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April - 2026
Apr 2 |
Are You Free to Trade? Brock Commons 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Are you free to trade? Can you sell your kidney? Choose any investment? Buy the house you want? Often, the answer is no. Economist Garrett Wood explores how markets, laws, and ethics shape the limits of economic freedom—and asks what those limits reveal about justice, power, and collective responsibility. For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu. |
Apr 8 - 29 |
Visual and Performing Arts Academy Juried Show Neil Britton Art Gallery, H.C. Hofheimer II Library The Annual Visual and Performing Arts Academy at Salem High School Juried Art Show is an exhibition of student work, juried by local artists and art professionals. This show usually includes 40-50 works of art spanning 2D, 3D, and Digital Media. |
Apr 9 - 12 |
VWU Spring Musical: AVENUE Q, Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopex and Jeff Marx Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center Production dates and times: April 9 through April 11 at 7:30 p.m.; April 12 at 2 p.m. AVENUE Q is a gut-bustingly hilarious modern musical focusing on a group of unique 20- somethings making their way in the big city, seeking their purpose in life. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned. Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. AVENUE Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life. WARNING: Adult language, themes, and puppet nudity. Book by Jeff Whitty. Based on the original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Directed by Travis Malone, Music Direction by Cristina Loyola, Choreography by Stephanie Greeves & Desiree Frogosa. Production is part of VWU Alumni Weekend. |
Apr 9 |
Freedom to Laugh: Comedy, Taboo, and the Line Between Humor and Harm in the Theatre Blocker Hall Auditorium 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Comedy can challenge power, expose truth, and sometimes cause harm. This panel examines humor at the edge—asking who gets to joke about what (and why that keeps shifting), when does humor liberate and when does it harm, and why does comedy feel safer behind a puppet, a character, or a fictional mask. If democracy depends on free expression, where does satire fit, and what freedoms does humor test, challenge, or stretch? Join Virginia Wesleyan Theatre Professors Travis Malone, Ph.D., and Sally Shedd, Ph.D., along with Judaic Studies Professor Eric M. Mazur, Ph.D., for a serious discussion about humor. And come to see Avenue Q (April 9-12), this spring’s mainstage theatre production in the Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center. Avenue Q is a wildly irreverent, puppet-filled musical that follows a group of twenty-somethings trying to figure out adulthood. For tickets, go to The Arts at VWU online. For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu. |
Apr 10 - 11 |
Spring Alumni Weekend VWU Campus Make plans to join in the festivities for Spring Alumni Weekend, April 10 - 11! From the Marlin Family Picnic and alumni games to class reunions, and intercollegiate athletics, it’s sure to be the perfect time to reconnect with old friends and connect with new ones. |
Apr 11 |
Admitted Students Day VWU Campus 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Virginia Wesleyan University welcomes admitted students and their families to visit our campus. Join us on admitted students day, Saturday, April 11, 2026. |
Apr 13 |
Nusbaum Center at Night: Glory, Glory, Ambiguity: The Strange Journey of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” ZOOM 7:00 p.m. - 7:40 p.m. From abolitionist anthem to civil rights rallying cry, Robert Nusbaum Center Director Craig Wansink traces how a single song became sacred scripture, political propaganda, and a prayer for justice—revealing freedom as an evolving and contested American ideal. Please register to join this virtual conversation and explore how American freedom is not a fixed idea but an ongoing argument that every generation reclaims. Registration Required by noon the day of. Register with kjackson@vwu.edu or 757.455.3129 |
Apr 14 |
Queer Virginia: New Stories in the Old Dominion Blocker Auditorium 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Drawing from Queer Virginia: New Stories in the Old Dominion, Charles Ford brings to light LGBTQ+ stories long omitted from Virginia history—revealing how queer Virginians carved out spaces of belonging under hostile laws and social norms, demonstrating resilience, creativity, and courage in the pursuit of freedom, visibility, and equality. For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu. |
Apr 16 |
2026 ALL-STARS Student Worker Celebration Hofheimer Library 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. On April 16 Career and Professional Development will host their second annual Student Worker ALL-STAR Awards! In 2025, Career and Professional Development began hosting Student Work ALL-STAR Awards to highlight the hard-working student workers on campus during National Student Employment Week, held April 13 - 17. This week highlights the dedication, professionalism, and skills student workers bring, alongside celebrating the employers who support them. Students are nominated by their supervisors and receive recognition and awards for their professional achievements and contributions to campus offices and departments. All students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate and support star student workers at this event while enjoying catered refreshments and snacks in the Hofheimer Library! Use this link to reserve your seat : https://forms.gle/
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Apr 17 |
Grand Opening for Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art on VWU's Campus VMOCA 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 a.m. Explore Nina Chanel Abney: The Pursuit of Happiness and Seamless: Art and Design during an evening that brings together art, music, and community to mark a new chapter for the Museum. Members $25; Nonmembers $50 |
Apr 24 |
Rooted in Impact: Marlins Day of Giving Friday, April 24, is Marlins Day of Giving! Join fellow Marlins in growing your impact and supporting the people and programs that make our University strong. |
Apr 24 |
Footprints: Virginia Wesleyan Camerata and Bravura Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Virginia Wesleyan Camerata and Bravura join to perform music presenting a variety of vignettes of the human journey and the people that we meet along the way. The evening culminates with Footprints by Jake Runestad, a multi-movement work setting the texts of Guatemalan poet Humberto Ak'abal with instrumental accompaniment. Bryson Mortensen, conductor Reserve your free ticket at buytickets.at/GoodeCenter |
Apr 29 |
Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra Spring Concert Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center 7:30 p.m. Join The Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra for their Spring Semester Concert under musical director Alexander Chen. The Orchestra will celebrate American composers by performing a variety of classic and new works with a focus on small-ensemble chamber music. Concert is free and open to the public. |
May - 2026