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Art Walk
Music Department
Summary: Enjoy a self-guided tour through Tower Hall and the Student Center celebrating student creativity across disciplines. As you move through the spaces, you’ll experience student artwork, paired with live music performed by student ensembles. Visitors are invited to explore at their own pace, experiencing the dialogue between art and music while supporting the talent and imagination of our student community. Check in at Mitchell Foyer, then explore the event using a campus map provided. 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.
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Mitchell Foyer.
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Music Department
Summary: Join us for the Minnesota premiere of The Brontë Sisters: Retrospection – an Art Song-Play by Vicki Fingalson, soprano/playwright and Wendy Durrwachter, piano/composer. The work chronicles the life of three literary trailblazing sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Their boundless influence is still being lauded and studied, but perhaps less is known about their remarkable lives and poetry, and these two elements are brought to life in this dramatic piece performed by its creators. Get tickets.
. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $12 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.
Friday, March 27, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
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Summary: The College of St. Scholastica Theatre Club presents Middletown by Pulitzer Prize nominee Will Eno. Middletown is a deeply moving and oddly hilarious play exploring the universe of a small American town and the universe of . . . the universe. There’s a woman named Mary and a man named John. A Cop. A Librarian. A Mechanic. An Astronaut. And there’s you. Tackling big ideas like the joy and pain of living and dying through the lens of Will Eno’s clever wit, Middletown promises a new look at it all. “One other… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $17 general admission, free for students and Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Christine Winkler Johnson. Contact Email: cjohnson32@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
St. Scholastica Theatre.
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Music Department
Summary: The St. Scholastica Music Program will host a day-long event for young handbell ringers. High school musicians from around the state will spend the day learning about handbells and making music together, and the final 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.
Saturday, March 28, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Middletown by Will Eno
Summary: The College of St. Scholastica Theatre Club presents Middletown by Pulitzer Prize nominee Will Eno. Middletown is a deeply moving and oddly hilarious play exploring the universe of a small American town and the universe of . . . the universe. There’s a woman named Mary and a man named John. A Cop. A Librarian. A Mechanic. An Astronaut. And there’s you. Tackling big ideas like the joy and pain of living and dying through the lens of Will Eno’s clever wit, Middletown promises a new look at it all. “One other… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $17 general admission, free for students and Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Christine Winkler Johnson. Contact Email: cjohnson32@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Saturday, March 28, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
St. Scholastica Theatre.
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School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: St. Augustine taught that dogs cannot go to heaven since they are soulless creatures due to their inability to comprehend the Beatific Face of God. He may have been surprised to learn that in Medieval France, the people of Lyon not only believed dogs could go to heaven but elevated one to sainthood. Librarian and printmaker Todd White tells the story of the rise of the folk saint Guinefort and his fall at the hands of the Inquisition, and documents the thought process and the hand process of creating a limi… 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, April 10, 2026, 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM.
CSS Library Raven Room.
Soldiers and Kings: Survival, Hope, and Empathy in the World of Human Smuggling
Alworth Peace and Justice
Summary: Jason de León presents on his National Book Award-winning project Soldiers and Kings. In 2015, de León began a long-term ethnographic project focused on understanding the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting migrants across the length of Mexico. In this talk, he presents stories from his recent book and examines the complicated relationship among transnational gangs, the human smuggling industry, and migrant desires for safety and well-being.
Livestream broadcast. 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, April 16, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
A Place for Us
Music Department
Summary: Our spring choir concert celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with music that honors the diverse voices that shape America. Guided by Benedictine values of hospitality, respect, and community, we proclaim there is a place for us –– somehow, someday, somewhere. 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.
Friday, April 24, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
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Music Department
Summary: Join us for The College of St. Scholastica's 3rd annual Family Music Series. Musicians from the CSS String Orchestra and the Northshore Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Nathaniel Stookey's "The Composer Is Dead" with narration written by Lemony Snicket. Come help us solve this whodunit in a relaxed, family-friendly concert for all ages! Get tickets now.
. 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, April 25, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
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Music Department
Summary: The Concert Band’s final performance of the year is filled with energy and life. The music centers around humanity’s enduring hope amid struggle, change, and death–the hope of a shared existence on this planet and a hope of life eternal. 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, April 25, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
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Music Department
Summary: Back by popular demand, the St. Scholastica Jazz Band and the North Shore Big Band present Benedictine Boogie. Come dance the night away to live swing band music with dance instruction provided by North Shore Ballroom. 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.
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Benedictine Commons
Science Building, St. Scholastica Campus.
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