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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2025.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3–7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard College. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.

Below is the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works :

Opening Reception
Friday, 25 April 2025 
4pm–7pm
Exhibition opening and food-for-purchase provided by Samosa Shack.

Lecture Performance
Conducting Empire by Elinor Arden 
Friday 25 April, Sunday 27 April, Saturday 3 May 
6:30 pm–7pm

Panel Presentation
Featuring Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Pyae Phyo Aung, and Arina Pshenichnaya
Saturday, May 3
4 pm–5 pm
 
Written Theses
Excerpts of these works are on display in the exhibition 

“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 

Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya

“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 

A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in A Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
 
Installations
Open daily, 3–7:30 pm
 
FordDat
Sariyah Abuzant 

Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 

Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 

Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden  

The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada 

Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
 
Thesis Project Abstracts

FordDat

Sariyah Abuzant 
This installation features a docufiction video and explores the role of an unofficial taxi vehicle vital to mobility in occupied Palestine, using the cases of Abu Dis and Al-Eizariya, two towns located in Area C of the West Bank. Manufactured by Ford Motor Company, this US vehicle has unintentionally functioned as the connective tissue of a fragmented landscape, navigating an apartheid system reinforced by the Oslo Accords. Operating illegally for over thirty years, the Ford Transit has not only sustained movement but also emerged as a tool of cultural sovereignty, community-structured infrastructure, and self-governance. A time capsule of Oslo’s failures, this vehicle offers a lens into the lived realities of Palestinian daily resistance and the unyielding struggle for the right to move.
 
Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 
This hybrid project, comprised of an interactive, web-based installation and research article, examines how “history’s first livestreamed genocide” in Gaza has been presented on TikTok LIVE. The work explores these streams, characterized by their low viewership as well as scattered and disorienting nature, arguing that they reshape our understanding of “livestreamed genocide” as a historical media paradigm. The installation foregrounds the tensions between a gamified platform and the realities of war on the Gaza Strip. In doing so, it examines the uneasy rise of TikTok’s algorithmically-driven platform as a space where social media visibility and atrocity merge, clash, and are reshaped by the logic of public engagement. 
 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus is a sound installation that resists the passive consumption of Palestine as an image of suffering, instead demanding engagement through the act of listening. Centering the auditory as a site of resistance, the work immerses audiences in the sonic realities of occupation and defiance—from the oppressive stasis of colonial checkpoints to the collective force of protest chants, resistance music, and the recorded wills of martyrs. These layered soundscapes challenge static representations of Palestinian struggle, asserting a mobilized, dissenting presence and an unceasing fight for liberation. By stripping away the visual, Calls from an Unseen Chorus transforms listening into an entry point for solidarity, where sound becomes both testimony and a call to resistance.
 
Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden 
Conducting Empire is a research article and an installation-performance investigating the material history of the undersea cable network: the physical ‘backbone’ of the internet. The project explores what lies beneath Google’s marketing strategies for their new transatlantic cables, tracing the genealogy of this infrastructure to 19th-century Britain and the era of so-called abolition. A live activation of a sound sculpture exposes the metallic substance of the cable network and its transmission of historical records into the present. By linking claims of technological progress to imperial control, the work reframes the utopian ideal of global connectivity with evidence found in the British National Archives, from the Birmingham copper industry to a mass of colonial correspondences. Conducting Empire removes the network’s insulation to uncover how telecommunications were produced through a violent historical circuit. 
 
“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 
This written thesis explores the question of morality and conscience in the anti-authoritarian revolution that took shape in response to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The term late pyar lone chin refers to the pride of performing a just action or the shame and guilt of not doing so, and the question, late pyar lone lar?, means roughly “do you have a clear conscience?” It is now widely used to testify to (or question) one’s stance and involvement in the revolution. Examining the digital artifacts and lived experiences of protestors, resistance fighters, and activist fundraisers, the thesis studies the role of calls to conscience in political mobilization and investigates how affect and morality have been activated through aesthetic means to shape the trajectory of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar. 
 
“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South.
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 
The public policy known as Areas of Protection for Food Production was launched in July of 2024 in the south of La Guajira, Colombia. It aims to focus land use on agricultural production and prohibit any type of mining exploitation. This transition is based on concepts such as the human right to food and food security. This written thesis explores the origins of these concepts, their scope, and their limitations. This is particularly relevant at a time when the La Guajira Corporation is about to grant approval to the mining company Best Coal Company to exploit millions of tons of coal in the Cañaverales Community. This thesis responds to the crisis and the difficulties of the energy transition from an epistemological point of view, through an analysis of archives and geopoetics. 
 
The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada
This hybrid project interrogates the role of Arab cultural production—particularly Egyptian songs and films about the Aswan High Dam—in shaping public history and contributing to Nubian dispossession. Building on an ongoing collaboration with Nubian activists, one component of this project is a research article that critiques nationalism and encourages a reflection on the power of cultural memory to perpetuate erasure or resist it. The second component of this project is an interactive installation titled The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine, which examines state propaganda and confronts the failures of Arab liberation movements, while centering a Nubian narrative and presents a speculative grassroots response.
 
Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya
Despite the secular image often associated with modern nationalism, the Russian state’s sacralization of war reveals the enduring power of religious symbols, rituals, and narratives in shaping national identity. This written thesis examines how the concept of sacred war has become central to the Russian national idea through a fusion of Orthodox theology, state power, and militarized aesthetics. It focuses on two key phenomena: the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which presents war as a timeless and divine foundation of Russian identity; and front-line baptismal rituals, which transform soldiers into metaphysical agents of a civilizational mission. I analyze these practices through the writings of Aleksandr Dugin, whose metaphysical theory of civilizational conflict (noomachy) frames war not as a geopolitical act but as an ontological necessity. Dugin’s thought provides the ideological architecture through which Russia is positioned as a sacred civilization resisting Western nihilism, where war is not simply justified, but ritually and cosmologically required. In doing so, the study challenges secular readings of nationalism and highlights how authoritarian regimes can mobilize religious metaphysics to render war not only legitimate, but liturgically necessary.
 
A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
Aftermaths are deceptive. They obscure and conceal. This text, weaved along a photographic inquiry, troubles the notion of quietude. Together, they try to point to what lurks and haunts in the crevices of a wounded urbanscape. Twenty-one years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, what litter and refuse remain in Baghdad today? In a time of rapid urban reconfiguration, what do the residual wartime rubble and the paraphernalia of security regimes tell us of the present, its politics, and relationship to the past? Put differently, what forces and apparatuses obstruct an Iraqi’s walk? Standing by the ruins is an old tradition dating to pre-Islamic poetry and the laments of ancient Mesopotamia. This essay follows suit but goes beyond. Its fragments narrate my auto-ethnographic and ethnographic walks and rides in Baghdad, where I investigate the constellations of rubble, the affects they discharge, and the memories they awaken in a given locale. Much ink and blood were spilled on the streets of Baghdad and world newspapers; this endeavor asks what Iraqis are left with today. The photographs aspire to a private archive for public loss, each being an obstinate interlocutor tested for what eludes vision and what is thought to be seen.
 
Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
Prisons are not just spaces of deprivation and submission but environments where survival gives rise to new forms of expression and interaction. Despite spatial, social, and political constraints, prisoners cultivate communication networks through sound, imagery, and handmade tools. This installation reframes prison life by focusing on acquired culture and produced knowledge rather than narratives of marginalization. Prison Rule 113.11 highlights both clandestine tools of disobedience—tattoo guns, fishing lines, and makeshift speakers—and the coercion tools manufactured through prison labor. These objects are not merely functional but symbolic of defiance and connection. By amplifying sound rather than retreating into silence, prisoners reclaim their lives and assert their resistance to isolation. Positioning these tools as ‘fugitive objects’, this work reveals how incarcerated individuals are not merely passive subjects but a challenge to the very structures designed to contain them.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/thesis-exhibition-of-the-ma-in-human-rights-the-arts-2025/.
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts is pleased to announce its Class of 2025 MA thesis exhibition.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3 – 7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 1, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Required Recital: Mark Kovács, trumpet

Works by Vladimir Peskin and Giacinto Scelsi

Thursday, May 1, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.

 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Screening of the film Freshman. Again. 

BardBac Sponsored

Thursday, May 1, 2025
4–6 pm

Weis Cinema
Come see the short documentary Freshman. Again. currently making its stunning debut on the film festival circuit! The film is headed to the American Black Film Festival in Miami, where it was selected as a winner of the Director's Competition for the Black and Unlimited Fatherhood Project.

Freshman. Again. is an uplifting and heartwarming film about Lenny Bass, a 50-year-old African American man who fulfills his lifelong dream of going to college through the BardBac program, an opportunity he discovered through his daughter, a student at Bard College. Directed by Aji Bass, the filmmaker and Lenny’s son, the documentary offers a deeply personal and candid look at their loving and one-of-a-kind shared journey.
Blending intimate interviews with cinéma vérité storytelling, the film vividly captures Lenny’s resilience and determination as he defies expectations and reinvents himself through education. A moving reminder that it’s never too late to start again and that learning has no age limit.
For more information, call 917-771-8038, or e-mail [email protected].
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 1, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Danni Fu Moderation Concert

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
Danni Fu's student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Imani-Amie Murphy Senior Concert
 

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Imani-Amie Murphy's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 1, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 1 pm Required Recital: Mark Kovács, trumpetThursday, May 1, 2025, 1 pm
  • EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the WestThursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 4–6 pm Screening of the film Freshman. Again. Thursday, May 1, 2025, 4–6 pm
  • 6–7 pm Guided MeditationThursday, May 1, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 7–8 pm Danni Fu Moderation ConcertThursday, May 1, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7–8 pm Imani-Amie Murphy Senior Concert Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm ChoraThursday, May 1, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2025.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3–7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard College. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.

Below is the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works :

Opening Reception
Friday, 25 April 2025 
4pm–7pm
Exhibition opening and food-for-purchase provided by Samosa Shack.

Lecture Performance
Conducting Empire by Elinor Arden 
Friday 25 April, Sunday 27 April, Saturday 3 May 
6:30 pm–7pm

Panel Presentation
Featuring Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Pyae Phyo Aung, and Arina Pshenichnaya
Saturday, May 3
4 pm–5 pm
 
Written Theses
Excerpts of these works are on display in the exhibition 

“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 

Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya

“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 

A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in A Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
 
Installations
Open daily, 3–7:30 pm
 
FordDat
Sariyah Abuzant 

Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 

Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 

Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden  

The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada 

Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
 
Thesis Project Abstracts

FordDat

Sariyah Abuzant 
This installation features a docufiction video and explores the role of an unofficial taxi vehicle vital to mobility in occupied Palestine, using the cases of Abu Dis and Al-Eizariya, two towns located in Area C of the West Bank. Manufactured by Ford Motor Company, this US vehicle has unintentionally functioned as the connective tissue of a fragmented landscape, navigating an apartheid system reinforced by the Oslo Accords. Operating illegally for over thirty years, the Ford Transit has not only sustained movement but also emerged as a tool of cultural sovereignty, community-structured infrastructure, and self-governance. A time capsule of Oslo’s failures, this vehicle offers a lens into the lived realities of Palestinian daily resistance and the unyielding struggle for the right to move.
 
Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 
This hybrid project, comprised of an interactive, web-based installation and research article, examines how “history’s first livestreamed genocide” in Gaza has been presented on TikTok LIVE. The work explores these streams, characterized by their low viewership as well as scattered and disorienting nature, arguing that they reshape our understanding of “livestreamed genocide” as a historical media paradigm. The installation foregrounds the tensions between a gamified platform and the realities of war on the Gaza Strip. In doing so, it examines the uneasy rise of TikTok’s algorithmically-driven platform as a space where social media visibility and atrocity merge, clash, and are reshaped by the logic of public engagement. 
 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus is a sound installation that resists the passive consumption of Palestine as an image of suffering, instead demanding engagement through the act of listening. Centering the auditory as a site of resistance, the work immerses audiences in the sonic realities of occupation and defiance—from the oppressive stasis of colonial checkpoints to the collective force of protest chants, resistance music, and the recorded wills of martyrs. These layered soundscapes challenge static representations of Palestinian struggle, asserting a mobilized, dissenting presence and an unceasing fight for liberation. By stripping away the visual, Calls from an Unseen Chorus transforms listening into an entry point for solidarity, where sound becomes both testimony and a call to resistance.
 
Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden 
Conducting Empire is a research article and an installation-performance investigating the material history of the undersea cable network: the physical ‘backbone’ of the internet. The project explores what lies beneath Google’s marketing strategies for their new transatlantic cables, tracing the genealogy of this infrastructure to 19th-century Britain and the era of so-called abolition. A live activation of a sound sculpture exposes the metallic substance of the cable network and its transmission of historical records into the present. By linking claims of technological progress to imperial control, the work reframes the utopian ideal of global connectivity with evidence found in the British National Archives, from the Birmingham copper industry to a mass of colonial correspondences. Conducting Empire removes the network’s insulation to uncover how telecommunications were produced through a violent historical circuit. 
 
“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 
This written thesis explores the question of morality and conscience in the anti-authoritarian revolution that took shape in response to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The term late pyar lone chin refers to the pride of performing a just action or the shame and guilt of not doing so, and the question, late pyar lone lar?, means roughly “do you have a clear conscience?” It is now widely used to testify to (or question) one’s stance and involvement in the revolution. Examining the digital artifacts and lived experiences of protestors, resistance fighters, and activist fundraisers, the thesis studies the role of calls to conscience in political mobilization and investigates how affect and morality have been activated through aesthetic means to shape the trajectory of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar. 
 
“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South.
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 
The public policy known as Areas of Protection for Food Production was launched in July of 2024 in the south of La Guajira, Colombia. It aims to focus land use on agricultural production and prohibit any type of mining exploitation. This transition is based on concepts such as the human right to food and food security. This written thesis explores the origins of these concepts, their scope, and their limitations. This is particularly relevant at a time when the La Guajira Corporation is about to grant approval to the mining company Best Coal Company to exploit millions of tons of coal in the Cañaverales Community. This thesis responds to the crisis and the difficulties of the energy transition from an epistemological point of view, through an analysis of archives and geopoetics. 
 
The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada
This hybrid project interrogates the role of Arab cultural production—particularly Egyptian songs and films about the Aswan High Dam—in shaping public history and contributing to Nubian dispossession. Building on an ongoing collaboration with Nubian activists, one component of this project is a research article that critiques nationalism and encourages a reflection on the power of cultural memory to perpetuate erasure or resist it. The second component of this project is an interactive installation titled The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine, which examines state propaganda and confronts the failures of Arab liberation movements, while centering a Nubian narrative and presents a speculative grassroots response.
 
Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya
Despite the secular image often associated with modern nationalism, the Russian state’s sacralization of war reveals the enduring power of religious symbols, rituals, and narratives in shaping national identity. This written thesis examines how the concept of sacred war has become central to the Russian national idea through a fusion of Orthodox theology, state power, and militarized aesthetics. It focuses on two key phenomena: the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which presents war as a timeless and divine foundation of Russian identity; and front-line baptismal rituals, which transform soldiers into metaphysical agents of a civilizational mission. I analyze these practices through the writings of Aleksandr Dugin, whose metaphysical theory of civilizational conflict (noomachy) frames war not as a geopolitical act but as an ontological necessity. Dugin’s thought provides the ideological architecture through which Russia is positioned as a sacred civilization resisting Western nihilism, where war is not simply justified, but ritually and cosmologically required. In doing so, the study challenges secular readings of nationalism and highlights how authoritarian regimes can mobilize religious metaphysics to render war not only legitimate, but liturgically necessary.
 
A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
Aftermaths are deceptive. They obscure and conceal. This text, weaved along a photographic inquiry, troubles the notion of quietude. Together, they try to point to what lurks and haunts in the crevices of a wounded urbanscape. Twenty-one years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, what litter and refuse remain in Baghdad today? In a time of rapid urban reconfiguration, what do the residual wartime rubble and the paraphernalia of security regimes tell us of the present, its politics, and relationship to the past? Put differently, what forces and apparatuses obstruct an Iraqi’s walk? Standing by the ruins is an old tradition dating to pre-Islamic poetry and the laments of ancient Mesopotamia. This essay follows suit but goes beyond. Its fragments narrate my auto-ethnographic and ethnographic walks and rides in Baghdad, where I investigate the constellations of rubble, the affects they discharge, and the memories they awaken in a given locale. Much ink and blood were spilled on the streets of Baghdad and world newspapers; this endeavor asks what Iraqis are left with today. The photographs aspire to a private archive for public loss, each being an obstinate interlocutor tested for what eludes vision and what is thought to be seen.
 
Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
Prisons are not just spaces of deprivation and submission but environments where survival gives rise to new forms of expression and interaction. Despite spatial, social, and political constraints, prisoners cultivate communication networks through sound, imagery, and handmade tools. This installation reframes prison life by focusing on acquired culture and produced knowledge rather than narratives of marginalization. Prison Rule 113.11 highlights both clandestine tools of disobedience—tattoo guns, fishing lines, and makeshift speakers—and the coercion tools manufactured through prison labor. These objects are not merely functional but symbolic of defiance and connection. By amplifying sound rather than retreating into silence, prisoners reclaim their lives and assert their resistance to isolation. Positioning these tools as ‘fugitive objects’, this work reveals how incarcerated individuals are not merely passive subjects but a challenge to the very structures designed to contain them.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/thesis-exhibition-of-the-ma-in-human-rights-the-arts-2025/.
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts is pleased to announce its Class of 2025 MA thesis exhibition.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3 – 7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 2, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 2, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Yijie Yin, ruan

Works by Peili Sun, Yong Ning, Bochan Li, and Yuguo Zhou.

Friday, May 2, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Xiaomeng Guo, daruan; Liuchang Cai, pipa; Jinou Dong, pipa; Justin Sun, yangqin; Liuchang Cai, liuqin; Yixin Wang, guzheng; Yuling Nan, daruan; and Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Performance

Acolyte Training
 

Friday, May 2, 2025
2–6 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Exhibition and Performance by Senior Student Marissa Salett.
Performance times:
May 2nd - 4pm
May 3rd - 12:30pm and 5:30pm
May 4th - 12:30pmSponsored by: Studio Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://marissasalettseniorthesis.
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Degree Recital: Luca Sakon, violin, with Neilson Chen, piano

Works by Debussy, Chausson, Saint-Saëns, and Respighi.

Friday, May 2, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Wil Halas senior concert

Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Bard Chinese Ensemble and Special Guests 

Shutong Li, conductor

Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8:30 pm

Olin Hall
The Bard Chinese Ensemble performs its final concert of the year as part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West. The ensemble will be joined by soloists Jing Xia (guzheng) and Jin Yang (pipa), both members of the Chinese instrument faculty at the Bard Conservatory of Music.

FREE and open to the public.
Advanced registration is kindly requested. Please register on the Conference Registration Form here.
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/chinese-ensemble-may-2025.
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Degree Recital: Mingyue Xia, violin

Works by Bach, Stravinsky, Bazzini, and Ravel.

Friday, May 2, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring pianists Nomin Samdan and Neilson Chen.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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Nate Padgett Moderation Concert

Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Olin 104
Join us for Nate Padgett's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 2, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 1–2:30 pm The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading GroupFriday, May 2, 2025, 1–2:30 pm
  • 1 pm Degree Recital: Yijie Yin, ruanFriday, May 2, 2025, 1 pm
  • EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the WestThursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 2–6 pm Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening PerformanceFriday, May 2, 2025, 2–6 pm
  • 4 pm Degree Recital: Luca Sakon, violin, with Neilson Chen, pianoFriday, May 2, 2025, 4 pm
  • 7–8 pm Wil Halas senior concertFriday, May 2, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7–8:30 pm Bard Chinese Ensemble and Special Guests Friday, May 2, 2025, 7–8:30 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Mingyue Xia, violinFriday, May 2, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm ChoraFriday, May 2, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm Nate Padgett Moderation ConcertFriday, May 2, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2025.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3–7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard College. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.

Below is the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works :

Opening Reception
Friday, 25 April 2025 
4pm–7pm
Exhibition opening and food-for-purchase provided by Samosa Shack.

Lecture Performance
Conducting Empire by Elinor Arden 
Friday 25 April, Sunday 27 April, Saturday 3 May 
6:30 pm–7pm

Panel Presentation
Featuring Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Pyae Phyo Aung, and Arina Pshenichnaya
Saturday, May 3
4 pm–5 pm
 
Written Theses
Excerpts of these works are on display in the exhibition 

“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 

Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya

“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 

A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in A Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
 
Installations
Open daily, 3–7:30 pm
 
FordDat
Sariyah Abuzant 

Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 

Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 

Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden  

The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada 

Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
 
Thesis Project Abstracts

FordDat

Sariyah Abuzant 
This installation features a docufiction video and explores the role of an unofficial taxi vehicle vital to mobility in occupied Palestine, using the cases of Abu Dis and Al-Eizariya, two towns located in Area C of the West Bank. Manufactured by Ford Motor Company, this US vehicle has unintentionally functioned as the connective tissue of a fragmented landscape, navigating an apartheid system reinforced by the Oslo Accords. Operating illegally for over thirty years, the Ford Transit has not only sustained movement but also emerged as a tool of cultural sovereignty, community-structured infrastructure, and self-governance. A time capsule of Oslo’s failures, this vehicle offers a lens into the lived realities of Palestinian daily resistance and the unyielding struggle for the right to move.
 
Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 
This hybrid project, comprised of an interactive, web-based installation and research article, examines how “history’s first livestreamed genocide” in Gaza has been presented on TikTok LIVE. The work explores these streams, characterized by their low viewership as well as scattered and disorienting nature, arguing that they reshape our understanding of “livestreamed genocide” as a historical media paradigm. The installation foregrounds the tensions between a gamified platform and the realities of war on the Gaza Strip. In doing so, it examines the uneasy rise of TikTok’s algorithmically-driven platform as a space where social media visibility and atrocity merge, clash, and are reshaped by the logic of public engagement. 
 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus is a sound installation that resists the passive consumption of Palestine as an image of suffering, instead demanding engagement through the act of listening. Centering the auditory as a site of resistance, the work immerses audiences in the sonic realities of occupation and defiance—from the oppressive stasis of colonial checkpoints to the collective force of protest chants, resistance music, and the recorded wills of martyrs. These layered soundscapes challenge static representations of Palestinian struggle, asserting a mobilized, dissenting presence and an unceasing fight for liberation. By stripping away the visual, Calls from an Unseen Chorus transforms listening into an entry point for solidarity, where sound becomes both testimony and a call to resistance.
 
Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden 
Conducting Empire is a research article and an installation-performance investigating the material history of the undersea cable network: the physical ‘backbone’ of the internet. The project explores what lies beneath Google’s marketing strategies for their new transatlantic cables, tracing the genealogy of this infrastructure to 19th-century Britain and the era of so-called abolition. A live activation of a sound sculpture exposes the metallic substance of the cable network and its transmission of historical records into the present. By linking claims of technological progress to imperial control, the work reframes the utopian ideal of global connectivity with evidence found in the British National Archives, from the Birmingham copper industry to a mass of colonial correspondences. Conducting Empire removes the network’s insulation to uncover how telecommunications were produced through a violent historical circuit. 
 
