Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Author Event: Hedge at Montgomery Place with Jane Delury
Saturday, June 10, 2023 2–5 pm
Montgomery Place Estate Join us for an in-person community event with author Jane Delury for the launch of her novel, Hedge. This celebration will include cookies, lemonade, an author talk, book signing, and house tour (depending on your ticket tier)! This event is being hosted by Zibby Books, Jane's publisher, and Bard College: Montgomery Place Campus. Montgomery Place was the location for many scenes in Hedge and excerpts from the book will be displayed around the property. Finally, local bookstore Oblong Books will be onsite selling copies of Hedge!
In this “sharply drawn portrait of anguish, loneliness, fear, and desire” (Kirkus) from the winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, garden historian Maud Bentley packs up her daughters to spend a summer at a Hudson Valley estate, leaving her husband behind in California. More about Hedge
Get TicketsSponsored by: Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus.
For more information, call 845-758-7179, or e-mail [email protected].
Counterveillance and Cultures of Transparency: Rethinking How We "See In" to Prison
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison, in partnership with OSUN and Incarceration Nations Network, invites individuals at member institutions to the next event in the BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series.
This lecture series is designed for a global community of practitioners in different higher education contexts in prisons and carceral spaces around the world.
Dawn Moore will speak on “Counterveillance and Cultures of Transparency: Rethinking How We ‘See In’ to Prison.”
Moore is Professor of Law and Legal Studies, Criminology, Sociology and Social Work at Carleton University, located on the unceded and surrendered lands of the Algonquin, Anishnabek nation. Moore has published three books, including a monograph on the drug treatment court movement. Currently, Moore is completing a project on the lived experiences of gender based violence. She is also the primary investigator for the Prison Transparency Project, a seven-year study of prison oversight and carceral abuse of power in Spain, Argentina, and Canada.
This session, like all in the series, will include simultaneous translations in English and Spanish.
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
The Rebolu of La Voz comes with full force! Join us in celebrating the 19th anniversary of the La Voz magazine with a special fundraising event at Bard College’s beautiful Spiegeltent, including live music and dancing, delicious food for sale, and a silent auction.
Rebolu is an Afro-Colombian musical ensemble represented by some of the best Colombian musicians in the United States. From traditional songs to original compositions, Rebolu’s repertoire is charged with energy and history. Their unique reinterpretations of traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms, such as Gaita, Tambora, Chalupa, and Bullerengue, and their belief that folkloric traditions must continue to grow over time and with new ideas make Rebolu a truly unique musical and cultural experience where rich musical traditions of their ancestors; the Afro-descendants of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, are promoted.
Do you like to dance? This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a dance class taught by Elizabeth Liotta, a certified teacher of Afro-Cuban rhythms and part of the La Voz team. No previous experience is needed; just come have fun with us and learn new steps that you can use later in the evening at Rebolu’s concert!
All proceeds benefit La Voz magazine. For sponsorship opportunities and more information, email [email protected].
The Origins and Influence of Arendt’s Kant Lectures: A Conversation with Ronald Beiner
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 12 pm
Arendt Center Lunch will be provided. Space is limited & RSVP required: email Nicholas Dunn ([email protected]).
Join us for a conversation with Ronald Beiner about the origins and influence of Arendt’s Kant Lectures. Beiner is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1982, he compiled and edited Hannah Arendt’s lecture notes on Kant’s Critique of Judgment, which she delivered in the Fall of 1970 at the New School. The publication of these lectures has given rise to a significant body of literature in philosophy, political theory, and beyond—and continues to have an enduring impact in the field of Arendt studies.
Lunch will be provided. Space is limited. To RSVP (required), please email Nicholas Dunn ([email protected]). The event will be recorded and available to watch on YouTube at a later date.
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
The 2023 Spiegeltent Season kicks off with Artist/Advocate Britton Smith (Be More Chill on Broadway), who brings his funk liberation band Britton & The Sting to spread the gospel of authenticity as a pathway to total freedom. Creating an intergalactic, Afrofuturistic sanctuary of healing whenever and wherever they take the stage, this talented pack of musicians leads their congregation with an electric passion for funk, gospel, soul, and testimony.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Join the exceptional artists of SummerScape’s Illinois for an opening night celebration in the glittering glamor of the Spiegeltent. Hot For You Disco, a monthly staple of the NYC nightlife scene, brings the magic upstate with impresario Father Figure (Mark Louque) to keep you dancing into the night.
Illinois Cast Party After Hours: Hot For You Disco
with music by Father Figure
Friday, June 23, 2023 10:30–11:30 pm
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent
Join the exceptional artists of SummerScape’s Illinois for a special opening night After Hours. Hot For You Disco, a monthly staple of the NYC nightlife scene, brings the magic upstate with impresario Father Figure (Mark Louque) to keep you dancing into the night.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art This solo exhibition will spotlight the originality, intelligence, and material pleasure in the singular practice of Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti through a survey of sculpture and wall works from over the past 15 years.
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists opens this June at the Center for Curatorial Studies’ (CCS Bard) Hessel Museum of Art. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater traces the history of experimentation that emerged from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Department for New Native Theater in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today. The exhibition brings together over 100 works by over 40 artists and collectives, including some new commissions, and performances by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Jeffrey Gibson (The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee), Maria Hupfield (Anishnaabek, Wasauksing First Nation / Canada), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné).
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Public opening reception for two new exhibitions opening at the Hessel Museum of Art: Indian Theater curated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Forge Project’s executive director and CCS Bard Fellow in Indigenous Art History and Curatorial Studies; and Erika Verzutti: New Moons curated by Lauren Cornell, director of the Graduate Program, CCS Bard, and chief curator, Hessel Museum of Art. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Ya Tseen (“be alive” in Tlingit) is the electro-soul music project of artist Nicholas Galanin, one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Their debut release, Indian Yard, explores love, desire, frustration, pain, revolution, and connection through the magnetic expressions of an Indigenous mind, rich with emotional range and sharp awareness. Led by one of the world’s foremost Indigenous artists, Ya Tseen delivers an irrepressible and profound experience of liberation through feeling and connection.
Ya Tseen is co-presented with the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
6 pm • Doors Open 6:30 pm • Dance Instruction Through 10 pm • Dancing
Our opening weekend ends with a swing! Spiegeltent favorites and local swing impresarios Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios return for a night of swing dancing to the fabulous music of Eight to the Bar. Influenced by American roots music, Eight to the Bar is known for its outstanding instrumentalists and colorful mix of tunes and vocals that will have you up and swinging in no time!
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
“Dreamy and daring” (Rolling Stone), the music of Caitlin Canty carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Releasing her fourth studio album, Quiet Flame, in June 2023, Canty is joined by Grammy Award-winning banjoist Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) for an intimate, acoustic performance of songs reflecting resilience, perseverance, and finding satisfaction in the mess and the mundane.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Revolutionary art-rock, new-wave goddess Nona Hendryx (aka ‘Mama Funk’), the original ‘Mother of Funk’ and early proponent of Afrofuturism, pays tribute to the legendary Betty Davis in a musical celebration featuring a band of (mostly) women funk rockers performing Betty’s 1975 Nasty Gal album and more. Betty’s trailblazing career —an influencer ahead of her time— bridged the old guard to the avant-garde, leaving behind a legacy that still reverberates in music today. Come funk with us!
Featuring Felicia Collins (guitar), Camille Gainer-Jones (drums), Divinity Roxx (bass), LaFrae Sci (electronics), Kiki Hawkins and Asa Lovechild (vocals), two guys: Etienne Stadwijk and ‘Big Mouth’ Keith Fluitt.
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Author Event: Hedge at Montgomery Place with Jane Delury
Saturday, June 10, 2023 2–5 pm
Montgomery Place Estate Join us for an in-person community event with author Jane Delury for the launch of her novel, Hedge. This celebration will include cookies, lemonade, an author talk, book signing, and house tour (depending on your ticket tier)! This event is being hosted by Zibby Books, Jane's publisher, and Bard College: Montgomery Place Campus. Montgomery Place was the location for many scenes in Hedge and excerpts from the book will be displayed around the property. Finally, local bookstore Oblong Books will be onsite selling copies of Hedge!
