Events

Westchester Chamber Soloists present Mendelssohn:  Hebrides Overture ('Fingal's Cave')*, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto */**, Poulenc: Sextet for Winds & Piano, Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 *

* Mina Kim, Guest Conductor

 **  Alan Schaffer, Clarinet Soloist

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Join the Women’s and Gender History Working Group for a screening of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Janes, a film about the women of the Jane Collective, an underground network for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions in 1970s Chicago. The screening will be followed by a discussion with directors Emma Pildes ’02 and Tia Lessin moderated by Associate Dean Lyde Sizer, history faculty. 

This event will be held on Sarah Lawrence’s campus and is open to the entire community. The discussion following the screening at 8:00 PM ET will be available for in-person or virtual participation.

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Join award winning author Malinda Lo for a craft workshop dedicated to tips and tools for helping your novel revision take shape. REGISTER HERE. 

The Sarah Lawrence College Dancefilm Festival, celebrating its seventh year in 2023, includes shorts in multiple genres by current students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Sarah Lawrence College. The festival is organized and curated by students and staff.

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David Lindsay-Abaire ’92 is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play Good People premiered on Broadway, was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, The Horton Foote Prize, The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and two Tony nominations. His previous play Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, and the Spirit of America Award. David also wrote the book and lyrics for Shrek the Musical (Jeanine Tesori, composer), which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, and earned David the Kleban Prize as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. David’s other plays include Ripcord, Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen credits include his film adaptation of Rabbit Hole (starring Nicole Kidman, Oscar nomination), Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians, and The Family Fang, among others. He is also, along with Tanya Barfield, Co-Director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School. 

Presented by the Sarah Lawrence College Writing and Theatre Departments.

The MFA Writing Program and The Writing Institute are excited to co-sponsor a craft talk and reading by SLC MFA alum and Writing Institute instructor Marcia Bradley to celebrate the publication of her debut novel The Home for Wayward Girls (April 4, HarperCollins). Bradley will touch on her journey from MFA student to publication, while reading excerpts from the book. Book sales and signing will follow in the Heimbold Visual Arts Center Atrium.

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President Cristle Collins Judd will engage in a conversation with Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch, exploring the specific role of and challenges for museums in using the past to make the present coherent.