April 29, 8 p.m. Location to be determined A Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil Buck and FriendsThe College’s Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross kicks off with an evening of celebration headlined by the international jookin’ phenomenon Lil Buck, who came to international attention when ballet star turned director Damian Woetzel paired the young dancer with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The performance, captured on video by Spike Jonze, went viral with more than 3 million views. Lil Buck has gone on to perform with the New York City Ballet and in Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: One, the Spike Jonze film Her, and Benjamin Millepied’s NOWNESS videos. In the latest series of unique performances created by Damian Woetzel, Lil Buck is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, marking the welcome return of Fall ’15 ATB artist-in-residence, Galician gaita player Cristina Pato. In conjunction with the College’s 2016 Academic Conference.

mArch 14 – April 16 10 A.m. – 5 p.m. m-F, NooN – 5 p.m. SAt. Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane HallAlexa Horochowski: Club DisminucíonA multi-media video and sculpture installation by artist Alex Horochowski who immigrated to the United States as a child with her family from the Argentinian Patagonia. The exhibition — a video immersive work inspired by her residency at Casa Poli in Chile — is co-sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders. Opening reception is March 15, 5–6:30 p.m.

MusiCFebruAry 9, 8 p.m. Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick HallMasterworks Old and NewThis Artists-in-Residence concert will feature the world premiere of Associate Professor Chris Arrell’s Breathless, a swirling kaleidoscope of melody and color written for Artists-in-Residence Saul Bitrán, violin; Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello; and Adam Golka, piano. The concert will also include much beloved 18- and 19th-century classics, performed in collaboration with the music department’s Brooks scholars Adam Ouellet, Christopher Goessling, Teresa Murphy and Ana Dulskiy.

mArch 31, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall Questions for the MoonA multi-media song cycle, Questions for the Moon, is a collaboration between Holy Cross composer Shirish Korde and historian Karen Turner. Inspired by stories of the many North Vietnamese women who answered Ho Chi Minh’s call in 1965 for youth volunteers to fight American forces, this music-theater work is a meditation on the boundaries crossed and the potent forces unleashed in wartime.

Texts and images for Questions for the Moon are drawn from Karen Turner’s documentary, Hidden Warriors: Women on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and 18th Century Vietnamese poet Ho Xuan Huong. In addition to a chamber ensemble of five musicians, the world music infused score by Korde will feature Vietnamese performer/composer Van-Anh Vo; dramatic vocalist and performer who is a featured soloist with Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Wu-Tong; and the dramatic lyric soprano Sonja Tegbland.

Video projections for this production are specially designed by internationally renowned visual artist Raphael Shirley and are based on archival footage from Karen Turner’s documentary film, Hidden Warriors.

April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 8 p.m.Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane Hall

HAMLETby William ShakespeareThis provocative, modern-dress production of Hamlet explores the angst of a young man trying to find his way in a corrupt world filled with dissembling politicians, paranoia and surveillance — perhaps a bit like the one we inhabit today. Directed by Edward Isser. Ticket Box Office: (508) 793-2496

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MAR31 JANuAry 28, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith HallReading by Gretel EhrlichThe Working Writers Series offers readings, panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and book signings with some of America’s best authors. Our spring season opens with a reading by Gretel Ehrlich, who has won both prestigious literary awards and National Geographic expedition grants for her 15 books of nonfiction, memoir, essays, fiction, and poetry about extreme encounters with nature — from traveling by dogsled in Greenland to facing a tsunami in Japan. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and Environmental Studies.

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FebruAry 23, 7 p.m.seelos Theater, Kimball HallRoger Guenveur Smith’s Rodney King History, poetry and tragedy collide when stage and screen actor Roger Guenveur Smith (American Gangster, Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing) tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King — deemed “the first reality TV star”— from the harsh initial glare of the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality to his involuntary martyrdom that ignited the 1992 L.A. riots to his lonely death at the bottom of a swimming pool. In this riveting performance, Smith offers a meditation on a flawed, goodhearted everyman and reveals America’s endlessly complicated relation-ship with its racial past and present. Co-sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Diversity. Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts.

mArch 14, 7 p.m. Ballroom, Hogan Campus Center Compagnie Hervé Koubi

Stirred by a late discovery of family roots in Algeria, young French choreo-grapher Hervé Koubi embarked on a journey across the Mediterranean in 2009 and formed a company of 12 Algerian and Brukinabé dancers, mostly with a street dance background. Following their “astounding American debut” (The Washington Post) in 2013, the all-male Compagnie Hervé Koubi returns to the U.S. with Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (“What the day owes the night”), which fuses contemporary dance with martial arts, urban dance and capoeira. Come see excerpts from this breathtaking work and stay for an exchange and conversation with company members. Presented in conjunction with the French Program’s Semaine de la Francophonie celebrations.

