SPRING 2023
Community Through Writing
May 24 & May 25 | 10 am – 5 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
QOI & A Carleton Drag Presents:
Community “Serve” Us
May 12 | 8:30 – 11 pm @ Boe Steps
[C.U.B.E , Black Ensemble & Marlys Boon House]
Black Student Union Open Mic and Kickback:
“Tell me How You Feel”
May 12
Open Mic @ 7| Kickback @ 8 pm
@ The Marlys Boone House (Townhouse C)
Taylor Center Senior Celebrations May 10, May 11, May 12 and May 15
Oles Against Inequality (OAI) Barbershop Pop Up
@ The Pause | Cost: 20-25$
By Appointment Only
[Karibu]
Karinade Kooldown Sale
May 12 | 12 – 3 pm @ Buntrock Crossroads
[Japanese Student Association]
Tea Ceremony
May 10 | 5 – 7 pm @ BC 143
SOMOS & ¡PRESENTE! Presents:
¡Viva la Vida!
May 7 | 8pm @ The Pause, Mane Stage
Tickets Available HERE | Live Stream HERE
CSA! Presents:
HOLI
May 6 | 3-5 pm @ Buntrock Quad
¡PRESENTE! Fundraiser
Fruta Sale
May 5 | 12 – 3pm @ Buntrock Crossroads
KRUSH Presents:
SPRING SHOWCASE
April 28 | 7:45 pm @ Pause Mane Stage
Live Stream HERE
[SOMOS, PRESENTE! & Latin American Studies Program]
Latin American Trivia Night
April 27 | 6 – 7 pm @ The Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
[Lavender House]
Paint & Sip
April 27 | 4:00 – 5:30 pm @ The Lavender House
Taylor Center Out for Lunch Series: International Lesbians in the Fight for Global Equality
April 27 | 11:25 am – 12:25 pm @ Taylor Center
[C.U.B.E. & Black Ensemble]
Disaster Relief Fundraiser
April 27 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm @ @ Buntrock Atrium
POC Ole Theater:
Lost In Liminal
April 21 | 6:30 pm [doors open at 6:15 pm] @ Haugen Theater
Taylor Center:
April Coffee Hour
Sounds of our Soul
April 21 | 4pm @ TC Lounge
Makeup Workshop
Hosted by drag artist DÜSH
April 20 | 6 – 7 pm
@ BC 142
Biology Department Seminar:
Becoming an Addiction Neurologist, Professor, and President of a Non-Profit as a First-Gen Daughter of Immigrants
With Dr. Angeline Dukes
April 19 | 4 – 5 pm @ RN
QOI Presents: Dance Workshop
April 18 | 4:30 – 6 pm @ The Pause
Featuring Tyreis Hunte
A George Floyd Felllowship For Social Change Event:
Let Us Reap What We Sow
Featuring Sagirah Shahid and Micheal Klebber-Diggs
April 18 | 3 – 5 pm
@ Boe Chapel Courtyard
Rain Location @ TOM 280
Hmong Student Organization (HOSA) Pho Fundraiser
Sunday, April 16th| 12pm to 5pm @ the Crossroads
Pre-Order HERE by April 14 (Cash, Ole Dollars, and PayPal)
The Lutheran Center in collaboration with the Taylor Center and the DEI Office presents:
Dr. Gwen Westerman, Dakota author and Minnesota Poet Laureate at St. Olaf
April 14: Chapel Service|10:10 am @ Boe Memorial Chapel
April 14: Keynote Address| 3:15 pm @ Regents Hall 150|
QPOC Initiative:
“Moonlight” Movie Screening
April 11 | 7 -9 pm
@ Viking Theater
Piper Center, Taylor Center and SSD Presents:
Disability in the Workplace
April 11 |4pm
@ Valhalla Room
CUBE Presents:
Black Art: A Conversation with C.U.B.E
April 7 | 5:30 – 6:30 pm at The Marlys Boone House
SOMOS Presents: REGGAETON Y2k
April 7 | 9:00 pm
@ The Pause Mane Stage
Out for Lunch Series:
What Does Belonging Mean to Me?
