Upcoming events





Upcoming events

Mar
20
Fri
10:00am - 5:00pm
BUAM Kenneth C. Lindsay Room (FA 179)
Annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference entitled Crossing the Boundaries (CTB), hosted by the Art History department. Now in its 31st year, this year's theme is Ephemerality, which draws on topics surrounding time-based media, materiality, media studies, and museum and curatorial studies. The conference will take place on March 20th, 2026, and will be held in the Kenneth C. Lindsay Room in the Fine Arts building.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 3/20 & 3/22/2026 In the Manner of Smoke (Armand Yervant Tufenkian) 90 min. USA |2025 Through landscapes and canvases, Armand Yervant Tufenkian’s debut feature In the Manner of Smoke traces how perception shifts over time. Moving between California’s Sequoia National Forest and painter Dan Hays' London-based studio, the film observes two solitary practices: the vigilance of a fire lookout and the meticulous rendering of digital landscapes. The camera dwells on subtle transformations, such as trees dissolving into haze, paintings oscillating between pixels and depth, and silence unfolding into sound, allowing each moment to stretch and change before our eyes. Rather than telling a linear story, the film creates a patient, immersive experience where every image feels transitory, suspended, and fleeting, like smoke carried by the wind.
Mar
21
Sat
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
A performance celebrating the flute at 91! Enjoy the accomplishments of the campus flute community, from our most experienced to our newest flutists. Featuring works by Taktakishvili, Uebayashi, Grant Still, Griffes, Gaubert and more. Join us in Casadesus Recital Hall. Dr. Bobby Pace, piano Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Created for the love of performing together, this concert is a collection of favorite chamber pieces performed by undergraduates and faculty. Featuring both classical repertoire and works by living composers, this concert also features diverse chamber ensembles from instrumental duets, to string piano trios, to a cello + viola octet Free admission.
Mar
22
Sun
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

A recital of students in the saxophone studio of Dan Miller. Featuring solo performances with piano and multiple various sized saxophone ensembles, with music by Paul Creston, Robert Schumann, André Waignien, J.S. Bach and many others.

Free Admission.

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Come shake off the late winter blues with a fun and engaging afternoon of opera scenes, arias, and art songs! Our singers will take you on a musical journey filled with drama, humor, and beautiful melodies.

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7:00pm - 8:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)
Grad Thesis Performances:

Angela Klawiter:"Henrik Ibsen is Not a Feminist"
Saturday March 21, 2026 @ 7 PM
Sunday March 22, 2026 @ 7 PM
Studio B
(Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Mozer)

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 3/20 & 3/22/2026 In the Manner of Smoke (Armand Yervant Tufenkian) 90 min. USA |2025 Through landscapes and canvases, Armand Yervant Tufenkian’s debut feature In the Manner of Smoke traces how perception shifts over time. Moving between California’s Sequoia National Forest and painter Dan Hays' London-based studio, the film observes two solitary practices: the vigilance of a fire lookout and the meticulous rendering of digital landscapes. The camera dwells on subtle transformations, such as trees dissolving into haze, paintings oscillating between pixels and depth, and silence unfolding into sound, allowing each moment to stretch and change before our eyes. Rather than telling a linear story, the film creates a patient, immersive experience where every image feels transitory, suspended, and fleeting, like smoke carried by the wind.
Mar
24
Tue
4:00pm - 5:00pm
CEMERS Conference Room, LN1128

Ghazal Workshop with Poet and Translator Kate Deimling

Tuesday, March 24, 4pm-5pm
CEMERS Conference Room, LN1128

Students and faculty are invited to a workshop on reading and writing the ghazal. This poetic form originated in Arabia in the seventh century, evolved in Persia, and migrated into India. It’s a lively and flexible form that has been adapted in different ways over the centuries, including by American poets writing in English.

Kate Deimling is a poet and translator. Her poems have appeared inKestrel,Passager,Presence,Sheila-Na-Gig,SLANT,Southern Poetry Review,Tar River Poetry, and elsewhere. A co-editor ofBrackenmagazine, she holds a PhD in French literature from Columbia University and has translated several books from French, including a history of color charts and an eighteenth-century novel. Her debut poetry collection,Time Traveling, came out with Cornerstone Press in 2026.

