Skidmore College Announces 2026 Stewart’s Signature Series Event Lineup 

The 2026 Stewart’s Signature Series released its list of summer events open to the public this June and July. The summer series, organized yearly by Skidmore College’s Office of Special Programs and supported through a grant from Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family, celebrates community through music, readings, and discussion by acclaimed artists and scholars. 

“Saratoga Springs is blessed with a wide array of live, interactive entertainment. We are proud to support the Stewart’s Signature Series, which brings exceptional performers and educators to our community while reinforcing Skidmore’s role as a cultural hub for all,” said Susan Law Dake, president of Stewart’s Foundation and member of Skidmore’s Board of Trustees. 

The first event on Monday, June 29, at 8 p.m. in the Davis auditorium features writers Hannah Assadi and Honor Moore. Assadi’s most recent novel, “Paradiso 17,” inspired by the life of her late Palestinian father, received a glowing review from The New York Times. Moore’s latest book, “A Termination,” a lyric memoir about her decision to have an abortion, was named one of the Best Books of 2025 by Publishers Weekly. 

Kenny Garrett and Sounds from the Ancestors join the summer series Tuesday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur Zankel Music Center. National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Kenny Garrett has a 30-year career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

“Consciousness, Neurology, and Literature” with Rick Moody and Sean Pauzauskie is Saturday, July 11, 11:00 AM, in the Davis Auditorium. This is a dialogue between Rick Moody and neurologist and fiction writer Sean Pauzauskie about the most recent medical understanding of where and if consciousness is located in the brain, and differing ideas of thinking.

Billy Childs, a Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist along with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Ari Hoenig will perform Tuesday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur Zankel Music Center.

Joanna Scott and Jay Rogoff will host a discussion on Tuesday, July 14, at 8:00 p.m. in the Davis Auditorium. Scott is a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Rogoff is the poet laureate of Saratoga Springs.

For more information and to register for events, visit: skidmore.edu/summer/events/