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Past Performance Events

October 1, 2023 · 4:00 pm5:00 pm · Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium

Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Djandjoba

Music Department, African Music Ensembles
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September 30, 2023 · 8:00 pm · Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center

Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Fatoumata Diawara

Music Department, McCarter Theatre Center
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September 29, 2023 · 8:00 pm · Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center

Timbuktu Grooves Festival: Once the Dust Settles Flowers Bloom

Music Department, African Music Ensembles, McCarter Theatre Center
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November 3, 2022 · 8:00 pmNovember 5, 2022 · 8:00 pm · Whitman College Class of 1970 Theater

L’Avant-Scène presents “Des territoires (… Et tout sera pardonné?)” by Baptiste Amann

Department of French and Italian


March 26, 2022 · 8:00 pm10:00 pm · Theatre Intime

Student Playwrights Festival 2022

Theatre Intime Theatre Intime


November 4, 2021 · 8:00 pmNovember 6, 2021 · 10:00 pm · Whitman College Theater

L’Avant-Scène presents “Méphisto Rhapsodie” by Samuel Gallet

Department of French and Italian Whitman College Theater


October 12, 2021 · 5:00 pm6:30 pm · Donald G. Drapkin Studio, Lewis Arts Complex

Reading by poet Raena Shirali and seniors from the Program in Creative Writing

Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Creative Writing


October 5, 2021 · 7:30 pm9:00 pm · Hearst Dance Theater

Reading by Sherwin Bitsui and Maaza Mengiste

Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing


September 17, 2021 · 6:00 pmSeptember 19, 2021 · 6:30 pm · Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts Complex

Seuls en Scène 2021

Lewis Center for the Arts; L’Avant-Scène; Department of French and Italian; Humanities Council


September 10, 2021 · 9:30 am4:30 pm · Virtual (Zoom link to be sent to those who register)

REACTIVATING MEMORY – Shuffle Along and the Tulsa Race Massacre: A Centennial Symposium


March 26, 2021 · 7:30 pm · Zoom

ESL: A Digital Theater Experiment

Humanities Council; The University Center for Human Values


March 12, 2021 · 5:00 pm · Online

L’Avant-Scène presents: “Fragments Molière”

Department of French and Italian Online


March 5, 2021 · 8:00 pm9:45 pm · Zoom

L’Avant-Scène presents: “Le Malade imaginaire” by Molière

Department of French and Italian Via Zoom Webinar


March 5, 2021 · 5:30 pm7:15 pm · Zoom

L’Avant-Scène presents: “Le Malade imaginaire” by Molière

Department of French and Italian Via Zoom Webinar


March 4, 2021 · 8:00 pm9:45 pm · Zoom

L’Avant-Scène presents: “Le Malade imaginaire” by Molière

Department of French and Italian Via Zoom Webinar


December 18, 2020 · 7:00 pm9:00 pm · Livestream

All Her Power: The 50th Anniversary of Undergraduate Coeducation Theater Project

Program in Theater; Humanities Council Virtual via livestream at allherpower.princeton.edu


December 17, 2020 · 4:00 pm · via Youtube

Forward Fest: Arts and Humanities

A Year of Forward Thinking


November 25, 2020 · 5:00 pm · via Youtube

Musical Concert Agora Clarice and Sonic Platform Clarice 100 Ears

Brazil LAB; Lewis Center for the Arts, Maria Bethânia, Brazilian singer; Moreno Veloso, musician; Beatriz Azevedo, singer and poet


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