BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prior Performing Arts Center - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20260811T190749 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:20261104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T120000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190749 CREATED:20260728T132851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T132853Z UID:6561-1793793600-1793793600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert: Stay On It DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Stay On It\n \n \n \n \n \n Lunchtime Concert Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAn ensemble of students and faculty present Julius Eastman’s infectious Stay On It\, a minimalist classic that springs forth from a joyful\, syncopated riff to more complicated textures that resemble free jazz. Composed for an open instrumentation\, the score calls for flexibility as performers make choices on what and when to play in real time\, so that no two performances are ever the same. \nPlease join us for this exciting communal performance! \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 November 4\, 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-stay-on-it/ 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/beehive-stairs-lunchtime-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190749 CREATED:20260730T144744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T154154Z UID:6668-1793820600-1793820600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Los Angeles Guitar Quartet DESCRIPTION:Los Angeles Guitar Quartet\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. The LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. Consistently playing to sold-out houses world-wide\, their inventive and critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past\, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Programs including Latin\, African\, Far East\, Irish\, Folk and American Classics transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience. Their ‘Don Quixote’ collaboration with Firesign Theater veteran\, actor Philip Proctor\, continues to expand and delight audiences and the work ‘SHIKI: Seasons of Japan’ written for the LAGQ plus guitar orchestra by composer Shingo Fujii is connecting communities across the nation. \nWinner of a 2005 Grammy Award\, their “Guitar Heroes” CD released on Telarc is a brilliant follow-up to their Grammy nominated “LAGQ-Latin”. “Spin” (Telarc\, 2006) continues their explorations of jazz and contemporary music. “LAGQ: BRAZIL” (Telarc\, 2007)\, including collaborations with vocalist Luciana Souza\, was released to rave reviews\, and their newest recording of the Rodrigo “Concierto Andaluz” and Sergio Assad’s “Interchange”\, written specifically for them\, was released on Telarc in Spring 2010\, and quickly climbed to top spot on the Billboard charts.  The live DVD of “The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote” was released on the Mel Bay label in spring 2012. In 2015\, the LAGQ released “New Renaissance\,” a unique blend of renaissance originals and renaissance-inspired compositions by Dusan Bogdanovic and Ian Krouse. \n“Opalescent”\, released in Spring 2022\, shows off the LAGQ’s rich palette of colors and sparkling sound. 2021 albums include the Grammy®-nominated collaboration with Conspirare\, The Singing Guitar(Delos)\, featuring Nico Muhly’s groundbreaking work “How Little You Are” and Pat Metheny’s Road to the Sun (Modern Recordings/BMG)\, named for the title track written for LAGQ\, which hit #1 on the Apple Music Classical chart. In addition to solo programs\, other touring highlights include collaborative works with choir\, guitar orchestra\, symphony orchestra and Latin Romance with vocalist and flamenco dancers; many of these works were written expressly for the LAGQ. \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 November 4\, 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 URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/los-angeles-guitar-quartet/ 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/lagq-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190750 CREATED:20260529T123301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T123302Z UID:6439-1794339000-1794339000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: R. F. Kuang DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n R. F. Kuang\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAward-winning author R. F. Kuang will read from and discuss her work as part of the Working Writers Series sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nRebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy\, Babel: An Arcane History\, Yellowface\, Katabasis\, and Taipei Story. Her work has won the Nebula\, Locus\, Crawford\, and British Book Awards. She was named to the 2023 Time100 Next list and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024. A Marshall Scholar\, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale\, where she researches Sinophone literature and Asian American literature. \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 November 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-r-f-kuang/ 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/r-f-kuang-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190750 CREATED:20260708T165435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T145147Z UID:6507-1794425400-1794425400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Orchestra Veterans Day Concert DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Orchestra\n \n \n \n \n \n Veterans Day Concert\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Holy Cross Orchestra presents a program honoring Veterans Day as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. \nFeaturing music of remembrance and reflection\, the concert recognizes the service and sacrifice of veterans at Holy Cross and beyond. This program will also feature Holy Cross Organ Scholar Ben Saylor\, Class of 2030\, performing George Frideric Handel’s Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major. \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 November 11\, 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\nLuth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-orchestra-veterans-day-concert/ LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – 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/2026/07/hc-orchestra-veterans-day-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190750 CREATED:20260730T142852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T142853Z