7:00pm - 9:00pm
LH6
Cinema Department's Visiting Artist Series 3/24- LH6 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm Lynne Sachs Lynne Sachs is a filmmaker and poet living in Brooklyn. She has produced over 50 films as well as numerous live performances, installations and web projects. Sachs creates cinematic works that defy genre through the use of hybrid forms and cross-disciplinary collaboration, incorporating elements of the essay film, collage, performance, documentary and poetry. Her films explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences. With each project, Lynne investigates the implicit connection between the body, the camera, and the materiality of film itself. Lynne discovered her love of filmmaking while living and studying in San Francisco. During this time, she produced her early, experimental works on celluloid which took a feminist approach to the creation of images and writing— a commitment which has grounded her body of work ever since. Sachs's films have screened at MoMA, Wexner Center for the Arts, New York Film Festival, Sundance, Punto de Vista, and DocLisboa. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at MoMI, Ambulante, Sheffield Doc/Fest, BAFICI, Cork, Costa Rica Int'l Film Fest, Cámara Lúcida, and China Women's Film Festival. In 2021, Edison and Prismatic Ground Film Festivals honored her body of work in the experimental and documentary fields. Tender Buttons Press published Lynne's book Year by Year Poems (2019), In 2025, Punctum Books published her book Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process and the Labor of Laundry (2025) written by Sachs and playwright Lizzie Olesker.
Mar
25
Wed
5:00pm - 6:30pm
LN 1106, IASH Room
Art History: VizCult Series Wednesday, March 25 at 5:00 p.m. in the IASH Conference Room (LN 1106) Annual Ferber Lecture as part of the VizCult Speaker Series: Nino Zchomelidse (History of Art, John Hopkins University) will present the paper “Visual and Temporal Entanglements in Medieval Documents.”
5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
Mar
26
Thu
9:00am - 5:00pm
Rosefsky Gallery

Saloni Parekh:"God, Otherwise"

On View: February 26—March 26, 2026


Parekh's exhibition "God, Otherwise” invites viewers to engage with god beyond the constraints of fixed imagery, inherited dogmas, and historical structures of power. Rather than offering a definition, Parekh’s work approaches god as an open-ended question, an understanding actively constructed and realized through the act of painting, in an effort to find who god is and what god looks like.

All events are free and open to the public.
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Join us for an enchanting Vocal Area Recital showcasing a diverse array of musical masterpieces. Experience the timeless beauty of your favorite arias and art songs.

Collaborative Pianists:
Dr. Mikayla Rogers
Dr. Bobby Pace
John Isenberg

Free Admission.

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Chamber Hall
SOARJAM 2: an evening of interdisciplinary improvisation amongst the arts.

March 26, 7–9pm, Chamber Hall

for those performing.

Our second SOARJam brings together visual art, dance, spoken word, performance, cinema, and more, turning the Chamber Hall into a live laboratory of sound, movement, and image.

Open to all.

Join students across disciplines in a live, collaborative art action. Come to watch, or participate - we’ll help you find ways to join in and create live.

Opportunities include collaborative drawing, dance, music, spoken word, video projection, audio-reactive installation, and experimentation with digital and analog media—including 35mm slides and performing with live loops of yourself!

Come watch, participate, or move between both. No prior experience required.

Mar
28
Sat
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery
Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day with BUAM and Gigi’s Playhouse on Saturday, March 28, 2026 from 2–4PM in the Main Gallery of the 91 Art Museum. Come talk art with our Dynamic Docents from GiGi’s Playhouse, go on a scavenger hunt, create your own sculpture, and MORE as we celebrate our friends in the community with Down Syndrome. 91 Art Museum is located in the Fine Arts Building on 91's campus. All BUAM events are FREE and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington St, 91, NY 13901, USA
3/28/2026
Broome County Forum Theatre (236 washington st.)

The 91 Chamber Singers join with the Southern Tier Singers' Collective and members of the Syracuse University Oratorio Society for a performance with the 91 Philharmonic Orchestra. Under the direction of Daniel Hege the BPO performs Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Broome County Forum Theater.

