Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 27, 6–9pm ABOUT THE EXHIBITION In Fall 2025, the Hunter College Art Galleries will present Last Art School, an exhibition and programming series curated by Lindsey White, Arthur & Carol Kaufman Goldberg Visiting Curator and Artist in Residence. Last Art School offers a platform for investigating and documenting the current crisis […]
A conversation featuring Benjamin Hett, Hunter Professor of History, Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, and others at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.
Celebrate the work and legacy of photographer Frank Espada with his son & Poet Martin Espada alongside a multi-generational cohort of acclaimed Nuyorican photographers including Máximo Colon, David Rodriguez, and Erika P. Rodriguez! Nuyorican photographers have long sought to document and preserve Puerto Rican history in the city and beyond. Their talents have gifted us […]
Born in Brooklyn, Martín Espada is the author of more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator. A former tenant lawyer in the Greater Boston area's Latino community, he has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and JD from Northeastern University. Espada published his first poetry collection, The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero (Waterfront Press), in 1982. […]
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series Zionism and Anti-Zionism Since October 7: The Thunderstorm in the Cloud The Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza were world-altering events. They should have spurred new and creative ways of thinking on the Right and the Left. Instead, the opposite has occurred. Stark Manichean divisions; […]
Join CENTRO and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for another exciting night of poetry! Come listen to (and recite!) some poetry and connect with your favorite poets in the heart of El Barrio. Across cities, islands, and generations, Boricuas remain connected - by memory, by struggle, by love. This open mic invites poets and performers to […]
The Office of the Arts invites you to join Hunter artists for refreshments and snacks and meet fellow artists from other departments. Talk to the OOA staff about how we can help you build your practice and make this office better! OFFICE OF THE ARTS Baker Theatre Building 307 Enter from Hunter East via […]
The acclaimed novelist, Susan Choi, will read from her latest book, Flashlight, a Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Time, The Washington Post, and Literary Hub, as part of the Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College. Please note that this event has been postponed until March 2026. Author Megha Majumdar will now be reading on […]
Critically acclaimed author Megha Majumdar will read from her latest novel, A Guardian and a Thief, as part of the Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College. Megha Majumdar graduated from the Hunter MFA Creative Writing Program in 2011 and now teaches in it. Her book, A Guardian and a Thief, has just been long-listed for the National […]
The struggle of labor and workers’ rights is directly intertwined with the struggle of undocumented laborers - Kathy Andrade knew this and made an everlasting impact on the lives of all laborers in NYC. Grab your lunch and join CENTRO archivists Herbert Duran & Grace McKenna virtually for a Library & Archives Lunch Hour as […]
