Arts & Culture Events

Come join plant club to pick out an air plant and decorate a mini terrarium for it! You can personalize your setup with a variety of figurines and decorative materials, and we'll teach you how to take care of an air plant!

Join South Asian Student Association for Bollywood dance practice!

Semester Cinema directors Jay Craven and Nicole Doerges will present a film-in-progress An Enemy of the People, the new Semester Cinema film. Cinema Semester is an off-campus program during which college students work with professional filmmakers to produce a feature film. Hamilton students, Makato Carolin, Ranen Deb, Mello Darr, and Gori Goto were part of the 2025 production team and will hopefully join us. F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies...

“Jazzin & Jammin” A listening session in the Fillius Jazz Archive Room  “Groovy” may be the old fashioned term, but the grooves in LP records are hip again. Stop by and treat your ears to jazz and R&B in all their analog glory. Bring your favorite vinyl and we’ll spin ‘em on our high end sound system. APROOVE the GROOVE! (CDs, for their digital groove, are in play as well) Hosted by Christian, Rudy & Mark: Keepers of the Vinyl Flame

Scottish country dance is a traditional social dance. No prior dance experience necessary, just bring a water bottle and get ready to get moving and have some fun!

Drop in as a family to make a creative project inspired by Mike Mandel's Baseball-Photographer Trading Cards featured in the exhibition Storytelling. During this program, participants will look closely at Mandel's artist baseball cards and pose as ballplayers in front of our stadium backdrop. Participants can create their own trading cards based on a favorite sports team, favorite artist, or favorite character, using one of our templates or a design of their own. The Wellin will open early for this community event. Admission is free. Wellin Kid...

Filmmaker Robb Moss will present his new feature The Bend in the River (2026) which completes the trilogy that began with Riverdogs (1982) and The Same River Twice (2003). Over the past 40+ years, Robb Moss, film production professor at Harvard and longtime Sundance advisor, has chronicled the lives of several friends, from their youthful adventures as river guides through their decades as parents, teachers, politicians and political advisors into their lives as 70-somethings. What does aging feel like? It may surprise you; check it out! F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the pub...

Scottish country dance is a traditional social dance. No prior dance experience necessary, just bring a water bottle and get ready to get moving and have some fun!

Early Film Festival presented by students in Visual Culture of Modernity.

Come share your musical talents in a new space: the Wellin Museum! Inspired by Rhona Bitner’s photography of performance venues and recording studios, we hope to fill the Wellin with people, music, and art. This event will offer incredible acoustics and community.