February 2018
Film Screening: Day Off
The Tufts University Art Galleries present a screening of visiting artist Jillian Mayer's film "Day Off" (2016). "Day Off" features a series of protagonists playing what the viewer assumes to be an immersive virtual reality video game. The disconnect between the actions of the film's protagonists and the real-world environments inhabited by their bodies highlights the contemporary human condition -- that is, screen interfaces offer us avenues of escape from reality but also alienate us from the physical world and our…
Find out more »December 2018
Jackson Jills Rappaport Memorial Concert
The Jackson Jills, the oldest all-female a cappella group at Tufts University, will celebrate the life of their alum Rebecca Rappaport with their fifth annual Rebecca Rappaport Memorial Concert. The concert will feature new and old songs in addition to special guest performances by the Tufts Beelzebubs and the Tufts Amalgamates. Free; no tickets required.
Find out more »October 2019
Exhibit Opening: Sanford Biggers
Tufts University Art Galleries is the sole East Coast venue for the first exhibition devoted to Sanford Biggers’ BAM series. Over the past two decades, Biggers has developed a practice that encourages meaningful dialogue around history and trauma in the United States. Through video, sculpture and textiles, he brings to light the pain these acts have perpetrated upon society, but also points to the wider human condition and a desire to transcend. In his BAM series, begun in 2015, Biggers seeks to memorialize and…
Find out more »November 2019
Workshop: What is Sanctuary? A Manifesto
Press Press, an interdisciplinary publishing initiative that focuses on immigration and race in the U.S., has been cultivating a collaborative manifesto, “Sentiments: Expressions of Cultural Passage,” with immigrants and immigrant-adjacent individuals to answer questions regarding sanctuary: What is sanctuary? How can sanctuary be created? How can sanctuary be protected? This manifesto is featured in Sentiments: Expressions of Cultural Passage, their 2018 compilation that features first-person accounts of various intersections of immigrant identities and the multiple and complicated facets of immigrant…
Find out more »December 2019
Jackson Jills Rappaport Memorial Concert
The Jackson Jills, the oldest all-female a cappella group at Tufts University, will celebrate the life of their alum Rebecca Rappaport with their sixth annual Rebecca Rappaport Memorial Concert. The concert will feature new and old songs in addition to special guest performances by a cappella groups the Tufts Amalgamates and Tufts sQ. Free; no tickets required.
Find out more »Ladies of Essence 25th Anniversary Concert
Ladies of Essence, Tufts University's only all-female a cappella group specializing in music of the African diaspora, presents "Eras," its 25th Anniversary Concert, celebrating a quarter-century of community built around the music they make. The concert will feature music from the 1960s to the 1990s and include current members and alumni performing "Doo Wop" by Lauryn Hill.
Find out more »December 2022
Jackson Jills Rappaport Memorial Concert
The Jackson Jills, the oldest all-female a cappella group at Tufts University, will celebrate the life of their alum Rebecca Rappaport with their eighth annual Rebecca Rappaport Memorial Concert. There will also be a special guest performance by Tufts S-Factor, the only all male-identifying vocal group at Tufts that specializes in music of the African diaspora.
Find out more »April 2023
Tufts S-Factor Spring Concert
S-Factor, the only male vocal group at Tufts University specializing in the music of the African diaspora, presents its spring concert. With a guest performance from S-Factor's sister group at Tufts, the Ladies of Essence. Free tickets may be obtained through the Tufts Online Ticket Office.
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