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.

Jane Marsching | Visiting Artist Lecture: The Urban Tree Oracle

DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS - Rehm Library in Smith Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

The Department of Visual Arts presents Jane Marsching, 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.

Papermoon Puppet Theatre | Puno, Sewing Memories

PRIOR PRESENTS - Boroughs Theatre - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

How do we experience loss? How can we hold and appreciate what has been left to us? A new program from the Papermoon Puppet Theatre Company of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Puno, Sewing Memories tells the story of Tala, a young girl coping with her father’s passing, through a poignant performance with astonishing modernist puppets.

Pamela Z: Lecture-Demonstration

DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - Booth Media Lab - 1 College St, Worcester, United States

Pamela Z, a pioneering composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist, blends live looping, extended vocal techniques, and custom-designed, gesture-controlled music technology to create interactive, multilayered performances that fuse sound, image, and movement. Join us for this lecture-demonstration at The Prior's Booth Media Lab, part of Pamela Z’s five-day residency with the Departments of Music and Computer Science as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Free and open to the public.

Pamela Z: Recital

DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, United States

Pamela Z, a pioneering composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist, blends live looping, extended vocal techniques, and custom-designed, gesture-controlled music technology to create interactive, multilayered performances that fuse sound, image, and movement. Join us at The Prior’s Luth Concert Hall for a dynamic and immersive recital by Pamela Z, showcasing her work for voice, electronics, and video. Part of her five-day residency with the Departments of Music and Computer Science as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner, the recital opens with Holy Cross students, led by Prof. Sergio Muñoz Leiva, performing alongside Z in a realization of her Twenty Answers, for chamber ensemble and magic oracle. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Free and open to the public.