March 23 | 11:25 am – 12:25 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge
Vietnamese Culture Organization (VCO) Fundraising
March 22 | 10 am – 12:00 pm
@ Buntrock Crossroads
TC Program Assistants Presents:
COFFEE (HAPPY) HOUR
March 17 | 4:00 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
Piper Center & Taylor Center Presents:
BEYOND THE HILL SPRING EVENTS
BIPOC Alumni Panel March 16 |6pm @ TC Lounge
[PRESENTE!/SOMOS]
!VIVA LA VIDA! AUDITIONS
LAVENDER HOUSE Presents:
MOVIE NIGHT
MARCH 11 | 5:30 pm @ TOH 280
ERITAJ HOUSE Presents:
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
MARCH 11 | 4 pm | Townhouse A
International Student Organization (ISO) Presents:
INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
March 10 | 6:30 pm
@ The Pause
TAYLOR CENTER @ FRIDAY FIRES:
March 3 | 3-5 pm
Buntrock Plaza
KARIBU AC Week:
Diaspora Panel
Standing Oceans Apart
March 2 | 4 – 5 pm
@ Gold Ballrooms
KARIBU presents:
African and Caribbean Week
February 27- March 4 |@ The Pause Main Stage
March 4: Night of the Nile
QOI presents:
Cookie Party!
February 27 | 3 – 4 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
February 25 | Doors Open at 5pm
@ The Pause Mane Stage
Tickets Available Feb 20 – 23, 5- 8 pm ( Front of the Cage)
Livestream available Here!
C.U.B.E presents:
The Black Gala
February 24 | 9:30 – 11:30 pm
@ Valhalla and Trollhaugen Venue
CROWN Documentary Screening
5pm: Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
6pm: Film screening
Feb 20 | 5:00 pm
@ TOH280
Black History Month Event:
Black Girl Magic with Tianna of The Human of Color Haircare
February 20 | 1 – 3 pm
@ Buntrock Crossroads
INTERIM 2023
2023 MLK Day Calendar of Events
FALL 2022
Snacks for Finals
December 14 | 10 am – 5 pm
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST
@ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
Out For Lunch Series:
Why Gender and Sexuality Should Matter to All of Us
December 8 | 11:25 am – 12:25 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
Intersecting Realities:
A Conversation About Our Identities
December 8 | 5 – 6 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
Coffee Hour:
Cultural Appropriation vs Appreciation
December 2 | 4 – 5 pm
@Taylor Center Lounge
(BC111)
Out for Lunch Series
November 17 |11:25 am -12:35 pm
@Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
Hmong New Year
Organized by HCO and HDL
November 4 | 4 – 6 pm
@ Pause Main Stage
First-Year International Program: S’Mores with your ISCS! (International Student Counselors)
November 12 | 4-7 pm @ Buntrock Fireside
POC Ole Theater Fall Show: Patchworks
November 11: | 7pm @ The Pause
International Ole Alumni Panel
November 8: 8:00-9:00 p.m. | Virtual via Zoom. Contact Megan Carmès (carmes) for more information
Kente Summit for Black Collegiate Men
Taylor Center Sponsored Event
November 11& 12
Contact Martin Olague (olague1@stolaf) to register!
Karaoke Night
Hosted by ISO
November 6 | 7 – 8:30 pm
@ Pause Lair
Hosted by Celebrate South Asia! [CSA!] Omkara
November 4| 6:45 pm @ The Pause
Live Streaming Link
Hosted by SOMOS, PRESENTE! & Taylor Center:
Día de Muertos |Open to the St. Olaf Community.
November 2 | 6-8 pm
@ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
TC Coffee Hour: Home, Refuge, and Privilege
October 28| 4-5 pm @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
ERITAJ House Presents:
Halloween Cookie Decorating and Movie Night
October 28 | 7:00 pm
@ Townhouse A-First Yellow Door
QOI Presents:
St. Olaf’s Cross Campus Drag Show
October 28 | 9 – 11 pm
@ Pause Mane Stage
Krush Dance Crew Presents:
Asian Snack Pack Fundraiser
October 27 |11 am-1 pm @ Cage Tabling
Out for Lunch
October 27|11:25am – 12:25pm @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
CUBE Taffy Grape Fundraiser
October 25|4:30 – 7:00 pm @ Buntrock Crossroads
PURO PARI
Hosted by ¡PRESENTE!
October 21 | 9-11 pm| Doors Open at 8:30 pm
@ The Pause Mane StageInaugural Grose Family Lecture
Two LGBTQIA+ Trailblazer Reflect on Impact on Public Policy
October 21 | 4 pm | TOH280Expectation vs. Reality
A Conversation on Transgender Identity with Raffi Freedman-Gurspan and Austen Hartke
October 20 | 4pm @ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
Coffee Hour: Mental Health and COVID-19
October 13 | 5 – 6pm
Wellness Swipe Event! @ Taylor Center Lounge
(BC 111)
Beyond the Hill
Hosted by the Taylor Center and Piper Center:
LGTBQIA+ Alumni Panel
October 11 | 6:00 – 7pm
@ Black Ballroom
(BC 225)
Indigenous Peoples Day
October 10 | 6:00 – 7pm
KRUSH x D-VINE
K-Pop Random Play Dance
October 8 | 4:00 – 5 pm
@ The Pause
CSA! Presents: Navratri
October 5| 6 pm
@ The Pause
HDL Fundraiser!
