Events
Upcoming Events
Elizabeth and Lawrence Vadnais Environmental Issues Lecture
Saturday, 7 p.m. Oct. 11, 2025
Murdock Hall 218
This year’s event will celebrate the creation of The Center for Resourceful Living (CRL), started 50 years ago by MCLA Professor Emeritus Lawrence H. Vadnais. The evening will feature the debut screening of filmmaker Sharon Wyrrick’s documentary, “Did You Put Milk in the Bucket?: A Tribute to The Center for Resourceful Living.” The filmmaker will be in attendance at the screening.
This event coincides with “Scenes from The Center for Resourceful Living,” an exhibition of photographs of the Center curated by Wyrrick and on view at MCLA’s MOSAIC EventSpace (49 Main St.) from October 3 to November 2, 2025. The exhibit features photographs from the Randy Trabold Collection, donated to MCLA by Ida Trabold; images from MCLA’s Freel Library archives; and additional photographs from Center participants during its existence, from 1975-1980.
Vadnais Environmental Issues Info
Day of Dialogue
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025
Campus Wide
This year's theme, "Unpacking Insecurity to Build a Shared Future," explores insecurity as a deeply human experience that manifests in countless ways, from personal feelings of imposter syndrome to systemic forces that fuel competition, erode trust, and perpetuate scarcity mindsets in our rapidly changing world. This year's Day of Dialogue will feature three distinguished keynote speakers. The keynote presentations are free and open to the public, while the remaining sessions throughout the day are reserved for MCLA campus community members. .
Hardman Lecture Series
Thursday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m.
Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation atrium
MCLA is pleased to announce that Jodie Ginsberg will deliver the Hardman Journalist in Residence Lecture, “Defending Journalism in an Age of Rage,” The lecture is free and open to the public.