Harpur Calendar of Events

An exciting mix of instrumentations featuring new works by BU Composers. Free Admission

Binghamton University Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Extreme light-matter interaction for future large-scale and ultrafast sub-THz quantum photonics Demid Sychev Postdoctoral researcher Purdue University PRESENTATION 11:00 AM–12:00PM ALL WELCOME – COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS AT 10:50 AM Contact:  Lisa Greeno lgreeno@binghamton.edu

Please join the Philosophy graduate program in social, political, ethical and legal philosophy (SPEL) for our Colloquium on Tuesday, January 29 from 11:25 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. in UUW 324. Guest speaker Dr. Amy Levine, Harvard University Junior Fellow, will be presenting "Finitude as Interpretive Dependence in Kierkegaard’s 'The Concept of Anxiety'." Contact:  Melissa Sumpter msumpter@binghamton.edu

On view: 1/29/2026- 5/16/2026
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Main Galleries  | Free Admission  

https://www.binghamton.edu/art-museum/

Join the Binghamton University Art Museum (BUAM) for the opening of Line, Color, Contrast: Japanese Prints and New York Arts and Crafts and Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright on Thursday, January 29, 2026 from 5–7PM. The exhibitions will be on view through May 16, 2026.

Japanese woodblock prints transformed American design at the turn of the century. Nowhere is this more evident than the Arts and Crafts Movement, which coincided with Japonisme—the widespread craze for all things Japanese. New York-based artist and art-educator Arthur Wesley Dow developed a new curriculum based on Japanese prints that emphasized line, color, and contrast as the essential principles of good design. He instilled these principles in a generation of American designers who went on to define the Arts and Crafts Movement in New York and across the country. This exhibition is curated by Joseph Leach, curator of collections and exhibitions.

Also opening is Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright. The thirty-eight original drawings displayed in this exhibition illustrate the varied range of the architect's prolific career, during which he designed over 1500 buildings and completed over 500. The drawings' beauty and technical proficiency are the result not only of Wright’s own artistic vision, but also show the contributions of a number of talented draftsmen and -women who worked in his office. Within these intricate surfaces, we can discern how Wright, his employees, and his apprentices struggled to define an architecture as rich and complex as modern America itself. This exhibition is curated by Julia Walker, associate professor of art history, and students in “Rewriting Wright” (ARTH 480A). Support for this project is provided by Art Bridges.

All events are free and open to the public.

On view: 1/29/2026- 5/16/2026
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Main Galleries  | Free Admission  

https://www.binghamton.edu/art-museum/

Join the Binghamton University Art Museum (BUAM) for the opening of Line, Color, Contrast: Japanese Prints and New York Arts and Crafts and Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright on Thursday, January 29, 2026 from 5–7PM. The exhibitions will be on view through May 16, 2026.

Japanese woodblock prints transformed American design at the turn of the century. Nowhere is this more evident than the Arts and Crafts Movement, which coincided with Japonisme—the widespread craze for all things Japanese. New York-based artist and art-educator Arthur Wesley Dow developed a new curriculum based on Japanese prints that emphasized line, color, and contrast as the essential principles of good design. He instilled these principles in a generation of American designers who went on to define the Arts and Crafts Movement in New York and across the country. This exhibition is curated by Joseph Leach, curator of collections and exhibitions.

Also opening is Drawing Connections: Frank Lloyd Wright. The thirty-eight original drawings displayed in this exhibition illustrate the varied range of the architect's prolific career, during which he designed over 1500 buildings and completed over 500. The drawings' beauty and technical proficiency are the result not only of Wright’s own artistic vision, but also show the contributions of a number of talented draftsmen and -women who worked in his office. Within these intricate surfaces, we can discern how Wright, his employees, and his apprentices struggled to define an architecture as rich and complex as modern America itself. This exhibition is curated by Julia Walker, associate professor of art history, and students in “Rewriting Wright” (ARTH 480A). Support for this project is provided by Art Bridges.

All events are free and open to the public.

