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Powerhouse Theater Casting Highlights for 2013 Season include Stephen Bogardus, Michael Esper, Linda Lavin, Annabella Sciorra, and Mare Winningham
Casting highlights for the 2013 Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater season (June 21-July 28) have been announced. Among the noted actors joining the season are Stephen Bogardus, Michael Esper, Linda Lavin, Annabella Sciorra, and Mare Winningham More...
Vassar College confers 612 Bachelor’s degrees in its 149th commencement ceremony, on May 26, 2013
Acting president Jonathan Chenette presided over the 149th Vassar College commencement ceremony, conferring Bachelor of Arts degrees to 612 graduating students at the college’s Outdoor Amphitheater. United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York delivered the commencement address. More...
Free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered on three upcoming Saturdays (May 11, June 15, June 22, 2013)
Free walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be held on Saturdays May 11, June 15, and June 22, with tours beginning each day at 10:00am and 1:00pm. The tour leaders will be Colton Johnson, Dean Emeritus of the College and Professor Emeritus of English (5/11); Chris Smart, a chemistry professor and Vassar alumnus (6/15); and psychology professor Randy Cornelius (6/22). To sign-up for a tour contact Damara Ohlhoff in the Office of Communications at daohlhoff@vassar.edu or (845) 437-7400. More...
New work by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, and by Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, highlight the 2013 Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater Season
The line-up of new works for the 29th Powerhouse season includes a musical by actor, writer, and prolific Grammy Award® winner Steve Martin and fellow musician Edie Brickell, as well as the latest from Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Broadway’s In the Heights. The 6-week season runs from June 21-July 28. More...
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center to exhibit The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, surveying four decades of Polaroid’s influence in fine art photography, April 12-June 30, 2013
The exhibit is the first of its kind since the founding of the Polaroid Corporation by scientist and inventor Edwin H. Land some 75 years ago, and will highlight milestones in Polaroid’s history. More...
Three paintings tied to the Hudson River School now on rare public view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center through 2013
The general public now has a rare opportunity to see three works by artists directly or closely associated with the Hudson River School, thanks to a loan arrangement between Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and the Century Association of New York City. Among the artists is German-born Emanuel Leutze, best known for his iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, along with Hudson River School stalwarts Asher Brown Durand and John Frederick Kensett. More...