“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 
This written thesis explores the question of morality and conscience in the anti-authoritarian revolution that took shape in response to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The term late pyar lone chin refers to the pride of performing a just action or the shame and guilt of not doing so, and the question, late pyar lone lar?, means roughly “do you have a clear conscience?” It is now widely used to testify to (or question) one’s stance and involvement in the revolution. Examining the digital artifacts and lived experiences of protestors, resistance fighters, and activist fundraisers, the thesis studies the role of calls to conscience in political mobilization and investigates how affect and morality have been activated through aesthetic means to shape the trajectory of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar. 
 
“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South.
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 
The public policy known as Areas of Protection for Food Production was launched in July of 2024 in the south of La Guajira, Colombia. It aims to focus land use on agricultural production and prohibit any type of mining exploitation. This transition is based on concepts such as the human right to food and food security. This written thesis explores the origins of these concepts, their scope, and their limitations. This is particularly relevant at a time when the La Guajira Corporation is about to grant approval to the mining company Best Coal Company to exploit millions of tons of coal in the Cañaverales Community. This thesis responds to the crisis and the difficulties of the energy transition from an epistemological point of view, through an analysis of archives and geopoetics. 
 
The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada
This hybrid project interrogates the role of Arab cultural production—particularly Egyptian songs and films about the Aswan High Dam—in shaping public history and contributing to Nubian dispossession. Building on an ongoing collaboration with Nubian activists, one component of this project is a research article that critiques nationalism and encourages a reflection on the power of cultural memory to perpetuate erasure or resist it. The second component of this project is an interactive installation titled The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine, which examines state propaganda and confronts the failures of Arab liberation movements, while centering a Nubian narrative and presents a speculative grassroots response.
 
Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya
Despite the secular image often associated with modern nationalism, the Russian state’s sacralization of war reveals the enduring power of religious symbols, rituals, and narratives in shaping national identity. This written thesis examines how the concept of sacred war has become central to the Russian national idea through a fusion of Orthodox theology, state power, and militarized aesthetics. It focuses on two key phenomena: the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which presents war as a timeless and divine foundation of Russian identity; and front-line baptismal rituals, which transform soldiers into metaphysical agents of a civilizational mission. I analyze these practices through the writings of Aleksandr Dugin, whose metaphysical theory of civilizational conflict (noomachy) frames war not as a geopolitical act but as an ontological necessity. Dugin’s thought provides the ideological architecture through which Russia is positioned as a sacred civilization resisting Western nihilism, where war is not simply justified, but ritually and cosmologically required. In doing so, the study challenges secular readings of nationalism and highlights how authoritarian regimes can mobilize religious metaphysics to render war not only legitimate, but liturgically necessary.
 
A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
Aftermaths are deceptive. They obscure and conceal. This text, weaved along a photographic inquiry, troubles the notion of quietude. Together, they try to point to what lurks and haunts in the crevices of a wounded urbanscape. Twenty-one years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, what litter and refuse remain in Baghdad today? In a time of rapid urban reconfiguration, what do the residual wartime rubble and the paraphernalia of security regimes tell us of the present, its politics, and relationship to the past? Put differently, what forces and apparatuses obstruct an Iraqi’s walk? Standing by the ruins is an old tradition dating to pre-Islamic poetry and the laments of ancient Mesopotamia. This essay follows suit but goes beyond. Its fragments narrate my auto-ethnographic and ethnographic walks and rides in Baghdad, where I investigate the constellations of rubble, the affects they discharge, and the memories they awaken in a given locale. Much ink and blood were spilled on the streets of Baghdad and world newspapers; this endeavor asks what Iraqis are left with today. The photographs aspire to a private archive for public loss, each being an obstinate interlocutor tested for what eludes vision and what is thought to be seen.
 
Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
Prisons are not just spaces of deprivation and submission but environments where survival gives rise to new forms of expression and interaction. Despite spatial, social, and political constraints, prisoners cultivate communication networks through sound, imagery, and handmade tools. This installation reframes prison life by focusing on acquired culture and produced knowledge rather than narratives of marginalization. Prison Rule 113.11 highlights both clandestine tools of disobedience—tattoo guns, fishing lines, and makeshift speakers—and the coercion tools manufactured through prison labor. These objects are not merely functional but symbolic of defiance and connection. By amplifying sound rather than retreating into silence, prisoners reclaim their lives and assert their resistance to isolation. Positioning these tools as ‘fugitive objects’, this work reveals how incarcerated individuals are not merely passive subjects but a challenge to the very structures designed to contain them.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/thesis-exhibition-of-the-ma-in-human-rights-the-arts-2025/.
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts is pleased to announce its Class of 2025 MA thesis exhibition.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3 – 7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 3, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Degree Recital: Ya-Yin Yu, violin, with Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano

Works by Tyzen Hsiao, Ching-Ju Shih, Beethoven, Schumann, and Saint-Saëns. 

Saturday, May 3, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Francisco Verastegui, flute

"Todo Tiene Su Final"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
12 pm

Olin Hall
Works by Lucho Bermudez, Valerie Coleman, Greg Patillo, Mike Mower, and Chick Corea.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025
1:30–2:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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Nature Rx

Saturday, May 3, 2025
2 pm

Montgomery Place Estate
Bard Nature Rx invites you to a nature walk! Join us at the South Woods trail, 55 Gardener Way, at Montgomery Place for a walk to slow down, observe, and reflect on the season's renewal. Led by Dr. Jana Mader.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Reception

Bard Exhibition Center, UBS Exhibition #3

Saturday, May 3, 2025
3–6 pm

Bard Exhibition Center
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work by our third group of senior students exhibiting in Red Hook at the Bard Exhibition Center: Rubi Rhoades, Ella Perkel, Nico Goldstein, Eva Rose Askew, Ezra Hawk-Weintraub, Precious Star, Sohanaa Oswal, Oscar Backes, Zoya Kirmani, Zahra Haidari, Nicole Hazen.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jacob Hunter, tenor, with Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano

"Fugitive Echoes"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Christian Midy, flute and Malena Verduga Martínez, violin. Works by Krystian Neścior, François Morel, J. S. Bach, Robert Owens, and Arnold Schoenberg.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Fisher Studio Art Galleries #3

Saturday, May 3, 2025
4–7 pm

Fisher Studio Arts Building
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Dana Debro (in the Center Gallery) and Pamela Zhang (in the Lobby Gallery).
For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fisherexhibition#3.
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Bard Gamelan Ensemble concert

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
The annual spring Gamelan concert is happening on May 3. Join us!Sponsored by: Division of the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Nisha Patel Caiozzi, soprano, with Kyeongji Koh, piano

"The Space Between"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Ives, Walker, Webern, Wolf, Bonds, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Violeta Parra, Reena Esmail, and Jule Styne.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Bard East/West Ensemble and USCMI Faculty Showcase Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–9 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents

The Bard East/West Ensemble (BE/WE) and guest soloists will grace Bard’s historic chapel with a program of Chinese musical compositions specially arranged for the unique instrumentation of a Western string quintet, seven traditional Chinese instruments, and percussion. Faculty members Yazhi Guo, Jing Xia, and Jin Yang from the US-China Music Institute will showcase their unique approaches to combining Western and Chinese musical forms, along with other special guests. This concert is part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West. 

FREE and open to the public.
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/bewe-faculty-concert-2025.
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSaturday, May 3, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 12 pm Degree Recital: Ya-Yin Yu, violin, with Pei-Hsuan Shen, pianoSaturday, May 3, 2025, 12 pm
  • 12 pm Degree Recital: Francisco Verastegui, fluteSaturday, May 3, 2025, 12 pm
  • 1:30–2:30 pm ChoraSaturday, May 3, 2025, 1:30–2:30 pm
  • EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the WestThursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 2 pm Nature RxSaturday, May 3, 2025, 2 pm
  • 3–6 pm Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening ReceptionSaturday, May 3, 2025, 3–6 pm
  • 4 pm Degree Recital: Jacob Hunter, tenor, with Yi-Hsuan Hsia, pianoSaturday, May 3, 2025, 4 pm
  • 4–7 pm Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening ReceptionSaturday, May 3, 2025, 4–7 pm
  • 7–8 pm Bard Gamelan Ensemble concertSaturday, May 3, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7–9 pm Bard East/West Ensemble and USCMI Faculty Showcase ConcertSaturday, May 3, 2025, 7–9 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Nisha Patel Caiozzi, soprano, with Kyeongji Koh, pianoSaturday, May 3, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm ChoraSaturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2025.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3–7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard College. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.

Below is the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works :

Opening Reception
Friday, 25 April 2025 
4pm–7pm
Exhibition opening and food-for-purchase provided by Samosa Shack.

Lecture Performance
Conducting Empire by Elinor Arden 
Friday 25 April, Sunday 27 April, Saturday 3 May 
6:30 pm–7pm

Panel Presentation
Featuring Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Pyae Phyo Aung, and Arina Pshenichnaya
Saturday, May 3
4 pm–5 pm
 
Written Theses
Excerpts of these works are on display in the exhibition 

“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 

Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya

“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 

A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in A Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
 
Installations
Open daily, 3–7:30 pm
 
FordDat
Sariyah Abuzant 

Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 

Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 

Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden  

The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada 

Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
 
Thesis Project Abstracts

FordDat

Sariyah Abuzant 
This installation features a docufiction video and explores the role of an unofficial taxi vehicle vital to mobility in occupied Palestine, using the cases of Abu Dis and Al-Eizariya, two towns located in Area C of the West Bank. Manufactured by Ford Motor Company, this US vehicle has unintentionally functioned as the connective tissue of a fragmented landscape, navigating an apartheid system reinforced by the Oslo Accords. Operating illegally for over thirty years, the Ford Transit has not only sustained movement but also emerged as a tool of cultural sovereignty, community-structured infrastructure, and self-governance. A time capsule of Oslo’s failures, this vehicle offers a lens into the lived realities of Palestinian daily resistance and the unyielding struggle for the right to move.
 
Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 
This hybrid project, comprised of an interactive, web-based installation and research article, examines how “history’s first livestreamed genocide” in Gaza has been presented on TikTok LIVE. The work explores these streams, characterized by their low viewership as well as scattered and disorienting nature, arguing that they reshape our understanding of “livestreamed genocide” as a historical media paradigm. The installation foregrounds the tensions between a gamified platform and the realities of war on the Gaza Strip. In doing so, it examines the uneasy rise of TikTok’s algorithmically-driven platform as a space where social media visibility and atrocity merge, clash, and are reshaped by the logic of public engagement. 
 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus is a sound installation that resists the passive consumption of Palestine as an image of suffering, instead demanding engagement through the act of listening. Centering the auditory as a site of resistance, the work immerses audiences in the sonic realities of occupation and defiance—from the oppressive stasis of colonial checkpoints to the collective force of protest chants, resistance music, and the recorded wills of martyrs. These layered soundscapes challenge static representations of Palestinian struggle, asserting a mobilized, dissenting presence and an unceasing fight for liberation. By stripping away the visual, Calls from an Unseen Chorus transforms listening into an entry point for solidarity, where sound becomes both testimony and a call to resistance.
 
Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden 
Conducting Empire is a research article and an installation-performance investigating the material history of the undersea cable network: the physical ‘backbone’ of the internet. The project explores what lies beneath Google’s marketing strategies for their new transatlantic cables, tracing the genealogy of this infrastructure to 19th-century Britain and the era of so-called abolition. A live activation of a sound sculpture exposes the metallic substance of the cable network and its transmission of historical records into the present. By linking claims of technological progress to imperial control, the work reframes the utopian ideal of global connectivity with evidence found in the British National Archives, from the Birmingham copper industry to a mass of colonial correspondences. Conducting Empire removes the network’s insulation to uncover how telecommunications were produced through a violent historical circuit. 
 
