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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165703
CREATED:20250827T125424Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165703
CREATED:20250821T203830Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250903T124926Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250903T124948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T124952Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250821T203102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T203103Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250903T125011Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250827T132008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T130007Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250821T202637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T202638Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250811T144455Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250822T185027Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250909T134355Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250919T154050Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250811T144516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T180502Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T173000
DTSTAMP:20260407T165704
CREATED:20250819T145056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250819T183941Z
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SUMMARY:Pamela Z: Lecture-Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Pamela Z: Lecture-Demonstration\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nPamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist working primarily with voice\, live electronics\, sampled sound\, and video. A pioneer of live looping\, her performances combine experimental extended vocal techniques\, operatic bel canto\, found objects\, text\, digital processing\, and custom-designed wireless instruments that allow her to manipulate sound with physical gestures. In addition to her solo work\, she has been commissioned to compose scores for dance\, theatre\, film\, and chamber ensembles including Kronos Quartet\, Eighth Blackbird\, the Bang on a Can All Stars\, Julia Bullock with SF Symphony\, and the LA Philharmonic New Music Group. Her interdisciplinary performances have been presented at venues including The Kitchen (NY)\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF)\, REDCAT (LA)\, and MCA (Chicago)\, and her installations have been presented at such exhibition spaces as MoMA (NY)\, the Whitney (NY)\, SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin)\, and the Krannert Art Museum (IL). She is the recipient of numerous honors\, including the Rome Prize\, the Berlin Prize\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Doris Duke Artist Impact Award\, and the MIT McDermott Award\, as well as further distinctions from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, United States Artists\, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \nPamela Z’s five-day residency as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner will feature a range of campus engagements\, including a lecture-demonstration and a recital\, both free and open to the public. The residency is sponsored by the Office of the Provost\, with additional support from the Departments of Music\, Mathematics and Computer Science\, and the Prior Performing Arts Center.  \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 30\, 20255:30 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\nBooth Media LabThe 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\nIn addition to this Lecture-Demonstration event\, please join us for Z’s public performance at The Prior on October 2: \nPamela Z: RecitalThursday\, October 2\, 8pmLuth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts CenterFree \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					“Z’s body of work definitely deserves curatorial attention\, but it has already proved that it can evolve\, having adapted to changing hardware and software technologies through the years. Have faith that\, afforded a modicum of care\, it will both endure and continue to amaze.” \n					Giacomo Fiore\n					Contributor\, San Francisco Classical Voice \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/pamela-z-lecture-demonstration/
LOCATION:DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE – Booth Media Lab –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Department of Music
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