Events for May 2019
Sand Mandala Construction: The Venerable Tenzin Yignyen Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Monday, May 6, 2019 – Friday, May 10, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Lobby, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Monday, May 6, 2019 – Friday, May 10, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Lobby, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Antonio Nichols: Thanks to You I'm Alive: Senior Project Exhibition
Saturday, May 4, 2019 – Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Fisher Studio Arts building, Main Galleries, 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday, May 4, 2019 – Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Fisher Studio Arts building, Main Galleries, 9 am – 5 pm
Bard MBA in Sustainability: May Residency Visit: Join Us to experience the Bard MBA program in action!
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – Sunday, May 19, 2019
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038, 12–9 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – Sunday, May 19, 2019
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038, 12–9 pm
Film: Who Will Write Our History: Featuring the voices of three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 6–8:30 pm
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 6–8:30 pm
Completion Days —Regular Classes and Final Exams: All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Bard College Campus
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Bard College Campus
The Debate over Religious Freedom and Female Genital Mutilation
Thursday, May 2, 2019
BGIA (NYC), 6–8 pm
Thursday, May 2, 2019
BGIA (NYC), 6–8 pm
The Treaty of Versailles at 100: The Consequences of the Peace
Friday, May 3, 2019
Blithewood, 10 am – 4 pm
Friday, May 3, 2019
Blithewood, 10 am – 4 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Jonathon Comfort, baritone: with collaborative pianist Hsin-Chao Liao
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Chloë Schaaf, mezzo-soprano: with collaborative pianist Florence Mak
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–9 pm
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–9 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Jingyu Mao, clarinet: with collaborative pianist Yung-Ting Shih
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bard Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Bard Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm
The Two Sisters Festival: A Celebration Of Music And Dance Of The African Diaspora
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Ludlow Lawn, 12–4 pm
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Ludlow Lawn, 12–4 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Paulina Swierczek, soprano: with collaborative pianists Hsin-Chiao Liao and Florence Mak
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Seol Ah Yoo, soprano: with collaborative pianist Sophia Zhou
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Kristýna Petišková, clarinet
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7:30–8:30 pm
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7:30–8:30 pm
Bard College Community Jazz Orchestra Spring 2019 Concert: Featuring the music of Benny Golson, Victor Feldman & Conseulo Velazquez. Also featuring vocalist, Ella Baldwin.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Olin Hall, 8–10 pm
Monday, May 6, 2019
Olin Hall, 8–10 pm
Noon Concerts: Bard College Conservatory of Music students perform an hour-long concert.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 12–1 pm
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 12–1 pm
Banking on Bubbles: Credit Creation and the Persistence of Bull Markets: Dustin Hamalainen Department of Economics University of Utah
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 203, 4:45–5:45 pm
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 203, 4:45–5:45 pm
Informational Webinar: Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability: Join and receive a $65 application fee waiver!
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Online, 7–8 pm
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Online, 7–8 pm
Craig Ferguson Riding the Elephant: Presented in association with Oblong Books & Music
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Olin Hall, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Olin Hall, 7:30 pm
A Student Conference: Give Me More! The Roles of Fiction within Life since Don Quixote
Friday, May 10, 2019
RKC 102, 1–3 pm
Friday, May 10, 2019
RKC 102, 1–3 pm
Bard Early College Debate Tournament
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Olin Language Center, Room 115, 9 am – 4 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Olin Language Center, Room 115, 9 am – 4 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano: with collaborative pianist Florence Mak
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
The Musical Life of Cora Livingston Barton and Her Husband Thomas Barton at Montgomery Place
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 3–5 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 3–5 pm
Da Capo Chamber Players Perform Premieres of Bard Student Composers
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bard Hall, 5–7 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bard Hall, 5–7 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: Addie Rose Forstman, soprano: with collaborative pianist Chewon Park
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Li Cangxiao: Erhu Recital, with Robert Martin, cello, Yixin Wang, guzheng, Hsiao-Fang Lin, trombone, Frank Corliss and Hannah Harnest, piano
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7–8:30 pm
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7–8:30 pm
Literature Program Senior Readings: Please join the graduating seniors of the Literature Program for a celebratory night of short readings from Senior Projects and Midway.
Monday, May 13, 2019
Kline, Faculty Dining Room, 4:45–6 pm
Monday, May 13, 2019
Kline, Faculty Dining Room, 4:45–6 pm
Grenouillères: Rufus Müller's Performance Class
Monday, May 13, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6–8 pm
Monday, May 13, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6–8 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Dániel Matei, percussion
Monday, May 13, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–9 pm
Monday, May 13, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–9 pm
Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Students: Arias and Songs
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Faculty/Student Chamber Music Recital: Peter Wiley, cello, with pianists Vera Lu and Sindy Yang: Beethoven’s Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, and Sonata No 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Systemic Risk Index: An Application of the Financial Instability Hypothesis: Oleg Ivanets Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, Drew University
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 4:45–5:45 pm
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 4:45–5:45 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program: Opera Scenes: Works by Britten, Blow, Humperdinck, Jancek, Menotti, and Purcell from the Opera Workshop directed by John Gianpietro
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1–2 pm
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1–2 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Bihan Li, violin: with collaborative pianist Sophia Zhou
Friday, May 17, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Friday, May 17, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Valory Hight, violin: with collaborative pianist Chewon Park
Friday, May 17, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Friday, May 17, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Argentine Tango Master Classes: With Guillermina Qiroga and Mariano Logiudice
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 11 am – 4 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 11 am – 4 pm
Music of the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley: Dutchess Community College Associate Professor Christopher Brellochs, who has been presenting this beautiful music in authentic historical settings, will discuss the role and importance of music during the Hudson Valley Gilded Age.