“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 
This written thesis explores the question of morality and conscience in the anti-authoritarian revolution that took shape in response to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The term late pyar lone chin refers to the pride of performing a just action or the shame and guilt of not doing so, and the question, late pyar lone lar?, means roughly “do you have a clear conscience?” It is now widely used to testify to (or question) one’s stance and involvement in the revolution. Examining the digital artifacts and lived experiences of protestors, resistance fighters, and activist fundraisers, the thesis studies the role of calls to conscience in political mobilization and investigates how affect and morality have been activated through aesthetic means to shape the trajectory of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar. 
 
“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South.
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 
The public policy known as Areas of Protection for Food Production was launched in July of 2024 in the south of La Guajira, Colombia. It aims to focus land use on agricultural production and prohibit any type of mining exploitation. This transition is based on concepts such as the human right to food and food security. This written thesis explores the origins of these concepts, their scope, and their limitations. This is particularly relevant at a time when the La Guajira Corporation is about to grant approval to the mining company Best Coal Company to exploit millions of tons of coal in the Cañaverales Community. This thesis responds to the crisis and the difficulties of the energy transition from an epistemological point of view, through an analysis of archives and geopoetics. 
 
The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada
This hybrid project interrogates the role of Arab cultural production—particularly Egyptian songs and films about the Aswan High Dam—in shaping public history and contributing to Nubian dispossession. Building on an ongoing collaboration with Nubian activists, one component of this project is a research article that critiques nationalism and encourages a reflection on the power of cultural memory to perpetuate erasure or resist it. The second component of this project is an interactive installation titled The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine, which examines state propaganda and confronts the failures of Arab liberation movements, while centering a Nubian narrative and presents a speculative grassroots response.
 
Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya
Despite the secular image often associated with modern nationalism, the Russian state’s sacralization of war reveals the enduring power of religious symbols, rituals, and narratives in shaping national identity. This written thesis examines how the concept of sacred war has become central to the Russian national idea through a fusion of Orthodox theology, state power, and militarized aesthetics. It focuses on two key phenomena: the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which presents war as a timeless and divine foundation of Russian identity; and front-line baptismal rituals, which transform soldiers into metaphysical agents of a civilizational mission. I analyze these practices through the writings of Aleksandr Dugin, whose metaphysical theory of civilizational conflict (noomachy) frames war not as a geopolitical act but as an ontological necessity. Dugin’s thought provides the ideological architecture through which Russia is positioned as a sacred civilization resisting Western nihilism, where war is not simply justified, but ritually and cosmologically required. In doing so, the study challenges secular readings of nationalism and highlights how authoritarian regimes can mobilize religious metaphysics to render war not only legitimate, but liturgically necessary.
 
A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
Aftermaths are deceptive. They obscure and conceal. This text, weaved along a photographic inquiry, troubles the notion of quietude. Together, they try to point to what lurks and haunts in the crevices of a wounded urbanscape. Twenty-one years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, what litter and refuse remain in Baghdad today? In a time of rapid urban reconfiguration, what do the residual wartime rubble and the paraphernalia of security regimes tell us of the present, its politics, and relationship to the past? Put differently, what forces and apparatuses obstruct an Iraqi’s walk? Standing by the ruins is an old tradition dating to pre-Islamic poetry and the laments of ancient Mesopotamia. This essay follows suit but goes beyond. Its fragments narrate my auto-ethnographic and ethnographic walks and rides in Baghdad, where I investigate the constellations of rubble, the affects they discharge, and the memories they awaken in a given locale. Much ink and blood were spilled on the streets of Baghdad and world newspapers; this endeavor asks what Iraqis are left with today. The photographs aspire to a private archive for public loss, each being an obstinate interlocutor tested for what eludes vision and what is thought to be seen.
 
Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
Prisons are not just spaces of deprivation and submission but environments where survival gives rise to new forms of expression and interaction. Despite spatial, social, and political constraints, prisoners cultivate communication networks through sound, imagery, and handmade tools. This installation reframes prison life by focusing on acquired culture and produced knowledge rather than narratives of marginalization. Prison Rule 113.11 highlights both clandestine tools of disobedience—tattoo guns, fishing lines, and makeshift speakers—and the coercion tools manufactured through prison labor. These objects are not merely functional but symbolic of defiance and connection. By amplifying sound rather than retreating into silence, prisoners reclaim their lives and assert their resistance to isolation. Positioning these tools as ‘fugitive objects’, this work reveals how incarcerated individuals are not merely passive subjects but a challenge to the very structures designed to contain them.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/thesis-exhibition-of-the-ma-in-human-rights-the-arts-2025/.
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts is pleased to announce its Class of 2025 MA thesis exhibition.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3 – 7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 4, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Tori Conner, oboe

Works by Eric Ewazen, Alyssa Morris, Marina Dranishnikova, and Charles Martin Loeffler.

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Alberto Arias, horn; Kuang Zhou, viola; Lara Saldanha, piano;  Wan-Ling Chen, piano; and Juliette Benveniste, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Joseph Breslau, baritone, with Gabriele Zemaityte, piano

"Yours until death: Love letters of a soldier"

Sunday, May 4, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
A story told through the songs of Korngold, Venables, Boulanger, and many more.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Da Capo Student Composers concert

Sunday, May 4, 2025
5–6:30 pm

Bard Hall
Join us for Bard's annual student composers concert.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Sam Warshauer, voice, with Nomin Samdan, piano

"Metamorphosis"

Sunday, May 4, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Wolf, Poulenc, Schumann, Bellini, Drew Frankenberg, and Dylan Trần.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 9:45 am – 12 pm Christian/Episcopal ServiceSunday, May 4, 2025, 9:45 am – 12 pm
  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSunday, May 4, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 11 am Degree Recital: Tori Conner, oboeSunday, May 4, 2025, 11 am
  • 11:30 am Catholic MassSunday, May 4, 2025, 11:30 am
  • 4 pm Degree Recital: Joseph Breslau, baritone, with Gabriele Zemaityte, pianoSunday, May 4, 2025, 4 pm
  • 5–6:30 pm Da Capo Student Composers concertSunday, May 4, 2025, 5–6:30 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Sam Warshauer, voice, with Nomin Samdan, pianoSunday, May 4, 2025, 7 pm

Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Monday, May 5, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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PSY 201 Experiment

Monday, May 5, 2025
12–12:20 pm

Reem-Kayden Center
Please consider taking part in our group's final project for PSY 201 in RKC 101A. The experiment will take about twenty minutes. All participants will automatically be entered into a raffle for a chance to win one of three gift cards! Anyone is eligible to participate.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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MMIWG2S Remembrance and Collective Making

Hosted by Rethinking Place and Center for Indigenous Studies

Monday, May 5, 2025
2–5 pm

Blithewood Manor
Join us for a day of remembrance. The schedule is as follows:

2 pm: Poetry Reading with Bonney Hartley (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians)
3 pm: Shared Food and Drink
3:30 pm: Collective Art Making Activity led by Rachel Martin (Tlingit/Tsaagweidei) and Moonoka Begay (Ndéé + Diné)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 5, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Knitting our Community Together

Monday, May 5, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Albee Basement (Chaplaincy Offices)
Come by the Chaplaincy office (Albee Basement) to knit or learn how to knit! Crocheters and needleworkers are also invited. Materials including yarn and knitting needles are provided. Everyone is welcome.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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CMIA - Mulholland Drive

Monday, May 5, 2025
7:30–10:30 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
  • Mulholland Drive
    (David Lynch, 2001, USA/France, 143 minutes)
     
Please check https://www.bard.edu/cmia for the full schedule.Sponsored by: Center for Moving Image Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
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Nick Franceschi Senior Concert

Monday, May 5, 2025
9–10 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 12–12:20 pm PSY 201 ExperimentMonday, May 5, 2025, 12–12:20 pm
  • 2–5 pm MMIWG2S Remembrance and Collective MakingMonday, May 5, 2025, 2–5 pm
  • 5:30–6:30 pm Hebrew Language TableMonday, May 5, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm
  • 5:30–6:30 pm Knitting our Community TogetherMonday, May 5, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm
  • 6–7 pm Guided MeditationMonday, May 5, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 7:30–10:30 pm CMIA - Mulholland DriveMonday, May 5, 2025, 7:30–10:30 pm
  • 9–10 pm Nick Franceschi Senior ConcertMonday, May 5, 2025, 9–10 pm

Lecture Recital: Minghui Mia Wu, dizi

Works by Zhao Songting and Danni Chen.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Speaker Series: Christiane Paul

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5–7 pm

CCS Bard, Classroom 102
This talk is part of a two-part series on Artificial Intelligence in Art. Join us!Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/798-christiane-paul.
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Old Gym Exhibition #1

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5–7 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of senior student Kaylah Lewis.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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London Calling, "The Rest is History" 
 

A Talk With Podcaster and Historian, Dominic Sandbrook

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5:30–7 pm

Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Dominic Sandbrook, one of Britain’s most distinguished historians and popular broadcasters, will talk about Britain in the Eighties. “The story of these years is bitterly contested,” he has written. “There is no consensus about the 1980s and there never will be.” From the conservative revolution and inner-city riots, to Princess Diana, Chariots of Fire and multiculturalism, this was a time of great cultural originality, political ambition and controversy, and wide scale social change—and all set to a soundtrack by The Specials, Bananarama, and The Clash. This event is part of the Eugene Meyer Series established in 2010.

Dominic Sandbrook is one Britain's best and best-known historians. Educated at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he taught at the University of Sheffield before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of eight books, including five volumes of a bestselling and critically acclaimed history of Britain from the 1960s to the 1980s. He has presented numerous BBC documentaries and is co-host of The Rest is History—the most popular history podcast in the world. He is currently working on an opera about Margaret Thatcher with the composer Joseph Phibbs.
 
Coffee, tea and cookies will be available at 5:15pm before the lecture outside RKC 103
We hope to see you there!
Sponsored by: Eugene Meyer Series.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Andrew Altrock, piano

Works by Cage, Schoenberg, Ravel, and Steven Bonacci.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
6 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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CMIA - Magnolia

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
  • Magnolia
    (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999, USA, 188 minutes, 35mm)
Please check https://www.bard.edu/cmia for the full schedule.Sponsored by: Center for Moving Image Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
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Women Composers Ensemble concert

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Women Composers Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Advance Contemporary Improvisational Techniques Class Concert

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a jazz class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 12 pm Lecture Recital: Minghui Mia Wu, diziTuesday, May 6, 2025, 12 pm
  • 5–7 pm Speaker Series: Christiane PaulTuesday, May 6, 2025, 5–7 pm
  • 5–7 pm Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening ReceptionTuesday, May 6, 2025, 5–7 pm
  • 5:30–7 pm London Calling, "The Rest is History"  Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 5:30–7 pm
  • 6 pm Student Recital: Andrew Altrock, pianoTuesday, May 6, 2025, 6 pm
  • 7 pm CMIA - MagnoliaTuesday, May 6, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm Women Composers Ensemble concertTuesday, May 6, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm
  • 8:30–9:30 pm Advance Contemporary Improvisational Techniques Class ConcertTuesday, May 6, 2025, 8:30–9:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Student Recital: Drew Frankenberg, composition

"On This Road Home"

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:30 pm

Bard Hall
Featuring: Adriana Rivera Corujo, Sophia Cotrotsios, and Bibi Nguyen, sopranos; Elizabeth Bayer, alto; Sam Warshauer, tenor; Garrick Neuner, baritone; and Javy Polanco, bass. Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsWednesday, May 7, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 7:30 pm Student Recital: Drew Frankenberg, compositionWednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 8, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Registration for Fall Classes Opens at 8 a.m.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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STINK HORN: A Mycological Musical Performance-Lecture by Siôn Parkinson

Presented by Bard Conservatory, in Partnership with the John Cage Trust

Thursday, May 8, 2025
4 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute

Join musician, artist, performer, and author Siôn Parkinson for an intimate performance-lecture– part talk, part live musical experiment– exploring the strange, multi-sensory world of the stinkhorn fungus. Drawing from his book Stinkhorn: How Nature’s Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change the Way We Listen, Siôn will lead an afternoon of music and mycology. Like composer John Cage, his twin passions for music and mushrooms have shaped a radical approach to sound. Yet while Cage sought silence in his fungal forays, Siôn finds Stink, an element that links sound and smell, the real and the hallucinated, opening up new ways of listening and composing. Siôn’s performance will be accompanied by a recording of John Cage’s "Child of Tree" (1975), a work for amplified plant materials, performed by D’Arcy Philip Gray and presented courtesy of Mode Records.