In this “sharply drawn portrait of anguish, loneliness, fear, and desire” (Kirkus) from the winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, garden historian Maud Bentley packs up her daughters to spend a summer at a Hudson Valley estate, leaving her husband behind in California. More about Hedge
Get TicketsSponsored by: Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus.
For more information, call 845-758-7179, or e-mail [email protected].
Counterveillance and Cultures of Transparency: Rethinking How We "See In" to Prison
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9–10:30 am
Online Event 9 AM New York l 3 PM Vienna
The Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison, in partnership with OSUN and Incarceration Nations Network, invites individuals at member institutions to the next event in the BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series.
This lecture series is designed for a global community of practitioners in different higher education contexts in prisons and carceral spaces around the world.
Dawn Moore will speak on “Counterveillance and Cultures of Transparency: Rethinking How We ‘See In’ to Prison.”
Moore is Professor of Law and Legal Studies, Criminology, Sociology and Social Work at Carleton University, located on the unceded and surrendered lands of the Algonquin, Anishnabek nation. Moore has published three books, including a monograph on the drug treatment court movement. Currently, Moore is completing a project on the lived experiences of gender based violence. She is also the primary investigator for the Prison Transparency Project, a seven-year study of prison oversight and carceral abuse of power in Spain, Argentina, and Canada.
This session, like all in the series, will include simultaneous translations in English and Spanish.
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
The Rebolu of La Voz comes with full force! Join us in celebrating the 19th anniversary of the La Voz magazine with a special fundraising event at Bard College’s beautiful Spiegeltent, including live music and dancing, delicious food for sale, and a silent auction.
Rebolu is an Afro-Colombian musical ensemble represented by some of the best Colombian musicians in the United States. From traditional songs to original compositions, Rebolu’s repertoire is charged with energy and history. Their unique reinterpretations of traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms, such as Gaita, Tambora, Chalupa, and Bullerengue, and their belief that folkloric traditions must continue to grow over time and with new ideas make Rebolu a truly unique musical and cultural experience where rich musical traditions of their ancestors; the Afro-descendants of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, are promoted.
Do you like to dance? This is an excellent opportunity to participate in a dance class taught by Elizabeth Liotta, a certified teacher of Afro-Cuban rhythms and part of the La Voz team. No previous experience is needed; just come have fun with us and learn new steps that you can use later in the evening at Rebolu’s concert!
All proceeds benefit La Voz magazine. For sponsorship opportunities and more information, email [email protected].
The Origins and Influence of Arendt’s Kant Lectures: A Conversation with Ronald Beiner
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 12 pm
Arendt Center Lunch will be provided. Space is limited & RSVP required: email Nicholas Dunn ([email protected]).
Join us for a conversation with Ronald Beiner about the origins and influence of Arendt’s Kant Lectures. Beiner is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1982, he compiled and edited Hannah Arendt’s lecture notes on Kant’s Critique of Judgment, which she delivered in the Fall of 1970 at the New School. The publication of these lectures has given rise to a significant body of literature in philosophy, political theory, and beyond—and continues to have an enduring impact in the field of Arendt studies.
Lunch will be provided. Space is limited. To RSVP (required), please email Nicholas Dunn ([email protected]). The event will be recorded and available to watch on YouTube at a later date.
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
The 2023 Spiegeltent Season kicks off with Artist/Advocate Britton Smith (Be More Chill on Broadway), who brings his funk liberation band Britton & The Sting to spread the gospel of authenticity as a pathway to total freedom. Creating an intergalactic, Afrofuturistic sanctuary of healing whenever and wherever they take the stage, this talented pack of musicians leads their congregation with an electric passion for funk, gospel, soul, and testimony.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Join the exceptional artists of SummerScape’s Illinois for an opening night celebration in the glittering glamor of the Spiegeltent. Hot For You Disco, a monthly staple of the NYC nightlife scene, brings the magic upstate with impresario Father Figure (Mark Louque) to keep you dancing into the night.
Illinois Cast Party After Hours: Hot For You Disco
with music by Father Figure
Friday, June 23, 2023 10:30–11:30 pm
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent
Join the exceptional artists of SummerScape’s Illinois for a special opening night After Hours. Hot For You Disco, a monthly staple of the NYC nightlife scene, brings the magic upstate with impresario Father Figure (Mark Louque) to keep you dancing into the night.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art This solo exhibition will spotlight the originality, intelligence, and material pleasure in the singular practice of Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti through a survey of sculpture and wall works from over the past 15 years.
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art The first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists opens this June at the Center for Curatorial Studies’ (CCS Bard) Hessel Museum of Art. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater traces the history of experimentation that emerged from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Department for New Native Theater in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today. The exhibition brings together over 100 works by over 40 artists and collectives, including some new commissions, and performances by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Jeffrey Gibson (The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee), Maria Hupfield (Anishnaabek, Wasauksing First Nation / Canada), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné).
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art Public opening reception for two new exhibitions opening at the Hessel Museum of Art: Indian Theater curated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Forge Project’s executive director and CCS Bard Fellow in Indigenous Art History and Curatorial Studies; and Erika Verzutti: New Moons curated by Lauren Cornell, director of the Graduate Program, CCS Bard, and chief curator, Hessel Museum of Art. For more information, call 845-758-7598, or e-mail [email protected].
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Ya Tseen (“be alive” in Tlingit) is the electro-soul music project of artist Nicholas Galanin, one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Their debut release, Indian Yard, explores love, desire, frustration, pain, revolution, and connection through the magnetic expressions of an Indigenous mind, rich with emotional range and sharp awareness. Led by one of the world’s foremost Indigenous artists, Ya Tseen delivers an irrepressible and profound experience of liberation through feeling and connection.
Ya Tseen is co-presented with the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
6 pm • Doors Open 6:30 pm • Dance Instruction Through 10 pm • Dancing
Our opening weekend ends with a swing! Spiegeltent favorites and local swing impresarios Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios return for a night of swing dancing to the fabulous music of Eight to the Bar. Influenced by American roots music, Eight to the Bar is known for its outstanding instrumentalists and colorful mix of tunes and vocals that will have you up and swinging in no time!
Library Road on the east side of New Annandale Road (north end of Kline parking lot) between Gilson Place and Kappa House. Please join us for the season's finest every Thursday and see what the students here at Bard Farm have been growing and producing. Bard Farm Stand sells season produce, flowers, honey, maple syrup, and other value-added products when seasonally available, produced by Bard students. Additionally, we sell pastured meats from Triple A Angus, a local, family-owned farm. For more information, call 518-653-6118, or e-mail [email protected].
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
“Dreamy and daring” (Rolling Stone), the music of Caitlin Canty carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Releasing her fourth studio album, Quiet Flame, in June 2023, Canty is joined by Grammy Award-winning banjoist Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) for an intimate, acoustic performance of songs reflecting resilience, perseverance, and finding satisfaction in the mess and the mundane.
Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations and wildly inventive portrayal of the state’s people, landscapes, and history, complete with UFOs, zombies, and predatory wasps.
Tony Award-winner Justin Peck (Carousel on Broadway, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, New York City Ballet) transforms the album into a full-length theatrical performance with a cast of virtuosic dancers, singers, and musicians in a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Featuring new arrangements of the entire album for a live band and three voices, ranging in style from DIY folk and indie rock to marching band and ambient electronics, Illinois will lead us on a mighty journey through the American heartland, from campfire storytelling to the edges of the cosmos.
Revolutionary art-rock, new-wave goddess Nona Hendryx (aka ‘Mama Funk’), the original ‘Mother of Funk’ and early proponent of Afrofuturism, pays tribute to the legendary Betty Davis in a musical celebration featuring a band of (mostly) women funk rockers performing Betty’s 1975 Nasty Gal album and more. Betty’s trailblazing career —an influencer ahead of her time— bridged the old guard to the avant-garde, leaving behind a legacy that still reverberates in music today. Come funk with us!
Featuring Felicia Collins (guitar), Camille Gainer-Jones (drums), Divinity Roxx (bass), LaFrae Sci (electronics), Kiki Hawkins and Asa Lovechild (vocals), two guys: Etienne Stadwijk and ‘Big Mouth’ Keith Fluitt.
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