Join us as we kick off Arts & Humanities Month across Lafayette’s campus with a celebration of art, creativity, and community! Experience a long weekend filled with film screenings at Landis Cinema, collaborative performances along the Karl Stirner Arts Trail, live music at the Williams Center for the Arts, and engaging readings, to name a few.
Make sure to visit our galleries | Fall exhibitions on view now.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Join us on campus at dusk for a unique kick-off event. The theater department presents Nevermore, an immersive theatrical haunting production taking place as an outdoor, moonlit campus adventure.
MEET AT WILLIAMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
THURSDAY | OCT 1 | 7-9 PM
Are you afraid of the dark? Join us for an immersive theatrical haunting and sleep... NEVERMORE.
This production will take place as an outdoor, moonlit campus adventure.
Friday evening offers two distinct festival experiences. Audiences can choose their own adventure: experience, LADAMA headlines the night with a dynamic live performance at 8 p.m., while cinephiles can settle in for a 7 p.m. screening of the acclaimed vampire film Let the Right One In.
Join LADAMA for a joyful, rhythm-filled performance that blends Latin American traditions with bold contemporary energy.
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Tomas Alfredson’s acclaimed 2008 Swedish film brings a wintry, atmospheric sensibility to the vampire genre, blending quiet tenderness with unease, isolation, and understated violence.
Saturday brings the festival into full swing with a day of creativity, connection, and community. Explore the Community Arts Fair through hands-on activities, local artists, and participating organizations, then return in the evening for a free concert of jazz shaped by collaboration, improvisation, and the creative spirit of Lafayette’s arts community.
A free evening of jazz shaped by collaboration, improvisation, and the creative spirit of the Lafayette arts community.
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Head inside the Williams Visual Arts building adjacent to Ahart Plaza to meet the artist and engage in a gallery activity.
This pop-up exhibition features portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette created by local fourth-grade students following a campus visit and lesson about his life and legacy. See Lafayette through the students’ creative and imaginative perspectives.
CLOSING OUT THE FESTIVAL
Elena Rossi-Snook is a prominent film specialist and collection manager at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, where she oversees the Reserve Film and Video Collection. Join Elena at Landis Cinema for a special screening and conversation.
FREE - rsvp required