seriously. But is an honor code a social contract in the sense that students surrender certain rights in return for other rights? Stephen Mathis, an associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College of Massachusetts, will explain why the answer is no.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents two exhibitions by the College’s current Dayton Artists-in-Residence. Sophie Kahn’s “Shards” and Alex Rubio’s “Abstract Experiment” will be on display in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center from Monday, Oct. 28 - Friday, Dec. 6.
,As part of its Lambert Environmental Lecture Series, the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment at Connecticut College will bring to campus author Christoph Irmscher for a lecture based on his recent biography of a 19th century scientist and anti-Darwinist. Irmscher will deliver “Three Cheers for the Jellyfish: Writing the Life of Louis Agassiz” on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Julia Alvarez, poet, essayist and author of 14 novels for adults and children, including "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of the Butterflies," will speak on "Sustainability and Storytelling" Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the 1962 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams, followed by a book signing. The event is free and open to the public.
,Autumn is the ideal time to check out the moon, the Andromeda galaxy and more celestial bodies from Connecticut College’s Olin Observatory. All are invited to the annual Fall Star Gazing event on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 7:30-10 p.m.
,The Connecticut College Department of Government and the Academic Resource Center will host Political Transformations in the Middle East, a conference in which students will present research projects, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 4-7 p.m. in Main Street.
,The Connecticut College departments of art history and studio art have made it easy to experience the art and culture of New York City with bus trips that leave right from campus.
,Arts, academics and even holiday shopping are available on the Connecticut College campus in December. The following events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,Connecticut College students, faculty and staff will come together Monday, Dec. 9, at noon to celebrate and discuss the life and work of Nelson Mandela.
,Parents, alumni, fans, friends and prospective students across the globe can tune in to cheer on the Camels thanks to a new initiative that is also helping students gain real-world experience in sports broadcasting.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents “Looking Forward/Looking Back: Musical Reflections,” a performance by members of the music faculty and guest musicians, on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “Towards A New Reality,” a cooperative installation of works by Associate Professor of Art Gregory Bailey and Professor of Art Timothy McDowell. The exhibition will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center Galleries through March 5.
,Students, staff and faculty of Connecticut College will perform in “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 22, at 2 and 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Dance Club will perform in three shows this week, Thursday, Feb. 20 through Saturday, Feb. 22. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha Myers Dance Studio in the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College departments of theater and music present “On the Town” for a Feb. 21-23 run in Palmer Auditorium.
,Since coming to Connecticut College four years ago, Juan Pablo Pacheco has wanted to share some of the stories that show the impact United States’ policies and actions have had on his native Colombia. Now, in his senior year, he’s accomplished that goal, producing a four-part series of events that focuses on efforts to reduce social, political and economic inequalities in Latin America.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents "American Traditions," a joint presentation by the Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Traditional Jazz Band and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Band, on Monday, March 3, 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,Ahmad Alachkar, an economics professor with extraordinary insight into the conflict in Syria, will explain the economic conditions that motivated the uprising on Monday, March 24, at 4:30 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Shain Library.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents Mario Pavone in concert, Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,Award-winning journalist and author Seymour Hersh will give a talk, “This Day in History: Reflections on U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Practices,” on Thursday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The April 5 Inauguration of Connecticut College’s 11th president, Katherine Bergeron, will be a momentous occasion for the entire community. But the festivities aren’t limited to that day’s ceremony. The College is hosting many events at which staff, faculty, students, alumni, guests and members of the local community can celebrate.
,Connecticut College faculty and guest speakers from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latin@ culture, childhood, social and physical boundaries, law, theater, immigration, literature and poetry in the continuation of a successful speaker series. The Latin@ Studies Speaker Series started in 2013 as the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College will host an American Cancer Society Relay For Life event on Saturday, April 19, on the Library Green. The annual fundraiser is organized by student volunteers, who have this year chosen a carnival theme to entertain participants during the 12-hour walk, which begins at noon.
,For the seventh year in a row, students at Connecticut College have organized Walk for the Homeless, a benefit for the New London Homeless Hospitality Center (NLHHC). The two-mile walk will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, beginning and ending at 325 Huntington Street.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater presents three productions from theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2014.
,The Department of Music will host five performances in one week, showcasing talented students, faculty, and guests on a variety of instruments and in a variety of genres.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art is pleased to present the 2014 Senior Art Major Exhibition, on display May 2-18 in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater presents the final of three productions from theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2014.
,Frances Moore Lappé will deliver “Food Justice for a Small Planet” as part of the Jean Thomas Lambert '45 Lecture Series on Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the 1941 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,Connecticut College’s 95th Commencement will take place on Sunday, May 19, with all the traditions members of the College community have long treasured, including the laurel chain through which graduates walk and the saplings each carries to represent the tree on the College seal and a continuing connection to the College. The ceremony will be
onStage at Connecticut College once again brings to campus a diverse mix of musicians, dancers and actors for a season of outstanding performances that will exhilarate and inspire audiences.
,Fall is full of music, as the Connecticut College Department of Music presents 14 concerts this semester. The programs are as varied as the students and faculty performing, so there is something for every taste.
,Have you ever looked at an old book on your shelf and wondered how much it might be worth? Wonder no more. The Friends of the Connecticut College Library will host “Value of the Book” on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in Hood Dining Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Connecticut College and the Sound Lab Foundation present “Science, Technology and the Submarine Capital of the World: 1776-1996,” a lecture by Roy Manstan M’94, on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents three concerts that will help audiences segue into the season, starting with:
,The Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Creative Arts and Moral Vision usually brings one successful and inspiring writer to Connecticut College. This year, audiences will get double the pleasure: Bestselling author Colum McCann and new literary sensation Jessica Soffer, a 2007 graduate of the College, will speak during symposium events on Thursday, Nov. 20.
,Samantha Santiago ’16 wants to help the Connecticut College community celebrate America's veterans, so she has planned “Thanking Our Troops,” a campus Veterans Day event, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 3-5 p.m. on the patio in front of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,You’ll be thankful for all the arts and events available at Connecticut College during the month of November. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,Ahmad Alachkar, a scholar-in-residence at Connecticut College, will discuss the situation in Syria on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel.
,The Connecticut College Department of Dance presents “Telling,” an evening of student performances, Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “high reps/low sets,” an exhibition by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Jessica Tam, on display through Dec. 5 in Cummings Arts Center.
,Martino Marazzi, the Tiro a Segno Visiting Professor in Italian American Culture at New York University, will deliver “Stories of Italian Immigration: Ties of Affection and Language Changes” on Friday, Dec. 5, at 4:45 p.m. in Room 210 of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music will cap off another successful semester with concerts designed to appeal to music lovers of all tastes. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The Department of Film Studies presents the Fall 2014 Student Film Exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 014 of Olin Science Center.
,onStage at Connecticut College continues its successful 2014-15 season with three diverse performances in the spring that will exhilarate and inspire audiences.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “FABRICation,” an exhibition of works in multiple mediums and from intricate processes, Jan. 26 through March 4 in the Joanne Toor Cummings Galleries.
,Connecticut College will host historian Mark Sedgwick for a talk titled “From the headscarf crisis to the cartoon crisis: Islam, globalization and Europe,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room of Charles E. Shain Library.
,The Connecticut College Departments of Theater and Music present “James Joyce Is Dead and So Is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret,” a rock ‘n’ roll cabaret that’s “unlike any musical you will have experienced,” according to the director.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music will usher in spring with a multitude of concerts this semester. The programs are as varied as the students, faculty and guests performing, so there is something for every taste.
,For the first time ever, both the Connecticut College women’s and men’s ice hockey teams will host the NESCAC Quarterfinal games on their home ice, Dayton Arena.
