Smith Arts Weekly: April 17, 2025
This Weekend!
Friday, April 18 – 2-5pm – Hillyer Atrium
Spring Student Art Sale
The Smith Office for the Arts is partnering with the Smith College Museum of Art to host the Spring Student Art Sale to kick-off Smith Arts Day (April 19). Purchase work created by Smith students including prints, fashion, photographs, jewelry, accessories and more by over 50 creative students from across campus. Free and open to the public.
Friday, April 18 at 4:30-6 p.m. in the Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer
Closing Celebration: Senior Exhibition Group II: Imaging Spaces In Between
Imaging Spaces In Between, group senior studio art major showcase, considers themes of identity, inheritance, and space/place. Featuring the works of: Jamie Marigold Biagiarelli, Ruzhuo Chen, JC Landi, Vera Robinson, Rasa Walter, Dana Willette.
Friday, April 18 – 7:30 PM – Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre
Sunday, April 20 – 3:00 PM – Earle Recital Hall
North Indian Classical Music Festival: Banaras Soul Music
Some of North India’s best-known classical musicians will be offering a weekend of free
concerts at Smith College. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear traditional North Indian classical music by its finest exponents. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, April 19 – Various Locations
Smith Arts Day
The second annual Smith Arts Day celebrates the artistic and creative community at Smith, bringing the arts together across disciplines and across campus. Explore performances, exhibitions, workshops, art-making activities, and more throughout the afternoon and evening. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Smith Office of the Arts. For more information, visit www.smith.edu/smithartsday
Saturday, April 19 – 3:00 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Orchestra Spring Concert
Concerto competition winners Tomoko Hida ‘26, Ava Jensen ‘26, and Sarah Qin ‘26 perform works by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Saint-Saëns. Also celebrating the 125th anniversary of Aaron Copland featuring his Lincoln Portrait, narrated by President Sarah Willie-LeBreton. Free and open to the public.
Next Week!
Wednesday, April 23 – 7:30 PM – Earle Recital Hall
Gamelan Concert
The Smith College Gamelan Ensemble presents an evening of music from Java, Indonesia under the direction of Philip Acimovic with special guest Darsono Hadiraharjo. The concert will feature traditional gamelan pieces ranging from slow and serene to lively and joyful, played on bronze percussion, gongs, drums, and with ornate singing. The ensemble includes Smith and Five College students, faculty, staff, and community members. Free and open to the public.
April 23, 24, 25, 26, – 7:30 PM – Theatre 14 - Tickets smitharts.ludus.com
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian wash ashore in Illyria and are separated. Viola dresses as a boy and goes to the court of Count Orsino, who finds himself deeply attracted to this boy “Cesario.” Sebastian meanwhile finds himself with Antonio, a pirate who wants to buy him presents. Orsino sends Viola to court Olivia on his behalf, but Olivia is more attracted to Viola. And all of that is just the beginning. Tickets $5-15 at smitharts.ludus.com. Free for Smith students by contacting the Box Office.
Sunday, April 27 – 1:00 PM – Helen Hills Hills Chapel
Handbells Spring Ring!
The Smith College Handbell ensemble presents a fun afternoon of popular songs arranged for handbells! Under the direction of Anita Anderson-Cooper. Free and open to the public.
Coming Up
Monday, April 28 – 1:00 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Music Monday 6: Homages: Works for Clarinet by Bartók, Kovács, and Schumann
The Smith College Department of Music presents Hannah Berube, clarinet performing works by Bartók, Kovács, and Schumann for the final Music Monday of the season.
Monday, April 28 – 7:30 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Wind Ensemble Spring Concert: Panoramic Dances
The Smith College Department of Music presents the Wind Ensemble Spring Concert: Panoramic Dances under the direction of Meghan MacFadden. The program will include Bravado by Gala Flagello, Portraits of a Moon by Minoo Dixon, Chorale and Shaker Dance by John Zdechlik, and a consortium premiere of Danzon No. 2: Tundra by Nubia Jaime Donjuan.
Tuesday, April 29 – 7:30 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Wailing Banshees Spring Concert: Celtic Colors
The Emerald Isle is so much more than green. Help the Banshees celebrate their 20th Anniversary as they play all the colors of the rainbow. Directed by Ellen Redman. As always, jigs, reels, and the best craic on campus. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 30 – 7:30 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Chinese Music Ensemble
The Smith College Department of Music presents the Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert. Under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, the ensemble will perform a diverse selection of traditional and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese music. This event is free and open to the public.
Coming Up
May 1, 2 – 7:30 PM – Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre
Spring Studio Productions: Crave by Sarah Kane directed by Max Lerin and Fourteen Hundred Thousand by Sam Shepard directed by Chip Harty
Friday, May 2 – 7:30 PM – Scott Dance Studio
Spring Grad Dance Event
Current Exhibitions
March 27 - May 8 – Oresman Gallery, Hillyer Hall
Logan Dandridge: Antiphony
An installation by Logan Dandridge, time-based artist and filmmaker from Richmond, Virginia who has worked around the world on themes of collective memory, diaspora, liberation and more.
April 10 - April 21 – Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall
Senior Exhibition Group II: Imaging Spaces In Between
The second group senior studio art major showcase considers themes of identity, inheritance, and space/place. Featuring the works of: Jamie Marigold Biagiarelli, Ruzhuo Chen, JC Landi, Vera Robinson, Rasa Walter, Dana Willette. Celebrate at the opening reception on Friday, April 18 at 4:30-6 p.m. in the Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer
The Oresman Gallery is open Monday to Friday from 8:30am - 4:30 pm
Where to find our Venues
All events take place at Smith College in Northampton, MA
Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts - 122 Green Street
Theatre 14, Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, Acting Studio One, Josten Library Mezzanine
Sage Hall - 144 Green Street
Sweeney Concert Hall & Earle Recital Hall
Ainsworth Gym - next to 47 Belmont Ave and the ITT
Scott Dance Studio
Crew House Dance Studio - College Lane
John M. Greene Hall - 60 Elm Street
Brown Fine Arts Center - 22 Elm Street
Hillyer Hall, Graham Hall, Oresman & Jannotta Galleries,
Smith College Museum of Art
Wright Hall – Next to Neilson Library, Across from Campus Center
Wienstein Auditorium, Poetry Center