Organized by Hmong Dialogue and Leadership
Brown Sugar Milk Tea
October 1 | 12 – 2 pm
@ Buntrock Atrium
¡Presente!
Aguas Frescas Fundraiser!
September 30 | 1 – 4 pm
@Buntrock Crossroads
Coffee Hour
Cultural View of Nature
September 30 | 4 – 5 pm
@ BC Courtyard (between Chapel and Buntrock)
International Friendship Program Meet-&-Greet
Program Participants Only Event
September 26 | 5:30 pm
@ King’s Dining Room
Hispanic History Month Event: Kalpulli Huitzillin Danza Circle
Organized by the DEIA Office
September 16| 6:00- 7:00 pm @ Tompson AtriumConnect for Success Kickoff
September 16| 4:00- 5:30 pm @ Valhalla Room
Heritage Scholars Kickoff
September 14| 4:30- 6 pm at @ Ballrooms BC225
September 8: Taylor Center Opening Reception
| 4- 5 PM at the Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
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August 30-September 3: International Student Orientation
SPRING 2022
Taylor Center Senior Celebrations 2022
May 26: International Senior Celebration|9am @ The Pause
May 26: Multicultural Senior Celebration|4pm @ The Pause
SNACKS FOR FINALS
TAYLOR CENTER LOUNGE
MAY 17 – UNTIL SUPPLIES LAST!
¡PURO PARI! Hosted by ¡PRESENTE!|
May 13
10pm @ Black and Gold Ballrooms
D-VINE Last Performance
May 14
8pm @ BC Plaza
CSA! Kite Festival
May 13
4- 6 pm @ Thorson Hill
St. Olaf Talks
(Our Stories)
May 12 ( NEW DATE!)
4-5 PM @ VIKING THEATER
Note: Visitors must be fully vaccinated or have a negative text within 72 hours of arriving on campus.
Community Through Writing
May 11
Wednesdays@ the Taylor Center Lounge
¡VIVA LA VIDA! PASAPORTE LATINOAMERICA
Hosted by ¡PRESENTE! and SOMOS
May 7
1pm @The Pause| Doors open at 12:30 pm
Free Event with ticket | Livestream available HERE
Note: Visitors must be fully vaccinated or have a negative text within 72 hours of arriving on campus.
CSA! Presents: FIREFLIES
May 4
6-8PM @CAD 305
Cultural Union for Black Expression (CUBE) Presents:
JUKE JAM
April 30
9 PM @ Ballrooms
The Black Ensemble Presents:
EXPLICIT CONTENT
April 30
7 pm at the Pause
International Night
Night of Nostalgia
April 29
Hosted by ISO, 7pm at the Pause| Livestream Available here
QOI Presents: St. Olaf Queer Art Showcase
SQUASH
April 22
6:30 – 9:30pm @ The Pause
Earth Day Event: The Plant Lounge
April 22
12-1 PM @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
Aling Nena’s Sari-Sari Store,
by POC Ole Theater
April 16 & 17
Door opens at 5:30 pm| Shows starts at 6pm @ the Pause
D-VINE DESTINY NIGHT
April 16, 8-10 pm @ the Ballrooms
TC COFFEEE HOUR
Controversial Conversations
April 15
4pm @ the Taylor Center LoungeThe Black Effect presented by CUBE
MARCH 19
7:30 pm at the Pause
¡Viva la Vida! AUDITIONS:
March 17, March 18
Thursday March 17: 7m – 8: pm & Friday March 18: 5- 6 pm.
COFFEE HOUR: Movement and Identity
March 18
4pm @ the Taylor Center Lounge
Black Ensemble Presents:
Freshmen and Sophomore Brunch
March 12, 1-3 pm at the Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
Out for Lunch
March 10
11:20 a.m.-12:30p.m. @ the Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
The Vagina Monologues – Hosted by POC Ole Theater
March 8, 6 p.m. @ CAD Studio I
International Women’s Day: Henna!