Arts Transcending Borders is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

CAnTOr ArT GALLeryJANuAry 20 – FebruAry 27 10 A.m. – 5 p.m. m-F, NooN – 5 p.m. SAt.Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane HallGrammarAn exploration of the space between analog and digital photographic technologies, where images can be read as both factual and illusory. This paradox of meaning is the focus of this recent work by Matthew Gamber, assistant professor of photography and new media in the College’s visual arts department. Opening reception is Jan. 27, 5-6:30 p.m. A talk on Grammar by Gamber, Nancy Burns of Worcester Art Museum and Benjamin Sloat of Lesley University is Feb. 10, 5-6 p.m.

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THeATreFebruAry 4, 5, 6, 8 p.m. FebruAry 6, 7, 2 p.m.Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane HallChicagoThe Tony award-winning musical Chicago comes to the stage with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. This milestone satirical musical, set in Chicago in the 1920s, skewers the justice system and the cult of celebrity. Christine Freije ‘13 directs this Alternate College Theatre production. Ticket Box Office: (508) 793-3536

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FebruAry 25, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith HallPerformance and Discussion by James KeeganJames Keegan, a Holy Cross alumnus, a poet, and an actor, will perform monologues from Shakespeare’s plays | and discuss his experiences on stage. In 11 years, Keegan has portrayed some 80 roles in more than 60 productions at the American Shakespeare Center, including King Lear, Falstaff, Macbeth, Leontes, Iago, Prospero, Shylock and Titus Andronicus. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing, the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters, and the Department of Theatre.

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JANJANuAry 20 – FebruAry 27 10 A.m. – 5 p.m. m-F, NooN – 5 p.m. SAt.Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane HallGrammarAn exploration of the space between analog and digital photographic technologies, where images can be read as both factual and illusory. This paradox of meaning is the focus of this recent work by Matthew Gamber, assistant professor of photography and new media in the College’s visual arts department. Opening reception is Jan. 27, 5-6:30 p.m.

JANuAry 28, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith Hall

Reading by Gretel EhrlichTravel far and wide with Gretel Ehrlich, author of 15 books of prose and poetry about nature, including Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami, nominated for the 2014 National Book Award and winner of the PEN USA Award for nonfiction. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and Environmental Studies.

FEBFebruAry 4, 5, 6, 8 p.m. FebruAry 6, 7, 2 p.m.Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane HallChicagoThe Tony award-winning musical Chicago comes to the stage with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. This milestone satirical musical, set in Chicago in the 1920s, skewers the justice system and the cult of celebrity. Christine Freije ‘13 directs this Alternate College Theatre production. Ticket Box Office: (508) 793-3536

FebruAry 9, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Artists-in-Residence: Masterworks Old and NewThis Artists-in-Residence concert will feature the world premiere of Associate Professor Chris Arrell’s Breathless, a swirling kaleidoscope of melody and color composed for Artists-in-Residence Saul Bitrán, violin; Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello; and Adam Golka, piano. The concert will also include much beloved 18th- and 19th-century classics performed in collaboration with the music department’s Brooks scholars Adam Ouellet ‘16, Christopher Goessling ‘18, Teresa Murphy ’19 and Ana Dulskiy ‘19.

FebruAry 11, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith Hall

Talk and Reading by Christian WimanJoin Christian Wiman — past editor of Poetry, the world’s oldest poetry magazine — as he reflects on a struggle with incurable cancer that prompted his memoir, My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer, and as he reads from his five books of poems and verse translations. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.

FebruAry 14, 3 p.m.Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Worcester Symphonic ProjectHoly Cross Chamber Orchestra. Franz Schubert, Mass #2, with the Holy Cross Chamber Singers and Colleges of Worcester Consortium choruses, Eric Culver, conductor. Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #1, Bruce Hangen, conductor.Ticket Box Office: (508) 754-3231.

FebruAry 18, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Lisa Leong, pianoLisa Leong presents a program of solo piano and electroacoustic works, including Pierre Boulez’s “Incises,” a fertile, perpetually-moving shimmering fabric of textural interplay; and Luigi Nono’s “…sofferte onde serene… ,” a poignant reflection on loss. Also featured are works by Jonathan Harvey, Amy Williams, and Mei-Fang Lin.

FebruAry 19, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

St. Lawrence String Quartet Featuring works of Saint-Saens, Golijov and Haydn. Sponsored by Music Worcester in collaboration with the Holy Cross Department of Music.Ticket Box Office: (508) 754-3231

FebruAry 23, 7 p.m.Seelos Theater, Kimball Hall

Roger Guenveur Smith’s Rodney King Stage and screen actor Roger Guenveur Smith tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King in this 2015 Bessie Award-winning solo performance. (See front panel for details.)