,For the past 13 years, Connecticut College students performed the well-known episodic play “The Vagina Monologues” as an annual fundraiser for Safe Futures, a shelter in southeastern Connecticut serving survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
,Food will be the topic on everyone’s lips at “Feeding the Future,” a two-day conference hosted by Connecticut College’s Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment (GNCE) on March 27 and 28.
,Jazz violinist Regina Carter will diverge from the genre for which she’s best known when she brings her “Southern Comfort” tour to campus on Friday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum will help artists hone their plant-depicting skills in “Botanical Illustration,” a workshop that will take place over four Thursday nights in April, beginning April 2 and ending on April 23.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music has a full slate of concerts scheduled this spring, with programs as varied as the musicians performing.
,The Connecticut College
The Connecticut College Department of Dance presents “These Spaces,” the final thesis performance for senior dance majors, April 16-18 in Palmer Auditorium.
,Novelist Dara Horn will deliver the 2015 Miriam Kraemer Melrod ’46 Lecture in Judaic Studies on Thursday, April 16, at 4:15 p.m. in Shain Library’s Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room.
,The Connecticut College Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics — together with the Thames Amateur Astronomical Society — will host a celebration of National Astronomy Day onSaturday, April 25, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Olin Observatory and Science Center.
,Judge Kimba Wood ’66 to visit campus
,The Connecticut College Department of Government and International Relations will bring Bruce Hoffman ’76 back to campus for a talk based on his latest book, Wednesday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m. in the 1941 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater has created a festival to showcase the capstone projects of five theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2015.
,The Connecticut College Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) presents a talk by essayist and cultural critic Roberto Zurbano, the center’s current scholar/writer-in-residence, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 4:15 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Charles E. Shain Library.
,Connecticut College alumnus Nicholas Leichter ’94, an internationally known choreographer and performer, and Wendell Cooper, a dance artist and audio/video designer, will complete a semester-long residency with two presentations on campus Wednesday, April 3.
,Connecticut College’s five interdisciplinary academic centers will host a semester-long program that will explore the theme “Striving for Global Justice” through their diverse perspectives of arts and technology, the environment, international studies, public policy and community action, and the study of race and ethnicity.
,Connecticut College’s Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology will present the 14th biennial arts and technology symposium, Feb. 27-March 1. The symposium brings artists and researchers together to share ideas and present new works, research and performances, all addressing one or more forms of fusion between technology and the arts.
,Hardworking college students need an occasional break from their studies and their surroundings, so Connecticut College makes it easy for them to Get Out!
,When the Connecticut College women’s lacrosse team takes the field against Roger Williams University on April 4, they’ll be raising awareness for Green Dot, a campus initiative to prevent power-based personal violence through bystander intervention.
,Connecticut College is celebrating “Green Dot Week,” a week-long series of events and activities designed to raise awareness of the College’s Green Dot program in which students, faculty and staff are trained to help prevent power-based personal violence, including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “fragment & process,” an exhibition of works created by art majors in the Class of 2015, on display May 1-17 in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music has a full slate of concerts scheduled this spring, with programs as varied as the musicians performing.
,Geoffrey Fletcher, who won 2009’s best adapted screenplay Oscar for “Precious,” will screen his new film, “Violet & Daisy,” at Connecticut College on Thursday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,A Connecticut College student featured prominently in the popular documentary “The New Public” is bringing the film and director to campus for a screening on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 210 of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Local community leaders will trip the light fantastic during a dancing competition sponsored by Connecticut College’s Office of Volunteers for Community Service (OVCS) and benefiting Higher Edge, a New London-based nonprofit that guides low-income and first-generation students through enrollment, retention and graduation from college. The event is Saturday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. in the 1962 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College community will come together for the 97th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17, at 11 a.m.
,Connecticut College will host a symposium on disability that focuses on issues of access, community and knowledge over two days this week.
,The Connecticut College Student Government Association’s Diversity & Equity Committee presents “The Color Brave Monologues,” a performance of diversity-themed monologues written and enacted by students, on Saturday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Cummings Arts Center’s Evans Hall.
,Connecticut College will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a talk by Don Denard of The Carter Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 4:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel.
,Connecticut College will celebrate the opening of the academic year with the institution’s 101st Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 3.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art will host “Interdependence,” an exhibition of works by Adjunct Instructor of Art Kate Gilbert ’96 and guest artist Abigail Anne Newbold, which will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center galleries from Sept. 7 to Oct. 16.
,Audiences can look forward to another stellar collection of performances during the 2015-16 season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,The Connecticut College Theater Department presents four Fall Weekend performances of “Elephant’s Graveyard,” a play examining violence and destructive impulses. Performances are in Tansill Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11.
,Béla Fleck, the world’s foremost banjo player, will make his first appearance on campus Saturday, Oct. 10, when he kicks off the 2015-16 season of onStage at Connecticut College. Fleck will be joined by his wife Abigail Washburn, another banjo virtuoso, for an evening of intricate duets. The concert is at 8 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Doug Varone and Dancers on Sat., Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. The company, celebrating its 30th anniversary, will perform “ReComposed,” a visual dance inspired by American abstract artist Joan Mitchell’s pastel drawings.
,Susan Avery of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute will speak on the current efforts of scientists and engineers to design tools and methods to explore the "blue economy" of the ocean's depths.
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It’s a “Hip Hop Year” at Connecticut College, where the Dance Department is hosting the Ladies of Hip Hop as this year’s Dayton Artists-in Residence. The Dance Department presents the Ladies of Hip Hop in a series of performances, talks and meet-the-artist events, Oct. 21 through Oct. 23.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum’s plentiful autumn programs include tours, hikes, classes and workshops, with special appeal for homeowners, artists, gardeners, crafters and moon-gazers.
,Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon’s talk, “Challenges and Opportunities Facing Western Democracies and Israel’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World,” will take place on Thurs., Oct. 22, from 5:30-7 p.m., in F.W. Olin Science Center 014.
,Haunting organ music will emanate from Harkness Chapel on Saturday, Oct. 31, when Connecticut College Organist and Professor of Music John Anthony is joined by fellow musicians and a dancer for a concert from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., which is free and open to the public.
,Those who live nearby, or on, the Connecticut College campus, can enjoy an opportunity to “travel afar” by attending an international film series this fall that features films in Japanese, Czech, Polish, Chinese and Arabic.
,“What do we argue about when we argue about Israel?” is the topic of Yehudah Mirsky’s public lecture to be given in the Charles Chu Reading Room, Shain Library, on Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m.
,Karin Kunstler Goldman ’65 will speak Oct. 28 about her personal experience as a civil rights activist during the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi.
,A two-part philosophy department event begins with the screening of two different versions of the film “Enchanted April” Nov. 4. The next evening, Connecticut College professor of philosophy Kristin Pfefferkorn will reflect on passages from the film in her talk, “The Role of Style in Film Content, Genre, and Experienced Value."
,Internationally acclaimed composer Eric Nathan will deliver a talk, “Multitude, Solitude: On My Recent Music,” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Cummings Arts Center 224. He will also participate in an open rehearsal of his most recent composition, “Sky’s Edge,” with the Connecticut College Orchestra at 7 p.m. that evening in Evans Hall.
,In a collaboration between members of the New London community and Connecticut College, a few local artists will join students, professors and student organizations to express social justice through the arts on Nov. 6 from 6-9 p.m. in the 1962 Room, College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College Dance Club will perform the works of student choreographers in an untitled show, Feb. 28-March 2.
,The Connecticut College campus community will celebrate Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a series of events that bring the community together to honor veterans, especially those among the faculty, staff and students.
,Three alumni of color reflect their Connecticut College experiences as students and compare the challenges, campus climate, and gains of the past to those of today.
,Harkness Chapel, known for its fine acoustics and intimate performance space, is the venue for the musical presentations of a three-part Russian Winter Music and Arts Festival sponsored by the music and Slavic Studies departments.
,On Nov. 20, an opportunity to hear the angelic voices of vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 in their final performance season.
,The artistic events include choral and symphonic performances and guest art critiques and lectures.
,They’ve debated out on the pages of The Atlantic and The New Yorker. Now, award-winning journalists Jelani Cobb and Conor Friedersdorf meet for the first time at Connecticut College to discuss the issues of racism and free speech that have swept college campuses nationwide and infused Cobb’s and Friedersdorf’s recent writings.
,The fall semester winds down with December musical performances of varied genres, including seasonal, swinging, symphony, student compositions and more.
,The Connecticut College Dance Department will present its fall concert, “This is what we do when you are not around,” on Dec. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The History Department brings to campus Joan Wallach Scott, who will deliver her remarks, "Affect, Civility and Academic Freedom," on Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in F. W. Olin Science Center 014.
,Eighteen student composers will premiere and perform their new and varied electronic and acoustic works at the annual Charles Shackford Memorial Student Composers Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,Audiences can look forward to a stellar collection of performances during the 2016 spring season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,Works by more than 25 Connecticut College student artists – ranging from vivid paintings to imaginative sculpture to ceramics, mixed media, and video and sound art – will be on display at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly during its annual visiting artist show from February 3 to February 28.
,onStage at Connecticut College will pay tribute to local son Eugene O’Neill with a performance of “A Moon for the Misbegotten” on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,Got cabin fever? The Connecticut College Arboretum, drawing on the knowledge of its professors, horticulturalists and students as well as local experts, offers nature programs that encourage leaving the house and awakening to new learning possibilities.
,Connecticut College presents xHIBITION, a show by artist, engineer and environmental activist Natalie Jeremijenko, one of the country's leading practitioners at the crossroads of speculative art, technology and the ecology, from Jan. 25 to March 4 at the Cummings Arts Center Galleries. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 – 4 p.m.
,The Feb. 3 film screening will be followed by a talk by Assistant Professor of Film Studies Liz Reich that draws on Reich’s scholarship and research in black cinema and racial performativity.
,The Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology presents an evening of new sound/media installations and performances by students in "Post Digital: New Sonic Futures and the Activist Imaginary" from 7 - 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29.
,Tickets are on sale now for TEDxConnecticutCollege, a student-organized offshoot of the popular TED conferences that bring together some of the world's leading thinkers to offer “Ideas Worth Spreading.” The College’s TEDx event, “Genius Loves Company,” is on Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
,It’s raining events, exhibitions and performances on the Connecticut College campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The “Hip Hop Year” continues as the Dance Department presents a series of hip hop performances, free master classes and workshops, talks and meet-the-artist events in February and March, sharing the hip hop phenomenon with students and members of the local community.
,Readings from his plays and discussion of O'Neill's contributions to American theater and ties to New London provide a prelude to an upcoming performance of "A Moon for the Misbegotten." Cancelled due to the weather.
,The charisma, synergy and energy of the Howard Fishman Quartet will be in evidence on Friday, Feb. 19, in Evans Hall.
,Clarinetist Tom Labadorf enjoys varied tastes in musical styles as a chamber musician and a symphonist.
,Schubert songs and sonatas and choral concerts, clarinet solos, jazz and American chamber works are among the offerings by the Connecticut College music department faculty, students and staff from February to May.
,An all-Schubert concert of songs and chamber works.
,The symposium brings artists and researchers together to share ideas and present new works, research and performances, all addressing the fusion between technology and the arts.
,The original musical “Carousel” is set in a small, coastal whaling town in Maine, complete with an amusement park and a carousel. But when the curtain rises for the first performance of ‘Carousel’ on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium, the audience will instead view a new setting, reminiscent of New London’s own Ocean Beach Park in its heyday.
,The ensemble's stunning vocal prowess captures the complex sounds of blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, hip hop, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation.
,Those who live nearby, or on, the Connecticut College campus can enjoy an opportunity to “travel afar” by attending an international film series this spring.
,Connecticut College will host a conversation about the future of Israel and Palestine between two well-known activists on Monday, May 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Slavic Studies faculty and students discuss the Nobel laureate's works, including 'Zinky Boys' and 'Voices from Chernobyl.'
,“Just Mercy” is this year’s One Book One Region selection for eastern Connecticut.
,The Camel Heard performs Schubert's "Mass No. 2 in G" and other short works in Harkness Chapel.
,In a program described as “both accessible and exciting,” American Vistas celebrates the music of contemporary American composers, with faculty soloists or faculty-led ensembles performing each of the evening’s selections.
,Richardson opens her residency on April 12 with a book talk about “Hands on the Freedom Plow” and screenings of her films and a panel discussion with noted filmmakers will take place during the month.
,Students from the Class of 2016 will share their research findings offering global and local perspectives with panel discussions on equitable housing, health care, schooling and other contemporary social issues.
,Perry's lecture coincides with the opening reception of the 2016 exhibition for senior art minors and junior art majors.
,"These seniors have created a wonderful show full of heart, humor, stunning dancing and clear understanding of form." - David Dorfman, professor of dance.
,The Connecticut College Women’s water polo team will host the College Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championship this weekend.
,Poet Gray Jacobik will be introduced by Richard Harteis, with comments by newly-appointed Connecticut state poet laureate Rennie McQuilkin.
,With songs like “The Road Home” and “Homeward Bound,” the Camel Heard and Chorale will musically explore the concept of “home” in a benefit concert for a New London Habitat for Humanity project.
,Three public events include a faculty debate, a talk by artist Steve Lambert, and a lecture by author and public intellectual Cornel West.
,Díaz is the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
,The Theater Capstone Festival represents a collective opportunity for senior theater majors to finish their college careers with a major creative and/or scholarly project.
,'Celebrate Spring!' at a free concert with the combined concert bands of Connecticut College and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
,Artworks with a diverse range of concepts and materials, including sculpture, drawing, design, photography and installation art.
,Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat, a ballet by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, is one of the selections to be performed in by the Connecticut College Orchestra.
,This searing political satire by British playwright Caryl Churchill, begins Nov. 20.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum programs in June include birding and painting workshops, the annual Friends of the Arboretum celebration and photography contest, a New London tree walk and a “Music in the Meadow” concert. All are open to the public.
,David Dorfman Dance will hold a summer intensive in the large, historic light-filled studios from July 1-6.
,Connecticut College faculty and guest speakers will explore the realities of today’s mass incarceration in the United States in a series of talks taking place during the spring semester. The Incarcerated America Lecture Series arose after students expressed concern about a particularly grim statistic.
,The Arboretum offers another fall full of programs for all ages including tours, hikes, music and theater events, and classes and workshops, with special appeal for homeowners, artists, painters, gardeners, naturalists, crafters and moon-gazers.
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Audiences can look forward to another stellar collection of performances during the 2016-17 season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,“The Undertaking” explores the “Near Death Experience”; when someone goes to the beyond and back and can then tell us what’s there on the other side, and more importantly what it really might mean to be alive.
,A vibrant community of artists who not only teach, but actively pursue their art and research, display their works.
,A talk by award-winning author Moustafa Bayoumi, who writes about Arabs and Muslims in post-9/11 America.
,Maceo Parker embodies the legacy of soul and funk music like no other musician can.
,Hip hop’s Rennie Harris Puremovement launches its 25th Anniversary Living History Tour in New London with an eye-popping appearance.