March 8, 6:30p.m. @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
ASU, CSCA, D-VINE, KCA, Team Tibet, VCO presents:
Lunar New Year Celebration: The Year of the Tiger
March 5, 3-5 pm @ the Pause
February 15: TC COFFEE HOUR , Language: Identity, Education, Empowerment at the Taylor Center Lounge BC111
February 15: TO REPAIR: AN INTRODUCTION By Proffesor Tesfa Y. Wondegemagegnehu
INTERIM 2022
January 21: Friday Fires! Sponsored by The Office of Student Activities- Buntrock Commons Fireplace
FALL 2021
December 15-TC Lounge: Food for Finals@ Taylor Center Lounge BC111
December 13- MEDIATION & TEA Hosted by the Asian Philosophy Club @ Taylor Center Lounge BC111
December 11 D-VINE Fall Showcase@ The Pause,
December 11 & 12 AMAZING, Presented by “POC Ole Theater“@ Tomson 280
December 10, 2021 Queer Ole Individuals (QOI) Event: Healing for The Holidays @ The Lavender House, 5PM
December 10 OMKARA, Celebrating Life Hosted by CSA! @ The Pause, 6:30 pm
Dec 9,Hot Seat with Mrs. Moxie-Virtual Event @ 5PM
Nov 29-Dec 2 INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS WEEK Organized by the International Student Organization (ISO)
November 23-D-VINE HALF TIME SHOW Men’s basketball game @Skogkuglund
November 22 Brazilian Bake Sale, presented by POC Ole Theater @BC Crossroads
November 20. Hosted by Queer Oles Individual (QOI) Vigil for Trans Lives Lost @ Boe House
November 20 HMONG NEW YEAR Presented by HCO & HDL @ The Pause
November 19,Presented by Taylor Center and Wellness Center Coffee Hour: Alcohol Across Perspectives WELLNESS SWIPE EVENT! @ Taylor Center Lounge
November 18 Lavender House Movie Night: Disclosure @ Lavender House
November 18 (Hosted by CSCCA) Build your Own Ice Jelly! @ BC – In Front of the Cage
November 13 African & Caribbean Night Presented by KARIBU @The Pause
Nov 6 IN YOUR OWN WORDS Presented by The Black Ensemble @ The Pause
Nov 5 TEA WITH A STRANGER Hosted by the International Student Organization (ISO)@ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111) 4-5 pm
Nov 2-Nov 5: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS- Altar Hosted by !PRESENTE! AND SOMOS @ Taylor Center Lounge
October 31, Trick or Treat? TREAT HALO- HALOWEEN Hosted by Pamilya Pinoy, @ Buntrock Crossroads, 11-30 -4 PM
October 30 BLACKTOBER HALLOWEEN PRE-PARTY Hosted by CUBE @ Art Barn
October 30 THIS IS US Presented by POC OLE Theater @ The Pause
October 29, Taylor Center Halloween Bonfire Buntrock Plaza
October 28, Inclusive Sci Comm Workshop @ RNS150
October 22 – EQUALI-TEA, Hosted by QOI (Queer Oles Initiative) @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
October 22 – Puro Pari, Hosted by PRESENTE! @ Black/Gold Ballrooms
October 23,Rainbow 5K Walk/Run Buntrock Plaza and Main Campus Green Area.
October 23,Eritaj House Event: Open Mic Night 7pm @ Eritaj House
October 22, COFFEE HOUR: Work Alterations, A Conversation in Times of Covid @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111)
October 22, LAVENDER HOUSE EVENT: HELLO, I AM @TC Lounge
September -October 9: Hostile Terrain 94 at St. Olaf, Drop In Sessions: Raising Awareness about Migrant Death at the US/Mexico Border Tuesdays @ Taylor Center Lounge (BC111) 10am – 12:00 pm/ Thursdays @ Lutheran Center (BC146)
October 14, Hot Seat with Mrs. Moxie! Viking Theater
October 11-2021 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Lecture: Indigenous Women. Keynote Speaker: Sarah Eagle Heart Streaming Available
October 9, BONFIRE – LGBTQIA+ Centered Space/Organized by QOI (Queer Ole Initiative) Thorson Pit
October 1 – COFFEE HOUR: Cultural Divergence TC Lounge (BC111)
September 18, Lavender House Presents: Bonfire!
September 9, 2021 Taylor Center Opening Reception TC Lounge (BC111)
September 21- Heritage Scholar Launch Buntrock Plaza
August 31- Sept 4-2021 International Student Orientation
June 24: THE MILLENNIAL EXPERIENCE Movie Screening, TOH280 @ 7PM
June 18 : JUNETEENTH TRAP N PAINT Buntrock Crossroads, 11am-12pm
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