Start the weekend off right by joining fellow CC families at our Family Weekend Block Party tonight from 7-9 p.m. on Stewart Field! Enjoy sweet treats from local favorite, CC alumni-owned Josh & John’s Ice Cream, roast s’mores by the fire pits, and join in some friendly lawn games — all while taking in the CC Men’s Soccer game versus the University of the Ozarks, kicking off at 7 p.m.

For details on all the Family Weekend events, be sure to visit the website.

The Office of Communications & Marketing (OCM) is introducing a new “CC Brand Refresh Miniseries” in response to strong campus interest in the Work of the College Series event on the refreshed brand.

Throughout the 2025–26 academic year, OCM will host at least four sessions, each focusing on a different aspect of the updated brand:

Together, these sessions will give the campus community an opportunity to explore, connect with, and help advance the next chapter of CC’s shared story. Stay tuned for more details!

Join artists Holland Andrews and yunyia edi kwon in Celeste Theatre on Tuesday, Sep. 30, from 3:30-5 p.m. as they share insights and excerpts from their in-progress experimental opera, How does it feel to look at nothing. An embodied affirmation of trans futures amidst the disintegrative reality of trans life, How does it feel to look at nothing is an experimental opera and pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. Co-created, co-directed, and performed by Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon, the work is currently in development and will have its world premieres in Fall 2026 at PICA (Portland, Oregon) and FringeArts (Philadelphia, PA), and its New York City premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) before touring internationally.

Read here for more information.

The CC Music department celebrates Homecoming with the annual Music Ensembles Showcase Concert. Don’t miss these performances by the Bluegrass Ensemble, Tiger Jazz, Chamber Chorus, and Gamelan on Friday, Oct. 3, from 4-5 p.m. in Packard Hall.

Image: Melissa Cody, Dopamine Dream, 2023. © Melissa Cody. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.

Celebrate the opening day of Open-Hearted by attending a special event featuring an interdisciplinary group of CC faculty and staff who will reflect on the themes of the exhibition, including the limits of neoliberal models of wellness and the need to think of health in a more systemic manner.

Moderated by Dr. Nadia Guessous, Chair of the Feminist and Gender Studies Department and featuring the following speakers: Dr. Chantal Figueroa (Sociology), Dot Devota (English), Jordan Lord (Film and Media Studies), Dr. Joana Chavez (Feminist and Gender Studies), Dr. Aaron Su (Anthropology), Dr. Liliana Carrizo (Music), Dr. Rushaan Kumar (Feminist and Gender Studies), Dr. Jarred Wiehe (College Transitions Program), Jameel Paulin (Art).

Open-Hearted examines the history, meaning, and contemporary realities of health care and well-being. Moving beyond the individualistic framework of “self-care,” the exhibition reframes wellness as a collective project—one that necessitates an expansion of public health infrastructures across many levels of society. 

Actors Prentiss Benjamin “Ms. Sherlock Holmes,” and Jessica Austgen “Ms. Joan Watson, during a dress rehearsal on Tuesday, Sep. 16 for the production of “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B,” which plays through Oct. 5 at the FAC. Photo by Jamie Cotten