Soloists:
Sophia Hunt, soprano
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano
Ethan Burck, tenor
Erik Tofte, baritone (91 Music Department Alumus '19)

Ticketing:
Apr
8
Wed
5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
Apr
9
Thu
1:20pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
he Harpur Jazz Ensemble and the Harpur Studio Jazz Band are thrilled to announce a spectacular evening of music featuring acclaimed pianist, Nick Weiser! Join us in the Chamber Hall of the Anderson Center at 7:30 pm for what promises to be an unforgettable joint concert. The program is stacked with high-energy original big band compositions and thrilling, new takes on classic repertoire. Be sure to catch the afternoon concert featuring the Harpur Jazz Quartet and Nick Weiser at 1:30 pm in the Casadesus Recital Hall. It's the perfect warm-up for a full day of world-class music! These events are proudly made possible by the Karen and Robert Pompi Jazz Artist Series Endowment. Free Admission.
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Rosefsky Gallery & Grand Corridor
BFA Exhibition"Spaces Between"
Rosefsky Gallery: April 9-23
Grand Corridor: April 9-26
Opening reception (for both): Thursday, April 9, 5.30-7.30pm
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
The Harpur Jazz Ensemble and the Harpur Studio Jazz Band are thrilled to announce a spectacular evening of music featuring acclaimed pianist, Nick Weiser!

Join us in the Chamber Hall of the Anderson Center at 7:30 pm for what promises to be an unforgettable joint concert. The program is stacked with high-energy original big band compositions and thrilling, new takes on classic repertoire.

Be sure to catch the afternoon concert featuring the Harpur Jazz Quartet and Nick Weiser at 1:30 pm in the Casadesus Recital Hall. It's the perfect warm-up for a full day of world-class music!

These events are proudly made possible by the Karen and Robert Pompi Jazz Artist Series Endowment.

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Apr
10
Fri
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Bundy Museum of History and Art, 129 Main St, 91, NY 13905, USA
Personal Cinema will be hosting an off-campus screening of curated subjective film works on April 10 at the Bundy Museum from 6-9 pm. Free and open to the public.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/10 & 4/12/2026 Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking) 86 mins.USA |1998 A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland, California, art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Apr
11
Sat
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Chamber Hall
One Pulse is 91’s multicultural dance showcase and competition, celebrating the wide range of dance styles and cultures represented on our campus. Dancers and groups/clubs will perform in a friendly competition highlighting creativity, cultural expression, and technical skill. From global dance traditions to contemporary artistry, this event brings our community together through movement—different styles,one pulse. For more info:onepulse@binghamton.edu

One Pulse 2026 Audition Form:
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Apr
12
Sun
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/10 & 4/12/2026 Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking) 86 mins.USA |1998 A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland, California, art student Pica (Toby Smith) attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship (April Barnett) and experiencing love, heartbreak, and the everyday threat of violence. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
Apr
13
Mon
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
Apr
14
Tue
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Marketplace, University Union

#BingCollects Pop-Up Series
Collaboration with University Libraries

The theme during the 2025-2026 academic year is “Food & Drink.” Items on display will highlight artwork, objects, ephemera and books from the collections related to dining out and at home as well as growing and preparing food. Not merely for nourishment, food and drink are central to individual enjoyment, strengthening bonds among family and friends, building community and celebrating culture.

Sub-theme: In the Garden
March 5, 2026, 2–4PM
Bartle BreezewaySub-theme: For the Feast
April 14, 2026, 12–2PM
Marketplace, University Union
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
5:30pm - 6:30pm
FA 308
Apr
15
Wed
5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall

Common Ground Reading
Weds, April 15, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.
Apr
16
Thu
12:00pm - 7:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery

A Long Series of Shorts: Films about the Arts and Crafts Movement

DATE CHANGE:Thursday, April 16, 2026, 12-7PM

Join the 91 Art Museum for A Long Series of Shorts for our NEW DATE of Thursday, April 16 during open museum hours of 12-7PM.



