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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 CREATED:20260521T194021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T163437Z UID:6387-1781568000-1785542399@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:La Machina de los Sueños: New Works from El Salón Artists DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n La Machina de los Sueños\n \n \n \n \n \n New Works from El Salón Artists\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLa Machina de los Sueños is the second in a series of annual summer exhibitions that foregrounds and celebrates the Worcester arts community at the Cantor Art Gallery. \nGuest curators Vanessa Calixto and John Vo have assembled artists connected to the Worcester-based organization El Salón\, a collective of BIPOC creatives working together through a “by us\, for us” model. \nFeatured artists include Sharon Amuguni\, George Annan\, Jennessa Burks\, Vanessa Calixto\, Britney Colome\, José Criollo\, Claudio Eshun\, Liza French\, Ivory Henry\, Aiko Itadini\, Kappokraft\, Julian Cintron Pabon\, Savonne Pickett\, Angel Rojas\, Ryan Smith\, Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui\, Sharinna Travieso\, Bruja the Villain\, John Vo and Hank von Hellion. \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 ReceptionFriday\, June 12 | 6-8 p.m.Cantor Art Gallery \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 June 16-July 31\, 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/la-machina-de-los-suenos-new-works-from-el-salon-artists/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Events at The Prior,Worcester Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/La-Machina-Digital-Screen-Horz-EjB-d1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 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:20261019T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 CREATED:20260527T203123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T204428Z UID:6411-1792438200-1792438200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Reem Jubran\, Visiting Distinguished Practitioner | Screening + Q&A DESCRIPTION:Reem Jubran\n \n \n \n \n \n Visiting Distinguished Practitioner\n \n \n \n \n \n Film Screening + Q&A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nReem Jubran’s Distinguished Visiting Practitioner residency opens with a screening of LA Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement\, a PBS documentary featuring Jubran\, historicizing diverse and oppressed voices as creative storytellers of their communities’ experiences. The film highlights the explosive emergence of UCLA’s 1960’s Black filmmaking students\, rooting their productions in social justice and community service\, creating a ripple effect for Indigenous\, Chicano\, and Asian filmmakers at UCLA throughout the 1970s and 80s. \nJubran\, a Palestinian feminist filmmaker\, and UCLA graduate\, follows her predecessors with experience spanning from collaborations with legendary Palestinian filmmakers Annemarie Jacir and Elia Sulieman\, leading to her award-winning short film Don’t Be Long\, Little Bird. The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPlease also mark your calendars for closing residency event on October 30\, 2026. \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 Oct 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\, general admission seating. \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/reem-jubran-visiting-distinguished-practitioner/ LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Events at The Prior ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/reem-jubran-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 CREATED:20260529T122717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T122718Z UID:6433-1792697400-1792697400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Yona Harvey & Gary Jackson DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n Yona Harvey & Gary Jackson\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAward-winning poets Yona Harvey & Gary Jackson will read from and discuss their work as part of the Working Writers Series sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nYona Harvey is the author of You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love\, winner of The Believer Book Award in Poetry\, and Hemming the Water\, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award from Claremont Graduate University and finalist for the Hurston/Wright Award.  Between the publication of her first two poetry books\, Harvey co-wrote Marvel Comics’ World of Wakanda\, which earned an Eisner Award for best limited series\, and co-wrote the comic book series Black Panther & the Crew. Her third poetry collection is forthcoming in September 2026. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora\, The Best American Poetry\, Letters to the Future: Black Women/Radical Writing and A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry. She’s the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, a Japan Creative Artists Fellowship\, the Heinz Foundation’s Carol Brown Award\, and the inaugural Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from Saint Mary’s College of Maryland. \nBorn and raised in Topeka\, Kansas\, Gary Jackson is the author of the poetry collections\, small lives\, (University of New Mexico Press\, 2025) origin story (University of New Mexico Press\, 2021)\, both part of the Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series\, and Missing You\, Metropolis (Graywolf\, 2010)\, which received the 2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. He’s also co-editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism\, Black Comics\, and Superhero Poetry (Blair\, 2021). His poems have appeared in numerous journals including Callaloo\, The Sun\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Gulf Coast\, and Copper Nickel. He’s published work in several anthologies\, including Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology\, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song\, and A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South. He was featured in the 2013 New American Poetry Series by the Poetry Society of America\, and received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem\, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, and Art Omi. He’s been a guest on the BBC News World Service: The Cultural Frontline\, and given readings and craft talks for Carnegie Hall\, Folger Theater\, and various venues across the country. In 2023\, he was selected to serve as part of the Cave Canem Cultural Preservation Project Team to record the oral histories of the first-year fellows and founders of Cave Canem.  \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 October 22\, 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-yona-harvey-gary-jackson-poetry/ 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/harvey-jackson-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 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:20270318T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270318T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T194326 CREATED:20260529T121128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T121129Z UID:6421-1805398200-1805398200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Erica Gies DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n Erica Gies\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEnvironmental science journalist Erica Gies will read from and discuss her work as part of the Working Writers Series sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nErica Gies is an award-winning independent journalist who writes about water\, climate change\, plants and critters for Scientific American\, The New York Times\, Nature\, The Atlantic\, The Guardian\, National Geographic\, The Economist\, Washington Post\, bioGraphic\, Wired\, and more. \nHer stories hail from North America\, especially California and British Columbia\, and the wider world. In a quest for commonalities that bind us and innovations that inspire\, she has reported from many intriguing places: Iraq\, Peru\, Cambodia\, India\, Syria\, Kenya\, China\, Qatar\, Laos\, the United Kingdom\, Guyana\, Vietnam\, France\, and Indigenous nations and territories\, including those belonging to Navajo (Diné)\, Kwiakah\, Makushi\, Kitasoo/Xai’xai\, ‘Namgis\, Heiltsuk\, and Native Hawaiian peoples. \nHer book\, Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge\, is about the global “Slow Water” movement that are helping us adapt to the increasing floods and droughts brought by climate change. Published in North America\, the United Kingdom\, China\, and as an audio book\, Water Always Wins won the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism among other awards.  \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 March 18\, 20277:30 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-erica-gies/ 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/erica-gies-web.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR