Vassar College

Oct. 28, 2026, 5:30–6:45 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall 203
Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything, Everything; The Sun Is Also a Star; and co-author of Blackout. She is a National Book Award finalist, Michael L. Printz Award recipient, and Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult best-seller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures, and she’s the co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, NY, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, novelist David Yoon, and their daughter.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/education" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Education Department</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/africana-studies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Africana Studies Program</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/american-and-native-american-studies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American and Native American Studies Program</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/english" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">English Department</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/internationalstudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">International Studies Program</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/asian-studies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Asian Studies Program</a>, the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/film" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Film Department</a>, and the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/engaged-pluralism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Engaged Pluralism Program</a>.
A Louise Seaman Bechtel (1915) Lecture.
This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: An Engaging Conversation with New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon.

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An Engaging Conversation with New York Times...

Oct. 28, 2026, 5:30–6:45 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall 203
Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Instructions...

An Engaging Conversation with New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon.

Vassar College Taylor Hall, Main Campus Dr, Arlington, NY, 12603

Oct. 28, 2026, 5:30–7:00 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall, Room 102
Andrea Fraser is an artist and professor at the University of California Los Angeles. Her work investigates the social, financial, and affective economies of cultural institutions, fields, and groups. Identified with feminism, performance, and institutional critique, she combines the site-specific and research-based practices of conceptualism with feminist investigations of subjectivity and desire.
Sponsored by the Art Department.
The event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Agnes Rindge Claflin Lecture: Andrea Fraser

Agnes Rindge Claflin Lecture: Andrea Fraser

Oct. 28, 2026, 5:30–7:00 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall, Room 102
Andrea Fraser is an artist and professor at the University of...

Olmsted Greenhouse

Oct. 30, 2026, 2:00–5:00 p.m.Location: Olmsted Greenhouse
Trick or treat at the Greenhouse! Celebrate Halloween with a hands-on activity and seasonal treats while exploring some of the greenhouse’s strange and unusual plants. Vassar’s Artifacts Project (VCAP) will also share items from its taxidermy collection. Come in costume to enter the costume contest, with prizes for the best costumes.
<img src="https://www.vassar.edu/sites/default/files/2026-09/IMG_2650.jpg" alt="Potted plants, miniature pumpkins, and a bat decoration surround a “Happy Halloween” sign on a greenhouse table.">
Drop by anytime between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. The greenhouse is on the lower level behind Olmsted Hall, facing Skinner Music Hall. Visitors can park in the South Lot and take the stairs by Skinner. Accessible parking is available next to the greenhouse: Turn onto Chapel Gate from Raymond Avenue, then take the first right down the hill.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/greenhouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Olmsted Greenhouse</a>.
This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Boos and Blooms at the Greenhouse

Boos and Blooms at the Greenhouse

Oct. 30, 2026, 2:00–5:00 p.m.Location: Olmsted Greenhouse
Trick or treat at the Greenhouse! Celebrate Halloween with a hands-on...

Vassar College Music Department - Skinner Hall

Oct. 30, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
Six-time Grammy-nominated Skylark vocal ensemble presents Sleepy Hollow, a haunting musical retelling of Washington Irving’s beloved Hudson Valley ghost story. Conceived by Artistic Director Matthew Guard, the program blends narration, folk song, shape-note singing, part-song, and instrumental improvisation to evoke the world of Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, and the legendary Headless Horseman.
Featuring narration by actor, singer, and educator Tynan Davis and atmospheric cello improvisations by Thomas Barth, Sleepy Hollow transforms Irving’s classic tale into an immersive journey through the folklore, music, and imagination of early America. By turns humorous, mysterious, and haunting, the performance brings one of the Hudson Valley’s most enduring legends vividly to life.
Matthew Guard, Artistic Director
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Music Department</a>. This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Skylark

Skylark

Oct. 30, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
Six-time Grammy-nominated Skylark vocal ensemble presents Sleepy...

Nov. 1, 2026, 3:00 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
The Play of Opposites: The music of Beethoven foreshadows the later 19th-century obsession with the depiction of character in music. This program features works from Beethoven through the Romantics that explore oppositions in character. A piece from the French modernist Dutilleux turns musical material against itself, in a different sort of opposition. Thomas Sauer, piano.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Music Department</a>.
This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: The Play of Opposites: Thomas Sauer, piano

The Play of Opposites: Thomas Sauer, piano

Nov. 1, 2026, 3:00 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
The Play of Opposites: The music of Beethoven foreshadows the later...

Bridge For Laboratory Sciences

Nov. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.Location: Bridge for Laboratory Science
Music In the Bridge: Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime recital series by members of the Vassar College Chamber Music Program. Four Thursdays in a relaxed atmosphere outside the Bridge Cafe.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Music Department</a>.
This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Music In the Bridge

Music In the Bridge

Nov. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m.Location: Bridge for Laboratory Science
Music In the Bridge: Join us for our 20–30 minute lunchtime...

Nov. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
America at 250: The Vassar College Chamber Singers present an amalgam of American choral music from Billings to Bobby McFerrin. Drew Minter, conductor.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Music Department</a>.
This event is free and open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be <a href="https://vimeo.com/1224948023?fl=pl&amp;fe=vl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">streamed live</a>

Local Event: America at 250: The Vassar College Chamber Singers

America at 250: The Vassar College Chamber Singers

Nov. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Location: Skinner Hall of Music
America at 250: The Vassar College Chamber Singers present an amalgam of...

Nov. 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.Location: Olmsted Greenhouse
Celebrate Spice Week at the Greenhouse by making a custom tea blend! Join us at the greenhouse along with Vassar’s Library and Chemical Society as we explore the chemistry of spices by making our own loose leaf teas with plants from the greenhouse &amp; beyond!
This event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., but you can drop by at any time. The greenhouse is located on the lower level behind Olmsted Hall, facing Skinner Hall of Music. Commuters can park in the South Lot and head down the stairs by Skinner. Accessible parking is available right next to the greenhouse; turn onto Chapel Drive from Raymond Avenue and make the first right down the hill.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/greenhouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Olmsted Greenhouse</a>, this event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Make Your Own Tea Blend

Make Your Own Tea Blend

Nov. 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.Location: Olmsted Greenhouse
Celebrate Spice Week at the Greenhouse by making a custom tea...

Nov. 12, 2026, 6:00 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall, Room 203
What if everyone spoke Mohican?
How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? (USA, 2023) explores the revitalization of the Mahican language and the relationship between language and identity formation. The screening will be preceded by Jan Müller’s short reel, Resonance of Words, and followed by a discussion with Müller and featured participant Brock Schreiber.
Müller is an artist living in the Poughkeepsie community. Schreiber belongs to the People of the Waters that are Never Still—the Mahican, or Mohican, nation originally based in the upper Hudson Valley—and lives in Wisconsin.
Sponsored by the <a href="https://offices.vassar.edu/dean-of-the-faculty/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dean of the Faculty Office</a>, <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/american-and-native-american-studies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American and Native American Studies Program</a>, <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/anthropology" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Department of Anthropology</a>, <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/english" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Department of English</a>, <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/film" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Department of Film</a>, <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/history" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Department of History</a>, and <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/mediastudies" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Media Studies Program</a>.
This event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? Screening and Discussion

How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? Screening and...

Nov. 12, 2026, 6:00 p.m.Location: Taylor Hall, Room 203
What if everyone spoke Mohican?
How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? (USA,...

How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? Screening and Discussion

Nov. 18, 2026, 4:00–5:00 p.m.Location: Main Library, Class of 1951 Reading Room
<figure><div class="embed-content"><div><div><img src="https://www.vassar.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/0007-21-03-gaw-means-vassar-015-crop-web.jpg" alt="A portrait photo of Taneisha Means in front of a building on Vassar's campus."></div></div></div><figcaption>Dr. Taneisha Means, Associate Professor of Political Science</figcaption></figure>
Please join us as <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/faculty/tmeans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Professor Means</a> shares from her book, Robed Representatives: How Black Judges Advocate in American Courts, published by Stanford University Press in February 2026.
In Robed Representatives, Prof. Means offers new insights into the lives, identity politics, and actions of Black state court judges. The narratives centered in the book reveal an identity-to-politics link that exists among Black judges that lead them to represent their group interests. This link is corroborated with data that highlights numerous previously unidentified manifestations of racial representation in the legal system. Prof. Means demonstrates that only through exploration of the lives, identities, and behaviors of historically underrepresented judges will it be possible to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the importance—and limitations—of racial diversity in the courts.
<a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&amp;tmeid=MGlmaGlkaTllYnQ1aG8xbmxlbGsxN3NtbWMgZXNhbG1vbkB2YXNzYXIuZWR1&amp;tmsrc=esalmon%40vassar.edu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Add to Google Calendar</a>. Please join us for refreshments after the talk.
The Featuring Faculty series presented by Vassar College Libraries, is designed to showcase research, scholarship, and projects by Vassar faculty. If you would like to participate in a future Featuring Faculty event, please email <a href="mailto:debucher@vassar.edu">Deb Bucher</a> and <a href="mailto:esalmon@vassar.edu">Elizabeth Salmon</a>.
Sponsored by <a href="https://library.vassar.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vassar College Libraries</a> and the <a href="https://www.vassar.edu/political-science" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Political Science Department</a>, this event is free and open to the public.

Local Event: Robed Representatives: How Black Judges Advocate in American Courts

Robed Representatives: How Black Judges...

Nov. 18, 2026, 4:00–5:00 p.m.Location: Main Library, Class of 1951 Reading Room
Dr. Taneisha Means, Associate Professor of...

Robed Representatives: How Black Judges Advocate in American Courts

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