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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Cantor Arts Center
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM
Carolyn Lazard: Long Take is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material. Made in collaboration with dancer Jerron Herman and poet and artist Joselia Rebekah Hughes, the central work, Leans, Reverses (2022), emerges from the relationship between a dance performance, its recording, and
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Cantor Arts Center
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM
Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford, the Gilded Age founder and matriarch of Stanford University. Bringing together precious keepsakes, souvenirs, archaeological detritus, and spooky messages from beyond the grave, the exhibition reveals the campy underside of a familiar biography and perhaps an ev
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Lathrop Library
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM
The East Asia Library at Stanford University will host a print exhibition by Kim Bong-Jun, a leading figure in Korean Minjung (People’s) Art, from September 29 to December 11, 2026. Active since the 1980s, Kim has developed a distinctive visual language that combines traditional Korean folk art and popular expression with contemporary art, reflecting the lives and realities of ordinary people and
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Cantor Arts Center
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM
Before 3D printing, there was photosculpture. Curated by Patrick R. Crowley, Associate Curator of European Art, Solid Pictures is the first major exhibition to explore these largely overlooked objects first conceived in 1859 by the twenty-nine-year-old French artist and inventor François Willème. Employing projection technologies and mechanical instruments, Willème and his team of operators transl
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Green Library
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM
Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were entirely woven on a Jacquard loom by the firm of silk merchant Joseph-Alphonse Henry. This exhibition explores the cultural contexts and material conditions of Les laboureurs’ production, and considers parallels between technology-driven global change in the lat
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Cantor Arts Center
📅 Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM
Join us for casual in-gallery conversations in our special exhibition, JANE!, facilitated by our Museum Engagement Guides. Enjoy a spotlight tour focusining on a single object, followed by an open conversation. Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford, the Gilded Age founder and matriarch of Stanford
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 PM
Electric Contrasts: The Art of the Detail brings together photobooks and magazines to show how the revolution of photography in the late 19th and early 20th century changed the history of art. Electric Contrasts takes Kenneth Clark’s landmark 1938 book One Hundred Details from Pictures in the National Gallery as a starting point to illuminate the impact black and white photographic details of Old
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Sun, Nov 8, 7:00 PM
Join us for a special evening of music as we bring together talented alumni from Stanford’s community from across the years, showcasing a diverse selection of solo and chamber music. This event offers an opportunity to experience the artistry of Stanford Alumni, a chance to reconnect with musicians and friends, and celebrate the enduring bond we share through music. Stanford Music Alumni who woul
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Mon, Nov 9, 1:00 PM
Digital objects are often seen as alien to craft, as though no hands had shaped them. They can be copied endlessly and exactly, bereft of the maker’s touch. Yet weaving and printmaking are among our oldest technologies of reproduction, fixing patterns so they can be repeated and circulated. The printing press and the Jacquard loom initiated processes of automation that displaced human hands—and th
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Art Gallery
📅 Mon, Nov 9, 1:00 PM
Presented by the Department of Art & Art History, the 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Touch Me Not, showcases a campus-wide selection of artwork by twenty-two Stanford undergraduate students. Touch Me Not: 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition On View: October 7 – December 4, 2026 Stanford Art Gallery, 419 Lasuen Mall Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 1–5pm Opening Reception: Thurs
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Mon, Nov 9, 1:00 PM
TNT Traysikel: Never Gonna Give You Up! On View: October 15–December 4, 2026* McMurtry Building, 355 Roth Way, Stanford Miller Discussion Room and Vitrine Gallery Open Monday–Friday, 1:00pm–5:00pm Curated By: Gabriel Harrison Free & open to the public Opening Reception: Friday, October 16, 2–3:30pm during Art & Art History’s Reunion Open House Closing Reception: Friday, December 4, 3–5pm during F
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · MacArthur Park Restaurant
📅 Mon, Nov 9, 3:00 PM
Join us for a special Veterans Day Celebration as Stanford University's Office of Military-Affiliated Communities (OMAC), collaborating on behalf of the university with the City of Palo Alto and the American Legion, hosts this annual community event. The evening will feature special performances from Stanford's very own Mendicants, guest speakers, and a presentation of the Quilt of Valor by the S
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Building 360
📅 Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 PM
During the Cold War, the ideological struggle to win the hearts and minds of the Chinese took place on the pages of literary texts. A battle of the books between Washington D.C. and Beijing mobilized entire networks of U.S. Foreign Service posts, book publishers, and higher education institutions to take sides in propagating representations of either democracy or communism to ethnic Chinese commun
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Tue, Nov 10, 5:00 PM
Situated in Black media studies and play studies, Zayla Crocker examines Bernard Rose’s 1992 film Candyman along with Nia DaCosta’s remake of the same name to demonstrate how both films encourage the spectator to “play” within the genre conventions of the slasher film through an act of ritualized play Crocker deems “playing wretched.” Both films overtly or covertly prompt the spectator to call on
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 PM
BLKNWS: Pilgrim Marketing Plan Rebuttal film and dialogue with Kahlil Joseph Please join us for a dialogue and viewing of Kahlil Joseph’s latest work. He will be sharing some of his latest work on BLKNWS through a conversation with Srdan Keca (Program Director of Doc Film) and Chanell Stone (Photography), moderated by Christian González Ho (Art History + Architecture). 📅 Tuesday, November 10,
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Memorial Church
📅 Wed, Nov 11, 12:15 PM
Enjoy lunchtime organ music in the glowing acoustic of Memorial Church. University Organist Robert Huw Morgan will perform brief recitals, followed by light refreshments in the Round Room! These free events are open to the public. 12:15 - 12:45 pm | Concert 12:45 - 1:15 pm | Tea & cookies
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Wed, Nov 11, 12:30 PM
Don't miss this rare screening of the delightfully offbeat silent-film classic, "Mighty Like a Moose," brought to life with a live score composed and performed by Stanford's own Stephen Prutsman (piano) and 2026 Emerging String Quartet Fellows The Dolphins. The Dolphins Quartet is a string quartet and composer collective united by a belief that chamber music can be vibrant, daring, and deeply h
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Braun Music Center
📅 Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 PM
Stanford harpsichordists, recorder players, and singers will perform baroque music by Handel, Byrd, Purcell, and more. Admission Information Free admission
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📍 San Francisco · Sandler Neurosciences Center
📅 Thu, Nov 12, 4:30 PM
Join us at Gallery190 for the opening of MY OLD MAN (M.O.M.), an exhibition of photographs by Pablo Tapay Bautista exploring memory, family, and the intimate realities of caregiving. Through documentary photographs, handwritten text, and abstract imagery, Bautista reflects on caring for his father and the shifting roles, memories, and relationships that accompany aging and dementia. Opening Rece
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · GSB Knight - Arbuckle / Cemex
📅 Thu, Nov 12, 7:30 PM
If planning to attend, please submit an RSVP here. The Stanford Mathematics Research Center presents Surprises from rubbing the wrong way, a lecture given by Tadashi Tokieda, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, as part of the MRC Public Lecture series. Friction, stickiness, jamming . . . Don’t we frown on these conditions as spoilers of life? This lecture, however, will perform baff
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 12:30 PM
The Dolphins Quartet performs as part of the Emerging String Quartet Program (ESQP). The Dolphins Quartet is a string quartet and composer collective united by a belief that chamber music can be vibrant, daring, and deeply human. Trained at Juilliard and based in New York City, the quartet has gained recognition for adventurous programming, original compositions, and performances that reimagine t
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Braun Music Center
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 3:00 PM
Visiting composer Wang Lu will give a presentation on her music, including Surge, which will be performed by the Stanford Symphony Orchestra on November 13 and 15. Professor Lu's appearance, and the the West Coast premiere of her composition Surge by the Stanford Symphony Orchestra on November 13 and 15, are supported by the Stanford University Department of Music. Admission Information Free ad
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · David Rumsey Map Center (Green Library)
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 3:00 PM
Explore the World of Maps at the David Rumsey Map Center Join us for a guided tour of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries. Upon arrival, you'll be greeted by one of our knowledgeable staff members for an immersive experience. 30-Minute Overview: Dive deep into the history, collections, and special exhibitions of the David Rumsey Map Center, enriched with insights and stories from o
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📍 San Francisco · Byers Auditorium | Genentech Hall
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 4:30 PM
Please join the UCSF ENACT Center for a screening of the groundbreaking endometriosis documentary End of the Cycle, by The Endo Collective. The End of the Cycle is created by The Endometriosis Collective. The film not only highlights forefront scientific and clinical research, but challenges decades of misconceptions. Following the film, a panel of leading voices in endometriosis research, clini
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📍 San Mateo · Peninsula · Central Park (Fitzgerald Field)
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM
City of San Mateo and San Mateo United Homeowners Association free tree lighting and San Mateo on Ice opening celebration on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, 6–8 p.m. at Fitzgerald Field in Central Park, with Peninsula Skating Club performances. Public skating opens Nov. 14 through Jan. 10.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Dinkelspiel Auditorium
📅 Fri, Nov 13, 7:30 PM
The Stanford Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Galisatus, performs their 2026 Fall Concert from the main stage of Dinkelspiel Auditorium with special guests Debora & Dani Gurgel. Admission Information General – $32 | Seniors (65+) and Non-Stanford Students – $27 Price shown reflects total cost including $4 online/phone per-ticket fee.FREE admission for Stanford University students.
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Sat, Nov 14, 2:30 PM
The Stanford Cello Choir, under the direction of Christopher Costanza, performs a range of works composed specifically for cello ensemble as well as creative arrangements of well-known pieces. Admission Information Free admission.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Dinkelspiel Auditorium
📅 Sat, Nov 14, 7:30 PM
The acclaimed Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, directed by Murray Low, presents their first performance of the academic year! We are exciting to playing for you again. As usual, the group have a complete new set of music prepared covering all aspects of the idiom - classic and modern salsa, boleros, samba, rumba, Latin jazz, and much more! Works include those written or performed by icons such
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Sat, Nov 14, 7:30 PM
Students from MUSIC 73, taught by Benjamin Liupaogo, are featured in this cabaret-style show performing a variety of works from musical theater, jazz, and other genres. Admission Information Free admission
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Memorial Church
📅 Sat, Nov 14, 8:00 PM
Experience not only the enveloping aural phenomenon of echoes in Stanford’s stunning Memorial Church, but the memories evoked by the poetry and musical organization of sound in a broad panoply of choral repertoire from Chant through newly-composed works. Join us for an evening of Chant, Palestrina, Garrett, Ketting, Schmidt, Tuan, Walker, Marsh, and others. Admission Information General – $32 |
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Sun, Nov 15, 2:30 PM
Join us for an afternoon of vocal music featuring students from the studio of Kathryne Jennings as they present a diverse program spanning classical art songs, operatic arias, and show-stopping musical theater favorites. Admission Information Free admission
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Sun, Nov 15, 7:30 PM
Clara Christian, one of our new faculty members in the Department of Music, performs a solo piano recital featuring works by Beethoven, Messiaen, Rachmaninoff, and more. Admission Information Free admission
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Mitchell Earth Sciences
📅 Mon, Nov 16, 12:00 PM
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collection Pop-up Map Exhibit: Fire in the West Join us during Geography Awareness Week for a pop-up exhibition on the Branner mezzanine (map floor) highlighting maps about fire in California & the Western United States! The exhibit is available for viewing Monday November 16 through Friday November 20 during regular library open hours. Check out past exhibi
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Gates Computer Science Building
📅 Mon, Nov 16, 12:00 PM
In the last year, AI models have rapidly improved on public benchmarks measuring their ability to carry out research tasks autonomously. Such performance suggests that models may be capable of automating parts of the AI R&D process itself, thereby accelerating the pace of AI progress. However, there is still little empirical data on how these new capabilities have changed the research process with
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Anderson Collection
📅 Mon, Nov 16, 1:00 PM
Join Marci Kwon, Exhibition Co-Curator & Co-director of the AAAI, on this special tour of surfacing. RSVP HERE patty chang: surfacing engages the ocean as a physical, geopolitical, and symbolic space. The exhibition culminates a year-long residency through the Denning Visiting Artist program, during which Chang was embedded at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station. Incorporating fish specimens, ar
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Building 260
📅 Mon, Nov 16, 5:00 PM
The French and Italian Department and French Speaking Worlds: Here and Now present: A Book talk on D’abord ils sont venus chercher les mots [First They Came for Words], les Arènes, 2026, by Prof. Cécile Alduy, in conversation with Prof. Joshua Landy. An Author Caught Up by Her Subject A professor of literature at Stanford and a discourse analysis scholar, Cécile Alduy has spent years analyzing h
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Building 260
📅 Tue, Nov 17, 12:00 PM
Please join German Studies Lecture Series for How Do You Dance a Cabinet of Curiosities? A conversation with Professor Jutta Eming (Freie Universität Berlin). As a collection and exhibition convention, a Cabinet of Curiosity or Wunderkammer is regarded as a historical intermediate stage between the medieval treasury and the modern museum. It was widespread throughout Europe from the 16th to 18th
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Bechtel International Center
📅 Tue, Nov 17, 12:00 PM
Join us at the Bechtel International Center as we officially kick off International Education Week! Campus partners, student groups, cultural tables, and performances will be the highlights with special snacks. Please join us as we celebrate global education and cultural exchange.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Bing Concert Hall
📅 Tue, Nov 17, 4:30 PM
Prior to her Shenson Recital Series performance on Wednesdsay, Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) presents an afternoon masterlcass alongside students from Stanford's vocal studies program. Admission Information Free admissionPlease RSVP here.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Bolivar House
📅 Tue, Nov 17, 4:45 PM
This event is a collaboration between the Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco and Stanford University, through its Portuguese Language Program, Global Studies Division, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Center for African Studies, Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education, and Center for Latin American Studies. THIS EVENT RE
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Wed, Nov 18, 12:30 PM
Join us for our Noon Concert Series, where student musicians from a variety of instrumental and vocal studios take the stage. Each performance offers a vibrant showcase of emerging talent, celebrating music in a relaxed midday setting. Admission Information Free admissionParking permits are required for weekday campus parking. We recommend downloading the ParkMobile app before arriving.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Memorial Church
📅 Wed, Nov 18, 7:30 PM
The Stanford University Singers, under the direction of Robert Huw Morgan, invite you to join them for their 2026 Fall Concert in Memorial Church. Admission Information General – $32 | Seniors (65+) and Non-Stanford Students – $27 Price shown reflects total cost including $4 online/phone per-ticket fee.FREE admission for Stanford University students. One ticket per ID, available beginning one ho
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Alumni Center
📅 Thu, Nov 19, 4:30 PM
Join IAJS for Bones, Borders, and Black Mirrors: Can Justice Outlive Colonialism? as we consider how colonialism continues to shape our world and explore where, in the law, in the archaeological record, and in art, we are finding ways to build more just societies. Inspiring this conversation is artwork by Pedro Lasch, Coatlicue & Las Meninas: The Stanford Edition, originally commissioned as part
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · McMurtry Building
📅 Thu, Nov 19, 5:30 PM
Made possible by the Millicent Greenwell Clapp Studio Art Series Fund, this series invites an artist each quarter for a two-day visit consisting of studio critiques with our MFA students and an evening public lecture. This series continues to provide a dynamic platform for artists to engage with the Stanford community, fostering critical dialogue and creative exploration. Protocol Art In this le
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula
📅 Thu, Nov 19, 6:30 PM
Please join Comics: More Than Words for Cinematic Language in Horror Manga a discussion with Pelin Çılgın (they/them). Pelin is a PhD Candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. Pelin is a film critic, curator, and scholar researching Japanese literature, culture, and film. In preparation for the talk and the subsequent discussion, please: 1. Read th
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📍 Stanford · San Jose & South Bay · Braun Music Center
📅 Fri, Nov 20, 12:30 PM
Join us for our Noon Concert Series, where student musicians from a variety of instrumental and vocal studios take the stage. Each performance offers a vibrant showcase of emerging talent, celebrating music in a relaxed midday setting. Admission Information Free admissionParking permits are required for weekday campus parking. We recommend downloading the ParkMobile app before arriving.
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📍 Walnut Creek · Tri-Valley & Contra Costa · Civic Park
📅 Fri, Nov 20, 5:30 PM
Walnut Creek Downtown Association and City of Walnut Creek annual tree lighting on Nov. 20, 2026, 5:30–6:30 p.m. at Civic Park, with complimentary hot cocoa, carolers, and Frosty the Snowman.
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📍 Stanford · Peninsula · Dinkelspiel Auditorium
📅 Fri, Nov 20, 7:30 PM
The Stanford Baroque Soloists, under the direction of Anthony Martin, present their 2026 Fall concert program in Memorial Church featuring overtures by Lully, Telemann, Rameau, Purcell, and Handel, each fallowed by a Chaconne. Admission Information Free admission
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