Featured Events
Below are examples of the variety of arts programs being offered across campus during the Spring 2026 semester. Please visit the departments' respective event pages for a full list of arts opportunities.
Mere Seconds: Andrew Owen & Insight/Incite 20/20 | September 3 - October 17 | University Art Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 3 from 4-6 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Saturday, October 3 from 1-2 p.m.
Mere Seconds: Andrew Owen and Insight/Incite 20/20: PhotoAlliance 20th Anniversary Portfolio are concurrent photography exhibitions that bring distinct artistic voices into dialogue through shared explorations of place, environment, identity, and the human experience. Together, they demonstrate photography's unique ability to foster critical inquiry, deepen understanding, and inspire meaningful dialogue about the world we share.
Mere Seconds examines California's changing landscapes through photographs that reveal the tensions between ecological vulnerability and resilience, blending documentary observation with poetic reflection on the climate crisis. Insight/Incite 20/20 celebrates the organization's 20th anniversary with works by local, national, and international artists exploring themes of community, migration, social justice, environmental change, and belonging.
Themes: photography; interdisciplinary learning; environmental, social, socioeconomic, and political issues
Raiatea Helm A Legacy of Hawaiian Song & String | Friday, Oct. 16 | Green Music Center
Raiatea Helm is one of Hawai‘i’s most celebrated vocalists and a torchbearer of the Hawaiian falsetto tradition, leo ki‘e ki‘e. She made history as the first-ever Hawaiian solo female vocalist nominated for a Grammy. Her newest project, A Legacy of Hawaiian Song and String, revives songs composed and performed in the Hawaiian Islands and toured across the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The songs originated during the Hawaiian monarchy era and subsequent overthrow, and were composed in support of Hawaiian sovereignty. This history is also explored in a PBS documentary narrated by Helm.
Themes: Hawaiian music, Hawaiian and U.S. history
Music Department Concerts & Events | Various Dates | Green Music Center
Performances throughout the semester by students, faculty, and guest artists, including SSU's Jazz Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Choir and SonoVoce, Brass Ensemble, Concert Jazz Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Jewish Music Series, and more.
Día de los Muertos Community Altar | October 26-30 | University Art Gallery
Join the University Art Gallery for a week-long celebration and creation of a Dia de los Muertos community altar. More details about workshops and activities TBA.
La Santa Cecilia | Thursday, Nov. 5 | Green Music Center
La Santa Cecilia exemplifies the modern-day hybrid of Latin culture, rock and world music. The group draws inspiration from all over the world, utilizing Pan-American rhythms including cumbia, bossa-nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, and klezmer music. Their unique sounds and the experience of their passionate performances continues to captivate both loyal fans and new listeners.
With a captivating voice that sings about love, loss, and everyday struggles, the band has become the voice of a new bicultural generation in the United States, fully immersed in modern music, but always close to their Latin American influences and Mexican heritage.
What You Won't Do For Love | Why Not Theatre | Sunday, Nov. 8 | Green Music Center
After a lifetime devoted to climate activism, internationally-renowned environmentalists David Suzuki and Tara Cullis take to the stage in an intimate and inspiring theater experience to reflect on their extraordinary 50-year partnership in life and work. Honest, warm, and thought-provoking, David and Tara share captivating stories, powerful insights, and heartfelt moments of humor as they celebrate their love for each other, their love of the planet, and love’s capacity to inspire action. What You Won’t Do For Love is a personal and poetic performance, and a powerful reminder that change begins with connection.
Why Not Theatre is an award-winning, international theater company based in Toronto, Canada. For almost 20 years, Why Not has been creating work that is visually stunning, physically virtuosic, and playfully provocative. So far, Why Not has developed 55 new works with 81 tour stops to 40 cities and 11 countries.
Themes: theater, climate activism, environmental science, love, connection