• 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.

  • Pakachoag: Where The River Bends | Outdoor Film Screening

    OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING - Patterson Amphitheatre at The Prior 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

    This documentary tells the story of the Nipmuc/Native American identity of the land on which Holy Cross now sits, covering Nipmuc relations with colonial settlers and the Jesuit community from the 1500s to today. The film visits sites that will be familiar to students and community members and views them through a Native American perspective and through the stories they tell of the profound environmental changes to this area.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Faculty Showcase Recital

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

    Spanning nearly a century of musical styles, this program from Holy Cross Department of Music Faculty reveals how composers with remarkably different musical languages all found compelling ways to transform conversation into sound.

  • Reem Jubran, Visiting Distinguished Practitioner | Screening + Q&A

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

    Reem Jubran’s Distinguished Visiting Practitioner residency opens with a screening of LA Rebellion, a PBS documentary featuring Jubran and historicizing diverse and oppressed voices as emerging storytellers of their communities’ experiences. The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion.