Thursday, May 15, 2025

Today's Events


  • Restorative Movement with Elie 
    This class is about listening to the body and focusing on form and breathwork to create a moving meditation. We will combine pranayama (breathwork practices) with a gentle flow, to create a space of s . . . Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1, 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT/GMT-4

  • 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
    The exhibitions on display, curated by 15 MA candidates at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, are the culmination of two years of research, writing, and conversation. The projects span f . . . Hessel Museum of Art, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Spin Bike Class with Debbie / Laurie  
    This indoor cycle class focuses on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity, and recovery with an upbeat playlist to keep you moving! Many different techniques are used to work the legs, core, a . . . Stevenson Athletic Center, Squash Courts, 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Student Recital: Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, piano
    Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Olin Hall, 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Required Recital: Xinri Zhang, piano
    Featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Olin Hall, 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Field Station End of Year Celebration
    Would you like to learn about nature, talk to biologists and bio-geochemists from Bard and Hudsonia, and hear about trends in American Eel populations and the outcome of other Field Sta . . . Field Station, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Senior Project Poster Session
    Join our graduating seniors as they present their work! Reem-Kayden Center, 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Double Exposure: Transcending the Aria
    The Graduate Vocal Arts Program and Collaborative Piano Fellows present an evening of opera scenes you have never seen. Spanning multiple styles, languages, and genres, each artist presents their chosen opera aria with a companion song that reveals the inner life of each character.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Sui Generis Release Party
    Sui Generis is a publication of the Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures program whose goal is to provide students with an outlet to produce original creative work in a foreign language o . . . Olin Humanities, Room 102, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Thursday Night Live
    TLS Project
    Guess what’s back? Thursday Night Live is kicking off again—starting Thursday, March 27th from 7 to 9 pm at Down The Road Café—and you’re invited. Pr . . . Campus Center, Lobby, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Required Recital: Hong-Fan Su, piano
    Works by Handel, Beethoven, Debussy, and Shaw.
    Free and open to the public.  Olin Hall, 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Capstone Project: Drinks and Chamber Music
    To cap their third year of study, all masters of music candidates are required to create their own thesis project. This performance is the Capstone Project of TŌN clarinetist Colby Bond. Ca . . . Camp Kingston, 36 St. James St, Kingston, NY, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Cooking and Baking for Shabbat
    Every Thursday evening, come bake challah and help prepare Shabbat dinner for our Friday evening community gathering. Although these evenings serve a practical purpose, they are also a wonderful oppor . . . Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Erica Kiesewetter Studio Recital
    Erica Kiesewetter's studio class recital. Bard Hall, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • CLAC Senior Concert
    Join us for the student senior concert for CLAC (Chloe Clark). Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Upcoming Events


Friday, May 16

  • HIIT Fit Class with Chantel / Laurie   
    30 minutes of high-intensity interval training designed to boost your fitness, rocket your energy levels, and give you big results in the shortest amount of time using your own body weight. Complete b . . . Stevenson Athletic Center, Classroom 1, 7:45 am – 8:15 am EDT/GMT-4

  • Acupuncture @Bard  
    With Dr. Sarah Heslip 
    Acupuncture treats: anxiety, depression, physical pain, acute and chronic conditions and more. Schedule an appointment by texting or calling Dr. Sarah Heslip at (413) 884-2798. Please i . . . Center for Spiritual Life ( Lower level of Resnick Commons Village A ), 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Climate Policy and Politics in the Democratic South: Brazil
    10:30 AM New York l 430 PM Vienna The OSUN Hubs for the Politics of the Anthropocene will host a seminar with Eduardo Viola, Professor at the Institute of International Relations, Universit . . . Online Event, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
    The exhibitions on display, curated by 15 MA candidates at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, are the culmination of two years of research, writing, and conversation. The projects span f . . . Hessel Museum of Art, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Lecture Recital: Hengjian Zhang, sheng
    The Mutual Influence of Sheng and Free-Reed Instruments in Europe
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
    Most Fridays at 1pm EST
    We're reading The Life of the Mind, Hannah Arendt’s unfinished final work. In it, she focuses on three basic mental activities—thinking, willing, and judging—and their . . . Online Event, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Lecture Recital: Yingren Zhao, pipa
    "Pipa and Buddhism: The Connection Through Liu Dehai's Buddhist-Themed Pipa Works"
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • AI on Bard Campus
    A Community Conversation Centering Student Voices
    Join us for a discussion. Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Bard Farm: Spring Fest
    Sponsored by Bard Farm, Rethinking Place, Bard Eats, and Bard Bees
    Help Bard Farm celebrate and welcome spring with ceremony, food, music, and baby goats!  Learn how to participate in the Maypole dance, enjoy a community centered Stone Soup, and participate in . . . Bard Farm, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Student Recital: Ji-Sian Chen, collaborative piano
    Works by Beethoven and Brahms
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel. Olin Hall, 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Degree Recital: Liam Brosh, viola
    Works by Bach, Shostakovich, and Schubert.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Student Recital: Georgi Chikolov, piano and Marcos Castilla, piano
    Works by Schubert, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Schoenfield, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Lecuona.
    Free and open to the public. Edith C. Blum Institute, 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Shabbat
    Every Friday evening, we gather for a short Shabbat prayer service with singing and discussion, followed by a vegetarian Shabbat dinner. All Bardians are welcome to join us for any part of the ev . . . Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Rieko Aizawa Piano Studio Recital
    Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Dutilleux, Gubaidulina, Kodaly, Ligeti, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Mozart, Schoenberg, Schubert and Schumann.
    Featuring the students of Rieko Aizawa's piano studio, this recital will have four sections based on distinct themes: "Kaleidoscopic Pianism," featuring fantasy-like music . . . Olin Hall, 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Degree Recital: Miles Wazni, clarinet
    Works by Bach, Widor, Bliss, Rota, and Weber.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Bard Accordion Orchestra
    And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo
    Please join us at Bard Hall on May 16th, 8:30 PM for the debut performance of the Bard Accordion Orchestra featuring the students enrolled in Prof. Sonevytsky’s Accordionology class, an . . . Bard Hall, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Nuestro Conjunto: Nuestra Continuacion
    Join us for a end of the year celebration!  Manor Annex, 10:30 pm – 1:30 am EDT/GMT-4

Saturday, May 17

  • 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
    The exhibitions on display, curated by 15 MA candidates at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, are the culmination of two years of research, writing, and conversation. The projects span f . . . Hessel Museum of Art, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violin
    Works by Ysaÿe, Copland, and Bartók.
    Free and open to the public. Bard Hall, 12:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Degree Recital: Yuling Nan, ruan
    Works by Zhou Yuguo, Pamela Zhang, and Simon Kong Su Leong.
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 3:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voice
    Works by Burleigh, Handel, Leslie Adams, and Schumann.
    Free and open to the public. Edith C. Blum Institute, 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • The 2025 Film SPROJ Screenings
    Please come to the Jim Ottaway Theater (Avery 110) to see the final weekend of SPROJ screenings! Saturday, May 17th at 6pm: Esmé Sacks, Eva Rasskazova, Kate Hopkins, August Macdonald, Graham Ha . . . Avery Art Center, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in Recital
    Join Olivia Chaikin of The Orchestra Now (TŌN) for an evening of classic flute repertoire and new transcriptions, including Dvořàk's American Quartet reimagined for Flute and Stri . . . Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, composition
    "Hast thou yet found solace in an ending?"
    Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here. Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • SMOG: Verona and Sketch 
    Three bands playing music for the last SMOG show of the year. SMOG, 9:00 pm – 11:45 pm EDT/GMT-4

  • Post-Concert Spring Celebration 
    Sponsored by the Traditional Music Club
    Join us for a post-concert spring semester celebration with folk music and food! Anna Jones Memorial Garden, 9:00 pm – 2:00 am EDT/GMT-4

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