Wednesday, April 26
Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment
When: 12 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Neuberger Museum
What: Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment - In collaboration with veterinary pathologist Aleksija Neimanis, feminist cultural theorist Astrida Neimanis, and composer Anne Bourne, performance artist Patty Chang presents a participatory, immersive environment that is grounded in a larger research project, Learning Endings. This multimedia performance contemplates caring for life and caring for death in the context of climate change through marine mammal necropsy.
Business Thinking for Creative Entrepreneurs
When: 12:30 PM - 2 PM
Where: Zoom
What: Using real-world techniques, this talk will help you start looking at your creative work through a business lens.
Movie Night: Minari
When: 5 PM
Where: Multicultural Center
What: A Korean-American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they find the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
FMS Screening: Mars One
When: 7 PM
Where: CMFT
What: The Martins family lives quietly on the outskirts of a large Brazilian city after the disappointing inauguration of an extremist far-right president. As a lower-middle-class black family, they feel the strain of their new reality. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she is cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all his hopes in the career of his son, Deivinho, who, under pressure and wanting to please his father, follows his father's ambitions, even though he secretly aspires to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, the eldest daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and wonders if it is time to leave home.
Purchase Jazz Choir
When: 7 PM
Where: Music Building Choral Hall
What: Students of the Jazz Studies department present an evening of classic jazz vocal standards.
Broadview Cinema Discussion Club: Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006)
When: 7 PM
Where: TBA
What: This semester’s theme is Gentrification and Displacement.
Twelfth Night
When: 7 PM
Where: PAC
What: Directed by Alex Correia Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy – a musical poem on grief, sex, and love – is also the final production featuring BFA Acting Company 47 on the Purchase College campus, as well as the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Back County Crimes
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Dance Building
What: The haunting 1977 play with music about life and death in a small town is also the public debut of BFA Acting Company 49!
Thursday, April 27
Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment
When: 12 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Neuberger Museum
What: Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment - In collaboration with veterinary pathologist Aleksija Neimanis, feminist cultural theorist Astrida Neimanis, and composer Anne Bourne, performance artist Patty Chang presents a participatory, immersive environment that is grounded in a larger research project, Learning Endings. This multimedia performance contemplates caring for life and caring for death in the context of climate change through marine mammal necropsy.
Twelfth Night
When: 7 PM
Where: PAC
What: Directed by Alex Correia Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy – a musical poem on grief, sex, and love – is also the final production featuring BFA Acting Company 47 on the Purchase College campus, as well as the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Back County Crimes
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Dance Building
What: The haunting 1977 play with music about life and death in a small town is also the public debut of BFA Acting Company 49!
Exile and Displacement: “The Last Letter” and “The Wedding Guest - he Last Letter” and “The Wedding Guest”
When: 5 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Zoom
What: Episodes from Dr. Abbas’ in progress memoir: The Last Letter: A Memoir of Kashmir (Operation Gibraltar, 1965). She will read about her husband, Captain Nisar Ahmed who went missing in Indian Kashmir in 1965, in a guerilla operation called Operation Gibraltar.
Make it Play
When: 7:30 PM
Where: CMFT
What: A night of 3 original works created and performed by students in the Playwriting & Screenwriting and Theatre & Performance programs and members of Acting Company 48. CMFT Performance Studio.
Contemporary Ensemble
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Music Building Recital Hall
What: A live stream performance of Purchase students performing and displaying their talents, directed by Christopher Graham.
Preshock
When: 9 PM
Where: The Stood
What: Come watch student performances to celebrate Culture Shock.
Friday, April 28
Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment
When: 12 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Neuberger Museum
What: Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment - In collaboration with veterinary pathologist Aleksija Neimanis, feminist cultural theorist Astrida Neimanis, and composer Anne Bourne, performance artist Patty Chang presents a participatory, immersive environment that is grounded in a larger research project, Learning Endings. This multimedia performance contemplates caring for life and caring for death in the context of climate change through marine mammal necropsy.
Purchase Chorus
When: 7 PM
Where: Music Building Recital Hall
What: Chorus brings together students from across the campus to present choral masterworks in styles ranging from the Renaissance to the present day directed by conductor Recca J. David.
Twelfth Night
When: 7 PM
Where: PAC
What: Directed by Alex Correia Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy – a musical poem on grief, sex, and love – is also the final production featuring BFA Acting Company 47 on the Purchase College campus, as well as the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Back County Crimes
When: 7:30 PM
Where: Dance Building
What: The haunting 1977 play with music about life and death in a small town is also the public debut of BFA Acting Company 49!
Culture Shock
When: 5 PM
Where: The Stood
What: Come celebrate Purchase’s annual music festival!
Saturday, April 29
Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment
When: 12 PM - 5 PM
Where: The Neuberger Museum
What: Patty Cheng in “Hard Returns: 9 Experiments for this Moment - In collaboration with veterinary pathologist Aleksija Neimanis, feminist cultural theorist Astrida Neimanis, and composer Anne Bourne, performance artist Patty Chang presents a participatory, immersive environment that is grounded in a larger research project, Learning Endings. This multimedia performance contemplates caring for life and caring for death in the context of climate change through marine mammal necropsy.
Twelfth Night
When: 1:30 PM
Where: PAC
What: Directed by Alex Correia Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy – a musical poem on grief, sex, and love – is also the final production featuring BFA Acting Company 47 on the Purchase College campus, as well as the work of students in the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Make it Play
When: 1:30 PM
Where: CMFT
What: A night of 3 original works created and performed by students in the Playwriting & Screenwriting and Theatre & Performance programs and members of Acting Company 48. CMFT Performance Studio.
Back County Crimes
When: 3:30 PM
Where: Dance Building
What: The haunting 1977 play with music about life and death in a small town is also the public debut of BFA Acting Company 49!
Culture Shock
When: 5 PM
Where: The Stood
What: Come celebrate Purchase’s annual music festival!