The performance is open to the public with free access. A reception featuring “John Cage Cookies” will follow at the John Cage Trust (Wilson House).

 
Event address: Edith C. Blum Institute, Blum Hall, 60 Blithewood Avenue, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://https://www.sionparkinson.com/.
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Jazz Improv

Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm

The Jazz Room, Blum N211
Join us for a student jazz class improvisation concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Micah Kelleher Moderation Concert

Thursday, May 8, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Thursday, May 8, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 8, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Registration for Fall Classes Opens at 8 a.m.Thursday, May 8, 2025
  • 4 pm STINK HORN: A Mycological Musical Performance-Lecture by Siôn ParkinsonThursday, May 8, 2025, 4 pm
  • 6–7 pm Guided MeditationThursday, May 8, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 6–7 pm Jazz ImprovThursday, May 8, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 7–8 pm Micah Kelleher Moderation ConcertThursday, May 8, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm fluxThursday, May 8, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 9, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 9, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Men's Soccer Unity Cup

Friday, May 9, 2025
2–5 pm

Stevenson Athletic Center, Soccer Field
The Men's Soccer team is hosting its second Unity Cup. The team will participate with displaced students from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Puerto Rico. All donations will help the displaced students. Food and drinks will be provided.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Flute Studio Recital

The flute studio of Tara Helen O'Connor present works by Schumann, Pamela Zhang, Lowell Liebermann, Amanda Harberg, André Jolivet, Greg Pattillo, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Herman Beeftink.

Friday, May 9, 2025
3 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Afro-Caribbean Ensemble

Friday, May 9, 2025
5–6 pm

The jazz room, Blum N211
Join us for an Afro-Caribbean ensemble!Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Randy Stevens Moderation Concert

Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for Randy Stevens' student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 9, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 1–2:30 pm The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading GroupFriday, May 9, 2025, 1–2:30 pm
  • 2–5 pm Men's Soccer Unity CupFriday, May 9, 2025, 2–5 pm
  • 3 pm Flute Studio RecitalFriday, May 9, 2025, 3 pm
  • 5–6 pm Afro-Caribbean EnsembleFriday, May 9, 2025, 5–6 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm fluxFriday, May 9, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm Randy Stevens Moderation ConcertFriday, May 9, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 10, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2–3 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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Adeline Hubbell Moderation Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2–3 pm

Bard Hall
Adeline Hubbell's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Megan Maloney, soprano, with Gabrielė Žemaitytė, piano

"Finding the Light: Songs of Hope and Healing"

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Lili Boulanger, Moses Milner, Nobert Glanzberg, Osvaldo Golijov, Ricky Ian Gordon, Rosephanye Powell, and Mason Bynes. Featuring Jalen Mims, clarinet; Mingyue Xia, violin; Maisy Fisher, violin; Sky Metting, viola; and Alex Steketee, cello.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Fisher Studio Art Galleries Exhibition #4

Saturday, May 10, 2025
4–7 pm

Fisher Studio Arts Building
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Mabel Kim (in the Center Gallery) and Xeno Szalla (in the Lobby Gallery).
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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Palestinian Cultural Appreciation Night

Saturday, May 10, 2025
5–8 pm

Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
Come dance, mingle, and eat Palestinian food! Join us for an evening of Palestinian cultural appreciation.
For more information, call 347-551-4483, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jaclyn Hopping, soprano, with Nomin Samdan, piano

"Transfiguration… and the labor of forgetting"

Saturday, May 10, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Samuel Barber, Katherine Balch, Emilie Mayer, and Olivier Messiaen.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Tinaz Kotval Senior Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
6:30–7:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for Tinaz Kotval's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun

Saturday, May 10, 2025
7–8 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

“I have two goals in my heart: I don’t just want to establish a musical idea…I want to develop a  cross-cultural idea that brings nature and classical music, ancient and modern, together.” —Tan Dun

Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions.



Bard College Conservatory of Music

Tan Dun, Dean
Frank Corliss, Director

Presents
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Tan Dun, Conductor

Maurice Ravel 
Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite)
1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
2. Petit Poucet
3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
5. Le Jardin féerique
Claude Debussy 
Première rhapsodie pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (First rhapsody for orchestra with solo clarinet)
Mohammad AbdNikfarjam ’26, clarinet
Maurice Ravel 
Boléro 
Modest Mussorgsky 
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel) 
Promenade—
I. Gnomus
Promenade—
II. The Old Castle
Promenade—
III. Tuileries
IV. Bydlo
Promenade—
V. Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
VI. “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”
VII. Limoges: The Market—
VIII. Catacombs: Sepulcrum romanum—Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)—
X. The Great Gate at Kiev
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-tan-dun-25/.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSaturday, May 10, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 2–3 pm fluxSaturday, May 10, 2025, 2–3 pm
  • 2–3 pm Adeline Hubbell Moderation ConcertSaturday, May 10, 2025, 2–3 pm
  • 2 pm Degree Recital: Megan Maloney, soprano, with Gabrielė Žemaitytė, pianoSaturday, May 10, 2025, 2 pm
  • 4–7 pm Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening ReceptionSaturday, May 10, 2025, 4–7 pm
  • 5–8 pm Palestinian Cultural Appreciation NightSaturday, May 10, 2025, 5–8 pm
  • 5 pm Degree Recital: Jaclyn Hopping, soprano, with Nomin Samdan, pianoSaturday, May 10, 2025, 5 pm
  • 6:30–7:30 pm Tinaz Kotval Senior ConcertSaturday, May 10, 2025, 6:30–7:30 pm
  • 7–8 pm Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan DunSaturday, May 10, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm fluxSaturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 11, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 11, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 11, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Kuang Zhou, viola

Works by Hindemith, Telemann, Loeffler, and Brahms

Sunday, May 11, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Ji-Sian Chen, piano; Tori Conner, oboe; and Juliette Benveniste, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Open Concert

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm

Blum Hall
Please join us for a student open concert!

This is an opportunity for the many different “currents” in the Music Program to share an informal
concert and to hear and perform for each other and you! From year to year it can feature classical & jazz groups, chamber groups, violinists, oboists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists, and more!

The program for this year will feature:

J. S. Bach, Prelude from E Major Violin Partita, BWV 1006
J. S. Bach, Chorale “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata in G Major, 1st movement Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano, 1st movement Frederic Rzewski, Attica
Arnold Schoenberg, Canon “O dass der Sinnen doch so viele sind! Tchaikovsky, Selection from “Swan Lake” (arr. P. Lightburn) Stefan Wolpe, Hasty (“on thirds”) and more!

Performed by:
Leo Belsky, Julien Franchot, Graham Hall-Keough Sasha Vesensky and Ji-Sian Chen Santiago Mieres
Asher Longdon-Stewart and Coulson Matto Phoebe Lightburn and Najla Nazari
Claire Sheffler and Sam Daly-Short

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Join us afterward for light refreshments!Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Abigail Arndt's Moderation Concert

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a musical journey and celebration of life honoring our loved ones and ancestors.Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Music Program.

For more information, call 617-584-1350, or e-mail [email protected].
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Abigail Arndt Moderation Concert
 

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Ivan Tamayo Senior Concert
 

Sunday, May 11, 2025
5–6 pm

The Pointe Church. 243 Hurley Avenue Kingston,NY
Join us for a student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Viola Studio Recital

Works by Bach, Reger, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Wieniawski, and Brahms.

Sunday, May 11, 2025
5 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Georgia Perdikoulias, soprano, with Lara Saldanha, piano

"Refuge"

Sunday, May 11, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Schuyler Lillian, cello.
Works by Kostas Rekleitis, Emilios Riadis, Manolis Kalomiris, Haydn, and Saariaho. 

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Juliette Benveniste, piano

Works by Bach, Chopin, Franck, and Debussy

Sunday, May 11, 2025
8 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 9:45 am – 12 pm Christian/Episcopal ServiceSunday, May 11, 2025, 9:45 am – 12 pm
  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSunday, May 11, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 11:30 am Catholic MassSunday, May 11, 2025, 11:30 am
  • 1 pm Required Recital: Kuang Zhou, violaSunday, May 11, 2025, 1 pm
  • 4–5 pm Open ConcertSunday, May 11, 2025, 4–5 pm
  • 4–5:30 pm Abigail Arndt's Moderation ConcertSunday, May 11, 2025, 4–5:30 pm
  • 4–5 pm Abigail Arndt Moderation Concert Sunday, May 11, 2025, 4–5 pm
  • 5–6 pm Ivan Tamayo Senior Concert Sunday, May 11, 2025, 5–6 pm
  • 5 pm Viola Studio RecitalSunday, May 11, 2025, 5 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Georgia Perdikoulias, soprano, with Lara Saldanha, pianoSunday, May 11, 2025, 7 pm
  • 8 pm Student Recital: Juliette Benveniste, pianoSunday, May 11, 2025, 8 pm

Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Monday, May 12, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Knitting our Community Together

Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Albee Basement (Chaplaincy Offices)
Come by the Chaplaincy office (Albee Basement) to knit or learn how to knit! Crocheters and needleworkers are also invited. Materials including yarn and knitting needles are provided. Everyone is welcome.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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"Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class Recital

Monday, May 12, 2025
6 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Before the semester finally ends, hear the beauty of voices singing British, American, and German art song in a final recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Jaden Dougher Senior Concert

Monday, May 12, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Presenting Jaden Dougher's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Jazz Standards Ensemble Concert
 

Monday, May 12, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

The Jazz Room, Blum N211
Steve Raleigh's Jazz Standards class ensemble concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 5:30–6:30 pm Hebrew Language TableMonday, May 12, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm
  • 5:30–6:30 pm Knitting our Community TogetherMonday, May 12, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm
  • 6–7 pm Guided MeditationMonday, May 12, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 6 pm "Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class RecitalMonday, May 12, 2025, 6 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm Jaden Dougher Senior ConcertMonday, May 12, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm
  • 8:30–9:30 pm Jazz Standards Ensemble Concert Monday, May 12, 2025, 8:30–9:30 pm

Speaker Series: Anna Burckhardt Perez

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5–7 pm

CCS Bard, Classroom 102
Each semester CCS Bard hosts a program of lectures by leading artists, curators, art historians, and critics, situating the school and museum’s concerns within the larger context of contemporary art production and discourse. Speakers are selected primarily by second-year graduate students and also by faculty and staff. All lectures are free and open, and are documented through audio recordings that reside in the CCS Bard Library & Archives and online here.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/666-anna-burckhardt-perez.
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Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers in concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Annual spring choral concert

Bard College Chamber Singers
Bard College Symphonic Chorus
James Bagwell, conductor

Singers of the Undergraduate Vocal Arts Program

 Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Pamela Zhang, composition 

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

Featuring Jiani Dong, violin; Elizabeth Bennett, flute, Minghui Mia Wu, dizi; Yuling Nan, ruan; Dari Batsaikhan, cello; Colby Bond, clarinet; and Pei-Hsuan Shen, Nelson Chen, and Ji-Sian Chan, piano. 