On view: 1/29/2026- 5/16/2026
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Lower Galleries  | Free Admission  

https://www.binghamton.edu/art-museum/

Opening in the Museum’s Lower Galleries are three exhibitions curated by students: Why So Blue? The Influence of Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain curated by Sarah Lin ’27,
Figures and Fragments: Collage and the Human Form curated by Nicole Quintanilla ’26, and Japanese Card Games and the Significance of Flora curated by Paxton “PJ” Wells ’26.

All events are free and open to the public.

GENDER AND VOICE WORKSHOP FOR ALL PERFORMERS
Thursday January 29, 2026
7pm-10pm
Watters Theater

Are you interested in playing characters of different genders? Are you a transgender and/or nonbinary actor who wants to feel more affirmed in your voice? Then this vocal production workshop is for you!

Through the lens of gender, participants will learn techniques that they can use to transform their voices. This 3-hour workshop utilizes exercises from the Linklater Voice Methodology and speech-language pathology that have character applications such as in Binghamton's upcoming production of Men on Boats, Shakespearean cross-dressing, and cross-gender casting. These exercises are also applicable for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) performers who want to feel more affirmed and comfortable in their voices.

Whether it’s for a character you are playing, or for your own voice, we hope to see you there!

ZOE CHEN:
Zoe Chen (she/her) is a transgender filmmaker, educator, and activist. Zoe attended the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) where she received an MFA in Acting with a Citizen Artist Concentration for her work in A.C.T.’s education programs. As an actress, writer, and director, Zoe creates work that centers Asian-American and transgender narratives. Zoe has 10+ years’ experience as an educator, teaching various subjects to diverse populations. After 5 years of studying Linklater Voice Method pedagogy, Zoe became the first and only transgender person to become a Designated Linklater Teacher. She currently teaches voice at several schools across New York City and teaches private lessons and workshops for transgender actors and teachers both online and in person.

CHRISTINE ADAIRE
Christine Adaire (she/her/hers) is the former Head of Voice at American Conservatory Theatre.  She is a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher. She has worked as an actor, voice/dialect coach, and director in many regional theaters, including the Guthrie Theater, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera (Chicago), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, and Shakespeare & Company. Christine has taught at DePaul University, National Theatre School of Canada, UMASS–Amherst and Roosevelt University. She has given workshops in: Shanghai, New Zealand, Barcelona, King’s College (London), and Birmingham City University. Her current area of research and writing is gender affirming voice. She works with transgender/gender diverse individuals so they can inhabit the voice that expresses their gender identity. She is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for over forty years.

Get Ready to Work!
Resumé and Job Search Workshop
WHEN:  Friday, Jan. 30, 3pm-5pm
WHERE:  Green Room
FORMAT:

Presentation by Faculty Members
Q & A Session
Resumé & Portfolio Workshop
It's time to submit resumés for Summer Theatre Positions!

Are you interested in finding theatre work? This workshop is geared toward students who are interested in summer stock positions and beyond. Students will have the opportunity to meet with faculty members to workshop their resume, learn how to search for jobs and decipher job postings, and how to craft a cover letter.  Led by faculty members of the Department of Theatre and open to all students!  

Gear up in 2026 - the time is now!  Summer theaters traditionally begin hiring in January, so don't wait!

Bring your resumes, headshots, tablets, and computers with you!

Students may also ask questions about theatre department productions and how to get involved.  Everyone is welcome!

Art History:  VizCult Series February 4 - Tanya Tiffany (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) February 11 - Berin Golonu (Buffalo) March 25 - Nino Zchomelidse (Johns Hopkins), *Ferber Lecture April 22 - Marilynn Desmond (Binghamton)

 John Gibler (journalist, author of the recent book El Salvador de Bukele (Buenos Aires, Tinta Limón, 2025)




ORGANIZED and SPONSORED BY:  Romance Languages and Literatures, IASH, Sociology, Human Development, LACAS


Contact:  Gerardo Pigntiello, Assistant Professor of Spanish
gpignati@binghamton.edu

