July 31, 2024
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL
EIGHT DAYS. ONE CAMPUS. EXPERIENCE THE ARTS AT LAFAYETTE.
The Arts at Lafayette is hosting an arts-packed week from Sept. 28 through Oct. 5, 2024, around campus. There will be a reading by award-winning novelist Susan Choi, jazz at Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette musicians playing in Porchfest, faculty performances, plus a show by three-time Grammy nominee saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin.
Make sure to visit our galleries with Fall exhibitions on view now.
ALL EVENTS FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
EXPLORE THE SCHEDULE BELOW
SATURDAY | SEPT 28TH KICKOFF
Join us at the Williams Arts Campus on North Third Street for our kick-off events.
LAFAYETTE ALUMNI CHORUS REHEARSAL
Williams Center, room 123
Saturday, September 28, 10am-12:30 PM
FABULOUS YOU | New works by Sun You
Grossman Gallery in Williams Visual Art Building
Artist Reception + exhibition talk : Saturday, September 28, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
LIFT EVERY VOICE | one-act play
Studio Theater in 248 Building
Theater production : Saturday, September 28, 7:30 - 9:00pm
SUNDAY | SEPT 29TH
Join in the festivities at the annual College Hill Porchfest. This year will mark the first time we program our very own “porch” on campus!
PORCHFEST | PEP BAND
1:00 PM @ Lafayette Pep Band will be performing at the "patio" across the street from Wawa. Location #24 on the Porchfest map.
PORCHFEST | OwenBigOwen
2:00 PM @ Williams Center for the Arts "patio"
A trio of music lovers and fusion makers: jazz, funk, soul, classical, pop, and rap. The group will perform original music and soulful renditions of their favorite tunes.
FACULTY SERIES | HOLLY ROADFELDT
3:00 PM @ WILLIAMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS stage
PORCHFEST | CONRAD TILROE '25
4:00 PM @ Williams Center for the Arts "patio"
"Trio Neubau" - Lafayette College Student Jazz Combo playing jazz standards and some original compositions.
MONDAY | SEPT 30TH - CLOSS READING and VR NIGHT
Start your week off right! Join us for a reading with author, Susan Choi in the afternoon and a VR night in the early evening!
CLOSS WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE, SUSAN CHOI, READING & BOOK SIGNING
Kirby Hall - 104 | 4:10 pm
Susan Choi’s novel, Trust Exercise, won the National Award for Fiction in 2019. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award, and the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction.
VR NIGHT
Williams Center for the Arts - 208
5:00-6:00 PM | VR Night with Eric Hupe and Sarah Beck
Visit amazing Italian Renaissance sites through a virtual reality tour! You can visit Rome and experience walking through the Loggia of Psyche painted by Raphael or go to Arezzo to see the Legend of the True Cross Cycle painted by Piero della Francesca.
TUESDAY | OCT 1ST - DANCE WORKSHOP
In this interactive discussion, Sahana Hassan Balasubramanya and Nandini Sikand will showcase two Indian classical dance styles of bharatanatyam and odissi. Learn a brief history and what makes each dance form unique.
DANCE WORKSHOP
7:00 PM | Williams Center for the Arts
NANDINI SIKAND + SAHANA HASSAN BALASUBRAMANYA
showcase of two Indian classical dance styles. Participation is welcomed.
WEDNESDAY | OCT 2ND - CREATIVE WRITING READINGS
Join our creative writing faculties and guest writers for a reading session in the Williams Center for the Arts.
CREATIVE WRITING READINGS
5:30 PM | WCA 108 (Williams Center for the Arts)
Readings by: Mikael Awake, Christian Campbell, Meg Fernandes, Jennifer Gilmore, Lisa Hiton, and Lee Upton
THURSDAY | OCT 3RD - GUEST CURATORS AND STUDENT FILMS
Enjoy a talk with our guest curator at Williams Center for the Arts or join Film and Media Studies on Arts Campus for a screening of Student Films.
Exhibition talk with guest curator, Ana Ramirez Luhrs
Williams Center for the Arts - 108
4:00 PM - exhibition talk : The Return to "The Land of Genuine Freedom"
FAMS : Student Film Screenings
Landis Cinema in Buck Hall
7:00 PM
DJ Tay and DJ AMP | starting at 5:00 pm | Williams Center for the Arts
DJ Tay | Known for his deep love of the heavy, thumping four-on-the-floor rhythm, he's dedicated to making those buttery-smooth house mixes that keep people dancing all night long. DJ AMP | Spinning genres ranging from RNB, Hip hop, and pop, he brings the vibes to every party.
FRIDAY | OCT 4TH - PERFORMANCE SERIES at THE WILLIAMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Get your tickets for 3x GRAMMY®-nominated New York-based saxophonist, Lakecia Benjamin. She has an inimitable skill of fusing traditional conceptions of jazz, hip-hop, and soul and has shared stages with several legendary artists, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, and The Roots.
SATURDAY | OCT 5TH - CLOSING CELEBRATIONS
It’s a wrap! Join us for our final day of celebrations!
RED SAND PROJECT | KARL STIRNER ARTS TRAIL
Karl Stirner Arts Trail
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (rain date 10/6)
Behind Don Juan’s, 300 No. 3rd St.
Performing the Trail
1:30 PM
A site-specific offering along the Bushkill Creek on the Karl Stirner Arts Trail in Easton. Various pieces, performed by students, faculty and community members, explore the relationship of body and place in an invitational gesture to reinvigorate our communal spaces. Ending with a sound bath meditation led by Meg Green.
FACULTY ARTIST SERIES: KIRK O'RIORDAN, SAXOPHONE
Williams Center for the Arts
8:00 PM | Composer/saxophonist Kirk O’Riordan will present an evening of new works for saxophone, electronics, and video.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ARTS SOCIETY | BROADWAY TRIP | 9AM
LVCAS is sponsoring a bus trip to Broadway - Saturday, October 5 - bus picks students up at 9am for an afternoon show. There will be 40 available tickets released sometime in September (TBA). For more information contact McKenna Graf - grafm@lafayette.edu