Events

Join Joseph Forte, Faculty Emeritus, on campus, for an exclusive preview of his forthcoming book on the architectural history of Sarah Lawrence. Drawing from his initial research, Joe will uncover little-known stories hidden in the walls, pathways, and green spaces of our campus as well as little known predecessors, fabricated and real genealogies, and masterpieces hiding in plain sight. Joe brings these histories to light with curiosity, care, and deep affection for our wonderful campus. Rediscover the Sarah Lawrence you thought you knew--and leave with a whole new appreciation for the grounds that shape your Sarah Lawrence experience.

Funding for this program is provided by the Joseph C. Forte Faculty Research and Development Fund in Art History.

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Akhil Sharma is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary Award and the Folio Prize. Sharma’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Best American Short Stories, and the O. Henry Award anthology. A native of Delhi, he lives in New York City and teaches English at Rutgers University–Newark.

This event is colloquium credit eligible. Register here for the Zoom livestream. 

We’re pleased to welcome Arietta Slade ’73, Ph.D. as the guest speaker for the 2026 Longfellow Lecture at Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. Slade is a clinical psychologist, Professor Adjunct of Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Professor Emerita at the City College of New York, and Co-Founder of Minding the Baby, an interdisciplinary home-visiting program for high-risk mothers and infants. An internationally recognized scholar of attachment and the parent-child relationship, she will discuss how parents, caregivers, clinicians, and teachers can “hold the child in mind” to foster understanding, connection, and healthy development.

Sarah Lawrence College offers 1.5 CTLE hours for this in-person program on the Bronxville campus. Attendance is required to receive CTLE hours.

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Please join us for a reading and Q&A with Akhil Sharma, followed by book sales and signing.

Akhil Sharma is the author of Family Life, a New York Times Best Book of the Year and the winner of the International DUBLIN Literary Award and the Folio Prize. Sharma’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Best American Short Stories, and the O. Henry Award anthology. A native of Delhi, he lives in New York City and teaches English at Rutgers University–Newark.

This event is colloquium credit eligible.

5, 6, 7, 8! follows Annie, a middle schooler who discovers musical theatre through her mom’s choreography. Across four years in small-town Maine, 2004-2008, she learns through what it means to care for oneself and others. A tender portrait of girlhood, performance, and generational trauma. This piece is presented as part of the First Look Reading Series.

Luis Jaramillo is the author of The Witches of El Paso. He is also the author of the award-winning short story collection The Doctor’s Wife. His writing has appeared in Literary Hub, BOMB Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. His honors include fellowships from Aspen Words, the Sewanee Writers Conference, and the New York Institute for the Humanities. He is an associate professor of creative writing at The New School. He received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an MFA in creative writing from The New School.

This event is colloquium credit eligible. Register here for the Zoom livestream.

Collaborative concert: Westchester Chamber Soloists featuring SLC Students & Faculty:

Rafael Hendrick-Baker: Music for Shenandoah

Kate Cornyn:  Tchaikovsky’s ‘Marche Slave’

Renae Sullivan:  Donizetti’s ‘La Fille du Regiment’ / Strauss ‘Morgen’

Lazar Nelkovski: original work (tba)

Dena Brennan:  Mark Camphouse’s ‘from Three London Miniatures’

PROKOFIEV:  Peter and the Wolf

Prof. Martin Goldray, conductor

Narrator: Ayala Dinour

Please join us on Monday, April 13th at 6:30 for an evening of song with the voice studio of Sarah Wolfson with Michael Maronich on piano.

Anelise Chen is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel, So Many Olympic Exertions, was published by Kaya Press in 2017. It was a VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Finalist. Her second book, Clam Down (One World), based on her brief stint as the Paris Review Daily's "mollusk correspondent," was published in June 2025. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Awardee. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, The Believer, McSweeney's, BOMB, The New Republic, NPR, Village Voice, Conjunctions, and more.

This event is colloquium credit eligible.