,A keynote address by Takeshi Watanabe, assistant professor of Japanese, followed by a student panel discussion on the role and representation of Asian Americans in the media.
,Faculty members in the Connecticut College Department of Music will kick off a year of great performances with “Perspectives on Baroque Music: A Faculty Showcase,” on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,Connecticut College’s LGBTQ Resource Center will celebrate supporters — and be celebrated — at an event on Monday, Dec. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,The Department of Music will host 15 performances during the month of April, featuring talented students, faculty, alumni and guests covering a wide range of genres and styles.
,The Connecticut College Department of French will screen five movies and host a discussion of each during the Contemporary French Film Festival, Nov. 3-7.
,Andrew Nathanson ’13, an architectural studies major and scholar in the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, will present his senior project, a historical documentary about the College’s Cummings Arts Center, on Wednesday, April 24, starting at 8:30 p.m. and running on the half-hour until 10:30 p.m. “Building Stories: Cummings Arts Center” will be projected via two high-powered projectors onto very large canvas: the building itself. a 100-foot canvas hung on Cumming.
,Thomas Jefferson: virtuous widower, child molester or multicultural icon for his relationship with Sally Hemings?
,Historian, activist and author Melinda Chateauvert will give a talk based on her book, “Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Room 014 of Olin Science Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater will mount one of its most interesting and challenging performances with the production of “Information for Foreigners,” which runs Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at 33 Gallows Lane, a College building normally reserved for business functions, not plays.
,A conversation on the themes explored in the theatrical work “The Undertaking” and on the practice of music-thanatology will be explored in a panel discussion of experts.
,A panel of environmental science experts will discuss “Silent Spring,” a break-through book by Rachel Carson in 1962 that documented the detrimental effects of pesticides.
,"... an occasion to experience and think through the procedures of printmaking"
,“The play is to be about 'the insuperable' - the longing and striving to defy convention, to defy what people accept.” - Henrik Ibsen
,The 18th Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Creative Arts and Moral Vision to host author of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Hag-Seed” and “Angel Catbird."
,"Her poetry, plays and feminist arguments ring as true today as they did in 17th-century New Spain."
,Featuring five free films in French, with English subtitles.
,Spooky sounds of the season will haunt Harkness Chapel.
,The audience will be immersed in a flow of music, narrative and ritual, evoking timeless Native American traditions through contemporary musical artistry.
,Free 5 p.m. kickoff event on Nov. 1 with Fort River, an intertribal powwow drum group.
,Afrofuturism is an increasingly popular global phenomenon in Black cultural expression found in Black literature, film, music and graphic arts.
,Carol Geary Schneider, president emerita of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), will give a public lecture, “Liberal Learning: Preparing Students to Create Solutions for the Future.”
,The Spectacle of Fashion, an exhibition featuring over 20 years of work by photographic artist Miles Ladin '90 that focuses on celebrity culture and its intersection with the world of fashion, will be on view Nov. 5 - Dec. 11 in the Connecticut College Cummings Arts Center galleries, opening with an artist’s talk on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 4:15-5 p.m.
,The Inauguration of the College’s 11th president, Katherine Bergeron, on Saturday, April 5, will be a momentous occasion for the entire community. But the festivities aren’t limited to that day’s ceremony. The College is hosting many events at which staff, faculty, students, alumni, guests and members of the local community can celebrate.
,Filmmaker Andre Lee ’93 will screen his new film, "I'm Not Racist ... Am I?" on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. He will participate in a Q&A with the audience after the film.
,Connecticut College is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with lectures, a book reading, film screening and a documentary viewing and discussion.
,Featuring choreography re-staged by guest artist Y'ara Moses.
,The Camel Heard and Chorale will be celebrating the music of Spain from the Renaissance to the present.
,The Connecticut College Orchestra will perform music heard in the popular Golden Globe-winning show “Mozart in the Jungle.”
,The Theater Department takes to the Tansill stage in its fun and free-wheeling adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy.
,Featuring “Mozart in the Jungle” and performances by the concert band, jazz ensemble and traditional jazz band, new music chamber ensemble, and orchestra
,On a slope just south of the Connecticut College Arboretum laurel walk lies the Edgerton and Stengel Wildflower Garden, containing over 75 species of wildflowers. Join Arboretum director Glenn Dreyer for the free annual wildflower walk on Friday, May 6, at noon.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents “The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Vol. 2,” a performance by the New York Neo-Futurists, on Friday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,So Percussion will bring its rare and wonderful breed of music to Connecticut College Feb. 22 as part of the onStage series.
,Air travel can be mundane or even malicious, as evidenced by recent news of diverted flights and unruly passengers. But the Chicago-based dance theater company Lucky Plush Productions has turned a situation most people dread into an amusing and energizing experience with “The Queue,” the first performance in the new season of onStage at Connecticut College, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,A wildly popular rock fusion quartet from Pakistan will bring its exotic sound to campus and the New London community in October.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents “TEA FOR THREE: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty,” a behind-the-scenes look at three influential U.S. First Ladies, on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,David Dorfman Dance, one of the country’s most influential contemporary dance companies, has revived two popular works for the onStage at Connecticut College series and will perform them on Friday, Feb 6., at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents David Finckel and Wu Han in concert, Friday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,The start of the academic year at Connecticut College is also the start of a busy season of arts and events on campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The critically acclaimed Adele Myers and Dancers will premiere Myers’ newest full-length work, “Einstein's Happiest Thought,” as part of onStage at Connecticut College on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College will present “Not What Happened,” an intriguing new theater work, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. The performance is essentially a duet by two people who could never have met: the historical re-enactor and the real person whose life she re-enacts.
,Imani Winds, North America’s premier wind quintet, will perform as part of the onStage at Connecticut College series on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The celebrated Dublin Guitar Quartet, a classical guitar ensemble that plays contemporary classical music, will perform as part of the onStage at Connecticut College series Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Kathy Mattea in concert on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Orion Weiss in a special Sunday afternoon concert on Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College campus is quiet during spring break, but there are plenty of events in March to bring the community to campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,onStage at Connecticut College presents the Trisha Brown Dance Company on Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,You’ll be thankful for all the arts and events available at Connecticut College during the month of November. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,October offers opportunities galore for entertainment and education events at Connecticut College. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,October is a bountiful month at Connecticut College, with a cornucopia of arts and events on campus.
"> will present “Music in the Meadow” — a concert featuring local roots rock/Americana favorites The Hoolios, Dogbite and singer-songwriter Nancy Parent — on Saturday, June 29. The concert will be held in the Arboretum's outdoor theater by the pond. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m.,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latino culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series debuting this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latino culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series debuting this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College faculty from various disciplines have explored topics related to Latinos in American society, such as culture, identity, art, education and politics in a new speaker series that debuted this semester. The Latino Studies Speaker Series was the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Faculty, staff and students are invited to meet President-elect Katherine Bergeron on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at an informal gathering in Shain Library at 2 p.m.
,Connecticut has been a sort of demilitarized zone between warring factions of Boston and New York sports fans, so it should be fun and provocative when ambassadors from each side descend on the neutral meeting ground of Connecticut College to debate the great rivalries past and present.
,Assistant Professor of Dance Lisa Race has reversed the normal course of events in her latest performance, “Home/Welcome.” Rather than hosting a reception after the multimedia dance show, the audience will be received into an outdoor home created in the Martha Myers Dance Studio for a special — yet unspecified — occasion, complete with snacks and drinks.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents two unique exhibitions by two of the department’s newest faculty members, Assistant Professor of Art Nadav Assor and Assistant Professor of Art Chris Barnard. The captivating new show comprises Assor’s “Ruins of the Map” and Barnard’s “Engagement Party” and will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center Galleries Sept. 2 through Oct. 20.
,The Connecticut College Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) will screen the documentary “Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” and host a talk with its director at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room of the Charles E. Shain Library.
,David Pogue, the award-winning tech columnist who taught “Dummies” how to use Macs in the ’80s and was one of the first to predict big things for Twitter, will describe what he thinks is next for personal technology in a lecture on campus Oct. 10.
,Connecticut College takes its academic Honor Code — which is unusual in that it is adjudicated by students — extremely seriously. But is an honor code a social contract in the sense that students surrender certain rights in return for other rights? Stephen Mathis, an associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College of Massachusetts, will explain why the answer is no.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents two exhibitions by the College’s current Dayton Artists-in-Residence. Sophie Kahn’s “Shards” and Alex Rubio’s “Abstract Experiment” will be on display in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center from Monday, Oct. 28 - Friday, Dec. 6.
,As part of its Lambert Environmental Lecture Series, the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment at Connecticut College will bring to campus author Christoph Irmscher for a lecture based on his recent biography of a 19th century scientist and anti-Darwinist. Irmscher will deliver “Three Cheers for the Jellyfish: Writing the Life of Louis Agassiz” on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Julia Alvarez, poet, essayist and author of 14 novels for adults and children, including "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In the Time of the Butterflies," will speak on "Sustainability and Storytelling" Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the 1962 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams, followed by a book signing. The event is free and open to the public.
,Autumn is the ideal time to check out the moon, the Andromeda galaxy and more celestial bodies from Connecticut College’s Olin Observatory. All are invited to the annual Fall Star Gazing event on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 7:30-10 p.m.
,The Connecticut College Department of Government and the Academic Resource Center will host Political Transformations in the Middle East, a conference in which students will present research projects, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 4-7 p.m. in Main Street.
,The Connecticut College departments of art history and studio art have made it easy to experience the art and culture of New York City with bus trips that leave right from campus.
,Arts, academics and even holiday shopping are available on the Connecticut College campus in December. The following events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,Connecticut College students, faculty and staff will come together Monday, Dec. 9, at noon to celebrate and discuss the life and work of Nelson Mandela.
,Parents, alumni, fans, friends and prospective students across the globe can tune in to cheer on the Camels thanks to a new initiative that is also helping students gain real-world experience in sports broadcasting.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents “Looking Forward/Looking Back: Musical Reflections,” a performance by members of the music faculty and guest musicians, on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “Towards A New Reality,” a cooperative installation of works by Associate Professor of Art Gregory Bailey and Professor of Art Timothy McDowell. The exhibition will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center Galleries through March 5.
,Students, staff and faculty of Connecticut College will perform in “The Vagina Monologues” on Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 22, at 2 and 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Dance Club will perform in three shows this week, Thursday, Feb. 20 through Saturday, Feb. 22. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha Myers Dance Studio in the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College departments of theater and music present “On the Town” for a Feb. 21-23 run in Palmer Auditorium.
,Since coming to Connecticut College four years ago, Juan Pablo Pacheco has wanted to share some of the stories that show the impact United States’ policies and actions have had on his native Colombia. Now, in his senior year, he’s accomplished that goal, producing a four-part series of events that focuses on efforts to reduce social, political and economic inequalities in Latin America.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents "American Traditions," a joint presentation by the Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Traditional Jazz Band and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Band, on Monday, March 3, 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,Ahmad Alachkar, an economics professor with extraordinary insight into the conflict in Syria, will explain the economic conditions that motivated the uprising on Monday, March 24, at 4:30 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Shain Library.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents Mario Pavone in concert, Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,Award-winning journalist and author Seymour Hersh will give a talk, “This Day in History: Reflections on U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Practices,” on Thursday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The April 5 Inauguration of Connecticut College’s 11th president, Katherine Bergeron, will be a momentous occasion for the entire community. But the festivities aren’t limited to that day’s ceremony. The College is hosting many events at which staff, faculty, students, alumni, guests and members of the local community can celebrate.
,Connecticut College faculty and guest speakers from various disciplines will explore topics related to Latin@ culture, childhood, social and physical boundaries, law, theater, immigration, literature and poetry in the continuation of a successful speaker series. The Latin@ Studies Speaker Series started in 2013 as the result of growing student interest in the field of Latino studies.
,Connecticut College will host an American Cancer Society Relay For Life event on Saturday, April 19, on the Library Green. The annual fundraiser is organized by student volunteers, who have this year chosen a carnival theme to entertain participants during the 12-hour walk, which begins at noon.
,For the seventh year in a row, students at Connecticut College have organized Walk for the Homeless, a benefit for the New London Homeless Hospitality Center (NLHHC). The two-mile walk will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, beginning and ending at 325 Huntington Street.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater presents three productions from theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2014.
,The Department of Music will host five performances in one week, showcasing talented students, faculty, and guests on a variety of instruments and in a variety of genres.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art is pleased to present the 2014 Senior Art Major Exhibition, on display May 2-18 in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater presents the final of three productions from theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2014.
,Frances Moore Lappé will deliver “Food Justice for a Small Planet” as part of the Jean Thomas Lambert '45 Lecture Series on Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the 1941 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,Connecticut College’s 95th Commencement will take place on Sunday, May 19, with all the traditions members of the College community have long treasured, including the laurel chain through which graduates walk and the saplings each carries to represent the tree on the College seal and a continuing connection to the College. The ceremony will be
onStage at Connecticut College once again brings to campus a diverse mix of musicians, dancers and actors for a season of outstanding performances that will exhilarate and inspire audiences.
,Fall is full of music, as the Connecticut College Department of Music presents 14 concerts this semester. The programs are as varied as the students and faculty performing, so there is something for every taste.
,Have you ever looked at an old book on your shelf and wondered how much it might be worth? Wonder no more. The Friends of the Connecticut College Library will host “Value of the Book” on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. in Hood Dining Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Connecticut College and the Sound Lab Foundation present “Science, Technology and the Submarine Capital of the World: 1776-1996,” a lecture by Roy Manstan M’94, on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music presents three concerts that will help audiences segue into the season, starting with:
,The Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Creative Arts and Moral Vision usually brings one successful and inspiring writer to Connecticut College. This year, audiences will get double the pleasure: Bestselling author Colum McCann and new literary sensation Jessica Soffer, a 2007 graduate of the College, will speak during symposium events on Thursday, Nov. 20.
,Samantha Santiago ’16 wants to help the Connecticut College community celebrate America's veterans, so she has planned “Thanking Our Troops,” a campus Veterans Day event, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 3-5 p.m. on the patio in front of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,You’ll be thankful for all the arts and events available at Connecticut College during the month of November. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,Ahmad Alachkar, a scholar-in-residence at Connecticut College, will discuss the situation in Syria on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel.
,The Connecticut College Department of Dance presents “Telling,” an evening of student performances, Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “high reps/low sets,” an exhibition by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Jessica Tam, on display through Dec. 5 in Cummings Arts Center.
,Martino Marazzi, the Tiro a Segno Visiting Professor in Italian American Culture at New York University, will deliver “Stories of Italian Immigration: Ties of Affection and Language Changes” on Friday, Dec. 5, at 4:45 p.m. in Room 210 of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music will cap off another successful semester with concerts designed to appeal to music lovers of all tastes. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The Department of Film Studies presents the Fall 2014 Student Film Exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 014 of Olin Science Center.
,onStage at Connecticut College continues its successful 2014-15 season with three diverse performances in the spring that will exhilarate and inspire audiences.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “FABRICation,” an exhibition of works in multiple mediums and from intricate processes, Jan. 26 through March 4 in the Joanne Toor Cummings Galleries.