UID:6400-1794598200-1794598200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Harmony of Nations: Songs from Around the Arab World DESCRIPTION:Harmony of Nations: Songs from Around the Arab World\n \n \n \n \n \n Center for Arabic Culture‘s Jazal Choir & Music Ensemble\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLed by Arabic Studies faculty Alma Richeh\, the Jazal Choir performs classical Arabic music as well as contemporary and modern Arabic songs. \nTheir Harmony of Nations program blends Arabic and Middle Eastern musical styles with Western choral traditions of a cappella and harmony-based singing and orchestration. \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 November 13\, 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 Center for Arabic Culture\n “Building Bridges\, Connecting Culture”  \nThe Center for Arabic Culture (CAC) is a secular and non political organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of Arabic culture and the Arab-American experience through educational and artistic programs. \nThe CAC is home to an Arabic Language and Music School for children and adults and hosts a variety of cultural events including film screenings\, book events\, human library series\, music concerts\, art workshops and annual festivals and bookfairs. \n \n \n \n \n \n About The Jazal Choir\n The Jazal Choir is the Center for Arabic Culture’s Adult Choir\, welcoming members from all backgrounds to sing in Arabic and become immersed in Arabic culture through folkloric and contemporary Arabic music. Speaking Arabic is not a requirement.  \nThe Jazal Choir’s mission includes the following goals: \n\nIntroducing the community to the Arabic and Middle Eastern music\, musicians and singers\nEducating about Arabic quarter tones\, scales and singing styles\nIntroducing Arabic and Middle Eastern music to American society at large\nEncouraging members from all backgrounds to join without the requirement of speaking Arabic\nParticipating in concerts around Massachusetts and beyond to spread the word about the rich Arabic musical heritage\nSinging in harmony and a cappella\, enriching members’ musical backgrounds and and building a stronger knowledge of the Arabic language\n\n \n \n \n \n \n About The Director\n Alma Richeh\, LL.M. Executive Director & Choir Director \nAlma was born in Damascus\, Syria and holds a law degree from Damascus University and an LL.M. master’s degree in international legal studies from the American University\, Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. \nShe worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Damascus as an advocate to determine the refugee Status. In Syria\, in 2001-2005\, Alma studied singing with and trained by the best music and singing teachers at the Syrian Higher Institute for Music. Between 2000 and 2008\, Alma was a conductor of Al Farah Choir at the Lady of Damascus Church in Damascus. She conducted the Choir’s youth division concentrating on concerts to fundraise for humanitarian causes and children’s rights.During her LL.M Studies\, she worked as a teaching assistant to Arab League Ambassador to the UN and Professor Clovis Maksoud at the American University\, Washington College of Law. \nAfter moving to Boston\, she worked as a research intern at the Boston Consortium for Gender Security and Human Rights at the University of Massachusetts. Her research concentrated on the rights of women in Arab and Middle countries from legal\, historic\, cultural\, religious and humanitarian perspectives.In Boston\, Alma is the Executive Director of the Center for Arabic Culture (CAC)\, a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the Arabic Culture and an Arab American experience through education and the arts. \nShe teaches Arabic culture and international law courses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the College of the Holy Cross. \nAlma is the founder and choir director of the Children’s Choir and Jazal Choir at the Center for Arabic Culture in Boston. She is on the board of the Mansfield Local Cultural Council. URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/harmony-of-nations-songs-from-around-the-arab-world/ 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/2026/05/jazal-choir-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190750 CREATED:20260707T203016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T223712Z UID:6393-1795030200-1795030200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Painting Creation DESCRIPTION:Painting Creation\n \n \n \n \n \n Osvaldo Golijov\, Prior Composer-In-Residence\nAlex Sopp\, Prior Commissioned-Artist\n \n Tickets On Sale Soon\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us for an informal exhibition of commissioned art works accompanied by a panel discussion between Prior Composer-In-Residence\, Osvaldo Golijov\, and Prior-Commissioned Artist\, Alex Sopp\, on the process and eventual marriage of a new work for chorus & orchestra premiering with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 2026 with art-infused projection as a way of communicating a world that inspired the inception of this new work. \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 Wed Nov 18\, 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 Theatre\nThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/painting-creation/ 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/2026/05/osvaldo-alex-sample-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T193000 DTSTAMP:20260811T190750 CREATED:20260612T195612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T195615Z UID:6473-1795116600-1795116600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble Concert DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us for an evening of live jazz as the Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos take the stage for a dynamic night of music. \nThis celebration of legendary jazz artists and composers from across the decades features an eclectic program showcasing the sounds of swing\, Latin rhythms\, bebop\, and funk. \nPerformed by talented Holy Cross student musicians\, the concert spans classic jazz standards and contemporary grooves\, promising an engaging experience. \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 November 19\, 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\nLuth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-jazz-ensemble-concert/ LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – 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/2025/08/jazz-ensemble-2025-web.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR