Spring 2020

Events at a Glance
Spring 2020

09

9/2019–8/2020
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Sunday, September 1, 2019 (All day) to Monday, August 31, 2020 (All day)
Windows Invitational
Davis Museum Lobby Windows
9/2019–6/2020
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Friday, September 13, 2019 (All day) to Sunday, June 7, 2020 (All day)
Hidden Histories: Revealing the Life of a Painting
Robert and Claire Freedman Lober Viewing Alcove

01

1/9, 2:45–4 PM
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 -
2:45pm to 4:00pm
<em>Tough Love and the Things Worth Fighting For</em>
Jewett Auditorium
1/16–2/9
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Thursday, January 16, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, February 9, 2020 (All day)
Wellesley Repertory Theatre Presents: <em>boom</em>
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
1/20–3/6
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Monday, January 20, 2020 (All day) to Friday, March 6, 2020 (All day)
Some of Us Were Brave: Toisha Tucker
Jewett Art Gallery

02

2/4–2/6, 2/9 (Sunday)2/9 (Sun), 2/11 (Tuesday)2/11 (Tue), 2/13 (Thursday)2/13 (Thu)
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (All day) to Thursday, February 6, 2020 (All day)
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Sunday, February 9, 2020 (All day)
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 (All day)
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Thursday, February 13, 2020 (All day)
The Spanish and Portuguese Film Festival
Collins Cinema and Founders 120
2/4, 4:30–6 PM
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Deceiving Dragons: Affecting Tradition in Korean Contemporary Arts
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
2/6, 6:30–9 PM
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Thursday, February 6, 2020 -
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Spring Opening Celebration
Davis Lobby & Galleries
2/7–6/7
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Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, June 7, 2020 (All day)
<em>Going Viral: Photography, Performance, and the Everyday</em>
Morelle Lasky Levine '56 Works on Paper Gallery
2/7–6/7
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Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, June 7, 2020 (All day)
Making, Not Taking: Portrait Photography in the 19th Century
Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery
2/7–6/7
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Friday, February 7, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, June 7, 2020 (All day)
Q20: Wellesley Faculty Artists
Camilla Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler Gallery, Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Gallery
2/8 (Saturday)2/8 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, February 8, 2020 - 7:30pm
Music Department Honors Concert
Jewett Auditorium
2/11 (Tuesday)2/11 (Tue), 4 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - 4:00pm
Curatorial Gallery Talk: Carrie Cushman: Making, Not Taking
Joan Levine Freedman ’57 and Richard I. Freedman Gallery
2/11, 4:30–6 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Losing Laroche: The Story of the Only Black Passenger on the Titanic
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
2/15 (Saturday)2/15 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 7:30pm
Hildegard von Bingen’s <em>ORDO VIRTUTUMM</em>
Houghton Memorial Chapel
2/19 (Wednesday)2/19 (Wed), 3/18 (Wednesday)3/18 (Wed), 4/15 (Wednesday)4/15 (Wed), 5/20 (Wednesday)5/20 (Wed)
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 (All day)
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (All day)
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 (All day)
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 (All day)
*Canceled* Mindful Meditation
Davis Museum Lobby
2/19 (Wednesday)2/19 (Wed), 4:30 PM, 2/20 (Thursday)2/20 (Thu), 12:45 PM
Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 4:30pm
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 12:45pm
Brown-Eyed Handsome Men: Sex, Race, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the West
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
2/20 (Thursday)2/20 (Thu), 1 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 1:00pm
Jazz Midday Muse: Mark Hamilton & <em>Klezperanto!</em>
Jewett Auditorium
2/20 (Thursday)2/20 (Thu), 4 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 4:00pm
Can the U.S. Export the First Amendment?
Library Lecture Room
2/20 (Thursday)2/20 (Thu), 6:30 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 6:30pm
The Cypher: Electoral Politics: Young, Black, and Undecided
Harambee House
2/20 (Thursday)2/20 (Thu), 8 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 8:00pm
And Then Came Dance: The Women Who Led Volynsky to Ballet’s Magic Kingdom
Library Lecture Room
2/22 (Saturday)2/22 (Sat), 2 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, February 22, 2020 - 2:00pm
Black History Month Tour
Davis Museum
2/24 (Monday)2/24 (Mon), 8 PM
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Monday, February 24, 2020 - 8:00pm
The Music of Tchaikovsky
Pendleton Grand Music Salon (Pendleton West 201)
2/25 (Tuesday)2/25 (Tue), 7 PM
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 7:00pm
Wellesley College Theatre Presents: <em>The Infinite Wrench</em>
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
2/25, 7:30–10 PM
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020 -
7:30pm to 10:00pm
Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Alumnae Hall
2/27, 4:30–6 PM
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm
The Cornille Lecture: The Book as Lens: Making Books as a Mode of Inquiry
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
2/28 (Friday)2/28 (Fri), 7 PM
Event Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2020 - 7:00pm
Black History Month Coffeehouse & Open Mic: Danez Smith
Harambee House

