BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//吃瓜头条 Events - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:吃瓜头条 Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:/events X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 吃瓜头条 Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260114T141918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T141918Z UID:10074126-1775041200-1775044800@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Lecture DESCRIPTION:VISITING ARTIST LECTURE WITH GLENN GOLDBERG\, PAINTER:\nWednesday\, April 1\, 11 a.m. \nVisual & Performing Arts Center\, Room 144\, Westside campus \nFree & Open to the Public. Limited Seating Available 鈥 RSVP required. Reserve tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/visiting-artist-lecture-glenn-goldberg-painter-tickets-1980476598820 \nGlenn Goldberg is a NYC artist and musician who was born in Bronx\, New York. He studied at the New York Studio School and earned his B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Queens College\, CUNY. He has taught at Cooper Union\, New York Studio School\, and Queens College\, where he was Professor and Chair of Graduate Studio Art. He also has been a panelist and visiting artist for numerous M.F.A. painting programs in the U.S. In June of this summer\, he will teach at Umbria Contemporary Arts in Italy\, a new art center and school in the medieval village of Monte Castello di Vibio. \nA recipient of many awards\, Goldberg has received grants from the Edward Albee Foundation\, the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Joan Mitchell Foundation\, Sharpe-Walentas\, Urban Glass\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times\, LA Times\, New Yorker\, and Chicago Tribune\, among others. In 鈥淗yperallergic\,鈥 art historian Jennifer Samet described his paintings as 鈥渆thereal\,鈥 as a 鈥渕eeting point of the ordinary and the other.鈥 \nGoldberg is a member of The National Academy of Design and is currently represented by Chris Sharp in Los Angeles and The Approach in London. He has shown extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe\, with work in many museum collections\, including: the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Guggenheim Museum; the Brooklyn Museum; the National Gallery of Art; and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles. URL:/events/calendar/visiting-artist-lecture-7/ LOCATION:VPAC Room 144\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Art,Lectures,Public Events,Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2023/10/Dept-of-Art-generic-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T193000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20251104T143738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T140934Z UID:10072659-1775064600-1775071800@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Provost's Distinguished Lecture Series - Advancing Knowledge Through Dialogue and Discovery DESCRIPTION:PROVOST鈥橲 DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES 鈥 ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH DIALOGUE AND DISCOVERY:聽This series brings leading voices from across disciplines to share their insights\, scholarship\, and vision with our community. All talks will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the locations specified below. The public is invited. \nWednesday\, Nov. 19: Dr. Neeta Connally\, CSU Professor of Biology and Director\, 吃瓜头条 Tickborne Disease Prevention Laboratory 鈥淗ow to Be a Bad Host: Preventing Lyme Disease When There are More Ticks in More Places鈥漒nScience Building\, Room 125\, Midtown campus \nWednesday\, Feb. 25: Terrence P. Dwyer\, JD/MFA\n鈥淐riminals\, Clients\, Curricula\, and Creativity鈥漒nIves Concert Hall\, White Hall\, Midtown campus \nWednesday\, April 1: Dr. Brian Clements\, Professor and Director of the Kathwari Honors Program\n鈥淭he Marketplace of Campo de鈥 Fiori\, or What is Poetry?鈥漒nWestside Classroom Building\, Room 218 鈥 President鈥檚 Reception Room \nA reception will follow each lecture\, offering a chance for conversation and connection. \nLearn more at www.wcsu.edu/academics/provosts-distinguished-lecture/. URL:/events/calendar/provosts-distinguished-lecture-series-advancing-knowledge-through-dialogue-and-discovery-3/ LOCATION:President鈥檚 Reception Room\, Westside Classroom Building 218\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Lectures,WOW ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2025/11/Provost-Lecture-Series_Header_500x300.