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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The Spontaneous Composition Ensemble concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a Jazz Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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American Popular Song Class Concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for the American Popular Song class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 5–7 pm Speaker Series: Anna Burckhardt PerezTuesday, May 13, 2025, 5–7 pm
  • 7 pm Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers in concertTuesday, May 13, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Pamela Zhang, composition Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm The Spontaneous Composition Ensemble concertTuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm
  • 8:30–9:30 pm American Popular Song Class ConcertTuesday, May 13, 2025, 8:30–9:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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AI: What It Does (and Doesn't) Do

A Talk by Theresa Law, Asst. Professor of Computer Science

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
4–5 pm

Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, First Floor
Is AI new? How do machine learning models (like ChatGPT) generate answers? Why do these models have the limitations that they do? This talk will step through a high level overview of how popular AI models today work, and why that methodology leads to commonly seen problems like AI hallucinations.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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The Graduate Vocal Arts Program Presents: "Hispanic Bridges"

Curated by Dr. Javier Arrebola

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
"Hispanic Bridges" is a vibrant concert showcasing the musical and linguistic ties between Spain and Hispanic America. Come join Bard’s VAP singers and Collaborative Piano fellows on a journey across the Atlantic through song as we celebrate shared heritage and cultural connection.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Georgian Choir concert

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Georgian choir recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Nandor Burai Senior Concert

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
Join us for a student degree recital by Nandor Burai.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Contemporary Jazz Composers

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8–9 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a Jazz event.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsWednesday, May 14, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 4 pm The Graduate Vocal Arts Program Presents: "Hispanic Bridges"Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 4 pm
  • 4–5 pm AI: What It Does (and Doesn't) DoWednesday, May 14, 2025, 4–5 pm
  • 7–8 pm Georgian Choir concertWednesday, May 14, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 7–8 pm Nandor Burai Senior ConcertWednesday, May 14, 2025, 7–8 pm
  • 8–9 pm Contemporary Jazz ComposersWednesday, May 14, 2025, 8–9 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 15, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 15, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Student Recital: Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, piano

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Xinri Zhang, piano

Featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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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.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Hong-Fan Su, piano

Works by Handel, Beethoven, Debussy, and Shaw.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Capstone Project: Drinks and Chamber Music

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7–10 pm

Camp Kingston, 36 St. James St, Kingston, NY
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.

Camp Kingston welcomes clarinetist Colby Bond alongside other TŌN musicians curating a unique experience pairing drinks and chamber music. The casual evening will feature live classical music performance and discussion of how different pieces of music pair well with varied beer and cocktails. Come for a good time to have some drinks, hear great music, and socialize with musicians afterwards!Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.colbybond.com/concerts.
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Erica Kiesewetter Studio Recital

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–9:30 pm

Bard Hall
Erica Kiesewetter's studio class recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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CLAC Senior Concert

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for the student senior concert for CLAC (Chloe Clark).Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 15, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 1 pm Student Recital: Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, pianoThursday, May 15, 2025, 1 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 4 pm Required Recital: Xinri Zhang, pianoThursday, May 15, 2025, 4 pm
  • 5 pm Double Exposure: Transcending the AriaThursday, May 15, 2025, 5 pm
  • 6–7 pm Guided MeditationThursday, May 15, 2025, 6–7 pm
  • 7 pm Required Recital: Hong-Fan Su, pianoThursday, May 15, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7–10 pm Capstone Project: Drinks and Chamber MusicThursday, May 15, 2025, 7–10 pm
  • 7:30–9:30 pm Erica Kiesewetter Studio RecitalThursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30–9:30 pm
  • 7:30–8:30 pm CLAC Senior ConcertThursday, May 15, 2025, 7:30–8:30 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 16, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 16, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Lecture Recital: Hengjian Zhang, sheng

The Mutual Influence of Sheng and Free-Reed Instruments in Europe

Friday, May 16, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Lecture Recital: Yingren Zhao, pipa

"Pipa and Buddhism: The Connection Through Liu Dehai's Buddhist-Themed Pipa Works"

Friday, May 16, 2025
2 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Ji-Sian Chen, collaborative piano

Works by Beethoven and Brahms

Friday, May 16, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Liam Brosh, viola

Works by Bach, Shostakovich, and Schubert.

Friday, May 16, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Georgi Chikolov, piano and Marcos Castilla, piano

Works by Schubert, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Schoenfield, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Lecuona.

Friday, May 16, 2025
6 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Rieko Aizawa Piano Studio Recital

Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Dutilleux, Gubaidulina, Kodaly, Ligeti, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Mozart, Schoenberg, Schubert and Schumann.

Friday, May 16, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
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 and innovative, pianistic writing; "Nature with Music," for some creative yet natural and picturesque works; “Rhapsodic Breeze from Austria-Hungary,” which leads us to the Hungarian and Viennese worlds connected by a little gem by Schubert called Hungarian Melody; "Con anima (with soul)," incorporating a selection of gorgeous works which melt our hearts.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Miles Wazni, clarinet

Works by Bach, Widor, Bliss, Rota, and Weber.

Friday, May 16, 2025
8 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Bard Accordion Orchestra

And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo

Friday, May 16, 2025
8:30–10 pm

Bard Hall
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, and special guest singer Eva Salina. This will be followed super duo Marié Abe and Kaethe Hostetter, who will play accordion and violin arrangements of tunes from Ethiopia, Japan, the US and more. 
This event is free and open to the public.  Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 16, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 12 pm Lecture Recital: Hengjian Zhang, shengFriday, May 16, 2025, 12 pm
  • 1–2:30 pm The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading GroupFriday, May 16, 2025, 1–2:30 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 2 pm Lecture Recital: Yingren Zhao, pipaFriday, May 16, 2025, 2 pm
  • 4 pm Student Recital: Ji-Sian Chen, collaborative pianoFriday, May 16, 2025, 4 pm
  • 5 pm Degree Recital: Liam Brosh, violaFriday, May 16, 2025, 5 pm
  • 6 pm Student Recital: Georgi Chikolov, piano and Marcos Castilla, pianoFriday, May 16, 2025, 6 pm
  • 7 pm Rieko Aizawa Piano Studio RecitalFriday, May 16, 2025, 7 pm
  • 8 pm Degree Recital: Miles Wazni, clarinetFriday, May 16, 2025, 8 pm
  • 8:30–10 pm Bard Accordion OrchestraFriday, May 16, 2025, 8:30–10 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 17, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violin

Works by Ysaÿe, Copland, and Bartók.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
12 pm

Bard Hall
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Yuling Nan, ruan

Works by Zhou Yuguo, Pamela Zhang, and Simon Kong Su Leong.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
3 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voice

Works by Burleigh, Handel, Leslie Adams, and Schumann.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
6 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in Recital

Saturday, May 17, 2025
7–8:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
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 String Trio.

Recital details:

G.P. Telemann Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor
Henri Dutilleux Sonatine
George Enesco Cantabile et Presto
W.A. Mozart Rondo in D Major
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, arr.
Sigfried Karg-Elert Sonata Appassionata
Dvořàk String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”, arr.
François Borne/Georges Bizet Carmen FantasieSponsored by: The Orchestra Now.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, composition

"Hast thou yet found solace in an ending?"

Saturday, May 17, 2025
8 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSaturday, May 17, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 12 pm Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violinSaturday, May 17, 2025, 12 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 3 pm Degree Recital: Yuling Nan, ruanSaturday, May 17, 2025, 3 pm
  • 6 pm Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voiceSaturday, May 17, 2025, 6 pm
  • 7–8:30 pm Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in RecitalSaturday, May 17, 2025, 7–8:30 pm
  • 8 pm Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, compositionSaturday, May 17, 2025, 8 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 18, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 18, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola

Works by Joan Tower, Brahms, Roslavetz, and Walton

Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Joey Breslau, Neilson Chen, Leo Gurevich, and Lara Saldanha.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet

Works by Stojan Stojkov, Tomasi, Hindemith, and James Naigus.

Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Hiu-man Chan, suona

Works by Sicong Ma, Wenchen Qin, and Utar Artun

Sunday, May 18, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Francis Huang, piano

Schubert, Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Dutilleux, Schoenberg, and Brahms.

Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hudson River Brass Quintet

Works by Bernstein, Bach, and Lafosse

Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
A quintet featuring Eric Evans, trumpet; Márk Kovács, trumpet; Felix Johnson, horn; Riley Lyons, trombone; and Yu-Tien Chou, bass trombone. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 9:45 am – 12 pm Christian/Episcopal ServiceSunday, May 18, 2025, 9:45 am – 12 pm
  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSunday, May 18, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • 11:30 am Catholic MassSunday, May 18, 2025, 11:30 am
  • 1 pm Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, violaSunday, May 18, 2025, 1 pm
  • 1 pm Degree Recital: Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpetSunday, May 18, 2025, 1 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 4 pm Degree Recital: Hiu-man Chan, suonaSunday, May 18, 2025, 4 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Francis Huang, pianoSunday, May 18, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7 pm Hudson River Brass QuintetSunday, May 18, 2025, 7 pm

Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 19, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Third Year Recital: Christina Ng-Leyba, trombone

Works by Galliard, Stojowski, and Guilmant.

Monday, May 19, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Double Bass Studio Recital

Featuring the students of Satoshi Okamoto.

Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Juan Diego Mora Rubio, percussion

"Text-to-Speech"

Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Free and open to the public.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinet

Works by Eötvös, Debussy, Bassi, and Prokofiev

Monday, May 19, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the publice. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion

"A Woven Becoming"

Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Lila Meretzky, Meredith Monk, Torū Takemitsu, Per Nørgård, Emmanuel Sejourne, Krystian Skubała, Michael Laurello, and Joseph Schwantner.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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French Horn Studio Recital

Featuring the Students of Barbara Jöstlein Currie and Hugo Valverde

Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 1 pm Third Year Recital: Christina Ng-Leyba, tromboneMonday, May 19, 2025, 1 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 2 pm Double Bass Studio RecitalMonday, May 19, 2025, 2 pm
  • 2 pm Juan Diego Mora Rubio, percussionMonday, May 19, 2025, 2 pm
  • 4 pm Required Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinetMonday, May 19, 2025, 4 pm
  • 5:30–6:30 pm Hebrew Language TableMonday, May 19, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm
  • 7 pm Degree Recital: Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussionMonday, May 19, 2025, 7 pm
  • 7 pm French Horn Studio RecitalMonday, May 19, 2025, 7 pm

Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Last Day of Spring Classes

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: William Pilgrim, cello

Works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Wíhanble S’a Community Open House

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
3–6 pm

Massena Campus
This gathering will bring together our small research community, especially our Steering Committee, for a presentation of our research projects, an open research discussion, and a brainstorming session for the future. We’ll discuss dreaming as a methodology, reflect on the evolving work of the Center, and celebrate the ongoing contributions of our collaborators.