Come watch shorts related to our Spring 2026 exhibitions, Line, Color, Contrast: Japanese Prints and New York Arts and Crafts and companion exhibition, Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright. Featured films include The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901 footage by Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, A Girl Is a Fellow Here, Ukiyo-e fundamentals: history, production, and influence and many more!

91 Art Museum is located inside the Fine Arts Building on 91 Campus. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.


7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
Apr
17
Fri
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/17 & 4/19/2026 Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking) 87 mins.USA A pioneering video artist and tireless advocate for the medium, Ralph Hocking shaped electronic media art from the 1960s until his death in 2025. At 91, he founded one of the first campus-based media access programs in the country and served as Professor of Video Computer Art and Chair of the Cinema Department until his retirement in 1998. In 1971, he established the Experimental Television Center, an independent nonprofit that became a vital resource for artists through its residency program, community training, and national exhibitions. Hocking's influence extended through his advisory work with the New York State Council on the Arts, the NEA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and numerous other institutions. His own work—exhibited internationally—earned support from the NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Program and NYSCA.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
Apr
18
Sat
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
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Apr
19
Sun
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

3:00pm - 5:00pm
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM) Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/17 & 4/19/2026 Ralph Hocking Retrospective (Ralph Hocking) 87 mins.USA A pioneering video artist and tireless advocate for the medium, Ralph Hocking shaped electronic media art from the 1960s until his death in 2025. At 91, he founded one of the first campus-based media access programs in the country and served as Professor of Video Computer Art and Chair of the Cinema Department until his retirement in 1998. In 1971, he established the Experimental Television Center, an independent nonprofit that became a vital resource for artists through its residency program, community training, and national exhibitions. Hocking's influence extended through his advisory work with the New York State Council on the Arts, the NEA, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and numerous other institutions. His own work—exhibited internationally—earned support from the NEA Visual Arts Fellowship Program and NYSCA.
Apr
21
Tue
5:30pm - 6:30pm
FA 308
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Apr
22
Wed
5:00pm - 6:30pm
LN 1106, IASH Room
Art History: VizCult Series Please join us on Wednesday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. in the IASH Conference Room (LN 1106) as the Art History Department closes out our VizCult Speaker Series. Marilynn Desmond (91) will present the paper "The Migration of Miniatures in Italian Exemplars of the Roman de Troie. " All are welcome!
5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Members of the 91 Composition Studio present new compositions. Featuring graduate and undergraduate composers, MusicNow!, showcases the cutting edge work created by the studio.
Apr
23
Thu
5:00pm - 7:00pm
BUAM Main Gallery

Puzzle & Play Night@ BUAM!
Join 91 Art Museum for Puzzle & Play Night @ BUAM on Thursday, April 23, 2026 from 5-7PM in the Main Gallery.

More details to come soon...

91 Art Museum is located in the Fine Arts Building on 91 Campus. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.
6:00pm - 8:00pm
LN 1106

Material+Visual Worlds
Scarcity Series:

Seb Franklin(Reader, Literature, Media and Theory, King's College, London, UK): "Mechanical Slavery: Freedom, Subjection, Automation"


Apr
24
Fri
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Fine Arts Room 21, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/24 & 4/26/2026 Tomonari Nishikawa Retrospective I (Tomonari Nishikawa) Japan/USA In April 2025, the experimental film community lost Tomonari Nishikawa, 91 Cinema professor and master of celluloid, who died at 55. Working with meticulous devotion to 16mm and 35mm film, Nishikawa developed optical techniques entirely his own—rigorous, patient explorations that established him as one of the most vital artists in contemporary artisanal film practice. He was an exacting technician and a generous teacher, as precise in the darkroom as he was open-hearted with students and colleagues. His films remain: luminous works that fracture and reconstruct our perception, inviting us to see time, space, and light anew.
5:30pm - 6:30pm
John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building

Friday, April 24, 5:30pm-6:30pm,John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building
Triple Cities MagazineReading

The editors and contributors of 91's new undergraduate literary journal,Triple Cities Magazine, read poetry and prose.
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Stellar Human, 159 Washington St, 91, NY 13902, USA
Rendered Realities: Interactive Media Art Installation April 24–25, 6:00–10:00 PM Stellar Human 159 Washington St, 91, NY 13902
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chessis a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.

