Blue Profundity: Contemporary Artists Revisit a Color

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

This exhibition features contemporary artists Adam Chau, Ifé Franklin, Michelle Samour, Heather Evans Smith, and Andrea Pettway Williams, who incorporate blue in their work to highlight the symbolic and historic meanings of the color.

Outdoor Film Screening | Pakachoag: Where the River Bends

HOLY CROSS COMMUNITY - Outdoor Film Screening - 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. It covers 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.

Camille A. Brown & Dancers | I AM

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

The Tony-nominated choreographer, known for co-directing Fire Shut Up In My Bones with the Metropolitan Opera (2021) and choreographing Alicia Keys’ musical Hell’s Kitchen (2023), explores Black joy in a new work with her own dance company.

Working Writer Series: Vievee Francis & Matthew Olzmann

CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM - Booth Media Lab - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Writers Vievee Francis and Matthew Olzmann are featured in this Working Writer Series event co-sponsored by the Creative Writing and Africana Studies programs.

Traditional Irish Music at Family Weekend

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

Boston based Uilleann piper Joey Abarta and fiddler Nathan Gourley will perform traditional Irish music as part of Family Weekend at Holy Cross.

Jazz and Blues with an Irish Interlude at Family Weekend

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

This performance of jazz, blues, and traditional Irish music will feature student musicians from a variety of academic departments on campus during Family Weekend at Holy Cross.

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series: Dexter Kennedy, organ

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - St. Joseph Memorial Chapel - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Organist Dexter Kennedy is the winner of the Grand Prix d’Interprétation at the 24th Concours International d’Orgue de Chartres.

Lunchtime Concert Series | Feelin’ Good – The Music of Nina Simone

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

This lunchtime concert features the music of American icon and innovative jazz vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Nina Simone. Performers include vocalist Rhiannon Hurst (Brooks Fenwick Scholar), pianist Matthew Jaskot, and other music department students.

David E. Sanger: A World On Fire

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

Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author David E. Sanger will deliver a talk and Q&A on China, Russia, and the challenges for the next President moderated by World Languages Department Chair Amy Singleton Adams, followed by a book signing in the Beehive at The Prior.