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260310T150717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T150717Z UID:10074448-1775588400-1775592000@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: Eleventh annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public is invited. For information\, email Dr. Mitch Wagener at wagenerm@wcsu.edu. \nUpcoming schedule: \nMonday\, 3/23: The Ethics and Economics of Human Survival\nDr. Mitch Wagener with student Lindsay Kirkness \nTuesday\, 3/31: The Political Economy and Geopolitics of Climate Change\nDr. Jayson Funke \nTuesday\, 4/7: Reimagining Public Transportation\nDr. Rotua Lumbantobing with multiple students \nTuesday\, 4/14: The Hidden Harms of Our Tech World\nDr. Anna Malavisi with student Kate Jackson \nWednesday\, 4/22: The Calm Before the Swarm: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate\nDr. Zach Popkin-Hall with student Terrence Spofford URL:/events/calendar/climate-and-human-civilization-lecture-series-13/ LOCATION:Science Building 219\, 181 White St.\, Danbury CATEGORIES:Climate,Lectures,Science ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2024/03/Climate-and-Human-Civilization-500x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T220000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260218T163709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T163709Z UID:10074396-1775671200-1775685600@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Kathwari Spring Seminars - Creativity in Curatorial Practice DESCRIPTION:KATHWARI SPRING SEMINARS 鈥 CREATIVITY IN CURATORIAL PRACTICE: Wednesday\, April 8\, 6 p.m. reception; 7 p.m. lecture in the Art Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Westside campus. Laura Leonard is the Art Bridges Project Coordinator and Curatorial Researcher at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford\, where she oversees a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year\, multi-institutional partnership led by the Wadsworth as a part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program. Her most recent projects were co-curating 鈥(Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art鈥 and authoring the accompanying booklet\, as well as curating 鈥淧eter Waite: Social Memory: Paintings 1987鈥2025鈥 and co-authoring\nthe exhibition catalogue. URL:/events/calendar/kathwari-spring-seminars-creativity-in-curatorial-practice/ LOCATION:Art Gallery\, VPAC\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Lectures,Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2026/02/Kathwari-Spring-Seminars-2026_500x300-logo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kathwari Honors Program":MAILTO:honors@wcsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260310T150732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T150732Z UID:10074449-1776193200-1776196800@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: Eleventh annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public is invited. For information\, email Dr. Mitch Wagener at wagenerm@wcsu.edu. \nUpcoming schedule: \nMonday\, 3/23: The Ethics and Economics of Human Survival\nDr. Mitch Wagener with student Lindsay Kirkness \nTuesday\, 3/31: The Political Economy and Geopolitics of Climate Change\nDr. Jayson Funke \nTuesday\, 4/7: Reimagining Public Transportation\nDr. Rotua Lumbantobing with multiple students \nTuesday\, 4/14: The Hidden Harms of Our Tech World\nDr. Anna Malavisi with student Kate Jackson \nWednesday\, 4/22: The Calm Before the Swarm: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate\nDr. Zach Popkin-Hall with student Terrence Spofford URL:/events/calendar/climate-and-human-civilization-lecture-series-14/ LOCATION:Science Building 219\, 181 White St.\, Danbury CATEGORIES:Climate,Lectures,Science ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2024/03/Climate-and-Human-Civilization-500x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T160000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260107T203730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T144913Z UID:10074104-1776502800-1776528000@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Sigma Xi Northeastern Region Research Symposium and Competition DESCRIPTION:吃瓜头条 will host the 2026 Sigma Xi1 Northeastern Region Research Symposium and Competition on Saturday\, April 18.聽 The conference highlights student research. The Symposium theme is 鈥淭he Interdisciplinary Nature of Research.鈥 \nThis conference provides valuable opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students\, and professionals\, to showcase their research/scholarly work.聽 We anticipate student and faculty participation from community colleges and universities throughout the New England states\, New Jersey and New York.聽 A select number of outstanding high school projects are also being considered for poster presentation. \nThe conference is run in the same manner as a professional science conference. Student posters will be judged and each will be eligible to win the Sigma Xi Award. Participation also promotes student interaction with their peers from other institutions\, as well as their interaction with faculty mentors from other universities\, and scientists and engineers from the private sector. \nThe registration site for the Symposium is now open and includes reduced pre-registration rates until January 30. Abstract submission is also open and will close in March. Registration includes breakfast and boxed lunch\, and a special break session for students to meet Keynote Speakers Dr. Dustin Rubenstein and Dr. Katerina Trepekli. Register at www.wcsu.edu/sigma-xi/2026-northeast-region-research-symposium-and-competition/. \nThe Symposium will include three keynote speakers* who will convey the importance of interdisciplinary reasoning in research and innovation. \n*Dustin Rubenstein Ph.D.\, Sigma Xi Distinguish Lecturer\, Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Conservation Biology\, Columbia University\, \n*Matthew Tracy\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Chemistry\, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown\, recipient of the 2025 Rudy Ruggles Interdisciplinary Research Award\, \n*Katerina Trepekli\, Ph.D.\, Environmental Scientist & Advisor\, Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection\, Greece\, Visiting 吃瓜头条 Scholar \n聽 \n1Sigma Xi is the honor society of research scientists and engineers. It is an international multidisciplinary group whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise\, reward excellence in scientific research and encourage a sense of companionship and cooperation among scientists in all fields.聽 For more information\, please visit https://www.sigmaxi.org/. \n \n聽 URL:/events/calendar/sigma-xi-northeastern-region-research-symposium-and-competition/ LOCATION:Midtown Student Center\, 181 White St.\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Conference,Lectures,Science ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2023/02/Midtown-Student-Center.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society 吃瓜头条 Chapter":MAILTO:pinout@wcsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T200000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260310T150748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T150748Z UID:10074450-1776884400-1776888000@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series DESCRIPTION:CLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: Eleventh annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public is invited. For information\, email Dr. Mitch Wagener at wagenerm@wcsu.edu. \nUpcoming schedule: \nMonday\, 3/23: The Ethics and Economics of Human Survival\nDr. Mitch Wagener with student Lindsay Kirkness \nTuesday\, 3/31: The Political Economy and Geopolitics of Climate Change\nDr. Jayson Funke \nTuesday\, 4/7: Reimagining Public Transportation\nDr. Rotua Lumbantobing with multiple students \nTuesday\, 4/14: The Hidden Harms of Our Tech World\nDr. Anna Malavisi with student Kate Jackson \nWednesday\, 4/22: The Calm Before the Swarm: Mosquitoes in a Changing Climate\nDr. Zach Popkin-Hall with student Terrence Spofford URL:/events/calendar/climate-and-human-civilization-lecture-series-15/ LOCATION:Science Building 219\, 181 White St.\, Danbury CATEGORIES:Climate,Lectures,Science ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2024/03/Climate-and-Human-Civilization-500x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T203000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260218T164310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T170240Z UID:10074397-1777057200-1777062600@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Kathwari Spring Seminars - An Evening with Rhett Miller DESCRIPTION:KATHWARI SPRING SEMINARS 鈥 AN EVENING WITH RHETT MILLER: Friday\, April 24\, 聽7 p.m. in the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall in the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Westside campus. This is a ticketed event. Rhett Miller is an icon of Americana and contemporary songwriting. In addition to 13 albums with Old97s\, he has released 10 solo albums 鈥 most recently 鈥淎 lifetime of riding by night\,鈥 which he wrote and recorded just before recently undergoing and recovering from vocal cord surgery. Miller is the creator of the Wheels Off podcast\, for which he has interviewed many of the greats of contemporary Americana music as well as authors\, screenwriters\, comedians\, designers\, and other creatives about 鈥渢he messy reality of creative life.鈥 In 2025\, he received with Old97s the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association. \nGet tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-rhett-miller-tickets-1980892179834. \nA limited number of free tickets are available to the 吃瓜头条 community with ID at the VPAC Box Office until March 31 . URL:/events/calendar/kathwari-spring-seminars-an-evening-with-rhett-miller/ LOCATION:Veronica Hagman Concert Hall\, VPAC\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Lectures,Music,Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2026/02/Rhett-Miller-Press-Photo-Credit-Jason-Quigley_500x300.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kathwari Honors Program":MAILTO:honors@wcsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T190000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260420T194323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T170409Z UID:10074577-1777397400-1777402800@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Heritage Pinch Pots with the Author and Artist DESCRIPTION:HERITAGE PINCH POTS WITH THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST: Caldecott medalist illustrator Rebecca Lee Kunz and author Andrea L. Rogers (鈥淐herokee Nation鈥) will lead a book reading\, Q&A\, and a discussion on incorporating your family heritage/culture into artwork\, paired with a demonstration on how to make and engrave your own clay pinch pot. This event is free and open to the public. From 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Ruth Haas Library on the Midtown campus. \nRegister at https://wcsutickets.regfox.com/heritage-pinch-pots-library-presentation- \n\n\nBooks聽for聽this聽event聽are聽available聽from聽Byrd鈥檚聽Books聽in聽advance聽and聽at聽the聽event聽for聽signing.聽http://bit.ly/3O75POp URL:/events/calendar/heritage-pinch-pots-with-the-author-and-artist/ LOCATION:Ruth Haas Library\, 181 White St.\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lectures,Public Events,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2023/02/Ruth-Hass-Library.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T120000 DTSTAMP:20260611T135658 CREATED:20260114T141324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T153845Z UID:10074127-1777460400-1777464000@www.wcsu.edu SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Lecture DESCRIPTION:VISITING ARTIST LECTURE WITH HANGAMA AMIRI\, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST:\nWednesday\, April 29\, 11 a.m. \nVisual & Performing Arts Center\, room 144\, 吃瓜头条\, Westside campus\nFree & Open to the Public. Limited Seating Available 鈥 RSVP required. Reserve tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/visiting-artist-lecture-hangama-amiri-interdisciplinary-artist-tickets-1980479671009. \nHangama Amiri\, born in Peshawar\, Pakistan\, is an Afghan-Canadian artist. She works predominantly in textiles to explore ideas of home and the impact of gender\, social norms\, and geopolitical conflict on women鈥檚 lives in Afghanistan and the diaspora. Using a painterly approach to color and materials\, she examines how everyday objects\, such as a passport\, a vase\, and celebrity postcards\, are imbued with cultural memory and carry political and personal significance. \nAmiri earned her M.F.A. from Yale University in 2020. She received her B.F.A. from NSCAD University in Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, and was a Canadian Fulbright and Post-Graduate Fellow at Yale鈥檚 School of Arts and Sciences in 2015-2016. Last year\, she was shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award\, Canada鈥檚 premier contemporary visual arts prize\, in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. \nAmiri鈥檚 work has been shown nationally and internationally since 2017\, with solo shows in the U.S.\, Canada\, Italy\, France\, Germany\, and the UK. Recent exhibitions include the Esker Foundation\, Calgary; Toronto Biennial 2024; M枚nchehaus Museum Goslar\, Germany; Aga Khan Museum\, Toronto; and Sharjah Biennial 15\, United Arab Emirates. In 2023\, her solo exhibition 鈥淎 Homage to Home鈥 was held at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield\, with a published catalog. It was reviewed by The New York Times\, and traveled to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. Amiri is a recipient of multiple grants\, awards\, and artist residencies\, along with work in public collections\, including the Denver Art Museum. URL:/events/calendar/visiting-artist-lecture-6/ LOCATION:VPAC Room 144\, 43 Lake Ave. Extension\, Danbury\, CT CATEGORIES:Art,Lectures,Public Events,Visual & Performing Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:/events/wp-content/uploads/sites/181/2023/10/Dept-of-Art-generic-image.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR