Panel: Fashion, Politics, and Cultural Identity: The Vietnamese Áo Dài

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

A panel discussion about the role of Vietnam’s national costume—the áo dài—in individual and national expression across Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora. With co-curators Prof. Ann Marie Leshkowich, Prof. Martina Thucnhi Nguyen (Baruch College), and Prof. Tuong Vu (University of Oregon), along with fashion designers Si Hoang and Thai Nguyen.

Opening Reception: The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War

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

Join us for the Opening Reception for current exhibition The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War at the Cantor Art Gallery, featuring Vietnamese appetizers and a cash bar.

Bala Brass Quintet

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

The award-winning Bala Chamber Brass presents a program from across the Americas, featuring two new works for brass quintet by Holy Cross faculty composers Chris Arrell and Matthew Jaskot.

Film Screening: Journey from the Fall

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

Vietnamese American actress Kieu Chinh speaks with fashion designer Thai Nguyen about her trajectory as an actress and her work in the public eye on notable projects such as HBO’s miniseries The Sympathizer and the 1993 film The Joy Luck Club. The conversation is followed by a screening of the drama Journey from the Fall (2006), which traces the struggles of one family after the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

Ilya Vidrin and Company presents All(Most)

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE - Boroughs Theatre - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Ilya Vidrin and Company’s All(Most) interlaces live music and dance to explore fragile human connections. Inspired by attachment theory and Brahms, the work reveals how closeness, distance, and longing constantly shift between bodies and sound.

Traditional Irish Music Concert

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - The Beehive - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

A pop-up concert of Traditional Irish Music - experience the lively spirit of Irish music at a traditional Irish music pop-up concert!

Hanif Abdurraqib

PRIOR PRESENTS - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, essayist, and music and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024), was a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for the National Book Award in nonfiction. His 2021 book, A Little Devil In America: Notes on Black Performance, placed as a finalist for the National Book Award.

Lunchtime Concert Series: Nate Murray ‘26, piano

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - The Beehive - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

This lunchtime concert program will feature solo piano music by Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, and Alexander Scriabin.

Somos Worcester Somos Americanos: Connecting Worcester’s Latino History to the National Story

HOLY CROSS COMMUNITY - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

A presentation and discussion of Latino contributions to Worcester and American history, featuring Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, Associate Director for Content and Interpretation for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL). The event will feature a discussion between Dr. Nunn, Latino History Project of Worcester, and Worcester community leaders.