Arts & music at Stanford this week
Every upcoming concerts, art and performances at Stanford University, from the university's own calendars and updated every day.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Electric Contrasts: the Art of the Detail9:00 AM – 7:00 PMMcMurtry Building Bowes Art & Architecture Library, 2nd floor. Visitors: Please call 650-723-3408 for building/elevator access.
- A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford10:00 AM – 6:00 PMGreen Library, Bing Wing
- Patty Chang: surfacing11:00 AM – 5:00 PMAnderson Collection Wisch Family Gallery
- In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection11:00 AM – 8:00 PMCantor Arts Center Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery
- The Body as Monument11:30 AM – 1:00 PMEl Centro Chicano Jaime Miranda Lounge
- Lunchtime Curator Talk | California Current: Art and Histories from the Bay Area12:00 PM – 1:00 PMCantor Arts Center Freidenrich Family Gallery (221)
- Documentary Objectives: Filming Africa from Colonialism to Independence - Rachel Gabara12:00 PM – 1:00 PMEncina Commons Room 123
- Papel y Memoria | Celebrating Memory Through Art12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBolivar House Conference room
- Historical Architecture in Disaster Zones: Digital Documentation, Archiving, and Preservation12:15 PM – 1:15 PMBuilding 160, Wallenberg Hall 433A
- Tangling the Digital: Weaving, Printmaking, Computing1:00 PM – 5:00 PMMcMurtry Building Coulter Art Gallery
- Critical Carceral Studies | Special Collections & Coffee1:00 PM – 2:30 PMGreen Library, Bing Wing Stanford Special Collections
- Emergent Properties: Decennial Reflections on Collections1:00 PM – 5:00 PMDavid Rumsey Map Center (Green Library)
- TNT Traysikel: Never Gonna Give You Up!1:00 PM – 5:00 PMMcMurtry Building Miller Discussion Room and Vitrine Gallery
- Touch Me Not: 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition1:00 PM – 5:00 PMArt Gallery
- Music Library Association California Chapter Annual Meeting2:00 PM – 4:00 PMHohbach Hall HH122
- No Ideas But in Things4:30 PM – 6:00 PMClark Center Auditorium
- Day of the Dead Celebrations | Lecture by Rubí Tsanda Huerta5:00 PM – 6:30 PMNative American Cultural Center, Clubhouse
- 36th Annual Jonathan J. King Lecture: Dr. Bryant Lin & Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider5:30 PM – 6:30 PMCedar Room, Stanford Faculty Club Cedar Room
- Electric Contrasts Study Evening6:00 PM – 8:00 PMMcMurtry Building Oshman Hall
- Sib Study Break6:00 PM – 7:00 PMAsian American Activities Center Couchroom
Friday, November 6, 2026
- JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Stanford Family Rooms
- Korean Indigenous Futures: The Art of Kim Bong-Jun 김봉준 판화전: 토착적 미래- K아트, 디아스포라, 세계12:00 AMLathrop Library East Asia Library, 2nd Floor
- Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)12:00 AMGreen Library, Bing Wing Hohbach Hall
- Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Pigott Family Gallery
- Branner Library Book & Map Exhibit - Water in the West12:00 AMMitchell Earth Sciences Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
- Carolyn Lazard: Long Take12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Lynn Krywick Gibbons Gallery
- Music Library Association California Chapter Annual Meeting8:30 AM – 4:45 PMHohbach Hall HH122
- Electric Contrasts: the Art of the Detail9:00 AM – 5:00 PMMcMurtry Building Bowes Art & Architecture Library, 2nd floor. Visitors: Please call 650-723-3408 for building/elevator access.
- Emergent Properties: Decennial Reflections on Collections9:30 AM – 5:00 PMDavid Rumsey Map Center (Green Library)
- A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford10:00 AM – 6:00 PMGreen Library, Bing Wing
- Patty Chang: surfacing11:00 AM – 5:00 PMAnderson Collection Wisch Family Gallery
- In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection11:00 AM – 6:00 PMCantor Arts Center Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery
- Public Tour | Auguste Rodin11:30 AM – 12:30 PMCantor Arts Center
- First Fridays Collab Lab11:30 AM – 1:00 PMBraun Music Center Braun Rehearsal HallFree
- Noon Concert: Piano Students of Melinda Lee Masur12:30 PM – 2:00 PMBraun Music Center Campbell Recital HallFree
- TNT Traysikel: Never Gonna Give You Up!1:00 PM – 5:00 PMMcMurtry Building Miller Discussion Room and Vitrine Gallery
- Tangling the Digital: Weaving, Printmaking, Computing1:00 PM – 5:00 PMMcMurtry Building Coulter Art Gallery
- Touch Me Not: 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition1:00 PM – 5:00 PMArt Gallery
- Gallery Conversations | JANE!2:00 PM – 3:00 PMCantor Arts Center Stanford Family Room (122)Free
- Lecture: Visiting Composer – Melody Eötvös3:00 PM – 4:00 PMBraun Music Center Room 103Free
- David Rumsey Map Center Guided Tour3:00 PM – 4:00 PMDavid Rumsey Map Center (Green Library)
- SLE Salon: Orlando Reade Explores How Paradise Lost Has Influenced Political Struggles and Revolutionary Movements over the Past 400 Years4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFlorence Moore Hall, SLE Main Lounge
- First Fridays at IDA (Social)5:00 PM – 7:00 PMHarmony HouseFree
- Cupcakes & Mocktails7:30 PM – 10:30 PMA3C Ballroom
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)12:00 AMGreen Library, Bing Wing Hohbach Hall
- Carolyn Lazard: Long Take12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Lynn Krywick Gibbons Gallery
- Korean Indigenous Futures: The Art of Kim Bong-Jun 김봉준 판화전: 토착적 미래- K아트, 디아스포라, 세계12:00 AMLathrop Library East Asia Library, 2nd Floor
- Solid Pictures: Photosculpture and the Making of Modern Likeness12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Pigott Family Gallery
- JANE! An intimate exploration of Gilded Age excess and the enigmatic life and death of Jane Stanford12:00 AMCantor Arts Center Stanford Family Rooms
- In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection10:00 AM – 5:00 PMCantor Arts Center Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery
- A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford10:00 AM – 6:00 PMGreen Library, Bing Wing
- Patty Chang: surfacing11:00 AM – 5:00 PMAnderson Collection Wisch Family Gallery
- Public Tour | Auguste Rodin11:30 AM – 12:30 PMCantor Arts Center
- Public Tour | A Closer Look1:00 PM – 2:00 PMCantor Arts CenterFree
- Gallery Conversations | JANE!2:00 PM – 3:00 PMCantor Arts Center Stanford Family Room (122)Free
- Public Tour | A Closer Look3:00 PM – 4:00 PMCantor Arts CenterFree
- 16th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Sima Bina6:00 PMIn person at StanfordFree
- Stanford Philharmonia7:30 PM – 9:00 PMBing Concert Hall
Sunday, November 8, 2026
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