Audience
Join us for an event-packed day in honor of the natural world!
On Earth Day, students and faculty will parade these puppets throughout campus during a procession at community hour (11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.). That same afternoon, from 4:30 – 6 p.m., the campus and wider community is invited to the Kate Chandler Campus Community Farm for a performance, written by students in Assistant Professor Parisa Rinaldi’s ENST 275: Affective Ecologies class, and directed by Assistant Professor of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies Diego Villada. Free food from the Real Food Studio, and a documentary film screening on food waste (titled Just Eat It) will follow at the farm. In case of rain, the performance will move to St. Mary's Hall and the screening will move to Cole Cinema.
Earth Day 2025 is co-funded by Maryland Higher Education Commission and Lecture and Fine Arts Committee, through ENST's year-long initiative, The Climate Affect, co-produced by Professors Parisa Rinaldi and Barry Muchnick. The Climate Affect invites students, faculty and the campus community to join a network of events and collaborators aimed at elevating the climate dialogue through creative and imaginative interventions. ENST hosted guest artivists Jan Burger and Emma Skurnick from Paperhand Puppet Project on campus from March 6-9 as part of the initiative and in preparation for Earth Day 2025.