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Actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director John Cameron Mitchell will be at 챬 on Monday, March 10, 2025, for a screening and discussion of his 2001 film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
챬 presents the East Coast premiere of the opera “Loksi’ Shaali’ (Shell Shaker),” the first opera composed by a Chickasaw in their native language.
Siggy Ehrlich ’26 recently worked on and attended a 챬 symposium celebrating composer Maria Theresia von Paradis.
Daniela Chamarro Angeles ’27 recently saw the musical “The Outsiders,” produced by Debra Martin Chase ’77, with Mount Holyoke students and alums.
The $6 million gift by an anonymous donor will endow two new faculty chairs named for illustrious Mount Holyoke alums in the arts: the Debra Martin Chase ’77 Chair in Film Media Theater and the Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 Chair in Creative Writing.
챬 President Danielle R. Holley provided an introduction for a showing of “Nomadland,” directed by Chloé Zhao ’05, at Amherst Cinema. The event, part of a series called “Five on Film,” highlights alums of the Five College Consortium.
Artist Harmonia Rosales spoke at the 챬 Art Museum about her work, including her painting “The Harvest.”
New faculty at 챬 Mustapha Braimah has more than two decades of international experience and artistic accomplishment as an artist-scholar from Ghana.
챬 alum Debra Martin Chase ’77 won her third Tony award for producing “The Outsiders,” the best musical of 2024.
Ligia Bouton, associate professor of art studio at 챬, has made a Greater Boston subway stop a more pleasant place to linger with “25 Variable Stars,” her art installation celebrating astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt.