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The listings below include arts events presented by departments & groups across the Princeton campus. Click "LCA" above to view Lewis Center events only.
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left unsaid: Senior Art Show by Monique Legaspi
Visual Arts senior Monique Legaspi presents an exhibition of new work. Lucas Gallery open daily at all hours. FREE; Open to University community.
Free
Watch + Vote: 2022 Princeton Research Day Videos
From April 29-May 2, watch videos submitted by over 120 Princeton students and early-career researchers as part of Princeton Research Day. Vote for your favorite by May 2 @ 9 AM.
Free
Folkscraft: Senior Art Show by Miles Wilson
VIS senior Miles Wilson presents an exhibition of new work. Gallery open daily at all hours. FREE; Open to University community.
Free
(in)Visible Wild
Students in Professor of Visual Arts Jeff Whetstone’s spring course, “The Visible Wild,” share work from a class that combines photography with environmental science. CoLab open 24/7. FREE; open to University community.
Free
What We’ve Lost and What We’ve Learned: Senior Cabaret
What We’ve Lost and What We’ve Learned: Senior Cabaret
A musical theater cabaret conceived by senior Chloe Horner that focuses on reclaiming the elements of the college experience that students missed out on during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, student performers and audiences will explore the themes of friendship, love and relationships, and mental health. Open to University community; free tickets required.
Free
7 events,
185 Pharmacy: A VIS Junior Show
Juniors in the Program in Visual Arts present an exhibition of recent work. Hagan Gallery open 24/7. FREE; open to Princeton students, faculty + staff.
Free
Career Advising Hours
Career Advising Hours
Drop-in for Career Advising Hours with Yee Ho, an Advisor in the Center for Career Development, to explore your interests and possible creative career paths. FREE; open to Princeton students.
Free
6 events,
2022 Junior + Senior Thesis Film Festival
2022 Junior + Senior Thesis Film Festival
The VIS program and Dept. of Art & Archaeology present a screening of the animation, documentary and narrative thesis films made by junior and senior students in the program. Refreshments will be served. Open to the public; Free tickets required.
Free
8 events,
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Spring 2022 Film + Video Classes Screening
Spring 2022 Film + Video Classes Screening
The Program in Visual Arts presents short films by students in spring film and animation production classes. Refreshments served. FREE; open to University community.
Free
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2022 Princeton Research Day
2022 Princeton Research Day
Princeton Research Day is a celebration of the research, scholarly and creative work conducted by early-career researchers (undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and other early-career non-faculty researchers) from across the campus in the arts and humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering. Mainstage event on Maya 5 is free and open to public.
Free
Creating My World into Being: A Celebration of the Theater Maker’s Imagination with Roger Q Mason ’08
Creating My World into Being: A Celebration of the Theater Maker’s Imagination with Roger Q Mason ’08
Gather and dream about making the theatre we want to see on our stages. We'll discuss making work from a place of joy, theatre making tips and tricks from the field, and the essential nature of collaboration, led by Roger Q Mason '08. Ice cream provided. FREE; open to all Princeton students.
Free
6 events,
Store as Art
Store as Art
In “Store as Art," students explore the role of art and the artist in relationship to commerce by opening and operating a retail establishment in downtown Princeton. Weekly Day Markets feature student-made products for sale; weekly late Friday Night Markets feature an "experience economy." Various other events planned. Hours of operation vary; economics of the store vary and may include cash, bartering, etc. FREE; open to public.
Free
4 events,
Career Advising Hours
Career Advising Hours
Drop-in for Career Advising Hours with Yee Ho, an Advisor in the Center for Career Development, to explore your interests and possible creative career paths. FREE; open to Princeton students.
Free
3 events,
Joseph Cermatori & Michael Cadden: Baroque Modernity — An Aesthetics of Theater
Joseph Cermatori & Michael Cadden: Baroque Modernity — An Aesthetics of Theater
Come discuss a groundbreaking study on the vital role of baroque theater in shaping modernist philosophy, literature, and performance. Hybrid event held at Labyrinth and livestream via Crowdcast.
Free
3 events,
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MWEDZI: An ancestral song cycle with Hodder Fellow Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa
MWEDZI: An ancestral song cycle with Hodder Fellow Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa
2021-22 Hodder Fellow and Princeton alum Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa ’14 performs original music for mbira, voice, and piano inspired by her ancestral rite of passage into womanhood, followed by a moderated conversation with Marcus Zvinavashe, Nyasha Jeche, and Ulenni Okandlovu from CaliGraph and Skeyi and Strobo, two Zimbabwe-based multidisciplinary art collectives, who worked on imagery for her forthcoming album “MWEDZI.” Open to public. Free tickets required.
Free
Jhumpa Lahiri & Sandra Bermann: Translating Myself and Others
Jhumpa Lahiri & Sandra Bermann: Translating Myself and Others
"Translating Myself and Others" is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages. We invite you to a conversation between the author and her colleague at Princeton and fellow-translator, Sandra Bermann. FREE and open to public; join in person or via livestream.
Free
3 events,
Body Matters Panel Discussion: On Collaboration
Body Matters Panel Discussion: On Collaboration
In conjunction with the exhibition Body Matters / Martha Friedman, opening on May 20 at Art@Bainbridge, join the artist and three of her collaborators—theorist and faculty member Tina Campt; choreographer and dancer Silas Riener '06; and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster—for a conversation about interdisciplinary thinking and a preview of the exhibition. FREE and open to public; Zoom registration required
Free
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Princeton Reunions: New Technologies in the Arts
Princeton Reunions: New Technologies in the Arts
Join a Princeton Reunions virtual panel discussion moderated by visual arts lecturer Lex Brown ’12, with panelists Christopher Janney ’72, Ted Gagliano ’82, lecturer in creative writing Christina Laziridi ’92 and Ilana Lucas ’07. FREE; registration required.
Free
1 event,
The ‘Byt’ of Literature: Literary Personalities, Scholarly Discourses and the Modes of Their Production
The ‘Byt’ of Literature: Literary Personalities, Scholarly Discourses and the Modes of Their Production
A 2-day graduate conference in the field of Slavistics with participating graduate students from the USA and Europe. For Princeton students, faculty + staff only.
Free
2 events,
The ‘Byt’ of Literature: Literary Personalities, Scholarly Discourses and the Modes of Their Production
The ‘Byt’ of Literature: Literary Personalities, Scholarly Discourses and the Modes of Their Production
A 2-day graduate conference in the field of Slavistics with participating graduate students from the USA and Europe. For Princeton students, faculty + staff only.
Free
Store as Art
Store as Art
In “Store as Art," students explore the role of art and the artist in relationship to commerce by opening and operating a retail establishment in downtown Princeton. Weekly Day Markets feature student-made products for sale; weekly late Friday Night Markets feature an "experience economy." Various other events planned. Hours of operation vary; economics of the store vary and may include cash, bartering, etc. FREE; open to public.
Free
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Body Matters — Meet the Artist: Martha Friedman
Body Matters — Meet the Artist: Martha Friedman
Join us for an introduction to the exhibition "Body Matters / Martha Friedman" with the artist and the exhibition's curator, Mitra Abbaspour. Friedman's multimedia sculptures draw on her studies of ancient Egyptian mummification, Greco-Roman portrait busts, and drawings of the brain structure and nerves by the early twentieth-century scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal to explore the relationship between the mind and the body at various points throughout history. Open to public.
Free
4 events,
Art@Bainbridge — “Body Matters” by Martha Friedman
Body Matters presents two new series of sculptures by visual arts faculty member and multimedia sculptor Martha Friedman, curated by Mitra M. Abbaspour, Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at PUAM. "Body Matters" faculty panel on April 8 @ 2 PM; "On Collaboration" Panel Discussion on May 12 @ 5:30 PM; Meet artist Martha Friedman on May 19 @ 5 PM. FREE and open to public. Open Tues-Sun.
Free
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Reunions 2022: Alumni in the Arts Party
Reunions 2022: Alumni in the Arts Party
Connect with fellow alumni working in the arts, supporting the arts, and celebrating the arts at Princeton! FREE; for Princeton alumni only.
Free
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Join us for Theatre Intime and the Princeton University Players' first reunions show since 2019! SHREK THE MUSICAL, directed by Eliyana Abraham ’23 and Gabbie Bourla ’23, is a retelling of the beloved Dreamworks classic through catchy songs and fun dances, centered around the message of being defiantly yourself when the world attempts to marginalize you. Tickets required.
$8 – $12
Princeton’s Famous Triangle Reunion Show: Singing In The Train
Princeton’s Famous Triangle Reunion Show: Singing In The Train
Reunions are back - and so is Triangle! No dinky little musical, Singin’ In the Train is an all-new full-sized full-stage riotous railroad revue by Princeton’s most talented writers, composers and performers. It’s big, loud, funny, tuneful, and unique! From high kicks to big laughs, get on board Reunions weekends for a TRAINgle show you won't want to miss! Open to public; tickets required.
