Events
Student-produced documentary ‘Vital Passage’ to be screened Sept. 23 in Elkhart
The feature-length documentary “Vital Passage,” filmed and edited by Goshen College students and faculty last year, will be shown at the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. This screening is free, but seats must be reserved through The Lerner.
The film chronicles the amazing story of David Plaut and his son, Sidney, Jewish merchants in Goshen, who risked their business and livelihood to provide a passage for Jews escaping the Holocaust.
“Vital Passage” chronicles the efforts of a Goshen family to sponsor and relocate 28 Jewish refugees amid mounting German persecution during World War II. The discovery of a lockbox hidden in the basement of the former Plaut’s Dry Goods store on Main Street in Goshen unlocked a 75-year-old family secret: the Plaut family’s readiness to risk their business to provide safe passage for others.
Read more about “Vital Passage”
For the past four years, a team of faculty and students from FiveCore Media, the Goshen College Communication Department’s video production company, has been developing this extraordinary story that, up until now, was not public.
Tue Jun 16–Sun Oct 04
Northern Indiana Amish Quilts From the Rebecca Haarer Collection
The Good Library Gallery will host an exhibit of Amish quilts, collected and documented by Rebecca Haarer ’75, from now until Oct. 8, 2026.Sat Sep 12, 7:30pm
Reflection and Restoration: A Goshen College Musical Offering with Rosalyn Troiano, Philip Serna and friends
On Saturday, September 12 at 7:30 pm in Rieth Recital Hall, guest artists Phillip Serna, Viola da Gamba and Kevin Vaughn, Harpsichord and Organ and Goshen College Music Department Faculty and students will present Reflection and Restoration: A Goshen College Musical Offering, as the inaugural concert of the 2026-27 Rieth Recital Series.Sun Sep 13, 2pm
Juried GC Student Exhibit | Awards Reception
Each year, art students are invited to submit work completed during the previous academic year to a juried exhibit. A juror is selected from the local art community to review the student submissions and select pieces for display, along with…
