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Events for December 2022

New Opportunities at OSUN: The Economic Democracy Initiative: Info Session on EDI Programs
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Online Event, 8:30–9:30 am
Moving Membrane to Build Neurons: How Two Modes of Membrane Transport Support Neurodevelopment: Caitlin OBrien, University of California-San Francisco
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Bodies/Shadows Across Borders
Saturday, December 10, 2022 – Sunday, December 11, 2022
E43-0-Dance/Theater Space in the factory, 12–5 pm
SLC Town Hall Meeting: Your Voice: Publishing At BCB
Thursday, December 1, 2022
W15 Cafe , 12:30–1:30 pm
Thesis Presentation:  Accad Alsaed, "Reasons of the Immigration of Syrian Jews to the US, Israel and South America between 1922-2022"
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Lecture Hall, 12:45–2 pm
Multilingual Open Mic: Listen or even perform literature in different languages.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Olin Language Center, Room 203 (Tutoring Seminar), 3–4 pm
Trust in Human-Robot Interaction: Theresa Law, Tufts University
Thursday, December 1, 2022
RKC 111, 5–6 pm
Fall and Spring 2022–23 Lecture Series: "In Search of the Once and Future Eden" with Bruce Chilton: This lecture series is in conjunction with the book launch of Eden Revisited: A Novel by László Z. Bitó ’60.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
5:30 pm
Final Solutions? Genocide in Comparative Perspective: Book Presentation and Discussion
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Einstein Forum, 7–8:30 pm
American Avant-Garde Film, 1940-1970: The Structural Film
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Avery Room 116, 7–10 pm
Yuhao Zhang Senior Concert
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams (all students and faculty remain on campus)
Monday, December 12, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Bard College Campus
De-Stress Fest Fall 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022 – Thursday, December 15, 2022
Register Now for the BardWorks 2023 Annandale x NYC Conference - Career Pathways & Mindful Life Design: January 25–27
Monday, December 12, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Bard Annandale Campus x NYC
Unshadowed Land: Webinar talk by Nicholas Galanin
Friday, December 2, 2022
Online Event, 12–1:30 pm
Nicholas Galanin: Unshadowed Land
Friday, December 2, 2022
Online Event, 12–1:30 pm
Study Abroad 101: The Nuts And Bolts of Study Abroad at Bard
Friday, December 2, 2022
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge, 12–1 pm
Meet the Non-Profit  Organization Teach First 
Friday, December 2, 2022
W15 Cafe, 12:30–1:30 pm
Holly Melgard, "Repositioning Fetal Poetics: Choices Lost to a Post-Roe America": Part of the Autonomies Series
Friday, December 2, 2022
Weis Cinema, Campus Center, 4–6 pm
Is Russia Over? A Discussion With Dr. Helen Faller
Friday, December 2, 2022
*NEW LOCATION* Lecture Hall, 5:30–7:30 pm
Literary Salon: Reading by the students of Clare Wigfall's Fiction Writing Workshop (1/2)
Friday, December 2, 2022
Wein Salon, 8 pm
Last Day to Withdraw from a Class
Friday, December 2, 2022
Bard College Campus
BardWorks Career Pathways in Arts Administration - Trip to Lincoln Center & The Frick Collection @ Madison: FRIDAY - DECEMBER 2nd, 2022 - ALL DAY TRIP TO NYC
Friday, December 2, 2022
Ayanna Battle Senior Concert
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 5–6 pm
What Happens in the Goldilocks Zone
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Bard Exhibition Center, 5–7 pm
Setats Detinu
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Fisher Studio Arts Building, 5–7 pm
alone.is.together.is.: Performance of Poetry and Song from Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Students (Free)
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, Hyde Park, 6–8 pm
Niall Ransford Moderation Concert
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Blum Hall, 6:30–7:30 pm
The Nutcracker: A Symphonic Performance
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8–9 pm
Applications Open for Get Engaged Conference 2023 in Budapest
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Center for Civic Engagement
Sight & Sound: Vaughan Williams and Renaissance England: Presented by The Orchestra Now
Sunday, December 4, 2022
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, 2–4 pm
To Eat Alone Is to Die Alone: A Voyage into the Lives of Seeds and Their Communities
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 2–3:30 pm
Bard Chinese Ensemble Winter Concert: Chen Tao, conductor
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 pm
Let it be forgotten: Shades of American Identity: An afternoon recital of vocal chamber music.
Sunday, December 4, 2022
The Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 4–6 pm
Festival of Lights: An interfaith service of hope and light in the midst of darkness
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 5–6 pm
Chrismukkah Celebration
Monday, December 5, 2022
W15 Cafe, 12:30–2 pm
Experimental Humanities Share Event
Monday, December 5, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center, 5–6:30 pm
Proust In One Hour: Véronique Aubouy
Monday, December 5, 2022
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 5:30–7 pm
Fugitive Feminism: A Book Presentation
Monday, December 5, 2022
Lecture Hall , 5:30–7 pm
CMIA - Sculpture
Monday, December 5, 2022
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
The Spontaneous Composition Ensemble
Monday, December 5, 2022
Blum Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm
Senior Projects Due
Monday, December 5, 2022
Bard College Campus
Big Data, Little Bugs: Exploring Evolutionary Innovation from Sequence to Phenotype: Cera Fisher, Seven Bridges Genomics
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Thesis Presentation: Cazmir Leenheer, "The Gulf Between You and Me: Levinas' Face-to-Face and the Photographic Encounter"
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The Factory, 12:45–2 pm
Degree Recital: Laura Perez-Rangel, violin: Works by Ysaÿe, J.S. Bach, Sibelius, Yanez, and Camacaro.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2 pm
Artist Talk and Q&A with Filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Online, 3–4:30 pm
Internship Workshop & Cider Donuts with CDO
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Campus Center, George Ball Lounge, 3:30–4:30 pm
Reckoning with Race: Concepts of Difference and Racial Inequality in Organizations: Sarah Iverson, PhD candidate, New York University
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Olin 102, 5–6:30 pm
Scalable and Effective Computer Science Education: Georgiana Haldeman, Colgate University
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
RKC 111, 5–6 pm
Rome’s Migration Machine: Ships, Roads and Ancient Novels (and Religions): Tim Whitmarsh, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30–7 pm
CMIA - Notre musique
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–8:30 pm
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability - December 2022 Online Info Session : **$65 application fee waiver available to webinar participants!** Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational webinars for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Online Event, 7–8 pm
Women's Basketball Game
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Stevenson Athletic Center, Main Gym, 7–9 pm
Drama, Philosophy, and the City in Classical Greece
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Online, 7:30–9 pm
Bard Electric Guitar Ensemble : An eight-member group led by Prof. Matt Sargent, premieres a new piece by Annie Dodson ('23), along with ensemble works by Julius Eastman, Eve Beglarian, and Terry Riley. 
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Blum Hall, 7:30–8:30 pm
Artist Talk and Q&A with Filmmaker Maysaloun Hamoud
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Online Event, 9–10:30 pm
Career Pathways in Public Health
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center, 12–1 pm
Thesis Presentation: Lukas Debeljak, "The End, Again: Apocalypse as Fictional Repetition"
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Lecture Hall, 12:45–2 pm
Student Pathways to Civic Engagement Showcase Event
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Campus Center, 4–6 pm
A Discussion on US Grand Strategy with Malia DuMont ’95
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 4 pm – 5 am
Visiting the Vulva Gallery
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Goethestraße 70, 10625 Berlin, 4:30–6 pm
Bard College Georgian Choir Concert
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7–9 pm
Campus Reading: BCB Alum Sam Zamrik's Ich Bin Nicht
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
W15 Cafe, 7–8:30 pm
Koryn Young Moderation Concert
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Blum N211, the jazz room, 8:30–9:30 pm
Advising Day
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Bard College Campus
SLC Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, December 8, 2022
W15 Cafe , 12:30–1:30 pm
What if the people governed? : How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Restore Trust in LA City Government
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Online Event, 1 pm
BardMakers Art + Craft Fair 
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 3–6 pm
Computational Complexity of Isomorphism Testing: Michael Levet, Colorado State University
Thursday, December 8, 2022
RKC 111, 5–6 pm
Viola Performance Class Recital  : Nine violists perform works by Bach, Bruch, Bartók, Glazunov, Schumann, and more, with collaborative pianists Neilson Chen, Francis Huang, and Nomin Samdan
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 5:30–7:30 pm
Oliver Hall, "Reproductive Justice for Trans Communities: Barriers and Opportunities": Part of the Autonomies Series
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Weis Cinema, Campus Center, 6–8 pm
Pasolini and the Sacred: A Lecture/Discussion by Professor Karen Raizen 
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 6–7:30 pm
American Avant-Garde Film, 1940-1970: Around 1970
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Avery Room 116, 7–10 pm
The Plight of the Uyghurs in China: A Virtual Reality Documentary Screening and Panel
Thursday, December 8, 2022
P98A Lecture Hall, 7–8:30 pm
Eternal Beginnings: Senior Projects in Dance 2022
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Symonne Reid Senior Concert
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Old Gym, 8–9 pm
An Evening of Mozart Opera and Choral Music: James Bagwell, conductor
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Olin Hall, 8–9 pm
An Evening of Mozart Opera and Choral Music: James Bagwell, conductor
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Olin Hall, 8–9 pm
Registration for Spring Classes Opens
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Bard College Campus
Creating and Controlling Synthetic Quantum Systems ... One Electron at a Time: Johannes Pollanen, Michigan State University
Friday, December 9, 2022
Hegeman 107, 12–1 pm
Falling in Love with Strangers Project: A nonromantic experiment about connecting across difference.
Friday, December 9, 2022
Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 3–6 pm
Falling in Love with a Stranger
Friday, December 9, 2022
Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 3–6 pm
Open Studios / Performance Factory
Friday, December 9, 2022
The Factory, 5–10 pm
Percussion Studio Concert
Friday, December 9, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–9 pm
Eternal Beginnings: Senior Projects in Dance 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Vigilance Brandon Senior Concert
Friday, December 9, 2022
Blum Hall, 8–9 pm
BardMakers Art + Craft Fair
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Seasoned Evolution Center - 11 Lohmaier Lane, Lake Katrine , 12–5 pm
Chamber Music Marathon: Part I: 22 Chamber Groups Perform Works by Purcell, Poulenc, Brahms, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Coleridge-Taylor, Schubert, Ravel, Gambaro, Berwald, Haydn, and More.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1:30–9 pm
Nimham Mountain Singers
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 2–4 pm
Eternal Beginnings: Senior Projects in Dance 2022
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm
Matt Macari Senior Concert
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Manor House Cafe, 7–8 pm
Eternal Beginnings: Senior Projects in Dance 2022
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Literary Salon: Reading by the students of Clare Wigfall's Fiction Writing Workshop (2/2)
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Wein Salon, 8 pm
Annie Dodson Senior Concert
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Bard Hall, 8–9 pm
December Graduate Brunch: December graduates their parents, and advisers are invited to the December Graduate Brunch to celebrate the achievements of students who recently completed their graduation requirements. 
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Blithewood, 11 am – 1 pm
Take A Hike!
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Meet at W15 Cafe, 1–4:30 pm
Jazz Christmas Concert: Horns, Rhythm Section, and Special Guests
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 3–5 pm
Schumann, Strauss, and Sibelius: Presented by The Orchestra Now
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Symphony Space in New York City, 4–6 pm
Women in Armed Conflict Panel Discussion
Monday, December 12, 2022
Online Event, 8:30–10 am
Chamber Music Marathon: Part II: Students and faculty perform chamber works by Brahms, Rathbun, Beethoven, Purcell, Schumann, Debussy, Franck, Ravel, and more.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12–3 pm
Yoga with Sanskriti
Monday, December 12, 2022
The Factory, 5:30 pm
Nighttime Study Breakfast
Monday, December 12, 2022
Cafeteria, 6:30–7:30 pm
Bard Balinese Gamelan
Monday, December 12, 2022
Bard Hall, 6:30–7:30 pm
CMIA - Architecture
Monday, December 12, 2022
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
Visual Storytelling for Civic Engagement Film Festival
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
8:30–10 am
Participatory Co-Governance in English Prisons
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Online Event, 9–11:30 am
Caring for Life’s Little Things: Microbes, Management, and Culture: Erika Diaz Almeyda, New College of Florida
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Pet Day at BCB
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
W15 Cafe and Courtyard, 12–2 pm
Senior Project Poster Session
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Reem-Kayden Center, 4–5:30 pm
Chinese Folk Songs and Composition Premiere Concert: Professor Xinyan Li's Chinese Folk Music Class
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Jazz Room, Blum N211, 4–5 pm
The Women Composers Ensemble
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Blum Hall, 4–5 pm
Applying for Admission & Financial Aid at Bard College Berlin: Live Information Session with BCB Admissions
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
5–6 pm
GoinGlobal Webinar for Bard Students  
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Online Event, 7–8 pm
Flute Studio Recital  with Faculty Member Tara Helen O'Connor and Collaborative Piano Fellows Diana Borshcheva, Neilson Chen, Nhi Huynh; and Kamil Karpiak, oboe : Works from the 17th to the 21st centuries by Abreu, Boismortier, Bolling, Bonis, Colquhoun, Ginastera, JacobTV, and Mercadante.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8 pm
CMIA - Endings and Beginnings
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:30 pm
OSUN Study Abroad Information Session
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Online Event, 8–9 am
Finger Painting (& Music)
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The Factory, 2–4 pm
The Use of Automatic Text Simplification to Support the Reading Tasks of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults: Oliver Alonzo, Creighton University
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
RKC 115, 5–6 pm
Da Capo Chamber Players Perform Premieres of Works by Composers Ayanna Battle, Manar Hashmi, Faisal Jones, Josh Krienke, Artemy Mukhin, OGA, Jayla Smith, Zeke Morgan: With Marka Gustavsson, viola
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 6–7:30 pm
Final Faculty Meeting of the Semester
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
*TIME CHANGE* Thesis Presentation: Ezgi Karayel, "The Notion of Solidarity in Community-based Artivism: A Case Study on Gezi Park Protest Art"
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Lecture Hall, 2:30–3 pm
Mug Cake Making
Thursday, December 15, 2022
W16 Kitchen, 3–5 pm
Open Concert
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Bard Hall, 7–8 pm
A Christmas Carol: World Premiere
Friday, December 16, 2022
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8–9 pm
Last Day of Fall Classes
Friday, December 16, 2022
Bard College Campus
Last Day of Fall Classes
Friday, December 16, 2022
A Christmas Carol: World Premiere
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 6–7 pm
A Christmas Carol: World Premiere
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 2–3 pm
CMIA - Fanny and Alexander
Monday, December 19, 2022
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–10:55 pm

Ongoing Events:

The Virtual Reading Group: Most Fridays at 1 PM EST 
Friday, February 28, 2020 – Friday, September 24, 2027
Kripalu Yoga with Julia
Monday, September 6, 2021 – Thursday, May 25, 2023
Align & Flow Yoga with Barbara
Monday, September 6, 2021 – Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Exhibition: Paintings by Artists Kehinde Wiley and Henry Taylor
Monday, February 7, 2022 – Monday, February 13, 2023
Spin Bike Class with Debbie
Monday, August 29, 2022 – Thursday, December 21, 2023
Knitting Our Community Together
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 – Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Learning Commons Tutoring in All Subjects
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Cooking and Baking for Shabbat
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Thursday, December 8, 2022
Meditation
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Thursday, December 15, 2022
Learning Commons Tutoring in All Subjects
Thursday, September 1, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Zumba with Alua
Friday, September 2, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Shabbat
Friday, September 2, 2022 – Friday, December 9, 2022
Spanish MAT Lab
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 – Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Bard Debate Union - Weekly Meeting
Thursday, September 8, 2022 – Thursday, December 8, 2022
Biology Drop-In Tutoring
Monday, September 12, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Pilates with Mayerli
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 – Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Latin Table: Joins us weekly. Stay for as long as you like.
Monday, September 19, 2022 – Monday, December 12, 2022
Bard Parsha Circle
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 – Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Let’s Talk: Walk-in Counseling: Stevenson Athletic Center, Room 211, with Dan Sullivan 
Monday, October 3, 2022 – Friday, December 9, 2022
Let’s Talk: Walk-in Counseling: Kappa House with V Lawson
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 – Friday, December 9, 2022
Let’s Talk Walk-in Counseling: Bito Conservatory, Room 106, with Shanna Barney
Friday, October 7, 2022 – Friday, December 9, 2022
Event Series: Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education
Friday, October 14, 2022 – Saturday, December 10, 2022
Grief Support Group
Friday, October 14, 2022 – Thursday, December 8, 2022
Open Office Hours: Office of the Dean of Inclusive Excellence: Drop by Kappa House Room 110 from 10 am–noon to talk with Dean Aldebot!
Friday, November 4, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
The Gendered Politics and Practices of Art Collectives
Friday, November 18, 2022 – Thursday, December 1, 2022
Open Office Hours: Office of the Dean of Inclusive Excellence: Drop by Kappa House Room 110 from 2–4 pm to talk with Dean Aldebot!
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – Friday, December 16, 2022
Office Hours With Isabella Sokolik from Family Services
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – Tuesday, December 20, 2022
BA Final Presentations (Fall 2022)
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 – Friday, December 9, 2022
From the Collection: First-Year Curatorial Practice 2022: Opening reception: Thursday, December 1, 2022, 5–7 pm
Thursday, December 1, 2022 – Sunday, December 11, 2022


all events are subject to change
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