Events
Past Events
Virginia Johnson, acclaimed ballerina and editor-in-chief of Pointe magazine, will speak about her life in the world of dance. Wednesday, September 17, 2008Virginia Johnson, the editor-in-chief of Pointe magazine, will speak about her life in the world of dance on Wednesday, September 17, at Vassar College, in the lecture “Ballerina to Editor.� Full Story
Celebrate Mother's Day and its 1870s origin with performance, "The Face of War," Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Women's Studies Program, the Drama Department and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Vassar College host a special free public performance: Celebrate Mother's Day and its 1870s... Full Story
Jennifer Higginbotham '98 to speak on defining girlhood in early modern England, Monday, April 23, 2007
"A Wentche, a Gyrle, a Damsell" Defining Girlhood in Early Modern England Jennifer Higginbotham '98 Monday April 23, 2007 5:30 p.m. Main Library, Class of '51 Reading Room Come to a lecture by Jennifer Higginbotham on... Full Story
Sistah Power presents "We Play Drums Celebration," Friday, December 8, 2006
Join us for an evening of reflection, sharing, drumming and dance. Students in the program will share their semester long experiences of bonding, learning and growing. Friday, December 8,... Full Story
World AIDS Day Poetry Reading and Discussion, December 1, 2006
FINGERNAILS ACROSS THE CHALKBOARD, just off the press, includes a stunning array of poets and writers who give long-awaited testimony about HIV/AIDS in the African Diaspora. December 1, 2006, the... Full Story
Freedom schooner Amistad docks in Poughkeepsie, NY, October 12-14 and 19-20, 2006.
Thanks in large part to the efforts of two Vassar faculty members, Rebecca Edwards, chair of the History Department, and Ismail Rashid, chair of the Program in Africana Studies, the... Full Story
Celebration of the life and work of Octavia Estelle Butler (1947-2006), Sunday, May 7, 2006
Please join in a celebration of the life and work of Octavia Estelle Butler (1947-2006) who, as an African American feminist writer, broke new ground in the largely white male-dominated... Full Story
Discussion and Poetry to Mark Breast Cancer Awareness Event. Saturday, April 29, 2006
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Vassar College and the Sisters Network, an African American breast cancer survivors' organization, will host the breast cancer awareness event "Testify: Struggle and Survival," on Saturday, April... Full Story
Best-Selling Author to Discuss Aggression Among Girls. Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Vassar alumna Rachel Simmons will discuss her best-selling book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression Among Girls (2003), and her follow-up work Odd Girl Speaks... Full Story
"Eyes Wide Open," a Touring Memorial Exhibition of the Iraq War, Will Be Shown November 15-16
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- The Vassar College Alumnae House lawn will be transformed into a living memorial of the Iraq War when the American Friends Service Committee's national exhibition "Eyes Wide... Full Story