BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prior Performing Arts Center - ECPv6.9.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prior Performing Arts Center 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250811T144516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T180502Z UID:4267-1758828600-1758915000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Papermoon Puppet Theatre | Puno\, Sewing Memories DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2025–26\n \n \n \n \n \n Papermoon Puppet Theatre\n \n \n \n \n \n Puno\, Sewing Memories\n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPlease be advised that this program may contain thematic elements unsuitable for children ages 12 and under. \nHow do we experience loss? How can we hold and appreciate what has been left to us? Papermoon Puppet Theatre Company’s Puno\, Sewing Memories is a story of Tala\, a young girl who is coping with her father’s passing and learning about life and death. \nPapermoon Puppet Theatre believes that anything can come alive: every creature\, every object\, and every single thing in the world holds life somewhere inside of it. Called “a staple of the global arts festival circuit” by The New York Times\, Papermoon Puppet Theatre tells stories ranging from myth to the birth of modern Indonesia with astonishing modernist puppets. \nFounded in April 2006 in Yogyakarta\, Indonesia by Co-Artistic Director Maria Tri Sulistyani\, Papermoon Puppet Theatre has created and toured internationally with over 30 puppet performances and visual art installations and exhibitions.  \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 Sep 25\, 20257:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n Sep 26\, 20257:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n $39 | $55 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatreThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “Papermoon Puppet Theatre has become a staple of the global arts festival circuit\, with enigmatic\, modernist puppets that tell stories from myth to the birth of modern Indonesia. \nWords are few for these puppets with moon-shaped faces who\, like mimes\, express everything in evocative\, poignant gestures.” \n The New York Times\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/papermoon-puppet-theatre/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Boroughs Theatre –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/puno-landscape-web-new.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250919T154050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T154051Z UID:5335-1758736800-1758736800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Jane Marsching | Visiting Artist Lecture: The Urban Tree Oracle DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts\n \n \n \n \n \n Jane Marsching\n \n \n \n \n \n The Urban Tree Oracle\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJane Marsching is a multi-media artist dedicated to fostering wonder and connections with our environment. Her latest project\, The Urban Tree Oracle\, invites us to explore the vital relationships we share with urban trees\, enhancing our awareness of their role in climate resilience. The lecture will include a video screening of a performance by Jimena Bermejo\, Professor of Practice in the Department of Theater and Dance.  \nJane Marsching has exhibited her work nationally and has received grants from notable organizations such as Creative Capital and Artadia. She is the co-editor of the book Far Field: Digital Culture\, Climate Change\, and the Poles\, and the co-founder Platform2: Art and Activism\, an experimental forum dedicated to exploring creative practices at the intersection of social issues that activated engagement in our local communities around climate activism\, citizen science\, and water ecologies. She is Professor and Director of the Sustainability Minor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design\, and the founder of the MassArt Resilient Pigment Library in 2021. \nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Environmental Studies\, Gender\, Sexuality and Women’s Studies\, The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery\, The Prior Presents Series\, and the McFarland Center for Religion\, Ethics\, and Culture. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  \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 24\, 20256 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\nRehm Library (Smith Hall) URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/jane-marsching-visiting-artist-lecture-the-urban-tree-oracle/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS – Rehm Library in Smith Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/marsching-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250909T134355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T195152Z UID:5247-1758736800-1758736800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Somos Worcester Somos Americanos: Connecting Worcester's Latino History to the National Story DESCRIPTION:Somos Worcester Somos Americanos: Connecting Worcester's Latino History to the National Story\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino\n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDoors Open 5:30 p.m.Program begins 6 p.m. \nAbout The Latino History Project of Worcester\nEstablished in 2014\, the Latino History Project of Worcester (LHPW) is a multi-year initiative that documents the Latino experience in Worcester\, including the untold history of Latino individuals\, institutions\, cultures\, economy\, and daily life. Its mission to collect\, share\, and celebrate the Latino experience in Worcester drives a community-centered effort to demonstrate the central role that Latinos played in Worcester and the nation’s larger history. \nThe LHPW’s growing collection of recorded oral history interviews\, photographs\, artifacts\, and written sources will benefit future researchers\, Worcester community members\, and students of all ages. For over a decade\, the project has hosted community events to examine a wide range of topics\, from the fights for bilingual education\, fair housing\, and police reform\, to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of the Latino community. The project opened its first major exhibit at the Museum of Worcester in 2024. Digital exhibits\, archives\, and a print catalog documenting Worcester’s Latino history will soon follow. \nThis year’s main event to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month will feature a discussion of the project and the larger effort to move Latino stories from the margins to the center of American history. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAbout The Guest Speaker\nWe are honored to host Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn as guest speaker. Tey Marianna Nunn is the Associate Director for Content and Interpretation for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL). In this capacity she oversees the museum’s Education\, Curatorial\, Collections\, Digital\, and Audience Engagement Teams. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Her past positions include Director of the Smithsonian in American’ Women’s History Initiative (AWHI)\, Director and Chief Curator of the Art Museum and Visual Arts Program at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque\, New Mexico and Curator of Contemporary Hispano and Latino collections at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. Nunn received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico\, where her research focused on Spanish Colonial\, Contemporary Latin American\, and Chicana/o and Latina/o history and art history. \nNunn is also an accomplished curator and award-winning author. Her Book\, Sin Nombre: Hispana and Hispano Artists of the New Deal Era\, helped to reposition Latinos in Art Historical studies. She is active in issues concerning Latinos and representation in museums and has served on the Boards of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)and the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). In 1994\, Nunn was one of the selected participants in the very first IUPLR Latino Museum Studies Program at the Smithsonian. \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 Sep 24\, 2025Doors Open 5:30 p.m.Program begins 6 p.m.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free entry\, registration required. \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/worcester-latino-history-national-story/ LOCATION:HOLY CROSS COMMUNITY – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Holy Cross Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SOMOS-WORCESTER-NEW-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250822T185027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T145657Z UID:5109-1758715200-1758715200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert Series: Nate Murray ‘26\, piano DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Nate Murray ‘26\, piano\n \n \n \n \n \n Lunchtime Concert Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThis program will feature solo piano music by Felix Mendelssohn\, Frédéric Chopin\, and Alexander Scriabin. \nThroughout this program\, we will examine the history of each piece\, the striking similarities between two etudes written over 60 years apart from each other\, and the expansion of the early Romantic period into the late. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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 24\, 202512 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\nThe BeehivePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/lunchtime-concert-series-nate-murray-26-piano/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – The Beehive –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/nate-murray-new-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250811T144455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T160333Z UID:4259-1758045600-1758045600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Hanif Abdurraqib DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2025–26\n \n \n \n \n \n Hanif Abdurraqib\n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHanif Abdurraqib is a poet\, essayist\, and cultural critic from Columbus\, Ohio. His poetry has been published in journals including Muzzle\, Vinyl and PEN American. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER\, Pitchfork\, The New Yorker\, and The New York Times.  \nAbdurraqib’s first full length poetry collection\, 2016’s The Crown Ain’t Worth Much\, was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays\, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us\, was named a book of the year for 2017 by Buzzfeed\, Esquire\, NPR\, Oprah Magazine\, Paste\, CBC\, The Los Angeles Review\, Pitchfork\, and The Chicago Tribune. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas Press in February 2019\, which became a New York Times Bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. \nHis second collection of poems\, A Fortune For Your Disaster\, was released in 2019 by Tin House and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021\, he released the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. Placing as a finalist for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and the The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\, it also won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Gordon Burn Prize. \nHis most recent book is There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House\, 2024)\, a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for the National Book Award in nonfiction. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow\, Abdurraqib was also named a Windham-Campbell Prize recipient in 2024. \nJoin us this September to experience this public lecture from Hanif Abdurraqib in the Luth Concert Hall at The Prior. \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 Sep 16\, 20256 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\nLuth Concert Hall\nThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “Omnivorous in his influences and prolific in his output\, Abdurraqib is forging a new form of cultural criticism\, one that is informed by lived experience and offers incisive social and artistic critiques.” \n MacArthur Foundation\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/hanif-abdurraqib/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/hanif-abdurraqib-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250821T202637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T202638Z UID:5067-1757937600-1757937600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Traditional Irish Music Concert DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Traditional Irish Music Concert\n \n \n \n \n \n Diarmuid Ó Meachair\, accordion\nJohn Hannigan\, accordion\nNathan Gourley\, guitar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPop-up concert of Traditional Irish Music – Experience the lively spirit of Irish music at a traditional Irish music pop-up concert! \nJoin us for an energetic performance featuring traditional jigs and reels. Whether you’re a fan of Irish culture or just curious\, this free event offers a unique opportunity to experience live Irish music—right here on campus. \nDon’t miss the chance to tap your feet! All are welcome! \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 15\, 202512 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 The BeehivePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/traditional-irish-music-concert-early-fall-holy-cross/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – The Beehive –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/irish-music-fall-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250827T132008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T130007Z UID:5141-1757700000-1757700000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Ilya Vidrin and Company presents All(Most) DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Dance\n \n \n \n \n \n Ilya Vidrin and Company presents All(Most)\n \n Reserve Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nIlya Vidrin and Company presents All(Most)\, a new piece weaving together live music and dance to probe the fragile spaces of human connection. \nDrawing inspiration from attachment theory and the shifting patterns of interpersonal dynamics\, the work unravels how closeness\, distance\, and longing play out between bodies and sound. The original score—inspired by fragments of J. Brahms’ Cello Sonata—becomes both anchor and instigator\, echoing the tensions between security and uncertainty\, desire and anxiety. \nAt once intimate and expansive\, All(Most) invites audiences into a world where relationships are constantly forming\, fracturing\, and reforming—where nothing is fixed\, but everything is felt. \nCreative TeamArtistic Direction + Choreography: Ilya VidrinRehearsal Direction: Dara CapleyMusicians: Eric Seligman and Mel HsuDancers: Hannah Franz\, Myles Kercher\, Alexis Tsiramanes\, and Cassie Wang \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 12\, 20256 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free entry\, registration required. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/ilya-vidrin-allmost-dance/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Boroughs Theatre –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ilya-allmost-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250903T125011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T125051Z UID:5227-1757696400-1757696400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: Journey from the Fall DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Film Screening: Journey from the Fall\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us as 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. \nThe conversation will be 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. \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 12\, 20255 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\nRehm Library (Smith Hall) URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/cantor-film-screening-journey-from-the-fall/ LOCATION:Rehm Library in Smith Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/journey-fall-screening-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250821T203102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T203103Z UID:5075-1757619000-1757619000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Bala Brass Quintet DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Bala Brass Quintet\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe 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. \nOther pieces include Canadian composer Morley Calvert’s Suite from the Monteregian Hills\, Four Sketches by American composer Anthony Plog\, and an arrangement of the Colombian folk dance\, Otro Buchipluma. \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 11\, 20257:30 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/bala-brass-quintet-fall-2025/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/new-bala-brass-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250903T124948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T124952Z UID:5219-1757613600-1757613600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Opening Reception: The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Opening Reception\n \n \n \n \n \n The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin 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. \nFree entry\, open to the public. \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 11\, 20256 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\nCantor Art Gallery3rd Floor in The Prior URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/opening-reception-the-vietnamese-ao-dai-in-a-time-of-war/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/row-opening-reception-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T163000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250903T124926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T124927Z UID:5212-1757608200-1757608200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Panel: Fashion\, Politics\, and Cultural Identity: The Vietnamese Áo Dài DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Fashion\, Politics\, and Cultural Identity: The Vietnamese Áo Dài\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us for this panel discussion about the role of Vietnam’s national costume—the áo dài—in individual and national expression across Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora. \nThis panel features 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. \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 11\, 20254:30 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\nRehm Library (Smith Hall) URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/panel-fashion-politics-and-cultural-identity-the-vietnamese-ao-dai/ LOCATION:Rehm Library in Smith Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/panel-ao-dai-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250821T203830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T203831Z UID:5079-1757332800-1757332800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Brooks Scholar Robert Gardner\, piano | South American Soundscapes DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Brooks Scholar Robert Gardner\, piano \n \n \n \n \n \n South American Soundscapes: Guastavino\, Ginastera\, Piazzolla\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThis recital is the capstone of a transformative year studying in the bustling\, vibrant city of Buenos Aires. Come experience Guastavino’s chacarera rhythms\, Ginastera’s nostalgic modernism\, and Piazzolla’s gripping tangos — with interpretations informed by immersion in the diverse and majestic landscape of Argentina. \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 8\, 202512 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\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/robert-gardner-brooks-scholar-piano/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/gardner-piano.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250827T125424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T140304Z UID:5135-1756927800-1756927800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Outdoor Film Screening | Pakachoag: Where the River Bends DESCRIPTION:Outdoor Film Screening\n \n \n \n \n \n Pakachoag: Where The River Bends\n \n \n \n \n \n The Native American Identity of Holy Cross Campus\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTelling a Native American story of the land where Holy Cross now resides\, Pakachoag: Where the River Bends is a documentary produced by faculty\, staff\, and students at The College of Holy Cross about the transformation of this area over the last 400 years. \nThe film takes viewers on a tour of key sites on Pakachoag Hill (now commonly known as College Hill or Mt. Saint James) and discusses them through a Native American perspective and through the stories they tell of environmental change. It covers Nipmuc relations with colonial settlers and the Jesuit community from the 1500s to today. \nWe are particularly excited to show this film on the exterior of The Prior Performing Arts Center in the Patterson Amphitheatre\, whose site is featured at the start of the film. There was a time when all Holy Cross students knew of Pakachoag\, but that knowledge has been lost. This film seeks to revive a widespread knowledge of the indigenous identity and significance of Pakachoag Hill and today’s larger Worcester region. \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 3\, 20257:30 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\nBuilding Exterior located in the Patterson AmphitheatrePrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/outdoor-film-screening-pakachoag-where-the-river-bends/ LOCATION:OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING – Patterson Amphitheatre at The Prior –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Holy Cross Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PAKACHOAG-NEW-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251220 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250825T161906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T214148Z UID:5117-1756166400-1766188799@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War: Fashion\, Citizenship\, and Nationalism (1954–1975) DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War\n \n \n \n \n \n Fashion\, Citizenship\, and Nationalism (1954–1975)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War explores the significance of Vietnam’s national costume—the áo dài—during the Vietnam War. \nHonoring the 50th anniversary of a conflict\, the legacies of which continue to haunt us to this day\, the exhibition highlights the contributions of Vietnamese women to politics\, society\, and culture. Artifacts trace the history of the áo dài as a practical item of clothing and important symbol of Vietnamese heritage and identity in Vietnam\, among Vietnamese Americans\, and on the global stage—thus showing how a national costume can be both traditional and modern fashion with meanings that change over time and space. \nCo-curated by Professors Ann Marie Leshkowich (Anthropology\, College of the Holy Cross)\, Martina Nguyen (History\, Baruch College\, City University of New York)\, and Tuong Vu (Political Science\, University of Oregon). \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\nPanel: Fashion\, Politics\, and Cultural Identity: The Vietnamese Áo DàiThursday\, September 11 | 4:30 p.m.Rehm Library (Smith Hall) \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nOpening Reception: The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of WarThursday\, September 11 | 6 p.m.Cantor Art Gallery \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFilm Screening: Journey from the FallFriday\, September 12 | 5 p.m.Rehm Library (Smith Hall) \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLiving Threads: Community\, Culture and the Áo DàiThursday\, October 23 | 4 p.m.The Beehive at The Prior \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nConcert: The Odyssey–from Vietnam to AmericaTuesday\, November 4 | 7:30 p.m.Luth Concert Hall in The Prior \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWorkshop: The Politics of National Costume in AsiaFriday & Saturday\, November 7 & 8Rehm Library (Smith Hall) \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 August 26-December 19\, 2025 \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/vietnamese-ao-dai-fashion-citizenship-nationalism-exhibition/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ao-dai-corrected-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250716T142137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T143043Z UID:4546-1754582400-1754582400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream (abridged) DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by Holy Cross Scholarship in Action & Clark University’s Office of Global Engagement\n \n \n \n \n \n A Midsummer Night’s Dream\n \n Reserve Seats\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nShakespeare’s classic play comes to The Prior in this abridged co-presentation from Holy Cross’ Scholarship in Action & Clark University’s Office of Global Engagement\, directed by Martha Douglas-Osmundson starring students of the Clark University-Hefei University of Technology Summer 2025 Program.\n\nGeneral admission seating. Free entry\, reservation required. Refreshments and talkback to follow.\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 Aug 7\, 20254 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 TheatreThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream-abridged/ LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre (Prior Performing Arts Center)\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Holy Cross Community,Worcester Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/msnd-v1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250617T163809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T163810Z UID:4489-1752771600-1752778800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Room of Wonders Closing Reception DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Room of Wonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer\n \n \n \n \n \n Closing Reception\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us at the Cantor Art Gallery to celebrate the closing of Room of Wonders\, the inaugural exhibition in a new annual summer series spotlighting the Worcester arts community. \nCurated by Birgit Straehle\, a longtime creative force in the city\, the exhibition brings together nearly 30 artists with ties to Worcester in a vibrant\, contemporary take on the Wunderkammer (a “cabinet of curiosity”) filled with works that span visual art\, spoken word\, sound\, fashion\, and handcrafted instruments. \nThis special evening offers a final opportunity to experience the richness and diversity of local talent in a uniquely Worcester setting. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome! \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 Thursday\, July 175-7 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/room-of-wonders-closing-reception/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ROW-CLOSING-WEB-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250617T162311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T162311Z UID:4480-1752073200-1752076800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Fabric Painting Workshop: Caelum Lam DESCRIPTION:Caelum Lam\n \n \n \n \n \n Artist Talk & Fabric Painting Workshop\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCustomize your own textiles in this fabric painting workshop from Room of Wonders artist Caelum Lam. Free and open to the public for patrons ages 10 and up\, read more about this amazing opportunity below: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBring Your Own Textile\n\nPatrons are encouraged to bring their own fabric items from home to paint on including clothing\, bags\, apparel accessories\, towels\, pillowcases\, or anything made of fabric. Lightly colored items that are made of cotton or T-shirt-like materials are recommended for the best application. Plain white cotton fabric square patches will be provided.\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \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 Wednesday\, July 93-4 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/artist-talk-fabric-painting-workshop-caelum-lam/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/CAELUM-WEB-WORKSHOP-LANDSCAPE-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250616T171029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T165127Z UID:4430-1751112000-1751119200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Luthier Talk and Soundkammer Performance: Dan Hunt with Charles Ketter & Nynez Lopez DESCRIPTION:An Afternoon with DRH Guitars\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n Room of Wonders artist Dan Hunt and Charles Ketter of the Plectrum Club will perform on and talk about 5 different guitars made by Dan Hunt of DRH Guitars. \nCharles Ketter\, a gifted multi-instrumentalist\, who began with guitar at age 6\, studied arrangement and composition at Berklee College of Music. He performs on his 7 stringed DRH custom guitar and sings as a solo act or as the duo with Dan Hunt\, called The Plectrum Club since 2021. \nDan Hunt is a luthier and musician participating in Room of Wonders with his hand-built classical guitar. He will be showing a few of his other masterpieces\, including a custom acoustic & a Selmer style and accompanying Charles. He has played guitar since childhood as well\, and performs currently with bands We & The Dawg\, Jubilee Gardens and Eldon James & The One Eyed Cat\, as well as many bands over the years. He enjoys playing in the Plectrum Club with Charles as he is free to stretch out and find new voicings on his DRH creation that he built with the same hands. \nCharles and Dan\, both guitar teachers\, will be joined by Dan’s guitar student-turned-vocalist Nynez Lopez. \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 Saturday\, June 2812-2 