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St. Scholastica High School Honor Band Festival Concert
Music Department
Summary: The St. Scholastica High School Honor Band Festival brings together high school wind, brass, and percussion players in grades 10-12 from across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Following a day of rehearsals, the culminating festival concert will be open to the public. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Monday, January 19, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
A New Morning: Reconstructing a 17th-Century Matins Service
School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: In May 2025, Borealis Chamber Artists performed Antonio de Salazar’s Matins for the Blessed Virgin Mary, music that hadn't been heard in 300 years. In this colloquium, Dr. Richard Carrick traces the process of reconstructing the service, from archival research to performance, and reflects on the cultural significance of restoring this 17th-century work and reviving it for a contemporary audience. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM.
CSS Library Raven Room.
Rose Warner Reading Series with Martín Espada
Summary: The Rose Warner Reading Series presents renowned poet Martín Espada. A Puerto Rican-American poet, Espada is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has published over twenty books, including poetry collections and essays, with themes often reflecting his political activism and Puerto Rican heritage. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
The L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project: Reconstructing the Library of a Self-Professed ‘Book Drunkard’
School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: What can be learned from reconstructing an author’s library? What might an author’s library reveal about them that their published work does not? Canadian author L.M. Montgomery—best known for her classic, Anne of Green Gables (1908)—was a voracious reader with widely varied tastes in literature. Dr. Emily Woster will discuss the wealth of evidence we have of Montgomery’s reading habits and share insights, surprises, and highlights from her work curating the "L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project,” a physical a… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM.
CSS Library Raven Room.
Video Games Live: Midwinter Band Concert
Music Department
Summary: The music of video games is largely underappreciated, and yet it shapes the lives of so many people. The CSS Concert Band, Jazz Band, Steel Band, and Handbell Ensemble will present a love letter to the genre featuring music from Super Mario, Zelda, Minecraft, Donkey Kong, and more. Get tickets.
. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $10 general admission, free for students and Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Saturday, February 28, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. Adoptions from Guatemala: A Historical Reckoning
Alworth Peace and Justice
Summary: Boston University historian Rachel Nolan tells the poignant saga of Guatemala’s adoption industry: an international marketplace for children, built on a foundation of inequality, war, and Indigenous dispossession. This talk is based on Nolan's book, Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala, finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Tim Lorek. Contact Email: tlorek@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.