Events

Hamilton College Arboretum Saturday Speaker Series It’s All In The Family with Lee Reich In the garden, families matter. They matter for keeping your plants healthy, helping you identify plants, and more.  Free and open to the public. Directions and Parking (behind Ferguson House, Map #48) or register to participate via Zoom at https://www.hamilton.edu/alumni/events. 

This talk will discuss the dynamics of the 2026 midterm elections in the House and Senate with a particular focus on how geography, public opinion, and fundraising influence and shape electoral outcomes. RSVP here for lunch.   Luke E. Perry is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Utica University and specializes in American politics and comparative politics. A passionate educator and scholar, Dr. Perry's research focuses on equality and democracy, particularly in relation to civil rights, elections, and religion and politics. His p...

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

For this in-person discussion, artist Keisha Scarville will provide an overview of her practice and her installation created for the exhibition in dialogue with Elizabeth Shannon. Remote audiences can stream the conversation by registering here.

Author Jaquira Díaz, author of the novel This Is the Only Kingdom and the memoir Ordinary Girls, will read from her creative work. 

Danielle Allen, professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy at Harvard University, draws an arc from the American founding to the present to explore how the original vision of the Declaration of Independence can serve us still, even as we also recognize and remedy its imperfections. Danielle is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is also director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Democratic Knowledge Project, a research lab focused on civic education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A professor of political philosophy, ethics, and public policy, she is also a seasoned nonprofit leader, democracy advocate, tech ethicist, and distinguished author. She is a contributing columnist at The Atlantic Magazine, winner of the 2025 Barry Prize, and was the 2020 winner of the Library of Congress’ Kluge Prize, which recognizes scholarly achievement in the disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prize. She received the Prize “for her internationally recognized scholarship in political theory and her commitment to improving democratic practice and civics education.” Across nearly three decades in higher ed, Danielle has worked to make the world better for young people. She won the Quantrell award for excellence in undergraduate teaching at the University of Chicago, where she also served as Dean of the Division of Humanities (2004-7); she chaired the board of the Mellon Foundation (2015-19), as that foundation expanded the range of institutions in whic...

Join the Wellin Museum for an interdisciplinary, educational event for K–12 teachers and administrators. Highlighting the exhibition Storytelling: Photographers Making Meaning | Works from the Wellin Museum's Collection, the program will include a conversation with visiting artist Keisha Scarville, art-making activities, and information about organizing K–12 school visits to the Wellin. This event will provide a forum for educators to connect and learn more about the museum’s programs. Please RSVP to the event here.

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. 

Guest artists Greg Evans, Melissa Gardiner, SeungYoung Hong, Brian Stark, Mike Titlebaum, and Gabe Condon perform a concert of original music and jazz standards for an evening concert in the culminating event of a day-long jazz festival with clinics for local student musicians.  Free admission.

Full Schedule Watch Live

Cheer on Cross country! Women's Schedule Men's Schedule

Come cheer on Hamilton's Field Hockey team!  Watch Live Full Schedule

Watch Live Full Schedule

Watch Live Full Schedule

Full Schedule Watch Live

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

Award-winning filmmakers Ross McElwee and Hyun Kyung Kim present their most recent films, free and open to the public in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125. At 2 p.m., McElwee screens Remake (2025), winner of the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary at the Venice Film Festival, in which a central figure of American personal documentary confronts the 2016 death of his son Adrian on film. At 7 p.m., Kim screens Defectors (2023), a Special Jury Award winner at Visions du Réel, tracing what the division of Korea has meant for her own family and for North Korean defectors she knows. Ross McElwee is a major figure in the history of per...

Award-winning filmmakers Ross McElwee and Hyun Kyung Kim present their most recent films, free and open to the public in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125. At 2 p.m., McElwee screens Remake (2025), winner of the Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary at the Venice Film Festival, in which a central figure of American personal documentary confronts the 2016 death of his son Adrian on film. At 7 p.m., Kim screens Defectors (2023), a Special Jury Award winner at Visions du Réel, tracing what the division of Korea has meant for her own family and for North Korean defectors she knows. Ross McElwee is a major figure in the history of per...

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

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,...

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

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.