FebruAry 25, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith Hall

Performance and Discussion by James KeeganJames Keegan, a Holy Cross alumnus, poet, and actor with the American Shakespeare Center, performs monologues from some of his favorite roles, such as King Lear, Iago, Macbeth, Falstaff, Shylock, Prospero, and Titus Andronicus. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing, the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters and the Department of Theatre.

FebruAry 25, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Trio TremontiPerformance by Artists-in-Residence Saul Bitrán, violin, and Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello; and guest artist Sally Pinkas, piano.

MARmArch 14, 7 p.m.Ballroom, Hogan Campus CenterCompagnie Hervé KoubiEnjoy excerpts from the French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi’s Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (What the day owes the night) that fuses contemporary dance with martial arts, urban dance and capoeira, and stay for an exchange and conversation with company members. (See front panel for details.) In conjunction with the French Program’s Semaine de la Francophonie celebrations.

mArch 14, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Paul Houghteling, bass baritone A solo recital featuring Schumann’s Dichterliebe Op. 48.

mArch 14 – April 1610 A.m. – 5 p.m. m-F, NooN – 5 p.m. SAt.Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane Hall

Alexa Horochowski: Club DisminucíonMulti-media video and sculpture installation by artist Alex Horochowski, who immigrated to the United States as a child with her family from the Argentinian Patagonia. The exhibition is a video-immersive work inspired by her residency at Casa Poli in Chile. Opening reception is March 15, 5-6:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders.

mArch 15, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Adam Golka, pianoBrooks Concert HallA solo recital featuring works of Schubert, Schumann, Bartók, Fauré, and Chopin.

mArch 15, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith Hall

Reading by Christopher CastellaniMeet Christopher Castellani, the artistic director of the GrubStreet creative writing center and the author of three novels — A Kiss from Maddalena, The Saint of Lost Things, and All this Talk of Love — as well as a new volume on the craft of writing, The Art of Perspective. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters.

mArch 19, 7 p.m.St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Holy Cross College Choir & Chamber SingersA Major Works Series concert by the College Choirs, featuring Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Bach’s “Magnificat.”

mArch 31, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick HallQuestions for the MoonA multi-media song cycle, Questions for the Moon is a collaboration between Holy Cross composer Shirish Korde and historian Karen Turner. Inspired by stories of the many North Vietnamese women who answered Ho Chi Minh’s call in 1965 for youth volunteers to fight American forces, this music-theater work is a meditation on the boundaries crossed and the potent forces unleashed in wartime.

APRApril 2, 3 p.m.Main Reading Room, Dinand LibraryBoston Gay Men’s Chorus

April 3, 3 p.m.St. Joseph Memorial ChapelHoly Cross Chapel Artist Series: Senior RecitalAbraham Ross, Organ Scholar for Class of 2016, will perform works of Lubeck, Bach, Hindemith, and Ritter on the Chapel’s magnificent Taylor & Boody organ.

April 5, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Rochelle Bard, sopranoA solo concert of arias, lieder, and music from the American Song Book.

April 7, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick HallArtist-in-Residence and Special Guest ConcertA piano-violin recital featuring Artist-in-Residence and pianist Adam Golka, and guest violinist and soprano Magdalena Filipczak.

April 7, 7:30 p.m.Location to be determined

Staged Reading and Discussion by Laura CahillSee a staged reading of new work by Laura Cahill, a successful screenwriter for Miramax, 20th Century Fox, Lifetime, USA, and HBO, among other studios, as well as a dramatist whose latest play, Sad and Serious News, was featured in Vineyard Theatre’s 2015 reading series.

April 10, 3 p.m.St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series: Francis Chapelet & Uriel ValadeauPerformance by Uriel Valadeau and eminent French concert organist Francis Chapelet who is making his “farewell” tour of the U.S at the age of 82.

April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 8 p.m.Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane Hall

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThis provocative, modern-dress production explores the angst of a young man trying to find his way in a corrupt world filled with dissembling politicians, paranoia and surveillance — perhaps a bit like the one we inhabit today. Directed by Edward Isser.Ticket Box Office: (508) 793-2496

April 15, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Ted Slingerland: Performance and Panel Discussion“Ragas, Bach and Wuwei” features music for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach and Holy Cross composer Shirish Korde, and a performance by cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws. The concert will be followed by a panel discussion with Korde, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, and renowned guest speaker Edward Slingerland, professor of Asian Studies at University of British Columbia and author of “Trying Not To Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.” Co-sponsored by the Departments of Music, Philosophy, and Asian Studies, and Arts Transcending Borders.

April 16, 3 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Senior Recital: Adam Ouellet, tenorFeaturing music from Schubert, Bach, Britten, Tosti, Faure, and Debussy.

April 19, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick HallTony Arnold, soprano & Jacob Greenberg, pianoInternationally acclaimed Tony Arnold and Jacob Greenberg perform a program of contemporary art song, featuring Helmut Lachenmann’s Got Lost (2007), which interweaves texts from Nietzsche, Pessoa, and an English language advertisement posted in a laundromat. Also on the program is the world premiere of Associate Professor Chris Arrell’s second ode to Popeye, and Bright Codes for solo piano by Dai Fujikura.

April 21, 7 p.m. lecture, 8 p.m. perFormANceBrooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Byzantine ChantThe vocal ensemble Psaltikon (dir. Spyridon Antonopoulos) performs “Six Days before the Passover,” a concert of virtuosic psalmody from the Byzantine Rite composed for the Passion Week. Psaltikon will be joined by acclaimed world musicians who will play and accompany traditional Greek and Arabic carols commemorating both the Passion and spring time.

April 21, 7:30 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith Hall

Reading by Matt BellListen as writer Matt Bell reads from his new novel, Scrapper. Bell’s other works include a volume of short fiction, the novels Cataclysm Baby and In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, and a new nonfiction book about the classic video game Baldur’s Gate II. Sponsored by Creative Writing.

April 22, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall

Guide You HomeHoly Cross College Choir & Chamber SingersThe College Choirs perform their spring concert, featuring works about healing, discovery, and release. The repertoire will include arrangements of popular songs like “Fix You” by Cold Play; contemporary pieces like Pauline Oliveros’ “Wind Horse,” an improvisatory piece including a stage-sized mandala; and classics from the Renaissance and Romantic eras.

April 28 – mAy 27 10 A.m. – 5 p.m. m–F, NooN – 5 p.m. SAt.Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane Hall

Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition 2016A perennial favorite of the spring semester, the Annual Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition is the capstone presentation for graduating seniors who participate in a year-long seminar course. Opening reception is April 28, 5-6:30 p.m.

April 29, 8 pmLocation to be determined

A Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil Buck and FriendsThe College’s Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross kicks off with a celebration: In the latest of a series of unique performances created by Damian Woetzel, international jookin’ phenomenon Lil Buck is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, marking the welcome return of Fall ’15 ATB artist-in-residence, Galician gaita player Cristina Pato. In conjunction with the College’s 2016 Academic Conference.

April 29, 7 ANd 9 p.m.Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane Hall

Dance ConcertKaela Lee, Jimena Bermejo and Audra Carabetta showcase the work of their dance students in this eagerly anticipated springtime concert, which includes both classical and modern pieces.

MAYmAy 5, 4 p.m.Rehm Library, Smith HallSenior Concentrators in Creative WritingJoin us as we celebrate the poetry and prose of graduating concentrators.

mAy 6, 8 p.m.Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick HallGamelan Gita Sari ConcertThis concert is a delightful evening of Balinese music and dance, conducted and choreographed by our two new masters, Visiting Fellows in Balinese Performing Arts I Nyoman Windha and I Gusti Argung Ayu Warsiki, and featuring student performers and special guest artists. A treat for audiences of all ages.

mAy 8, 1 p.m.The Pit, O’Kane Hall 37

One-Act FestivalYoung directors are given the opportunity to showcase their talents in fully-produced one acts.

From the east, West, and SouthwestMassachusetts Turnpike I –90 toward WorcesterTake Exit 10 to I –290 East (Worcester)Take Exit 11 (College Square/Southbridge Street)Cross over to right lane immediately after coming off rampTake first right at traffic light onto College StreetEnter last Upper Campus gate #7 on left. Pass first buildingon left, parking is on right, in front of second building

From the NorthI-495 SouthTake exit 25B to I –290 West (Worcester)Take Exit 11 (College Square/Southbridge Street)Off ramp, bear left onto Southbridge StreetTake first right at traffic light onto College StreetEnter last Upper Campus gate #7 on left. Pass first buildingon left, parking is on right, in front of second building

From the SoutheastI-495 North to Massachusetts Turnpike I –90Take Exit 10 to I –290 East (Worcester)Take Exit 11 (College Square/Southbridge Street)Cross over to right lane immediately after coming off rampTake first right at traffic light onto College StreetEnter last Upper Campus gate #7 on left. Pass first buildingon left, parking is on right, in front of second building

From providence, rhode islandRoute 146 North to Exit 12, McKeon Road/College Sq.Left off rampLeft at next traffic light onto McKeon Road. Follow overpassthrough several sets of lights and proceed up hillAfter fire station, left onto Loyola RoadFollow left curve which becomes McCarthy Lane, continueto last parking lot

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