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 3–5 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 3–5 pm
Bard Argentine Tango Milonga and Performance: With Guillermina Quiroga and Mariano Loguidice. In conjunction with La Voz Magazine’s 15-Year Anniversary
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 6:30–11:55 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 6:30–11:55 pm
Bard College Chamber Singers and Bard College Symphonic Chorus: Fauré Requiem
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Olin Hall, 8–10 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Olin Hall, 8–10 pm
Dialogues and Monologues for Trombone and Tuba with Billy Freeman, trombone, Evan Petratos, tuba, and pianists Frank Corliss, Wan-Shyuan Wu, and Florence Mak: Works by Pergolesi, Stjepan Sulek, John Stevens, David Uber, Donald White, and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–10 pm
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–10 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Corey Chang, composition
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1–2 pm
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 1–2 pm
Graduate Vocal Arts Program Degree Recital: SarahAnn Duffy, mezzo-soprano: with collaborative pianist Chewon Park
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Alex Hamme, piano
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–8 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: Amy Cassiere, oboe: with collaborative pianist Sophia Zhou
Monday, May 20, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Monday, May 20, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 3–4 pm
Conservatory Recital: Zongheng Zhang, violin and viola, and Friends: With faculty member Raman Ramakrishnan, cello, and students Yushi Pan, viola, and Jimmy Berger, Pei Hsuan Shen, and Jiangli Liu, piano
Monday, May 20, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7:30–9:30 pm
Monday, May 20, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7:30–9:30 pm
Conservatory Degree Recital: ChaoJun Yang, piano
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–9 pm
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–9 pm
Alexander Gilson: From Property to Property Owner: The opening of an exhibition, Alexander Gilson: From Property to Property Owner, at the Historic Red Hook Annex, Cherry Street, Red Hook.
Friday, May 24, 2019
Historic Red Hook Annex, 11:30 am – 1 pm
Friday, May 24, 2019
Historic Red Hook Annex, 11:30 am – 1 pm
Public Signage Dedication in Honor of the Life of Alexander Gilson
Friday, May 24, 2019
Montgomery Place, Visitor Center, 1–3 pm
Friday, May 24, 2019
Montgomery Place, Visitor Center, 1–3 pm
The Gilded Garden: Historic Ornament in the Landscape at Montgomery Place: A Garden Party Exhibition Opening, in the Ellipse Garden, located in front of the Greenhouse.
Friday, May 24, 2019
Montgomery Place Greenhouse , 4–6 pm
Friday, May 24, 2019
Montgomery Place Greenhouse , 4–6 pm
History of Memorial Day: A Lecture at Montgomery Place: “History of Memorial Day” is a lecture by Myra Young Armstead, Lyford Paterson Edwards and Helen Gray Edwards Professor of Historical Studies at Bard College to conclude Gilsonfest.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 2–4 pm
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 2–4 pm
The Gardener of Montgomery Place and the Composer of Newburgh, New York: An outdoor saxophone quartet performance, part of the Spring Salon Series on Music of the Gilded Age.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 4–6 pm
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Montgomery Place, Mansion, 4–6 pm
Ongoing Events:
Christian Services
Friday, January 11, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Friday, January 11, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Shabbat
Friday, January 11, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Friday, January 11, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Meditation Group
Monday, January 14, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Monday, January 14, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
French Film Series
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 – Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 – Wednesday, May 29, 2019
CCS Bard 2019 Spring Exhibitions and Projects
Sunday, April 7, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
Sunday, April 7, 2019 – Sunday, May 26, 2019
8 Senior Project Shows at the Bard Exhibition Center
Saturday, May 4, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Sophia Lopez: Healing Hut—Weaving Earth Circles Along the River Whose Waters Are Never Still: All events take place in the Healing Hut. One-on-one sessions throughout May. Contact Sophia by text or call (510) 333-8433.
Friday, May 10, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
$5 Student Tickets for Montgomery Place 2019 Spring Salon Series on Music of the Gilded Age
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Aurora Abzug: Consumption
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Michael Bodnar: Mud Bog
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
Spring Sculpture Exhibition: Steel and Scale Remarks
Thursday, May 23, 2019 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
The Gilded Garden: Historic Ornament in the Landscape at Montgomery Place: An exhibit of decorative garden ornaments from the extensive Montgomery Place collection
Friday, May 24, 2019 – Saturday, October 12, 2019
Friday, May 24, 2019 – Saturday, October 12, 2019
all events are subject to change