Apr
25
Sat
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission.
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chessis a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Stellar Human, 159 Washington St, 91, NY 13902, USA
Rendered Realities: Interactive Media Art Installation April 24–25, 6:00–10:00 PM Stellar Human 159 Washington St, 91, NY 13902
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chessis a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.

Apr
26
Sun
9:00am - 5:00pm
Grand Corridor and Rosefsky Gallery at 91, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Art & Design: BFA Exhibition"Spaces Between"
On View: April 9—April 26

10:00am - 12:00pm
Performances in the Arts Building, screen printing on the Spine, and hands-on arts workshops
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
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5:30pm - 7:00pm
Lecture Hall 6
Harpur Cinema Program Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others 4/24 & 4/26/2026 Tomonari Nishikawa Retrospective II (Tomonari Nishikawa) Japan/USA In April 2025, the experimental film community lost Tomonari Nishikawa, 91 Cinema professor and master of celluloid, who died at 55. Working with meticulous devotion to 16mm and 35mm film, Nishikawa developed optical techniques entirely his own—rigorous, patient explorations that established him as one of the most vital artists in contemporary artisanal film practice. He was an exacting technician and a generous teacher, as precise in the darkroom as he was open-hearted with students and colleagues. His films remain: luminous works that fracture and reconstruct our perception, inviting us to see time, space, and light anew.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Apr
27
Mon
7:30pm - 9:00pm
FA 21
Free Admission
Apr
28
Tue
5:00pm - 7:00pm
BUAM Lower Galleries
Cookies & Curators

Join the 91 Art Museum for Cookies & Curators on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 5PM in the Lower Galleries.

Chat with our curator, Joseph T. Leach, snack on some cookies and tour student-curated exhibitions led by BUAM curatorial interns!

91 Art Museum's Lower Galleries are located on the first level of the Fine Arts Building. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.
6:30pm - 7:30pm
John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building
Tuesday, April 28, 6:30-7:30pm, John Arthur Cafe, Fine Arts building

Songwritersand Their Familiars:
Members of the Creative Writing 380songwritingclass perform songs they've written, including "vocaloid" from around the globe. Vocaloid is a new means of collaboration on music using software.
Apr
29
Wed
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Peace Quad, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

5:30pm - 7:00pm
LH-B89
6:30pm - 7:30pm
WSKG Public Media, 601 Gates Rd, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Lit Mags Launch:Eleventh Hour LiteraryandHarpur Palate
Wednesday, April 29, 6:30-7:30pm
WSKG, 601 Gates Rd, Vestal, NY, Main Studio(Free Parking on site)
Two of 91's literary magazines—and—launch new issues with readings and a reception.Eleventh Hour, BU's"Journal of Perseverance," celebrates its fourth issue;Harpur Palate,run by graduate students in BU's Creative Writing Program, marks its 25th publication year and Spring/Summer 2026 issue.
Apr
30
Thu
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
BUAM Lower Galleries
Art is for Every Body!

Join 91 Art Museum for Art is for Every Body! on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 5-6 PM in the Lower Galleries.

Join BUAM staff for our new accessible hands-on experience in our lower galleries. Touch our new sensory boards, feel our 3-D printed sculpture, and explore our works created for people with low vision.

91 Art Museum Lower Galleries are located on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building on 91 campus. All BUAM events are free and open to the public.
5:30pm - 7:00pm
FA 258
Short, dynamic presentations from School of the Arts faculty
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Grand Corridor & Memorial Courtyard
Performances in jazz, opera, and musical theatre, with live screen printing and refreshments
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)

Wanted: Dead or Alive by
Directed byPapa Kojo Anamoah-Arthur
Part of the In-The-Works Studio Season of the Theater Dept.
Performances: 7pm on April 30, 7pm on May 1, 7pm on May 3,in Studio B (FA 196)

