Scripps Presents, Scripps College’s signature public events series, is excited to launch its spring 2025 season featuring luminaries from the worlds of tech, entertainment, literature, academia, and the arts.

View the full Scripps Presents Spring 2025 event calendar

This season will bring an unforgettable evening with America’s most iconic ballet dancer, Misty Copeland; a conversation with mental health advocate and bestselling author Sophie Grégoire Trudeau; a live cooking demonstration with social media sensation Toni Chapman (The Moody Foody); rapid-fire stand-up with comedians Jeff Wright, Joey Avery, and Wally Baram; a Black feminist celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by performance artist, author, and poet Gabrielle Civil; a conversation with Erin Reddick, creator of ChatBlackGPT, AI software providing culturally aware and inclusive insights into Black history and perspectives; and a special event with MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Elizabeth Turk ’83, who returns to campus to discuss the shocking inspiration behind her sculpture Suspended Meditation.

All events this season are free! When registering to attend, we invite you to make a contribution in any amount to support future Scripps Presents programming. We can’t wait to have you join us!