SmithArts Weekly: Twelfth Night, Spring Ring Handbell Choir, Music Monday: Hannah Berube, clarinet
SmithArts Weekly: April 24, 2025
Tonight & This Weekend!
April 23, 24, 25, 26, – 7:30 PM – Theatre 14 - Tickets smitharts.ludus.com
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
Come revel in this story of gender switching, mistaken identities, bawdy pranks, unrequited love, and too much partying. Who will end up with who? And will it be a happy ending? One character will be played by a Smith student volunteer from the audience by lottery. In addition, there is a mystery guest each night. 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.
Next Week
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.
Monday, April 28 – 4:30 PM – Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall
Opening Reception: Hide & Seek – Senior Group Exhibition
Hide and Seek explores themes of the body, forms, and play through multimedia works. Featuring the works of Senior Studio Art majors Calvin Morriss, Nivedita Pari, Shira Siegal, Lilly Watson, Eva Weigand-Whittier, Olivia Weiner. On view April 24-May 1, 2025. Free and open to the public.
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.
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
The Smith College Department of Theatre presents an evening of student directed one-act plays. Free tickets at smitharts.ludus.com. For content warnings, contact the box office.
Friday, May 2 – 4:15 PM – Graham Hall, Hillyer Hall
Spring 2025 FMS Student Film Screening
The Film and Media Studies department presents video and screenwriting projects from students in the spring 2025 FMS media production courses. Free and open to the public.
Friday, May 2 – 7:30 PM – Scott Dance Studio
Spring Grad Event
Catch an exciting first look at new work by Smith 1st year MFA in Dance students: Chavi Bansal, Dimitri Kalaitzidis, Hannah Littman, and Sarah Young. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Tickets $3 at smitharts.ludus.com.
Coming Up
May 7 - May 16 – Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall
All Senior Show
A culminating group exhibition by senior Studio Art and Architecture majors.
Friday, May 16 – 4:30 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Commencement Chamber Music Concert
Special Chamber recital featuring graduating seniors.
Friday, May 16 – 8:30 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Commencement Orchestra Concert
Final Orchestra Concert of the year featuring senior soloists.
Saturday, May 17 -– 5:00 PM – Sweeney Concert Hall
Commencement Choral Concert
The Glee Club and Chamber Singers present works chosen by members of the Class of 2025.
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 24 - May 1 – Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall
Hide & Seek — Senior Group Exhibition
Hide and Seek explores themes of the body, forms, and play through multimedia works. Featuring the works of Senior Studio Art majors Calvin Morriss, Nivedita Pari, Shira Siegal, Lilly Watson, Eva Weigand-Whittier, Olivia Weiner. Opening Reception on April 28 at 4:30 PM. Free and open to the public.
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