03

3/1 (Sunday)3/1 (Sun), 7 PM
Event Date: 
Sunday, March 1, 2020 - 7:00pm
American Factory: A Film By Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar
Collins Cinema
3/3 (Tuesday)3/3 (Tue), 3:45 PM, 3/4 (Wednesday)3/4 (Wed), 12:45 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 3:45pm
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 12:45pm
Gods and Robots: Myths and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
3/5, 4:30–6 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 5, 2020 -
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Boston’s King Incident of 1905
Newhouse Center for the Humanities
3/5, 5:30–7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 5, 2020 -
5:30pm to 7:30pm
International Women’s Day Panel and Reception with Hauwa Ibrahim
Alumnae Hall Ballroom
3/6 (Friday)3/6 (Fri), 4 PM
Event Date: 
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 4:00pm
Meritocracy and Its Discontents
Alumnae Hall Ballroom
3/7, 11 AM–5 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, March 7, 2020 -
11:00am to 5:00pm
**Postponed** Handmade Photography Today Symposium
Collins Cinema, Davis Lobby, Davis Plaza, and Galleries
3/7 (Saturday)3/7 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 7:30pm
CONCERT CANCELLED - DESCARGA: Jazz and World Music Faculty Latin Jam!
Jewett Auditorium
3/8 (Sunday)3/8 (Sun), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 7:30pm
Visions of Paradise: Tchaikovsky’s <em>String Quartet No. 2</em>
Pendleton Grand Music Salon (Pendleton West 201)
3/11, 1–2 PM
Event Date: 
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Unlock the Census
Clapp 131
3/12, 3:30–5 PM
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Thursday, March 12, 2020 -
3:30pm to 5:00pm
*Canceled* Educator Workshop
Davis Lobby & Galleries
3/12 (Thursday)3/12 (Thu), 5 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - 5:00pm
*Canceled* Annual Friends of the Library Lecture by Nancy Siegel
Collins Cinema
3/13–4/20
Event Date: 
Friday, March 13, 2020 (All day) to Monday, April 20, 2020 (All day)
Toro Herrera: An Exhibition by César Gabler
Jewett Art Gallery
3/14, 8:30 AM–5 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, March 14, 2020 -
8:30am to 5:00pm
The Wellesley-Deerfield Symposium *Canceled*
Collins Cinema
3/14 (Saturday)3/14 (Sat), 2 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, March 14, 2020 - 2:00pm
*Canceled* Women’s History Month Tour
Davis Museum
3/17 (Tuesday)3/17 (Tue), 4 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - 4:00pm
*Canceled* Curatorial Gallery Talk: Carrie Cushman: <em>Going Viral</em>
Morelle Lasky Levine ’56 Works on Paper Gallery
3/19 (Thursday)3/19 (Thu), 1 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 1:00pm
*CANCELED* Midday Muse: <em>Romantic Horns</em>, Fred Aldrich and Friends
Jewett Auditorium
3/30 (Monday)3/30 (Mon), 5:30 PM
Event Date: 
Monday, March 30, 2020 - 5:30pm
It All Started with ARTH 100 *Canceled*
Jewett Arts Center 450