,Connecticut College will host historian Mark Sedgwick for a talk titled “From the headscarf crisis to the cartoon crisis: Islam, globalization and Europe,” on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room of Charles E. Shain Library.
,The Connecticut College Departments of Theater and Music present “James Joyce Is Dead and So Is Paris: The Lucia Joyce Cabaret,” a rock ‘n’ roll cabaret that’s “unlike any musical you will have experienced,” according to the director.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music will usher in spring with a multitude of concerts this semester. The programs are as varied as the students, faculty and guests performing, so there is something for every taste.
,For the first time ever, both the Connecticut College women’s and men’s ice hockey teams will host the NESCAC Quarterfinal games on their home ice, Dayton Arena.
,For the past 13 years, Connecticut College students performed the well-known episodic play “The Vagina Monologues” as an annual fundraiser for Safe Futures, a shelter in southeastern Connecticut serving survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
,Food will be the topic on everyone’s lips at “Feeding the Future,” a two-day conference hosted by Connecticut College’s Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment (GNCE) on March 27 and 28.
,Jazz violinist Regina Carter will diverge from the genre for which she’s best known when she brings her “Southern Comfort” tour to campus on Friday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum will help artists hone their plant-depicting skills in “Botanical Illustration,” a workshop that will take place over four Thursday nights in April, beginning April 2 and ending on April 23.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music has a full slate of concerts scheduled this spring, with programs as varied as the musicians performing.
,The Connecticut College
The Connecticut College Department of Dance presents “These Spaces,” the final thesis performance for senior dance majors, April 16-18 in Palmer Auditorium.
,Novelist Dara Horn will deliver the 2015 Miriam Kraemer Melrod ’46 Lecture in Judaic Studies on Thursday, April 16, at 4:15 p.m. in Shain Library’s Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room.
,The Connecticut College Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics — together with the Thames Amateur Astronomical Society — will host a celebration of National Astronomy Day onSaturday, April 25, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Olin Observatory and Science Center.
,Judge Kimba Wood ’66 to visit campus
,The Connecticut College Department of Government and International Relations will bring Bruce Hoffman ’76 back to campus for a talk based on his latest book, Wednesday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m. in the 1941 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater has created a festival to showcase the capstone projects of five theater majors who will graduate next month as members of the Class of 2015.
,The Connecticut College Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) presents a talk by essayist and cultural critic Roberto Zurbano, the center’s current scholar/writer-in-residence, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 4:15 p.m. in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Charles E. Shain Library.
,Connecticut College alumnus Nicholas Leichter ’94, an internationally known choreographer and performer, and Wendell Cooper, a dance artist and audio/video designer, will complete a semester-long residency with two presentations on campus Wednesday, April 3.
,Connecticut College’s five interdisciplinary academic centers will host a semester-long program that will explore the theme “Striving for Global Justice” through their diverse perspectives of arts and technology, the environment, international studies, public policy and community action, and the study of race and ethnicity.
,Connecticut College’s Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology will present the 14th biennial arts and technology symposium, Feb. 27-March 1. The symposium brings artists and researchers together to share ideas and present new works, research and performances, all addressing one or more forms of fusion between technology and the arts.
,Hardworking college students need an occasional break from their studies and their surroundings, so Connecticut College makes it easy for them to Get Out!
,When the Connecticut College women’s lacrosse team takes the field against Roger Williams University on April 4, they’ll be raising awareness for Green Dot, a campus initiative to prevent power-based personal violence through bystander intervention.
,Connecticut College is celebrating “Green Dot Week,” a week-long series of events and activities designed to raise awareness of the College’s Green Dot program in which students, faculty and staff are trained to help prevent power-based personal violence, including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art presents “fragment & process,” an exhibition of works created by art majors in the Class of 2015, on display May 1-17 in the galleries of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Music has a full slate of concerts scheduled this spring, with programs as varied as the musicians performing.
,Geoffrey Fletcher, who won 2009’s best adapted screenplay Oscar for “Precious,” will screen his new film, “Violet & Daisy,” at Connecticut College on Thursday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,A Connecticut College student featured prominently in the popular documentary “The New Public” is bringing the film and director to campus for a screening on Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 210 of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Local community leaders will trip the light fantastic during a dancing competition sponsored by Connecticut College’s Office of Volunteers for Community Service (OVCS) and benefiting Higher Edge, a New London-based nonprofit that guides low-income and first-generation students through enrollment, retention and graduation from college. The event is Saturday, Nov. 22, at 6 p.m. in the 1962 Room of the College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College community will come together for the 97th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17, at 11 a.m.
,Connecticut College will host a symposium on disability that focuses on issues of access, community and knowledge over two days this week.
,The Connecticut College Student Government Association’s Diversity & Equity Committee presents “The Color Brave Monologues,” a performance of diversity-themed monologues written and enacted by students, on Saturday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Cummings Arts Center’s Evans Hall.
,Connecticut College will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a talk by Don Denard of The Carter Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 4:30 p.m. in Harkness Chapel.
,Connecticut College will celebrate the opening of the academic year with the institution’s 101st Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 3.
,The Connecticut College Department of Art will host “Interdependence,” an exhibition of works by Adjunct Instructor of Art Kate Gilbert ’96 and guest artist Abigail Anne Newbold, which will be on display in the Cummings Arts Center galleries from Sept. 7 to Oct. 16.
,Audiences can look forward to another stellar collection of performances during the 2015-16 season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,The Connecticut College Theater Department presents four Fall Weekend performances of “Elephant’s Graveyard,” a play examining violence and destructive impulses. Performances are in Tansill Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11.
,Béla Fleck, the world’s foremost banjo player, will make his first appearance on campus Saturday, Oct. 10, when he kicks off the 2015-16 season of onStage at Connecticut College. Fleck will be joined by his wife Abigail Washburn, another banjo virtuoso, for an evening of intricate duets. The concert is at 8 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Doug Varone and Dancers on Sat., Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. The company, celebrating its 30th anniversary, will perform “ReComposed,” a visual dance inspired by American abstract artist Joan Mitchell’s pastel drawings.
,Susan Avery of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute will speak on the current efforts of scientists and engineers to design tools and methods to explore the "blue economy" of the ocean's depths.
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It’s a “Hip Hop Year” at Connecticut College, where the Dance Department is hosting the Ladies of Hip Hop as this year’s Dayton Artists-in Residence. The Dance Department presents the Ladies of Hip Hop in a series of performances, talks and meet-the-artist events, Oct. 21 through Oct. 23.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum’s plentiful autumn programs include tours, hikes, classes and workshops, with special appeal for homeowners, artists, gardeners, crafters and moon-gazers.
,Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon’s talk, “Challenges and Opportunities Facing Western Democracies and Israel’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World,” will take place on Thurs., Oct. 22, from 5:30-7 p.m., in F.W. Olin Science Center 014.
,Haunting organ music will emanate from Harkness Chapel on Saturday, Oct. 31, when Connecticut College Organist and Professor of Music John Anthony is joined by fellow musicians and a dancer for a concert from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., which is free and open to the public.
,Those who live nearby, or on, the Connecticut College campus, can enjoy an opportunity to “travel afar” by attending an international film series this fall that features films in Japanese, Czech, Polish, Chinese and Arabic.
,“What do we argue about when we argue about Israel?” is the topic of Yehudah Mirsky’s public lecture to be given in the Charles Chu Reading Room, Shain Library, on Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m.
,Karin Kunstler Goldman ’65 will speak Oct. 28 about her personal experience as a civil rights activist during the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi.
