BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prior Performing Arts Center - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prior Performing Arts Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prior Performing Arts Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260803T201104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T135518Z UID:6721-1787616000-1795564799@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art DESCRIPTION:Tawny Chatmon (b. 1979)\, Iconography/A Hopeful Truth (detail)\, 2023\, 24k gold leaf\, 22k moon gold\, acrylic paint\, semi-precious stones & other mixed media on archival pigment print\, 56” x 42”. Courtesy of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFeaturing 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. Many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality and worship are specific to the Black American experience\, or are re-imagined in a Black cultural context. References to Greek mythology\, the Judeo-Christian tradition\, ancient cultures and traditional African spiritual practices appear alongside one another.  \nThe exhibition includes work by celebrated artists including Romare Bearden\, Henry Ossawa Tanner\, Richmond Barthé\, John Biggers\, Willie Cole\, Shinique Smith\, Tawny Chatmon\, Imo Nse Imeh and Sharif Bey\, among others. Selections in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees are drawn entirely from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. The PFF Collection is a targeted initiative to bring focus to the full range of African American visual creativity and its essential place in the history and discourse of American Art. As part of a growing and thoughtful dialogue about the African American experience through art\, the PFF Collection seeks to visually represent a cross-section of themes that speak not only to the African American community\, but also the broader American community. \nCurated by Susanna W. Gold\, Ph.D. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Exhibition Events\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nOpening ReceptionThursday\, September 17 | 5:30 PM | Cantor Art Gallery \nArtist Talk: Imo Nse ImehThursday\, October 1 | 4:30 PM | Rehm LibraryOrganized by The McFarland Center for Religion\, Ethics and Culture \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n On View August 25-November 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/queens-gods-devotees-african-american-art/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/queens-gods-devotees-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260730T143451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T182315Z UID:6376-1788377400-1788377400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Pakachoag: Where The River Bends | Outdoor Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Outdoor Film Screening\n \n \n \n \n \n Pakachoag: Where The River Bends\n \n \n \n \n \n The Native American Identity of Holy Cross Campus and College Hill\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTelling a Native American story of the land where Holy Cross now resides\, Pakachoag: Where the River Bends is a documentary produced by faculty\, staff\, and students at The College of Holy Cross about the transformation of this area over the last 400 years. \nThe film takes viewers on a tour of key sites on Pakachoag Hill (now commonly known as College Hill or Mt. Saint James) and discusses them through a Native American perspective and through the stories they tell of environmental change. It covers Nipmuc relations with colonial settlers and the Jesuit community from the 1500s to today. \nWe are particularly excited to show this film on the exterior of The Prior Performing Arts Center in the Patterson Amphitheatre\, whose site is featured at the start of the film. There was a time when all Holy Cross students knew of Pakachoag\, but that knowledge has been lost. This film seeks to revive a widespread knowledge of the indigenous identity and significance of Pakachoag Hill and today’s larger Worcester region. \nBring your own blanket or folding chair and dress for the weather! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 2\, 20267:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBuilding Exterior located in the Patterson AmphitheatrePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/pakachoag-where-the-river-bends-outdoor-film-screening/ LOCATION:OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING – Patterson Amphitheatre at The Prior\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events at The Prior,Holy Cross Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pakachoag-film-screening-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260529T121930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T121932Z UID:6427-1789068600-1789068600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nNew York Times-bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah will read from and discuss his work as part of the Working Writers Series sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was raised in Spring Valley\, New York\, and now lives in the Bronx. His debut collection\, Friday Black\, was a New York Times bestseller\, won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing\, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. His first novel\, Chain-Gang All-Stars\, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction\, shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Books Are My Bag Awards\, and selected as a New York Times Top Ten Books of the Year. Adjei-Brenyah is a National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’ honoree. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 10\, 20267:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n“The Alden” Performance Studio3rd Floor\, Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/working-writers-series-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/ LOCATION:Alden Trust Performance Studio (3rd Floor\, Prior Performing Arts Center)\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Nana-Kwame-Adjei-Brenyah-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260612T202908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T144357Z UID:6487-1789068600-1789068600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Polytope | Memory DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Polytope\n \n \n \n \n \n Memory\n \n \n \n \n \n Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty\, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program\n \n Tickets On Sale Soon\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMemory is a concert curated for Polytope Music’s 2026 residency program at Holy Cross. An immersive\, interactive work featuring Jie Ma\, pipa player (traditional Chinese lute)\, educator & sound artist; Brian Foreman\, percussionist and electronic musician; and Professor Brian Saia\, sound designer. \nWhere thousands of years of eastern tradition meet music technology\, it’s an evening that asks the question: what does it mean to remember through sound? \nThe performance is the culmination of a residency that brings Polytope Music into the classroom\, where students work alongside the artists to explore how tradition and technology can be woven into living sound. As the past speaks to the present\, Memory does what music has always done best — it draws us toward connection across generations and cultures\, time and space. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 10\, 20267:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry\, Reservation Required. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/polytope-memory/ LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/polytope-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T160000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260612T180142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T180145Z UID:6449-1789574400-1789574400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Eryk Salvaggio | Artistic Practice With and Against Generative AI DESCRIPTION:Department of Visual Arts\n \n \n \n \n \n Eryk Salvaggio\n \n \n \n \n \n Artistic Practice With and Against Generative AI\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBeyond the Magic: AI Image Speaker Series\n\nSponsored by the Office of the Provost via a Ruettgers Grand Challenge Award on the theme of Ethical Computing and Humane Technology \nJoin us for an AI Image Speaker Series presentation from artist and Gates Scholar Eryk Salvaggio on his research on How to Read an AI Image. \nEryk Salvaggio is a researcher and artist interested in the social and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence. His work explores the creative misuse of AI and the transformation of archives into datasets for AI training: a practice designed to expose ideologies of tech and to confront the gaps between datasets and the worlds they claim to represent. \nEryk is a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge for a PhD in the Digital Humanities\, examining the relationship between archival practices and generative AI. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 16\, 20264 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/eryk-salvaggio-artistic-practice-with-generateive-ai/ LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Visual Arts,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/eryk-salvaggio-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260730T141703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T155903Z UID:6622-1789747200-1789759800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:The Last Pass DESCRIPTION:The Last Pass\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTwo Showings on September 18: 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us for 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. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 18\, 20264 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n $35 | $50Pricing includes all fees. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs Theatre\nThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/the-last-pass/ LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Residencies,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/the-last-pass-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T120000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260728T132257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T132258Z UID:6554-1790164800-1790164800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29\, Brooks Scholar | September Serenade DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n September Serenade\n \n \n \n \n \n Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29\, Brooks Scholar \nLunchtime Concert Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Scholar Sophie Rose Riopel (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. \nInspired by Adderley’s tone\, and Wilson’s expressive phrasing\, the program highlights each artist’s broader repertoire and influence. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 23\, 202612 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n“The Beehive” AtriumThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/lunchtime-concert-sophie-rose-riopel/ LOCATION:The Beehive in The Prior\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sophie-rose-riopel-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T171800 CREATED:20260730T141122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T212358Z UID:6655-1790278200-1790278200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:BRKFST: STORMCLUTTER DESCRIPTION:BRKFST\n \n \n \n \n \n STORMCLUTTER\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBRKFST 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. \nSTORMCLUTTER is an exploration of relationships and our ongoing efforts to resolve opposing states of interpersonal tension. Misunderstanding\, compassion\, resentment\, egoism\, love\, loss\, betrayal—moving through or attempting to compartmentalize complex dynamics between family and friends and the emotional baggage we collect over time becomes an overwhelming task that piles up. While maturation requires us to accept that which we cannot change\, BRKFST members illustrate the efforts individuals may take when working to resolve the inner chaos that triggers feelings of dissociation\, paralysis\, and isolation. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 20267:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n $45 | $65Pricing includes all fees. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About The Artists\n BRKFST Dance Company is a Minnesota-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that cultivates an equitable\, collaborative space for artists through breaking. BRKFST fosters individuality and community through creation\, performance\, and mentorship while providing education in movement technique\, methodology\, and choreography. Founded in 2014\, BRKFST specializes in performance art that combines breaking\, hip hop’s first dance form\, with abstraction and non-codified vernacular to create emotionally resonant and physically rigorous works. Informed by the lived experiences of working-class and BIPOC artists\, BRKFST’s compositions expand the form of breaking beyond competition and into contemporary performance spaces. \nSelected premieres & Touring history: Vancouver International Dance Festival (B.C.)\, Bates College (ME)\, John Michael Kohler Arts Center (WI)\, Walker Arts Center (MN)\, Orchestra Hall (MN)\, Civic Theater (IA)\, Belding Theater (CT)\, D2C Hip Hop Festival (Ireland) \nResidencies: Princeton University NJ\, U of Akron\, OH\, Bates College\, ME\, Dance Ireland\, Dublin and Winona State U\, St. Olaf and Carleton College in MN. \n \n \n \n \n \n Credits for STORMCLUTTER\n STORMCLUTTER is originally commissioned by The Cowles Center\, Northrop\, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts’ Caroline Hearst Choreographer-In-Residence Program and is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation and Development Fund Project co-commissioned by John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron\, Bates Dance Festival and NPN. The Creation and Development Fund is supported by The Doris Duke Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). BRKFST Dance Company is the recipient of a creative residency at The National Center for Choreography-Akron. The development of STORMCLUTTER was made possible in part by The National Center for Choreography-Akron. \nBRKFST acknowledges this activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.  URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/brkfst-stormclutter/ LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Artist Residencies,Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/brkfst-stormclutter-new-web.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR