• Queens, Gods, and Devotees: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art

    Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    Featuring over 30 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and fiber works from c. 1900 to the present, Queens, Gods, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness, and their associated devotional objects and ritual practices. On view at the Cantor Art Gallery from August 25-November 24, 2026.

  • Working Writers Series: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    Alden Trust Performance Studio (3rd Floor, Prior Performing Arts Center) 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    Join us for a Working Writers Series presentation from the Creative Writing Program at Holy Cross featuring award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.

  • Polytope | Memory

    Boroughs Theatre - Prior Performing Arts Center 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    An immersive, interactive work featuring pipa player Jie Ma (traditional Chinese lute), percussionist and electronic musician Brian Foreman, and sound designer Professor Brian Saia, Memory is a concert curated for Polytope Music's 2026 residency program with the Holy Cross Department of Music. Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.

  • Eryk Salvaggio | Artistic Practice With and Against Generative AI

    Luth Concert Hall - Prior Performing Arts Center 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    Join us for this Beyond the Magic: AI Image Speaker Series presentation from Holy Cross Visual Arts featuring researcher and artist Eryk Salvaggio, sponsored by the Office of the Provost.

  • The Last Pass

    Boroughs Theatre - Prior Performing Arts Center 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    Experience the staged reading premiere of The Last Pass, Vincent Murphy’s adaptation of Gary Pomerantz’s NYT-bestselling book chronicling Celtics legend Bob Cousy’s memories of his partnership with teammate Bill Russell throughout the racial tensions of mid-century America.

  • Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29, Brooks Scholar | September Serenade

    The Beehive in The Prior 1 College St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Brooks Scholar Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29 (saxophone & voice) performs a set of jazz standards inspired by the musical partnership between Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley, whose 1962 album collaboration brought together Wilson’s rising stardom and Adderley’s famously celebrated quintet.

  • Wild & Tended | Mary Mackenzie, soprano & Matthew Jaskot, piano

    Brooks Concert Hall 1 College St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Acclaimed Worcester-based soprano Mary Mackenzie and Matthew Jaskot present Wild & Tended, a program of art song for soprano & piano. Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.

  • BRKFST: STORMCLUTTER

    Luth Concert Hall - Prior Performing Arts Center 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    BRKFST fosters individuality and community through creation, performance, and mentorship while providing education in movement technique, methodology, and choreography in breaking, hip-hop’s first dance style. STORMCLUTTER explores relationships and efforts to resolve opposing states of interpersonal tension and inner chaos.

  • Traditional Irish Music

    Brooks Concert Hall 1 College St., Worcester, MA, United States

    Accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair and Galway fiddle player Ellie Egan will perform a program of music from legendary east Galway figures such as Paddy Fahey, Paddy Kelly, Conor Tully, Paddy Carty and Joe Burke, accompanied by Simon Lace (Guitar) and Brooks Scholar John Hannigan '28 (Accordion & Fiddle).

  • Artist Talk: Imo Nse Imeh, Feeding the Veins of the Earth

    Rehm Library in Smith Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and amid renewed national attention to racial injustice following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, exhibiting artist Imo Nse Imeh created Feeding the Veins of the Earth as a visual prayer. Reflecting on the theological and personal questions that shaped the series, Imeh considers how this series has evolved into a broader inquiry into faith, citizenship, and social belonging. Join us for this Artist Talk in Rehm Library presented by the McFarland Center and the Cantor Art Gallery.