Events

Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese present "Melting Democracy: Climate, Art & Activism," a guest lecture hosted by the Government Department.

or Sex with Spirits? Please join us for the Fall 2026 Couper Lecture by Joscelyn Godwin, Professor Emeritus, Colgate University  A long tradition holds that humans can communicate with the subtle beings who inhabit the Elements. Some even claimed that marriage and procreation  are possible between us and the Sylphs, Elves, Fauns, Fairies, etc. The theme appealed to poets and novelists, and took on new life with the Spiritualist movement of the mid-19th century. The idea then arose that since the dead could talk, and even apparently materialize,...

Author Randy Ribay will discuss his novels and creative work in conversation with creative writing faculty Professor Patrick Caoile. 

Come perform at Hamilton's Weekly Open Mic Night! Sign-ups will be out at McEwen Cafe FoJo starting at 8:30pm. We have keyboards, guitars, amps, a cajón and mics. Email us if you need particular equipment at openmic@hamilton.edu

Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

Kick Halloween weekend off with a tour of the College Cemetery aka the "Last Dormitory" with College Archivist Jeremy Katz and Connor Havelka '28! Victims should gather at the entrance to the cemetery promptly at 3 p.m. for the roughly 60 minute tour (entrance is located between Morris House and Bristol Center). Attendees will learn about the origin story of the cemetery, influential residents of the Last Dormitory, headstone symbols, and the recently release ArcGIS StoryMap. The cemetery is an outdoor venue so please wear weather appropriate a...

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Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

Come hear Bella Boateng speak about her current project. Navigating Technological Exclusion: The Place of Black Children in New York City’s Innovation Economy, is a qualitative case study drawing on 8 months of in-depth observation, interviews and spatial analysis in a social justice-focused STEAM (Science, Technology, Art, Engineering, Mathematics) afterschool program in East New York, Brooklyn.

Come perform at Hamilton's Weekly Open Mic Night! Sign-ups will be out at McEwen Cafe FoJo starting at 8:30pm. We have keyboards, guitars, amps, a cajón and mics. Email us if you need particular equipment at openmic@hamilton.edu

Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

Docent Margot Wilder '27 will lead a talk on Mayan ceramic vessels in the Wellin Museum's collection.

Faculty and guest choreographers create work for student dancers. Free admission. 

Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood. Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed By Professor Mark Cryer. Set in Berlin at the end of the Jazz Age as the Nazi Party begins its rise to power, Cabaret follows American writer Clifford Bradshaw as he is swept into the dazzling and decadent world of the Kit Kat Klub. Through the lives of nightclub performer Sally Bowles, the club’s enigmatic Emcee, and the people around them, the musical explores love, identity, and the consequences of ignoring a changing world. Reception to...

Hamilton College Arboretum Saturday Speaker Series Rootstock for the Mohawk Valley Mike Basedow, Cornell Cooperative Extension Free and open to the public. Directions and Parking (behind Ferguson House, Map #48) or participate by registering for Zoom. 

Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood. Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed By Professor Mark Cryer. Set in Berlin at the end of the Jazz Age as the Nazi Party begins its rise to power, Cabaret follows American writer Clifford Bradshaw as he is swept into the dazzling and decadent world of the Kit Kat Klub. Through the lives of nightclub performer Sally Bowles, the club’s enigmatic Emcee, and the people around them, the musical explores love, identity, and the consequences of ignoring a changing world. CABARET is p...

Book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood. Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed By Professor Mark Cryer. Set in Berlin at the end of the Jazz Age as the Nazi Party begins its rise to power, Cabaret follows American writer Clifford Bradshaw as he is swept into the dazzling and decadent world of the Kit Kat Klub. Through the lives of nightclub performer Sally Bowles, the club’s enigmatic Emcee, and the people around them, the musical explores love, identity, and the consequences of ignoring a changing world. CABARET is p...

Faculty and guest choreographers create work for student dancers. Free admission. 

Roman Catholic Mass, Fr. Peter El Hachem presiding. Confession before or after Mass available by appointment by contacting pelhache@hamilton.edu. All are welcome. 

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...

Politics of the Past and Politics of the Future: Autocrats rise in times of high anxiety. They promise to assuage the anxieties in exchange for people handing over their political agency. Contemporary autocrats specifically promise to return people to an imaginary past when life was predictable and felt safe. The only way effectively to counteract a politics of the past is by conjuring an inspiring politics of the future. What could that look like, and do we see signs of this kind of politics if we look closely enough? M Gessen is an opinion co...

Following the lecture in the Chapel, please join us for a book signing and reception.