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Monday Afternoon at the Movies: Lighten Up–With Screwball Comedies

How does laughter affect us? Find out with screwball comedies that match a livewire female with (and maybe against) a conventional male.

Presidents’ College Conversation: What’s Up with Contemporary Art?

Dec. 10

Join curator Jared Quinton and artist Robert Calafiore for a lively conversation on what defines "contemporary" art today and who decides what’s worthy in the art world.

Backstage with the Award-Winning "Wicked"

Dec. 4, 11

Go behind the curtain of Wicked with theater expert Frank Rizzo in two lively sessions, just in time for Wicked: For Good 's release!

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Curiosity to Community: Scenes from the Semester Kickoff Event

Touching the CURIOUS sign—a nod to Ted Lasso’s BELIEVE—because we believe curiosity connects the curious.

Sharing a laugh with friends

Reconnecting with friends

Live keyboard and saxophone music provided the background for drinks and nibbles

President Lawrence P. Ward welcomes Kickoff attendees

Lively banter between Presidents’ College Director Michele Troy and storyteller Tom Lee about Homer’s "Odyssey"

Professor Emerita Catherine Stevenson delights in discussing Jane Austen’s sabotage of the "status quo"

Jazz Professor Javon Jackson discusses Afro-Cuban jazz with Director Michele Troy

President Emeritus Walter Harrison discussers some of the pressures U.S. colleges and universities are facing