March 2020
Thursday 5 Mar
Dangerous “Passing”: Addie Hunton and Black Women’s Fight Against Disfranchisement in 1920s Virginia (Women's History Colloquium)
SLON Combo
/ Thursday
In late October 1920, investigator Addie Hunton “hurr[ied] along” her report to NAACP chair Mary White Ovington. With only days to go before the November presidential election, there was no time to spare. The Nineteenth Amendment was now on the books, but registrars in Norfolk, Virginia were refusing Black women who tried to register to vote. These women feared white reprisals if they challenged the officials, yet they freely told their stories of rejection and humiliation to Hunton, an NAACP representative who had traveled in from New York and who spent less than 48 hours in town. Why did they share such dangerous stories with a total stranger? Liette Gidlow unwinds this mystery by delving deep into the archives to explore the many ways African American women in the Jim Crow South fought for voting rights after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Her research finds that while a great many southern Black women were indeed disfranchised, a surprising number in fact succeeded in voting, and their successes, together with ceaseless agitation by those who remained disfranchised, transformed American politics for the next hundred years and ultimately helped elect Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president.
Friday 6 Mar
Sarah Lawrence Theatre Presents: Head Over Heels
Performing Arts Center Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre
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A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.
Dance Performances Spring 2020
Performing Arts Center Bessie Schonberg Dance Studio
/ Friday
2020 Brendan Gill Lecture featuring Jill Lepore (E Pluribus Unum Event Series)
Performing Arts Center Reisinger Auditorium
/ Friday
Jill Lepore is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a Harvard University professor, and the author of the bestselling book These Truths: A History of the United States.
Saturday 7 Mar
Men's Volleyball Tri-Match vs. Purchase and Elizabeth Town College
Campbell Sports Center Full Gym
/ Saturday
SLC Theatre presents: Head Over Heels Conceived and Written by Jeff Whitty; Adapted by James Magruder; Directed by Stephen Tyler Davis
Performing Arts Center Suzanne Werner Wright Theatre
/ Saturday
A fierce new musical comedy adaptation of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance, The Arcadia, set to the music and lyrics of the iconic girl group, The Go-Go's.
Dance Performances Spring 2020
Performing Arts Center Bessie Schonberg Dance Studio
/ Saturday
Sunday 8 Mar
Westchester Chamber Soloists with SLC Choir
Performing Arts Center Reisinger Auditorium
/ Sunday
The Westchester Chamber Soloists, established in January 2020, is a newly-formed chamber orchestra focused on performing the concerto literature for all solo symphonic instruments and for piano, as well as other orchestral and selected vocal/choral works.
Tickets available through Eventbrite
Tuesday 10 Mar
Sarah Lawrence College Art of Teaching Film Series presents: No Small Matter
Barbara Walters Campus Center Room B
/ Tuesday
The Art of Teaching Program at Sarah Lawrence College invites you to join us for our 2020 Film Series featuring No Small Matter, a feature-length documentary film and national engagement campaign that brings public attention to this vital question by sharing powerful stories and stunning truths about the human capacity for early intelligence and the potential for quality early care and education to benefit America’s social and economic future.
After the documentary there will be a panel discussion on the importance of the early years! Light refreshments will be provided.
CANCELED: Screening and Discussion of Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt
Heimbold Visual Arts Center Donnelley Film Theatre
/ Tuesday
This evening's event has been canceled. It is likely to be rescheduled later in the semester, and we look forward to sharing details as they become available.
April 2020
Monday 6 Apr
Saturday 18 Apr
Sarah Lawrence Theatre Presents: thewaves-or-untitled (A Digital Performance)
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thewaves-or-untitled is a radical deconstruction of Virginia Woolf's experimental 1931 novel The Waves, through writing, dance, and experimental modes of performance.
Wednesday 22 Apr
Screening of "Be Natural" and Q&A with co-producer Cosima Littlewood '15
Off Campus Online
/ Wednesday
Join us online for a screening and discussion of the film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, featuring a Q&A with co-producer Cosima Littlewood ’15 and film history faculty Sally Shafto.
Thursday 23 Apr
Panel Discussion: Indigenous Resistance in the Americas
Off Campus Online
/ Thursday
Across the Americas, Indigenous peoples have been rising up to challenge political violence, austerity measures, and environmental injustice. Current social movements led by Indigenous groups reflect enduring histories of resistance against settler colonialism that emphasize Native people's agency, rights, and sovereignty. This panel focuses on Indigenous resistance movements to understand the connections between Native American and Indigenous experience across the hemisphere.
Book Discussion: The Man With No Borders with Author Richard Morais '81
Off Campus Online
/ Thursday
Join us for a special evening with alumnus Richard C. Morais '81 in a live discussion of his most recent novel The Man With No Borders.
Friday 24 Apr
The Writing Institute Presents Lunch-Break Launch: Facebook Live Book Launch Celebration
OFFCM Online
/ Friday
Celebrate the launch of two Writing Institute instructors' new books!
Saturday 25 Apr
DanceFilm Festival
Off Campus Online
/ Saturday
Now in its fifth year, the annual Sarah Lawrence College Dancefilm Festival will be held online this year!
Monday 27 Apr
Faculty Roundtable on the Coronavirus Pandemic
OFFCM ONLINE EVENT
/ Monday
Join us as a panel of Sarah Lawrence faculty members discuss the Coronavirus pandemic from a variety of vantage points.
Urban Agriculture: Exploring and Envisioning the Sustainable, Resilient City with Annie Novak '05
OFFCM Online
/ Monday
Join Annie Novak '05, farmer and co-founder of the nation’s first green roof farm, in a conversation focusing on New York City: its farms and gardens, its past, and its potential for growth.
Thursday 30 Apr
The Social Determinants of Health with Sarah Noble '97
Off Campus Online
/ Thursday
Why are people of color more at risk for COVID-19 and other illnesses? In this brief introduction we will learn the social determinants of health, understand how they affect health and longevity, and discover tools to limit their effects.
May 2020
Wednesday 6 May
The Original Six: The Story of Hollywood's Forgotten Feminist Crusaders
Off Campus Online
/ Wednesday
Students and guests will engage in a discussion examining and reflecting on gender disparities within the entertainment industry.
Sarah Lawrence Theatre Presents: a written demand of sequential happenings. also, a radio reading with visual aid
Off Campus Online
/ Wednesday
Part of the First Look Reading Series.
Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Presents: Grad Solos Festival
Off Campus Online
/ Wednesday
MFA students present their thesis performances.
Thursday 7 May
Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Presents: 3D Woman Human
Off Campus Online
/ Thursday
Theatre faculty member David Neumann presents "3D Woman Human," a collection of digital art pieces assembled through the lens of making theatre.
SLC Theatre Presents: Grad Solos Festival
Off Campus Online
/ Thursday
MFA students present their thesis performances.