p.m. \nGallery open 12-5 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/luthier-talk-and-soundkammer-performance-dan-hunt-with-charles-ketter-nynez-lopez/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/soundkammer2-web-landscape-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250616T173007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T190553Z UID:4457-1751104800-1751112000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Shiny-Shop Workshop with Birgit Straehle DESCRIPTION:Shiny-Shop with Birgit Straehle\n \n \n \n \n \n Metal Leaf Application Workshop\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCreate your own Wunderkammer Object in this Metal Leaf Application workshop from Room of Wonders curator Birgit Straehle. Free and open to the public for patrons ages 10 and up\, read more about this amazing opportunity below: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBring Your Own Object\nIn preparation for the workshop: think about and bring your own individual wondrous object that you’d like to “glow-up.” Please choose an object with a firm surface (not made of paper\, etc.) and please limit the size of your object to 4 inches in both directions. Note: the flatter the object\, the easier the application process. Oyster shells are available for patrons unable to bring objects of their own. Please find examples of objects in the image below.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTimeline\nParticipants are encouraged to by 10 a.m. to begin application of glue. With up to 30 minutes of glue cure time\, participants can enjoy their visit to the gallery during this time. Application of metal leaf comes next\, which Birgit will demonstrate on one oyster shell\, followed by a brush-in technique. Finally\, the workshop will end before noon to allow for a transition to the next gallery event: a Luthier Talk and Soundkammer Performance from Dan Hunt\, Charles Ketter & Nynez Lopez.\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 Saturday\, June 2810 a.m.-12 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/shiny-shop-metal-leaf-application-workshop-with-birgit-straehle/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/shiny-shop-web-landscape-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250627T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250616T171047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T133609Z UID:4418-1751032800-1751040000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Artist Talk and Soundkammer Performance: Michael Rosenstein and Stella Silbert DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk & Soundkammer Performance\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMichael Rosenstein constructed the 4-channel sound piece “Found Sound for Wunderkammer” for the Room of Wonders exhibit at the Cantor Art Gallery. For the piece\, he utilized processed\, manipulated\, and distressed field recordings captured with a variety of DIY microphones and sensors. For his artist talk\, he will discuss his approach to exploring and capturing the world of found sound\, including a demonstration of some of the tools he utilizes. The talk will be followed by a series of improvisations where he and Stella Silbert will interact with the 4-channel sound piece. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAbout The Artists\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMichael Rosenstein\nMichael Rosenstein is an improviser based in New England. He collaborates in constantly evolving settings drawing on strategies of spontaneous interaction and collective structures. His work explores the mutable interplay of acoustic instrumentation\, electronics\, multiphonics\, abraded and degraded recordings\, and feedback within performance spaces. \nVisit his SoundCloud and Bandcamp sites for more information. \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nStella Silbert\nStella Silbert is an improviser\, audio editor\, curator\, cook\, field recordist\, disorganizer of sounds and organizer of multi-disciplinary gatherings in Western Massachusetts. \nVisit her website for more information. \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 Friday\, June 272-4 p.m. \nGallery open 12-5 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/artist-talk-and-soundkammer-performance-michael-rosenstein-and-stella-silbert/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/soundkammer1-new-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250616T171010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T215315Z UID:4440-1750953600-1750957200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Look Into The Wunderkammer: Curator's Talk with Birgit Straehle DESCRIPTION:Look Into The Wunderkammer: Curator’s Talk with Birgit Straehle\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMeet Birgit Straehle\, independent guest curator\, for an insider’s look at Room ofWonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer. \nBirgit has been a resident of Worcester for almost 20 years. Besides her institutional commitment as paintings and frame conservator at the Worcester Art Museum (2006-2022) she always had a strong connection to local art\, various local institutions and many individuals who make Worcester original and wonderful as it is.  As a curator she produced Golden Contemporaries: The Many Meanings of Gold (Sprinkler Factory\, 2018) and Aura: Radiant-Illuminated-Iconic (White Room\, 2023) among other co-curated exhibitions at Sprinkler Factory\, Museum of Worcester\, Worcester Center for Crafts and White Room since 2013. \nPatrons who arrive early may join us for All About That Smile\, a gallery talk from Bill Wallace from the Museum of Worcester at 3 p.m. in the 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 Thursday\, June 264-5 p.m. \nGallery open 12-5 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/look-into-the-wunderkammer-curators-talk-with-birgit-straehle/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/curator-web-landscape-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250616T170950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T184657Z UID:4407-1750950000-1750953600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: All About That Smile with Bill Wallace DESCRIPTION:All About That Smile with Bill Wallace\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe one and only original Smiley Face.  