Art History:  VizCult Series February 4 - Tanya Tiffany (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) February 11 - Berin Golonu (Buffalo) March 25 - Nino Zchomelidse (Johns Hopkins), *Ferber Lecture April 22 - Marilynn Desmond (Binghamton)

Come enjoy an evening of poetry, culture, and community. Students will be reading short poems about love in its many global guises from antiquity to the present. They'll be reading the poems in the original languages, and English translations will be available for the audience. Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the Binghamton University community. Contact:  Carl Gelderloos cgelderl@binghamton.edu

Dennis Yi Tenen, associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, will join the speaker series Critical Perspectives on AI, Data, and Narrative with a talk on the methodological and ethical challenges of studying digital communities that operate in ambiguous legal and moral terrains. The talk takes up the problem of doing ethnography online—what it means to study digital communities that thrive in the gray zones of legality or morality. Drawing on the sociology of culture, media theory, and platform studies, Tenen focuses on Library Genesis, one of the internet’s largest “pirate” libraries. The case raises difficult questions about how to write about underground infrastructures without exposing them, and how to care for both the researcher and the researched community in spaces built to resist visibility. Contact:   Francesco Agnellini, fagnellini@binghamton.edu or Junting Huang, jhuang119@binghamton.edu

An Evening with M. Cynthia Cheung
Thursday, February 12, 6pm - 8pm
The Jay S. and Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall

M. Cynthia Cheung is the author of the poetry collection Common Disaster. Her poems can be found in AGNI, Gulf Coast, The Massachusetts Review, Pleiades, and swamp pink, among others. She is the recipient of the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America and a fellowship from Idyllwild Arts Writer’s Week. She serves on the judging panel for Baylor College of Medicine’s annual Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Award and is a poetry co-editor for Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine. She practices internal medicine in Texas.

Free Admission

Tickets: https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html

Dear Students,

For the third year, the Department of Art & Design's Student Advisory Committee will host a 24-Hour Drawathon & Non-perishable Food Drive.  You are invited to apply!

This competitive event will take place from Saturday, February 21 to Sunday, February 22, 11 a.m - 11a.m.  This year's 24-Hour Drawathon will be held at the Kilmer Mansion (located on Riverside Drive in Binghamton, NY). 10 student-artists will be chosen to participate in creating large-scale drawings in the mansion.  The artists will be at work for the duration of the marathon (with short breaks) and visitors may observe the artists throughout the 24-hour period.  The application deadline for this competitive opportunity is Dec. 2.  To access the application, click on the link below:




24-Hour Drawathon Application for Prospective Participants
Feel free to reach out to any Student Advisory Committee Member or Professor Kornreich with any questions about the application process or event.  We look forward to reviewing your work!

Tickets: 

Tickets: https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html

Common Ground Reading
Weds, February 25, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

Ticketing Information https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html

Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize -winning musical RENT returns in a powerful new symphonic concert version.

With a live cast, full band, and symphonic arrangements, RENT in Concert reimagines the beloved rock musical in a bold and moving format. This production brings Larson’s raw, emotional score to life with a new sonic depth while staying true to its story of community, love, loss, and resilience in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Fans of the original will find this concert both familiar and fresh; an homage to a show that defined a generation and continues to speak powerfully today.

Nina Beguš, Lecturer at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society at UC Berkeley, will join the speaker series Critical Perspectives on AI, Data, and Narrative with a talk on the cultural, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence. The talk examines how fictional narratives shape our understanding of computational technologies and how the humanities can offer critical tools for interpreting AI’s development. Drawing on literature, media theory, and the history of science, Beguš traces connections from Pygmalion’s Eliza Doolittle to Weizenbaum’s ELIZA, moving through works such as Richard Powers’s Galatea 2.2 and the films Her and Ex Machina, before turning to contemporary large language models. The case raises questions about how stories inform technological imaginaries, and how humanistic approaches can illuminate the cultural and philosophical implications of machines that use human languages. Contact:  Junting Huang  jhuang119@binghamton.edu Francesco Agnellini fagnellini@binghamton.edu

Free admission.

Tickets: https://www.binghamton.edu/anderson-center/events-list.html