$25 – $35
4 events,
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Join us for Theatre Intime and the Princeton University Players' first reunions show since 2019! SHREK THE MUSICAL, directed by Eliyana Abraham ’23 and Gabbie Bourla ’23, is a retelling of the beloved Dreamworks classic through catchy songs and fun dances, centered around the message of being defiantly yourself when the world attempts to marginalize you. Tickets required.
$8 – $12
Princeton’s Famous Triangle Reunion Show: Singing In The Train
Princeton’s Famous Triangle Reunion Show: Singing In The Train
Reunions are back - and so is Triangle! No dinky little musical, Singin’ In the Train is an all-new full-sized full-stage riotous railroad revue by Princeton’s most talented writers, composers and performers. It’s big, loud, funny, tuneful, and unique! From high kicks to big laughs, get on board Reunions weekends for a TRAINgle show you won't want to miss! Open to public; tickets required.
$25 – $35
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Princeton Reunions — Tiger Tales: From Novels to News Stories
Princeton Reunions — Tiger Tales: From Novels to News Stories
Join an alumni-faculty forum to discuss journalism and creative writing with authors Mark Alpert ’82, Lisa Gornick ’77 and E. Lily Yu ’12; author and HarperCollins editor Rakesh Satyal ’02; and ABC News Executive Producer Janice Johnston ’92. Panel moderated by Professor of Creative Writing Yiyun Li. FREE; open to registered Princeton alumni attending Reunions.
2 events,
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Theatre Intime & PUP present Shrek the Musical
Join us for Theatre Intime and the Princeton University Players' first reunions show since 2019! SHREK THE MUSICAL, directed by Eliyana Abraham ’23 and Gabbie Bourla ’23, is a retelling of the beloved Dreamworks classic through catchy songs and fun dances, centered around the message of being defiantly yourself when the world attempts to marginalize you. Tickets required.
$8 – $12
2 events,
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Lewis Center for the Arts 2022 Class Day Celebration
Lewis Center for the Arts 2022 Class Day Celebration
The Lewis Center for the Arts celebrates graduates of the Class of 2022 who earned certificates and degrees through the Programs in Creative Writing, Dance, Theater, Music Theater, and Visual Arts.
Free
2 events,
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Join the Nassau Literary Review for its ninth annual literary festival, featuring Princeton alumni working in visual arts and the publishing industry including Stacy Testa ‘10, Iris Blasi ‘03, Meghan Duval ‘93 and PUAM director James Steward.
Free
3 events,
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Join the Nassau Literary Review for its ninth annual literary festival, featuring Princeton alumni working in visual arts and the publishing industry including Stacy Testa ‘10, Iris Blasi ‘03, Meghan Duval ‘93 and PUAM director James Steward.
Free
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Nassau Literary Review Festival
Join the Nassau Literary Review for its ninth annual literary festival, featuring Princeton alumni working in visual arts and the publishing industry including Stacy Testa ‘10, Iris Blasi ‘03, Meghan Duval ‘93 and PUAM director James Steward.
Free
2 events,
Call for Submissions: “Among Trees”
Call for Submissions: “Among Trees”
“Among Trees” is accepting submissions from all local and university community members on nature, woods, and preservation! Dramatic text encouraged, as well as poetry and prose passages. Select submissions will be performed by professional actors and musicians at a public midsummer theatrical live event in Herrontown Woods on June 12 at 4 p.m. Organized by Princeton University affiliated artists Vivia Font and Ben Steinfeld. Deadline to submit: May 30, 2022.
Free
2 events,
Princeton Actors Collective presents Old Times
Princeton Actors Collective presents Old Times
Princeton-based actors & Program in Theater guest artists Katharine Powell, Vivia Font, and Ben Steinfeld share an actor-led investigation of "Old Times," a 1971 masterpiece by one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. Free and open to the public; tickets required.
Free
2 events,
Princeton Actors Collective presents Old Times
Princeton Actors Collective presents Old Times
Princeton-based actors & Program in Theater guest artists Katharine Powell, Vivia Font, and Ben Steinfeld share an actor-led investigation of "Old Times," a 1971 masterpiece by one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. Free and open to the public; tickets required.
Free
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