A Worcester Wonder.  \nJoin us in the Cantor Art Gallery on Thursday\, June 26 at 3 p.m. and smile back at Bill Wallace\, executive Director of the Museum of Worcester\, and Smiley Face\, who has spearheaded global happiness since 1964. Expect lots of insider stories\, fun facts and shared happiness as Bill gives our patrons an introduction about Smiley’s history! \nStick around for Look Into The Wunderkammer\, a Curator’s Talk from Birgit Straehle in the gallery at 4 p.m. that same afternoon. \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 Thursday\, June 263-4 p.m. \nGallery open 12-5 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\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/gallery-talk-all-about-that-smile-with-bill-wallace/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/smiley-wallace-web-landscape-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250611 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250718 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250527T160822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T135314Z UID:4360-1749600000-1752796799@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Room of Wonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Room of Wonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRoom of Wonders is the first in a series of annual summer exhibitions that foregrounds and celebrates the Worcester arts community at the Cantor Art Gallery. Each year\, a Worcester-based arts professional is invited to curate an exhibition of their choosing with the objective of focusing on the local community.  \nIn this inaugural show\, Birgit Straehle—co-owner of The White Room celebration hall and gallery and formerly co-manager of the iconic Sprinkler Factory—invites nearly 30 creatives to participate in this group exhibition. Each artist is based in or has a connection to Worcester\, celebrating the individuality and scope of the talent in our community. \nThe word Wunderkammer translates to “cabinet of curiosity\,” which refers to the mid-16th century European tradition of displaying personal collections of fascinating and unusual objects. The collections typically included all manner of scientific specimens\, natural phenomena\, artworks\, antiquities\, and anthropological artifacts. Straehle updates the tradition in a uniquely Worcester Wunderkammer that includes the spoken word\, hand-crafted musical instruments\, auditory experiences\, fashion\, and other works of art and wonder. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Featured Artists\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abu MwenyeAlice DillonAmanda Kidd-KestlerAndrew HainesBeryl RosenblumCaelum LamCesar RodriguesCliff HuntDan HuntEric Cruze \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Eva RosenstielHarvey BallJames DyeJennessa BurksJesse Kenas-CollinsJosé CriolloKatie DyeKristen KiefferLouie DespresMadeleine Lord \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Michael HacheyMichael RosensteinThe CreativesThe Poet’s CauldronTim DoyleTim GannonTim JohnsonTomo SakaiTrevor Toney \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \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\nArtist/Curator Talks:Michael Hachey | 12-2 p.m.Cesar Rodrigues | 3-4 p.m.Wednesday\, July 16 | 12-5 p.m. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRoom of Wonders Closing ReceptionThursday\, July 17 | 5-7 p.m. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Special Summer Hours\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWednesdays\, Thursdays\, & Fridays | 12-5 p.m. \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 June 11-July 17\, 2025 \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/room-of-wonders-a-worcester-wunderkammer/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Worcester Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Room-of-Wonders_Digital-Signage_1080x1920_horiz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20250408T181509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T180931Z UID:3961-1749222000-1749222000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Rhiannon Hurst ’25: Jazz Selections DESCRIPTION:Rhiannon Hurst ’25\n \n \n \n \n \n Fenwick Scholar\, Brooks Music Scholar\n \n \n \n \n \n Jazz Selections\n \n Buy Tickets: Fri Jun 6 @ 3 p.m.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRhiannon Hurst ’25\, Brooks Scholar\, presents an afternoon of jazz selections drawing from her Fenwick Scholar project celebrating underrepresented voices in jazz. \nAt Holy Cross\, Hurst has pursued a music major alongside an environmental studies and philosophy double minor\, while also attending the world-renowned New England Conservatory for voice lessons. \nAudiences will be wowed by this presentation from one of the College’s brightest musical talents and uplifted by Hurst’s sterling example of what it means to center the arts in a liberal arts education.  \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 June 6\, 20253 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets $15 \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 URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/rhiannon-hurst-jazz-selections/ LOCATION:HOLY CROSS COMMUNITY – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Holy Cross Community ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rhiannon-hurst-jazz-selections-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142311 CREATED:20241220T185858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T183755Z UID:3252-1746468000-1746468000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:The Seventh Annual Gregorian Vespers DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n The Seventh Annual Gregorian Vespers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nFor its seventh year\, the Chant Class of Professor Daniel DiCenso\, Department of Music\, will sing Gregorian Vespers under the direction of Laurence Rosania\, Director of Liturgy and Music. Over 30 students will bring to life this ancient and haunting music in the majestic acoustics of the Chapel during its 101st year! All are warmly invited to share in this evocative experience of sound and spirit.   \nLive stream the performance at the link below: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \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 May 5\, 20256:00 PM \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\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/the-seventh-annual-gregorian-vespers/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gregorian-chants-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142312 CREATED:20241220T185105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T185106Z UID:3248-1746370800-1746370800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Wind Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Wind Ensemble\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Holy Cross Wind Ensemble will present a concert showcasing new and diverse music for wind ensemble composed in the 2020s. \nThe program will feature works that explore various genres and themes\, highlighting underrepresented voices. Highlights include Before the Dawn by 14-year-old Liliana Alarcon\, a mysterious and epic composition\, and Golden Embers by deaf and neurodivergent composer Tyler Mazone. \nAdditional pieces like Michaele Fernández’s vibrant La Fiera Asturiana and Satoshi Yagisawa’s lush Amaranthus further illustrate the exciting and diverse world of recent works for wind ensemble. \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 May 4\, 20253:00 PM \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 HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-wind-ensemble/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wind-ensemble-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142312 CREATED:20241220T182327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T124317Z UID:3242-1746280800-1746280800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Rhiannon Hurst ’25 | Fenwick Scholar Recital DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Rhiannon Hurst ’25\n \n \n \n \n \n Fenwick Scholar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\nRhiannon’s Fenwick Project\, “Vanguard for a New Age: Artivism through Jazz\,” aims to uplift the voices of women and nonbinary individuals throughout Jazz history. This recital will function as an actualization of her research\, featuring jazz selections from the project album and will include reflections and songs performed during her musical journey here at HC. The concert aims to bring together a multigenerational\, broad community through music. \nThis performance will include her students from OpporTUNEiety (Lincoln Street Elementary)\, professionals from the Boston area\, Holy Cross students\, and Holy Cross faculty. \n\n \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 May 3\, 20252:00 PM \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 HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/fenwick-scholar-2025-recital-rhiannon-hurst/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/rhiannon-hurst-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142312 CREATED:20240717T135954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T182634Z UID:2169-1746126000-1746126000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Spring Dance Concert DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Dance\n \n \n \n \n \n Spring Dance Concert\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe students from the College’s dance classes will demonstrate what they have learned in an exuberant sample of pieces representing a dazzling variety of styles and genres. This spring tradition has become more varied and exciting with each new year\, with course offerings that include Hip-Hop\, Modern\, Breakin’\, Afro-Haitian Dance\, and Ballet. \nAssembled by our gifted dance professors: Jimena Bermejo\, Audra Carabetta\, Taylor Travassos-Lomba and Joanne Caidor. \nJoin us on May 1 for two performances (7 and 9 p.m.)\, each with free entry and general admission seating. \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 May 1 at 7 p.m. & 9 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 HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/spring-dance-concert/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/spring-dance-landscape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142312 CREATED:20241220T181617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T181618Z UID:3237-1746122400-1746122400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Chamber Music Recital DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Chamber Music Recital\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThis recital features the students who participate in the College’s Chamber Music course\, who will perform the works they have studied during the semester. \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 May 1\, 20256:00 PM \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\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/chamber-music-recital-spring/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/chamber-music-recital-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T142312 CREATED:20241220T181207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241220T181207Z UID:3233-1745956800-1745956800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble will perform American Jazz standards under the direction of Mike Monaghan. \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 April 29\, 20258:00 PM \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\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-jazz-ensemble-spring/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/holy-cross-jazz-ensemble.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR