KOHOUTEK Arts & Music Festival 50th Anniversary

The longest-standing and most beloved Pitzer tradition, The Kohoutek Arts and Music Festival, is back! A night of dancing, good food, merch, and more. Check @pitzerkohoutek for the lineup! Free to the public 🙂

International Author Talk: Tom Lin

As a part of the 7C I-Week, celebrating our international community at The Claremont Colleges, the International Author Talk with Tom Lin (PO ’18) will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2024 at the Pitzer College Benson Auditorium. This event is open to the 7Cs and local community.

Talk 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Reception 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Pitzer College Benson Auditorium

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Join us in a conversation with author Tom Lin (PO ‘18) as we engage in a conversation about his experience as an international writer and his debut novel—a western with supernatural elements set in the 1860s. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu is about a Chinese American assassin who pursues vengeance after railroad barons kidnap his lover and conscript him into constructing the Central Pacific Railroad. Media has praised the story’s subversion of the white-centric perspective of traditional westerns and its exploration of identity. The novel was awarded the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, making Lin the youngest Carnegie winner. Lunch reception to follow.

Pitzer Campus Map: https://bit.ly/PitzerMap | Overflow parking is available on Claremont Blvd.

Presented by Student Success Initiatives with support from the Pitzer College Teaching, Learning, and Campus Life Committee (TLCLC), Pitzer International Programs, and the 7C International Students Community Planning Committee (ISCPC).

Lecture: Literature and the Everyday (Re) Making of Brazil

This presentation introduces important Brazilian writers and the politics of their works in the everyday (re)making of Brazil. Although Brazil concentrates a large population of racialized people, it is still a country with high levels of inequalities. Due to that, there is a history of actions and movements, in Brazil, that has been addressing, in different ways, aspects concerning the country’s issues. Among many of these political actions for social justice, there is literature. That way, many writers, such as Black writers, produce a range of literary works that not only affect and modify discourses that sustain inequalities in Brazil, but also produce new and liberating discourses. Therefore, this presentation will introduce some of these writers and their works. In addition, this presentation will also briefly discuss the politics and impacts of such works.

Alumni Weekend 2024

Alumni Weekend at Pitzer College is a Pitzer community event, not just for alumni. We want you – students, staff, faculty, and parents – to experience A Taste of Pitzer. We can’t wait for you to join us!

Gather with fellow alumni, amazing faculty, current
students, and friends from Pomona, Harvey Mudd, and
Scripps all weekend long.

Groove to the sounds of alumni bands including The Citrus Sisters
(featuring Ellen Harper ’87, P’95, P’96), Frankie and the Studs (featuring
Frankie Clarke ’16), Casa de Brujas (featuring Jackie Contreras ’22),
Radars to the Sky (featuring Kate Spitser ’95), Storey and the Tellers
(featuring Storey Sheinberg ’12), and Squeakin’ Wheels (featuring David
Brock ’82, Roy Durnal ’86, and David Millard ’92) at our first ever
alumni music festival! Additional alumni performers to be announced.

Grub on delectable food and signature drinks from
McConnell Dining Hall, Pit Stop Café, The
Shakedown, and The Grove House—including their
famous cookies—during our Taste of Pitzer Festival.

In addition to this festival highlighted above on Saturday, April 27 we have a ton of events focused on connecting and engaging all of the Pitzer community on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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