,A two-part philosophy department event begins with the screening of two different versions of the film “Enchanted April” Nov. 4. The next evening, Connecticut College professor of philosophy Kristin Pfefferkorn will reflect on passages from the film in her talk, “The Role of Style in Film Content, Genre, and Experienced Value."
,Internationally acclaimed composer Eric Nathan will deliver a talk, “Multitude, Solitude: On My Recent Music,” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Cummings Arts Center 224. He will also participate in an open rehearsal of his most recent composition, “Sky’s Edge,” with the Connecticut College Orchestra at 7 p.m. that evening in Evans Hall.
,In a collaboration between members of the New London community and Connecticut College, a few local artists will join students, professors and student organizations to express social justice through the arts on Nov. 6 from 6-9 p.m. in the 1962 Room, College Center at Crozier-Williams.
,The Connecticut College Dance Club will perform the works of student choreographers in an untitled show, Feb. 28-March 2.
,The Connecticut College campus community will celebrate Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a series of events that bring the community together to honor veterans, especially those among the faculty, staff and students.
,Three alumni of color reflect their Connecticut College experiences as students and compare the challenges, campus climate, and gains of the past to those of today.
,Harkness Chapel, known for its fine acoustics and intimate performance space, is the venue for the musical presentations of a three-part Russian Winter Music and Arts Festival sponsored by the music and Slavic Studies departments.
,On Nov. 20, an opportunity to hear the angelic voices of vocal ensemble Anonymous 4 in their final performance season.
,The artistic events include choral and symphonic performances and guest art critiques and lectures.
,They’ve debated out on the pages of The Atlantic and The New Yorker. Now, award-winning journalists Jelani Cobb and Conor Friedersdorf meet for the first time at Connecticut College to discuss the issues of racism and free speech that have swept college campuses nationwide and infused Cobb’s and Friedersdorf’s recent writings.
,The fall semester winds down with December musical performances of varied genres, including seasonal, swinging, symphony, student compositions and more.
,The Connecticut College Dance Department will present its fall concert, “This is what we do when you are not around,” on Dec. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,The History Department brings to campus Joan Wallach Scott, who will deliver her remarks, "Affect, Civility and Academic Freedom," on Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in F. W. Olin Science Center 014.
,Eighteen student composers will premiere and perform their new and varied electronic and acoustic works at the annual Charles Shackford Memorial Student Composers Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,Audiences can look forward to a stellar collection of performances during the 2016 spring season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,Works by more than 25 Connecticut College student artists – ranging from vivid paintings to imaginative sculpture to ceramics, mixed media, and video and sound art – will be on display at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly during its annual visiting artist show from February 3 to February 28.
,onStage at Connecticut College will pay tribute to local son Eugene O’Neill with a performance of “A Moon for the Misbegotten” on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,Got cabin fever? The Connecticut College Arboretum, drawing on the knowledge of its professors, horticulturalists and students as well as local experts, offers nature programs that encourage leaving the house and awakening to new learning possibilities.
,Connecticut College presents xHIBITION, a show by artist, engineer and environmental activist Natalie Jeremijenko, one of the country's leading practitioners at the crossroads of speculative art, technology and the ecology, from Jan. 25 to March 4 at the Cummings Arts Center Galleries. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.– 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 – 4 p.m.
,The Feb. 3 film screening will be followed by a talk by Assistant Professor of Film Studies Liz Reich that draws on Reich’s scholarship and research in black cinema and racial performativity.
,The Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology presents an evening of new sound/media installations and performances by students in "Post Digital: New Sonic Futures and the Activist Imaginary" from 7 - 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29.
,Tickets are on sale now for TEDxConnecticutCollege, a student-organized offshoot of the popular TED conferences that bring together some of the world's leading thinkers to offer “Ideas Worth Spreading.” The College’s TEDx event, “Genius Loves Company,” is on Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
,It’s raining events, exhibitions and performances on the Connecticut College campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The “Hip Hop Year” continues as the Dance Department presents a series of hip hop performances, free master classes and workshops, talks and meet-the-artist events in February and March, sharing the hip hop phenomenon with students and members of the local community.
,Readings from his plays and discussion of O'Neill's contributions to American theater and ties to New London provide a prelude to an upcoming performance of "A Moon for the Misbegotten." Cancelled due to the weather.
,The charisma, synergy and energy of the Howard Fishman Quartet will be in evidence on Friday, Feb. 19, in Evans Hall.
,Clarinetist Tom Labadorf enjoys varied tastes in musical styles as a chamber musician and a symphonist.
,Schubert songs and sonatas and choral concerts, clarinet solos, jazz and American chamber works are among the offerings by the Connecticut College music department faculty, students and staff from February to May.
,An all-Schubert concert of songs and chamber works.
,The symposium brings artists and researchers together to share ideas and present new works, research and performances, all addressing the fusion between technology and the arts.
,The original musical “Carousel” is set in a small, coastal whaling town in Maine, complete with an amusement park and a carousel. But when the curtain rises for the first performance of ‘Carousel’ on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium, the audience will instead view a new setting, reminiscent of New London’s own Ocean Beach Park in its heyday.
,The ensemble's stunning vocal prowess captures the complex sounds of blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, hip hop, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation.
,Those who live nearby, or on, the Connecticut College campus can enjoy an opportunity to “travel afar” by attending an international film series this spring.
,Connecticut College will host a conversation about the future of Israel and Palestine between two well-known activists on Monday, May 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,Slavic Studies faculty and students discuss the Nobel laureate's works, including 'Zinky Boys' and 'Voices from Chernobyl.'
,“Just Mercy” is this year’s One Book One Region selection for eastern Connecticut.
,The Camel Heard performs Schubert's "Mass No. 2 in G" and other short works in Harkness Chapel.
,In a program described as “both accessible and exciting,” American Vistas celebrates the music of contemporary American composers, with faculty soloists or faculty-led ensembles performing each of the evening’s selections.
,Richardson opens her residency on April 12 with a book talk about “Hands on the Freedom Plow” and screenings of her films and a panel discussion with noted filmmakers will take place during the month.
,Students from the Class of 2016 will share their research findings offering global and local perspectives with panel discussions on equitable housing, health care, schooling and other contemporary social issues.
,Perry's lecture coincides with the opening reception of the 2016 exhibition for senior art minors and junior art majors.
,"These seniors have created a wonderful show full of heart, humor, stunning dancing and clear understanding of form." - David Dorfman, professor of dance.
,The Connecticut College Women’s water polo team will host the College Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championship this weekend.
,Poet Gray Jacobik will be introduced by Richard Harteis, with comments by newly-appointed Connecticut state poet laureate Rennie McQuilkin.
,With songs like “The Road Home” and “Homeward Bound,” the Camel Heard and Chorale will musically explore the concept of “home” in a benefit concert for a New London Habitat for Humanity project.
,Three public events include a faculty debate, a talk by artist Steve Lambert, and a lecture by author and public intellectual Cornel West.
,Díaz is the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
,The Theater Capstone Festival represents a collective opportunity for senior theater majors to finish their college careers with a major creative and/or scholarly project.
,'Celebrate Spring!' at a free concert with the combined concert bands of Connecticut College and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
,Artworks with a diverse range of concepts and materials, including sculpture, drawing, design, photography and installation art.
,Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat, a ballet by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, is one of the selections to be performed in by the Connecticut College Orchestra.
,This searing political satire by British playwright Caryl Churchill, begins Nov. 20.
,The Connecticut College Arboretum programs in June include birding and painting workshops, the annual Friends of the Arboretum celebration and photography contest, a New London tree walk and a “Music in the Meadow” concert. All are open to the public.
,David Dorfman Dance will hold a summer intensive in the large, historic light-filled studios from July 1-6.
,Connecticut College faculty and guest speakers will explore the realities of today’s mass incarceration in the United States in a series of talks taking place during the spring semester. The Incarcerated America Lecture Series arose after students expressed concern about a particularly grim statistic.
,The Arboretum offers another fall full of programs for all ages including tours, hikes, music and theater events, and classes and workshops, with special appeal for homeowners, artists, painters, gardeners, naturalists, crafters and moon-gazers.
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Audiences can look forward to another stellar collection of performances during the 2016-17 season of onStage at Connecticut College.
,“The Undertaking” explores the “Near Death Experience”; when someone goes to the beyond and back and can then tell us what’s there on the other side, and more importantly what it really might mean to be alive.
,A vibrant community of artists who not only teach, but actively pursue their art and research, display their works.
,A talk by award-winning author Moustafa Bayoumi, who writes about Arabs and Muslims in post-9/11 America.
,Maceo Parker embodies the legacy of soul and funk music like no other musician can.
,Hip hop’s Rennie Harris Puremovement launches its 25th Anniversary Living History Tour in New London with an eye-popping appearance.
,A keynote address by Takeshi Watanabe, assistant professor of Japanese, followed by a student panel discussion on the role and representation of Asian Americans in the media.
,Faculty members in the Connecticut College Department of Music will kick off a year of great performances with “Perspectives on Baroque Music: A Faculty Showcase,” on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,Connecticut College’s LGBTQ Resource Center will celebrate supporters — and be celebrated — at an event on Monday, Dec. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Ernst Common Room of Blaustein Humanities Center.
,The Department of Music will host 15 performances during the month of April, featuring talented students, faculty, alumni and guests covering a wide range of genres and styles.
,The Connecticut College Department of French will screen five movies and host a discussion of each during the Contemporary French Film Festival, Nov. 3-7.
,Andrew Nathanson ’13, an architectural studies major and scholar in the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, will present his senior project, a historical documentary about the College’s Cummings Arts Center, on Wednesday, April 24, starting at 8:30 p.m. and running on the half-hour until 10:30 p.m. “Building Stories: Cummings Arts Center” will be projected via two high-powered projectors onto very large canvas: the building itself. a 100-foot canvas hung on Cumming.
,Thomas Jefferson: virtuous widower, child molester or multicultural icon for his relationship with Sally Hemings?
,Historian, activist and author Melinda Chateauvert will give a talk based on her book, “Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk,” at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Room 014 of Olin Science Center.
,The Connecticut College Department of Theater will mount one of its most interesting and challenging performances with the production of “Information for Foreigners,” which runs Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23, at 33 Gallows Lane, a College building normally reserved for business functions, not plays.
,A conversation on the themes explored in the theatrical work “The Undertaking” and on the practice of music-thanatology will be explored in a panel discussion of experts.
,A panel of environmental science experts will discuss “Silent Spring,” a break-through book by Rachel Carson in 1962 that documented the detrimental effects of pesticides.
,"... an occasion to experience and think through the procedures of printmaking"
,“The play is to be about 'the insuperable' - the longing and striving to defy convention, to defy what people accept.” - Henrik Ibsen
,The 18th Daniel Klagsbrun Symposium on Creative Arts and Moral Vision to host author of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Hag-Seed” and “Angel Catbird."
,"Her poetry, plays and feminist arguments ring as true today as they did in 17th-century New Spain."
,Featuring five free films in French, with English subtitles.
,Spooky sounds of the season will haunt Harkness Chapel.
,The audience will be immersed in a flow of music, narrative and ritual, evoking timeless Native American traditions through contemporary musical artistry.
,Free 5 p.m. kickoff event on Nov. 1 with Fort River, an intertribal powwow drum group.
,Afrofuturism is an increasingly popular global phenomenon in Black cultural expression found in Black literature, film, music and graphic arts.
,Carol Geary Schneider, president emerita of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), will give a public lecture, “Liberal Learning: Preparing Students to Create Solutions for the Future.”
,The Spectacle of Fashion, an exhibition featuring over 20 years of work by photographic artist Miles Ladin '90 that focuses on celebrity culture and its intersection with the world of fashion, will be on view Nov. 5 - Dec. 11 in the Connecticut College Cummings Arts Center galleries, opening with an artist’s talk on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 4:15-5 p.m.
,The Inauguration of the College’s 11th president, Katherine Bergeron, on Saturday, April 5, will be a momentous occasion for the entire community. But the festivities aren’t limited to that day’s ceremony. The College is hosting many events at which staff, faculty, students, alumni, guests and members of the local community can celebrate.
,Filmmaker Andre Lee ’93 will screen his new film, "I'm Not Racist ... Am I?" on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. He will participate in a Q&A with the audience after the film.
,Connecticut College is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with lectures, a book reading, film screening and a documentary viewing and discussion.
,Featuring choreography re-staged by guest artist Y'ara Moses.
,The Camel Heard and Chorale will be celebrating the music of Spain from the Renaissance to the present.
,The Connecticut College Orchestra will perform music heard in the popular Golden Globe-winning show “Mozart in the Jungle.”
,The Theater Department takes to the Tansill stage in its fun and free-wheeling adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy.
,Featuring “Mozart in the Jungle” and performances by the concert band, jazz ensemble and traditional jazz band, new music chamber ensemble, and orchestra
,On a slope just south of the Connecticut College Arboretum laurel walk lies the Edgerton and Stengel Wildflower Garden, containing over 75 species of wildflowers. Join Arboretum director Glenn Dreyer for the free annual wildflower walk on Friday, May 6, at noon.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents “The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Vol. 2,” a performance by the New York Neo-Futurists, on Friday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,So Percussion will bring its rare and wonderful breed of music to Connecticut College Feb. 22 as part of the onStage series.
,Air travel can be mundane or even malicious, as evidenced by recent news of diverted flights and unruly passengers. But the Chicago-based dance theater company Lucky Plush Productions has turned a situation most people dread into an amusing and energizing experience with “The Queue,” the first performance in the new season of onStage at Connecticut College, on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,A wildly popular rock fusion quartet from Pakistan will bring its exotic sound to campus and the New London community in October.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents “TEA FOR THREE: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty,” a behind-the-scenes look at three influential U.S. First Ladies, on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,David Dorfman Dance, one of the country’s most influential contemporary dance companies, has revived two popular works for the onStage at Connecticut College series and will perform them on Friday, Feb 6., at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents David Finckel and Wu Han in concert, Friday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center.
,The start of the academic year at Connecticut College is also the start of a busy season of arts and events on campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,The critically acclaimed Adele Myers and Dancers will premiere Myers’ newest full-length work, “Einstein's Happiest Thought,” as part of onStage at Connecticut College on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College will present “Not What Happened,” an intriguing new theater work, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium. The performance is essentially a duet by two people who could never have met: the historical re-enactor and the real person whose life she re-enacts.
,Imani Winds, North America’s premier wind quintet, will perform as part of the onStage at Connecticut College series on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The celebrated Dublin Guitar Quartet, a classical guitar ensemble that plays contemporary classical music, will perform as part of the onStage at Connecticut College series Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Evans Hall.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Kathy Mattea in concert on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,onStage at Connecticut College presents Orion Weiss in a special Sunday afternoon concert on Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. in Evans Hall of Cummings Arts Center.
,The Connecticut College campus is quiet during spring break, but there are plenty of events in March to bring the community to campus. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,onStage at Connecticut College presents the Trisha Brown Dance Company on Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Palmer Auditorium.
,You’ll be thankful for all the arts and events available at Connecticut College during the month of November. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,October offers opportunities galore for entertainment and education events at Connecticut College. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:
,October is a bountiful month at Connecticut College, with a cornucopia of arts and events on campus.
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