04

4/4 (Saturday)4/4 (Sat), 2 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 2:00pm
Museum Day: Earth Optimism: Gallery Nature Walk
Davis Museum Lobby
4/4 (Saturday)4/4 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* <em>The Baum Memorial Concert</em>
Houghton Memorial Chapel
4/6 (Monday)4/6 (Mon), 7 PM
Event Date: 
Monday, April 6, 2020 - 7:00pm
*Canceled* Wellesley College Theatre Presents: <em>Overlooked Latinas</em>
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
4/9 (Thursday)4/9 (Thu), 12:45 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 12:45pm
*Postponed* Supporting our Undocumented, DACA, and TPS Students
Alumnae Hall Ballroom
4/10, 3–4 PM
Event Date: 
Friday, April 10, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Artist Talk: Alex Smith
Davis Lobby
4/11–4/18
Event Date: 
Repeats every week until Wed Apr 22 2020.
Saturday, April 11, 2020 (All day)
Saturday, April 18, 2020 (All day)
Bark and Metal Tour
Davis Museum Lobby
4/11, 11 AM–12 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 11, 2020 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Stroller and Story Time Saturday
Davis Museum
4/14 (Tuesday)4/14 (Tue), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensemble)
Houghton Memorial Chapel
4/18 (Saturday)4/18 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 18, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* Chucho Valdés: <em>A Legend!</em>
Alumnae Hall Ballroom
4/21, 12:45–1:45 PM
Event Date: 
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 -
12:45pm to 1:45pm
Artist Talk: Cara Romero
Collins Cinema
4/23–4/26
Event Date: 
Thursday, April 23, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, April 26, 2020 (All day)
*Canceled* Wellesley College Theatre Presents: <em>Silent Sky</em>
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
4/23 (Thursday)4/23 (Thu), 7 PM
Event Date: 
Thursday, April 23, 2020 - 7:00pm
*Canceled* Skylark Ensemble presents <em>Sub Rosa: Secrets Revealed</em>
Houghton Memorial Chapel
4/24 (Friday)4/24 (Fri), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* Wellesley BlueJazz Combos Concert: <em>No Walls, No Borders</em>
Jewett Auditorium
4/25, 11 AM–3 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 25, 2020 -
11:00am to 3:00pm
Family Day: Fun with Photos
Davis Lobby, Plaza, and Galleries
4/25 (Saturday)4/25 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, April 25, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Spring Concert: Catch a Rising Star!
Houghton Memorial Chapel
4/26 (Sunday)4/26 (Sun), 4/30 (Thursday)4/30 (Thu), 5/3 (Sunday)5/3 (Sun), 5/5 (Tuesday)5/5 (Tue), 5/6 (Wednesday)5/6 (Wed)
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Sunday, April 26, 2020 (All day)
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 (All day)
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Sunday, May 3, 2020 (All day)
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 (All day)
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020 (All day)
*Canceled* Chamber Music Society
Various locations

05

5/1 (Friday)5/1 (Fri), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Friday, May 1, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled*Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band Spring Concert: <em>“Have you Heard?”</em>
Jewett Auditorium
5/2 (Saturday)5/2 (Sat), 2 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, May 2, 2020 - 2:00pm
*Cancled* Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Tour
Davis Museum
5/2 (Saturday)5/2 (Sat), 7:30 PM
Event Date: 
Saturday, May 2, 2020 - 7:30pm
*Canceled* Yanvalou Drum and Dance Ensemble
Jewett Auditorium
5/9–5/31
Event Date: 
Saturday, May 9, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, May 31, 2020 (All day)
The 2020 Senior and Thesis Art Exhibition
N/a

06

6/3–6/28
Event Date: 
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 (All day) to Sunday, June 28, 2020 (All day)
*Canceled* Wellesley Repertory Theatre Presents: “The Last Wife”
Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre