Welcome to Fordham Theatre's MainStage for 2024–2025: Revel and Revolt: A Season of Joy and Subversion. Kicking off the season is Karen Zacarías’s compelling play, The Sins of Sor Juana, a tempestuous tale about legendary Mexican poet Juana Inés de la Cruz, who writes sensual, expressive verse at the Viceroy’s court in the 1600s, a
Come hear guest organist Anthony Rispo perform your favorite Halloween hits at this fun, informal organ concert. A Fordham Halloween tradition! Free admission and free candy!
The Emmy-nominated producer/screenwriter of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Apple TV’s Extrapolations will talk about what it takes to make great television about important issues—and how her Catholic faith and her passion for combating climate change inform her career and her craft. Dorothy Fortenberry will draw on an assortment of clips from shows she has
In conjunction with the exhibit “Yearning to Breathe: The Art of Siona Benjamin” at Fordham Univerisity’s Walsh Family and Quinn Libraries, we invite you to join us for a screening of the documentary Blue Like Me, profiling the Indian-American artist Siona Benjamin. Raised in the small Bene Israel Jewish community in Mumbai, India, Benjamin's art
This event includes a film screening and a discussion with director David Damian Figueroa. It is supported by the “Faculty Challenge and the Professor Connection” grants, presented in collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Visual Arts, curated by Fadi Skeiker, Ph.D., the department chair, and coordinated by Julianne Reid. The films include: Shura: Oscar-qualified and
Come see Kentucky, opening on Thursday, November 14 at Pope Auditorium at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus! Leah Nanako Winkler’s wry, refreshing, and playfully theatrical Kentucky is the second production of the MainStage 2025-26 season. Kentucky is a modern–day millennial version of The Odyssey, in which Hiro, a self-made woman “making it” in New York but
Continuing the dialogue sparked by University Press Week (November 11-15, 2024), join us for this event featuring authors from Fordham University Press’s Empire State Editions imprint. This panel will explore significant moments in New York City’s rich history and its ongoing transformation through the voices of these engaging authors. Moderator: David J. Goodwin, Assistant Director
Fordham English Professor Christopher GoGwilt will discuss his recent book, The K-Effect: Romanization, Modernism, and the Timing and Spacing of Print Culture, in a conversation hosted by Professor Stephen Hong Sohn. This event will include light refreshments, and there will be door prizes for attendees. About the Book The K-Effect shows how the roman alphabet has
The fall installment of the Voices Up! concert series at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus presents the world-renowned Cassatt String Quartet performing music by Black American composer Dorothy Rudd Moore, Russian titan Dimitri Shostakovich, and Fordham's own Lawrence Kramer. The program includes Moore's "Modes," described by the Cassatt as "hauntingly beautiful," a late quartet by Shostakovich,
Join us for the annual celebration of the season with the combined University choirs, dancers from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. in Dance, and the Bronx Arts Ensemble. The festival is general admission; no ticket required.
We invite you to join Professor Magda Teter for a guided tour of the three current exhibitions at the Walsh Library: "Fordham's Babel: An Exploration of World Languages in the Special Collections," "Yearning to Breathe: The Art of Siona Benjamin," and "Citizenship, Inclusion, and the Struggle to Belong." Refreshments and informal discussion after the tour.
Join us for the annual celebration of the season featuring the combined University choirs and the Bronx Arts Ensemble. The festival is general admission; no ticket required.
With his camera, Chester Higgins “wrestles with issues of memory, place, and identity.” He sees his life as a narrative and his photography as its expression. His art gives visual voice to his personal and collective memories. It is inside ordinary moments where he finds windows into larger meaning. Light, perspective, and points in time
Step into the Refuge Gallery to view Mariupol Deisis (2022), a striking series of 11 icons from Atlantova and Klymenko’s Icons on Ammo Boxes project. The “Wartime Beauty” exhibition is a collaboration between the Refuge Gallery and C-Icon Art Gallery. The Refuge Gallery is open during regular business hours Monday-Thursday. Please ring the institute’s bell
Join us for a screening of the award-winning experimental film I AM NOT OK, followed by a dance and percussion workshop led by Pat Hall. Thursday, January 16, 5 – 7 p.m. Franny's Space Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus About the film: I AM NOT OK Directed by the choreographer and filmmaker Gabrielle Lansner with
In 2011, Siona Benjamin, an intercultural artist born in India to a Bene Israel Jewish community, returned to her country of birth on a Fulbright India-US fellowship. During her stay, she traveled across the country, conducting research and interviewing Jews in India. "Henna, Love, and Light: Jewish Life and Art in Siona Benjamin's India" brings
Join us for the opening of a new exhibit “Henna, Love, and Light: Jewish Life and Art in Siona Benjamin’s India,” which brings to Fordham several pieces from Siona Benjamin's series “Faces: Weaving Indian Jewish Narratives." These pieces serve as anchors that link the present and the past. Around Siona Benjamin’s art are photographs taken
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
The curtain is rising on a special evening! Join us for Fordham’s Young Alumni Theatre Night to support the talented students of the Fordham Theatre program in their production of The Three Penny Opera. Admission to this unforgettable performance includes a special piece of alumni swag. We can’t wait to share this evening of Fordham
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
Don't miss the treasure that is George Drance, S.J. The esteemed professor has been teaching at Fordham University for over 25 years, and Three Penny Opera is his fourth directorial production. "The quality of the engagement, excitement, and spirit of the Fordham students makes this show special," he said. Set in Victorian London, Three Penny