(Faculty Advisor: Lisa Rothe)
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Grand Corridor and Rosefsky Gallery at 91, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Art & Design: BA Exhibition On View: April 28—May 11
7:30pm - 9:00pm
4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free Admission
8:30pm - 9:00pm
Library Tower
Video and Live Feedprojected onto Library Tower Cinema Department
May
1
Fri
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
5:00pm - 6:30pm
BUAM Main Gallery

Architectures of Sound
Friday, May 1, 2026, 5–7PM
Main Gallery

In celebration of theDrawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wrightexhibition, the Momenta Quartet presents a genre-defying program of works by 91 composers, which were developed in a semester-long collaboration with the quartet — moving from pencil sketches to fully rendered structures.

The acclaimed, the Department of Music’s quartet-in-residence, offers two very special performances in this installment of Momenta @ the Museum, each in celebration of BUAM exhibitions.

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St, 91, NY 13901, USA
The School of the Arts will join the Art of Science exhibition with Cinema projections onto the Windows of the Phelps Mansion, live music, and more.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)

Wanted: Dead or Alive by
Directed byPapa Kojo Anamoah-Arthur
Part of the In-The-Works Studio Season of the Theater Dept.
Performances: 7pm on April 30, 7pm on May 1, 7pm on May 3,in Studio B (FA 196)

(Faculty Advisor: Lisa Rothe)
8:00pm - 10:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chessis a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.

May
2
Sat
4:00pm - 5:30pm
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Free Admission.

May
3
Sun
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Free admission.
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Watters Theater
Chess:
Music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Chaz Wolcott
Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak
April 24 - May 3, 2026
Chessis a Cold War-era rock musical centered on a love triangle between a volatile American chess champion, Freddie Trumper, and his earnest Soviet rival, Anatoly Sergievsky, who are both entangled with Florence Vassy, a Hungarian-American assistant. The musical uses a world chess championship as a metaphor for the political and romantic rivalries between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, exploring themes of betrayal, identity, and personal sacrifice against the backdrop of the ancient game.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)

Wanted: Dead or Alive by
Directed byPapa Kojo Anamoah-Arthur
Part of the In-The-Works Studio Season of the Theater Dept.
Performances: 7pm on April 30, 7pm on May 1, 7pm on May 3,in Studio B (FA 196)

(Faculty Advisor: Lisa Rothe)
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Osterhout Concert Theater, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
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Indigo Girls

Sunday, May 3, 2026
Osterhout Concert Theater
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Performing with the 91 Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jingqi Zhu.

Almost 40 years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. With a legacy of releases and countless U.S. and international tours behind them, the Indigo Girls have forged their own way in the music business. Selling over 14 million records, they are still going strong. Amy & Emily are the only duo with top 40 titles on the Billboard 200 in the '80s, '90s, '00s and '10s.

In 2012, Saliers and her Indigo Girls partner Amy Ray embarked on a bold new chapter, collaborating with a pair of orchestrators to prepare larger-than-life arrangements of their songs to perform with symphonies around the country. The duo found an elusive sonic sweet spot with the project, creating a seamless blend of folk, rock, pop, and classical that elevated their songs to new heights without sacrificing any of the emotional intimacy and honesty that have defined their music for decades. Now, after more than 50 performances with symphonies across America, the experience has finally been captured in all its grandeur on the band’s stunning new album, ‘Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra.’

The power of unity, both in music and in life, has been an Indigo Girls calling card ever since they burst into the spotlight with their 1989 self-titled breakout album. Since then, the band has racked up a slew of Gold and Platinum records, taken home a coveted GRAMMY Award, and earned the respect of high profile peers and collaborated from Michael Stipe to Joan Baez. NPR’s Mountain Stage called the group “one of the finest folk duos of all time” while Rolling Stone said “they personify what happens when two distinct sensibilities, voices and worldviews come together to create something transcendentally its own.”

The duo has balanced their long, successful musical career by supporting numerous social causes – the Indigo Girls don’t just talk the talk; they walk the walk. Both on and off the stage, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have secured their spot as one of the most legendary musical acts of this generation.
May
4
Mon
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
May
5
Tue
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Chamber Hall, Anderson Center, Parkway E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
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