We hope you’ll join us in community, care, and celebration.
Wopila,
The Wíhanble S’a Center 
For more information, call 518-249-8778, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Yangxin Song, violin

Works by Schubert, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Wieniawski

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Wan-Ling Chen, collaborative piano

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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  • 1 pm Degree Recital: William Pilgrim, celloTuesday, May 20, 2025, 1 pm
  • Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final ExamsWednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • Last Day of Spring ClassesTuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 3–6 pm Wíhanble S’a Community Open HouseTuesday, May 20, 2025, 3–6 pm
  • 4 pm Degree Recital: Yangxin Song, violinTuesday, May 20, 2025, 4 pm
  • 4 pm Student Recital: Wan-Ling Chen, collaborative pianoTuesday, May 20, 2025, 4 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsWednesday, May 21, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 22, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Baccalaureate Service and Senior Dinner

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Dean of Student Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 22, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Baccalaureate Service and Senior DinnerThursday, May 22, 2025

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 23, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 23, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Reunion 2025!Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 24, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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Commencement

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/commencement/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSaturday, May 24, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • CommencementSaturday, May 24, 2025
  • Reunion 2025!Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 25, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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  • 11 am – 5 pm 15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSunday, May 25, 2025, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Reunion 2025!Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 26, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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  • 5:30–6:30 pm Hebrew Language TableMonday, May 26, 2025, 5:30–6:30 pm

For Love of the World on Radio Kingston

Conversations with the Hannah Arendt Center

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
6–6:30 pm

Online Event
Tune in to hear Student Fellows from the Hannah Arendt Center discuss their work from the 2024-2025 academic year with HAC's Director of Academic Programs Jana Mader and HAC's Communications Manager Hillary Harvey. Learn more about our Courage to Be program, student fellowship opportunities, and the student-led "It's Complicated" event series on Israel-Palestine.

For Love of the World, every fourth Tuesday from 6-6:30 pm on Radio Kingston, is your portal to the bold ideas and respectful, deep conversations about contemporary issues that we’re having regularly at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College.

1490 AM | 107.9 FM | or stream online and anytime at radiokingston.orgSponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 6–6:30 pm For Love of the World on Radio KingstonTuesday, May 27, 2025, 6–6:30 pm
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 30, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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  • 1–2:30 pm The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading GroupFriday, May 30, 2025, 1–2:30 pm
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Ongoing Events

  • Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025 State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025
  • Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025 State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights & the Arts is pleased to announce the thesis exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts, Class of 2025.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3–7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard College. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students. They make interventions at both the analytic and methodological levels of analysis.

Below is the program for the thesis exhibition, including a list of events and showcased works :

Opening Reception
Friday, 25 April 2025 
4pm–7pm
Exhibition opening and food-for-purchase provided by Samosa Shack.

Lecture Performance
Conducting Empire by Elinor Arden 
Friday 25 April, Sunday 27 April, Saturday 3 May 
6:30 pm–7pm

Panel Presentation
Featuring Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona, Pyae Phyo Aung, and Arina Pshenichnaya
Saturday, May 3
4 pm–5 pm
 
Written Theses
Excerpts of these works are on display in the exhibition 

“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 

Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya

“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 

A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in A Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
 
Installations
Open daily, 3–7:30 pm
 
FordDat
Sariyah Abuzant 

Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 

Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 

Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden  

The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada 

Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
 
Thesis Project Abstracts

FordDat

Sariyah Abuzant 
This installation features a docufiction video and explores the role of an unofficial taxi vehicle vital to mobility in occupied Palestine, using the cases of Abu Dis and Al-Eizariya, two towns located in Area C of the West Bank. Manufactured by Ford Motor Company, this US vehicle has unintentionally functioned as the connective tissue of a fragmented landscape, navigating an apartheid system reinforced by the Oslo Accords. Operating illegally for over thirty years, the Ford Transit has not only sustained movement but also emerged as a tool of cultural sovereignty, community-structured infrastructure, and self-governance. A time capsule of Oslo’s failures, this vehicle offers a lens into the lived realities of Palestinian daily resistance and the unyielding struggle for the right to move.
 
Livestreamed Genocide: TikTok LIVE in Gaza 
Sarah Al-Yahya 
This hybrid project, comprised of an interactive, web-based installation and research article, examines how “history’s first livestreamed genocide” in Gaza has been presented on TikTok LIVE. The work explores these streams, characterized by their low viewership as well as scattered and disorienting nature, arguing that they reshape our understanding of “livestreamed genocide” as a historical media paradigm. The installation foregrounds the tensions between a gamified platform and the realities of war on the Gaza Strip. In doing so, it examines the uneasy rise of TikTok’s algorithmically-driven platform as a space where social media visibility and atrocity merge, clash, and are reshaped by the logic of public engagement. 
 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus
Amr Amer 
Calls from an Unseen Chorus is a sound installation that resists the passive consumption of Palestine as an image of suffering, instead demanding engagement through the act of listening. Centering the auditory as a site of resistance, the work immerses audiences in the sonic realities of occupation and defiance—from the oppressive stasis of colonial checkpoints to the collective force of protest chants, resistance music, and the recorded wills of martyrs. These layered soundscapes challenge static representations of Palestinian struggle, asserting a mobilized, dissenting presence and an unceasing fight for liberation. By stripping away the visual, Calls from an Unseen Chorus transforms listening into an entry point for solidarity, where sound becomes both testimony and a call to resistance.
 
Conducting Empire
Elinor Arden 
Conducting Empire is a research article and an installation-performance investigating the material history of the undersea cable network: the physical ‘backbone’ of the internet. The project explores what lies beneath Google’s marketing strategies for their new transatlantic cables, tracing the genealogy of this infrastructure to 19th-century Britain and the era of so-called abolition. A live activation of a sound sculpture exposes the metallic substance of the cable network and its transmission of historical records into the present. By linking claims of technological progress to imperial control, the work reframes the utopian ideal of global connectivity with evidence found in the British National Archives, from the Birmingham copper industry to a mass of colonial correspondences. Conducting Empire removes the network’s insulation to uncover how telecommunications were produced through a violent historical circuit. 
 
“Late pyar lone lar?” In Search of A Clear Conscience in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution 
Pyae Phyo Aung 
This written thesis explores the question of morality and conscience in the anti-authoritarian revolution that took shape in response to the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. The term late pyar lone chin refers to the pride of performing a just action or the shame and guilt of not doing so, and the question, late pyar lone lar?, means roughly “do you have a clear conscience?” It is now widely used to testify to (or question) one’s stance and involvement in the revolution. Examining the digital artifacts and lived experiences of protestors, resistance fighters, and activist fundraisers, the thesis studies the role of calls to conscience in political mobilization and investigates how affect and morality have been activated through aesthetic means to shape the trajectory of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar. 
 
“The Human Right to What?” Hunger, Food, and People: A Journey to the South.
Miguel Angel Castañeda Barahona 
The public policy known as Areas of Protection for Food Production was launched in July of 2024 in the south of La Guajira, Colombia. It aims to focus land use on agricultural production and prohibit any type of mining exploitation. This transition is based on concepts such as the human right to food and food security. This written thesis explores the origins of these concepts, their scope, and their limitations. This is particularly relevant at a time when the La Guajira Corporation is about to grant approval to the mining company Best Coal Company to exploit millions of tons of coal in the Cañaverales Community. This thesis responds to the crisis and the difficulties of the energy transition from an epistemological point of view, through an analysis of archives and geopoetics. 
 
The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine
Leil Zahra Mortada
This hybrid project interrogates the role of Arab cultural production—particularly Egyptian songs and films about the Aswan High Dam—in shaping public history and contributing to Nubian dispossession. Building on an ongoing collaboration with Nubian activists, one component of this project is a research article that critiques nationalism and encourages a reflection on the power of cultural memory to perpetuate erasure or resist it. The second component of this project is an interactive installation titled The Land, Not a Film By Youssef Chahine, which examines state propaganda and confronts the failures of Arab liberation movements, while centering a Nubian narrative and presents a speculative grassroots response.
 
Sacred War as the Russian National Idea
Arina Pshenichnaya
Despite the secular image often associated with modern nationalism, the Russian state’s sacralization of war reveals the enduring power of religious symbols, rituals, and narratives in shaping national identity. This written thesis examines how the concept of sacred war has become central to the Russian national idea through a fusion of Orthodox theology, state power, and militarized aesthetics. It focuses on two key phenomena: the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, which presents war as a timeless and divine foundation of Russian identity; and front-line baptismal rituals, which transform soldiers into metaphysical agents of a civilizational mission. I analyze these practices through the writings of Aleksandr Dugin, whose metaphysical theory of civilizational conflict (noomachy) frames war not as a geopolitical act but as an ontological necessity. Dugin’s thought provides the ideological architecture through which Russia is positioned as a sacred civilization resisting Western nihilism, where war is not simply justified, but ritually and cosmologically required. In doing so, the study challenges secular readings of nationalism and highlights how authoritarian regimes can mobilize religious metaphysics to render war not only legitimate, but liturgically necessary.
 
A Baghdad Sin: Peregrinations in a Ruptured Geography
Nabil Salih 
Aftermaths are deceptive. They obscure and conceal. This text, weaved along a photographic inquiry, troubles the notion of quietude. Together, they try to point to what lurks and haunts in the crevices of a wounded urbanscape. Twenty-one years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, what litter and refuse remain in Baghdad today? In a time of rapid urban reconfiguration, what do the residual wartime rubble and the paraphernalia of security regimes tell us of the present, its politics, and relationship to the past? Put differently, what forces and apparatuses obstruct an Iraqi’s walk? Standing by the ruins is an old tradition dating to pre-Islamic poetry and the laments of ancient Mesopotamia. This essay follows suit but goes beyond. Its fragments narrate my auto-ethnographic and ethnographic walks and rides in Baghdad, where I investigate the constellations of rubble, the affects they discharge, and the memories they awaken in a given locale. Much ink and blood were spilled on the streets of Baghdad and world newspapers; this endeavor asks what Iraqis are left with today. The photographs aspire to a private archive for public loss, each being an obstinate interlocutor tested for what eludes vision and what is thought to be seen.
 
Prison Rule 113.11 and Fugitive Tools
Mauro Tosarelli 
Prisons are not just spaces of deprivation and submission but environments where survival gives rise to new forms of expression and interaction. Despite spatial, social, and political constraints, prisoners cultivate communication networks through sound, imagery, and handmade tools. This installation reframes prison life by focusing on acquired culture and produced knowledge rather than narratives of marginalization. Prison Rule 113.11 highlights both clandestine tools of disobedience—tattoo guns, fishing lines, and makeshift speakers—and the coercion tools manufactured through prison labor. These objects are not merely functional but symbolic of defiance and connection. By amplifying sound rather than retreating into silence, prisoners reclaim their lives and assert their resistance to isolation. Positioning these tools as ‘fugitive objects’, this work reveals how incarcerated individuals are not merely passive subjects but a challenge to the very structures designed to contain them.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://chra.bard.edu/event/thesis-exhibition-of-the-ma-in-human-rights-the-arts-2025/.
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights and the Arts, 2025

Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025
3–7:30 pm

Massena Campus
The MA Program at the Center for Human Rights and the Arts is pleased to announce its Class of 2025 MA thesis exhibition.

The exhibition is taking place April 25 through May 4, 3 – 7:30 pm, across the Massena Campus at Bard. The exhibition features installations, films, and written works by the graduating cohort. The artistic, academic, and hybrid theses are all based on original research by students.Sponsored by: Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 1, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Required Recital: Mark Kovács, trumpet

Works by Vladimir Peskin and Giacinto Scelsi

Thursday, May 1, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.

 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Screening of the film Freshman. Again. 

BardBac Sponsored

Thursday, May 1, 2025
4–6 pm

Weis Cinema
Come see the short documentary Freshman. Again. currently making its stunning debut on the film festival circuit! The film is headed to the American Black Film Festival in Miami, where it was selected as a winner of the Director's Competition for the Black and Unlimited Fatherhood Project.

Freshman. Again. is an uplifting and heartwarming film about Lenny Bass, a 50-year-old African American man who fulfills his lifelong dream of going to college through the BardBac program, an opportunity he discovered through his daughter, a student at Bard College. Directed by Aji Bass, the filmmaker and Lenny’s son, the documentary offers a deeply personal and candid look at their loving and one-of-a-kind shared journey.
Blending intimate interviews with cinéma vérité storytelling, the film vividly captures Lenny’s resilience and determination as he defies expectations and reinvents himself through education. A moving reminder that it’s never too late to start again and that learning has no age limit.
For more information, call 917-771-8038, or e-mail [email protected].
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 1, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Danni Fu Moderation Concert

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
Danni Fu's student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Imani-Amie Murphy Senior Concert
 

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Imani-Amie Murphy's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 2, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 2, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Yijie Yin, ruan

Works by Peili Sun, Yong Ning, Bochan Li, and Yuguo Zhou.

Friday, May 2, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Xiaomeng Guo, daruan; Liuchang Cai, pipa; Jinou Dong, pipa; Justin Sun, yangqin; Liuchang Cai, liuqin; Yixin Wang, guzheng; Yuling Nan, daruan; and Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Performance

Acolyte Training
 

Friday, May 2, 2025
2–6 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Exhibition and Performance by Senior Student Marissa Salett.
Performance times:
May 2nd - 4pm
May 3rd - 12:30pm and 5:30pm
May 4th - 12:30pmSponsored by: Studio Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://marissasalettseniorthesis.
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Degree Recital: Luca Sakon, violin, with Neilson Chen, piano

Works by Debussy, Chausson, Saint-Saëns, and Respighi.

Friday, May 2, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Wil Halas senior concert

Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Bard Chinese Ensemble and Special Guests 

Shutong Li, conductor

Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8:30 pm

Olin Hall
The Bard Chinese Ensemble performs its final concert of the year as part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West. The ensemble will be joined by soloists Jing Xia (guzheng) and Jin Yang (pipa), both members of the Chinese instrument faculty at the Bard Conservatory of Music.

FREE and open to the public.
Advanced registration is kindly requested. Please register on the Conference Registration Form here.
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/chinese-ensemble-may-2025.
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Degree Recital: Mingyue Xia, violin

Works by Bach, Stravinsky, Bazzini, and Ravel.

Friday, May 2, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring pianists Nomin Samdan and Neilson Chen.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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Nate Padgett Moderation Concert

Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Olin 104
Join us for Nate Padgett's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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EXPLORATION AND RESONANCE: Chinese Music in the West

7th Annual International Conference of the US-China Music Institute

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Saturday, May 3, 2025

Various Campus Locations
The seventh annual conference of the US-China Music Institute is a three-day series of scholarly, interactive, and musical events exploring intercultural exchange while drawing on the rich tapestry of Chinese musical heritage and its resonance in the West.
Topics discussed will focus on the following three pivotal areas:
  • Leadership on Chinese music development in Western society
  • Expanding the approaches and perspectives on Chinese music research
  • Successes and challenges in Chinese music teaching in the West
The conference is presented in partnership with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, and in collaboration with China Institute of America.
View the conference website for more information about specific events and participants. Registration in advance is kindly requested. 
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://barduschinamusic.org/events/conference-2025.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 3, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Degree Recital: Ya-Yin Yu, violin, with Pei-Hsuan Shen, piano

Works by Tyzen Hsiao, Ching-Ju Shih, Beethoven, Schumann, and Saint-Saëns. 

Saturday, May 3, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Francisco Verastegui, flute

"Todo Tiene Su Final"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
12 pm

Olin Hall
Works by Lucho Bermudez, Valerie Coleman, Greg Patillo, Mike Mower, and Chick Corea.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025
1:30–2:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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Nature Rx

Saturday, May 3, 2025
2 pm

Montgomery Place Estate
Bard Nature Rx invites you to a nature walk! Join us at the South Woods trail, 55 Gardener Way, at Montgomery Place for a walk to slow down, observe, and reflect on the season's renewal. Led by Dr. Jana Mader.Sponsored by: Montgomery Place.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Reception

Bard Exhibition Center, UBS Exhibition #3

Saturday, May 3, 2025
3–6 pm

Bard Exhibition Center
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work by our third group of senior students exhibiting in Red Hook at the Bard Exhibition Center: Rubi Rhoades, Ella Perkel, Nico Goldstein, Eva Rose Askew, Ezra Hawk-Weintraub, Precious Star, Sohanaa Oswal, Oscar Backes, Zoya Kirmani, Zahra Haidari, Nicole Hazen.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jacob Hunter, tenor, with Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano

"Fugitive Echoes"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Christian Midy, flute and Malena Verduga Martínez, violin. Works by Krystian Neścior, François Morel, J. S. Bach, Robert Owens, and Arnold Schoenberg.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Fisher Studio Art Galleries #3

Saturday, May 3, 2025
4–7 pm

Fisher Studio Arts Building
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Dana Debro (in the Center Gallery) and Pamela Zhang (in the Lobby Gallery).
For more information, call 845-758-7674, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fisherexhibition#3.
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Bard Gamelan Ensemble concert

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
The annual spring Gamelan concert is happening on May 3. Join us!Sponsored by: Division of the Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Nisha Patel Caiozzi, soprano, with Kyeongji Koh, piano

"The Space Between"

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Ives, Walker, Webern, Wolf, Bonds, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Violeta Parra, Reena Esmail, and Jule Styne.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Bard East/West Ensemble and USCMI Faculty Showcase Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–9 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents

The Bard East/West Ensemble (BE/WE) and guest soloists will grace Bard’s historic chapel with a program of Chinese musical compositions specially arranged for the unique instrumentation of a Western string quintet, seven traditional Chinese instruments, and percussion. Faculty members Yazhi Guo, Jing Xia, and Jin Yang from the US-China Music Institute will showcase their unique approaches to combining Western and Chinese musical forms, along with other special guests. This concert is part of the US-China Music Institute’s annual conference, Exploration and Resonance: Chinese Music in the West. 

FREE and open to the public.
 Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7026, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.barduschinamusic.org/events/bewe-faculty-concert-2025.
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Chora

Faculty Dance Concert 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

A dynamic evening of choreography by the distinguished faculty of the Bard College Dance Program, performed by students in the program and guests of the faculty.

Choreography by
Souleymane Badolo
Jean Churchill
Dedrick “D.Banks” Gray
Yuval Pick
Maria Simpson

Concert Coordinator Tara Lorenzen
Lighting Designer Brian Aldous
Costume Designer Alicia Austin
Stage Manager Daniel Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager Emily Shores

Sponsored by: Dance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 4, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Tori Conner, oboe

Works by Eric Ewazen, Alyssa Morris, Marina Dranishnikova, and Charles Martin Loeffler.

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Alberto Arias, horn; Kuang Zhou, viola; Lara Saldanha, piano;  Wan-Ling Chen, piano; and Juliette Benveniste, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 4, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Joseph Breslau, baritone, with Gabriele Zemaityte, piano

"Yours until death: Love letters of a soldier"

Sunday, May 4, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
A story told through the songs of Korngold, Venables, Boulanger, and many more.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Da Capo Student Composers concert

Sunday, May 4, 2025
5–6:30 pm

Bard Hall
Join us for Bard's annual student composers concert.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Sam Warshauer, voice, with Nomin Samdan, piano

"Metamorphosis"

Sunday, May 4, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Wolf, Poulenc, Schumann, Bellini, Drew Frankenberg, and Dylan Trần.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Monday, May 5, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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PSY 201 Experiment

Monday, May 5, 2025
12–12:20 pm

Reem-Kayden Center
Please consider taking part in our group's final project for PSY 201 in RKC 101A. The experiment will take about twenty minutes. All participants will automatically be entered into a raffle for a chance to win one of three gift cards! Anyone is eligible to participate.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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MMIWG2S Remembrance and Collective Making

Hosted by Rethinking Place and Center for Indigenous Studies

Monday, May 5, 2025
2–5 pm

Blithewood Manor
Join us for a day of remembrance. The schedule is as follows:

2 pm: Poetry Reading with Bonney Hartley (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians)
3 pm: Shared Food and Drink
3:30 pm: Collective Art Making Activity led by Rachel Martin (Tlingit/Tsaagweidei) and Moonoka Begay (Ndéé + Diné)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 5, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Knitting our Community Together

Monday, May 5, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Albee Basement (Chaplaincy Offices)
Come by the Chaplaincy office (Albee Basement) to knit or learn how to knit! Crocheters and needleworkers are also invited. Materials including yarn and knitting needles are provided. Everyone is welcome.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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CMIA - Mulholland Drive

Monday, May 5, 2025
7:30–10:30 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
  • Mulholland Drive
    (David Lynch, 2001, USA/France, 143 minutes)
     
Please check https://www.bard.edu/cmia for the full schedule.Sponsored by: Center for Moving Image Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
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Nick Franceschi Senior Concert

Monday, May 5, 2025
9–10 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Lecture Recital: Minghui Mia Wu, dizi

Works by Zhao Songting and Danni Chen.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Speaker Series: Christiane Paul

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5–7 pm

CCS Bard, Classroom 102
This talk is part of a two-part series on Artificial Intelligence in Art. Join us!Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/798-christiane-paul.
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Old Gym Exhibition #1

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5–7 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of senior student Kaylah Lewis.
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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London Calling, "The Rest is History" 
 

A Talk With Podcaster and Historian, Dominic Sandbrook

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5:30–7 pm

Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Dominic Sandbrook, one of Britain’s most distinguished historians and popular broadcasters, will talk about Britain in the Eighties. “The story of these years is bitterly contested,” he has written. “There is no consensus about the 1980s and there never will be.” From the conservative revolution and inner-city riots, to Princess Diana, Chariots of Fire and multiculturalism, this was a time of great cultural originality, political ambition and controversy, and wide scale social change—and all set to a soundtrack by The Specials, Bananarama, and The Clash. This event is part of the Eugene Meyer Series established in 2010.

Dominic Sandbrook is one Britain's best and best-known historians. Educated at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he taught at the University of Sheffield before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of eight books, including five volumes of a bestselling and critically acclaimed history of Britain from the 1960s to the 1980s. He has presented numerous BBC documentaries and is co-host of The Rest is History—the most popular history podcast in the world. He is currently working on an opera about Margaret Thatcher with the composer Joseph Phibbs.
 
Coffee, tea and cookies will be available at 5:15pm before the lecture outside RKC 103
We hope to see you there!
Sponsored by: Eugene Meyer Series.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Andrew Altrock, piano

Works by Cage, Schoenberg, Ravel, and Steven Bonacci.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
6 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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CMIA - Magnolia

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7 pm

Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
  • Magnolia
    (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999, USA, 188 minutes, 35mm)
Please check https://www.bard.edu/cmia for the full schedule.Sponsored by: Center for Moving Image Arts.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
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Women Composers Ensemble concert

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Women Composers Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Advance Contemporary Improvisational Techniques Class Concert

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a jazz class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Student Recital: Drew Frankenberg, composition

"On This Road Home"

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:30 pm

Bard Hall
Featuring: Adriana Rivera Corujo, Sophia Cotrotsios, and Bibi Nguyen, sopranos; Elizabeth Bayer, alto; Sam Warshauer, tenor; Garrick Neuner, baritone; and Javy Polanco, bass. Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 8, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Registration for Fall Classes Opens at 8 a.m.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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STINK HORN: A Mycological Musical Performance-Lecture by Siôn Parkinson

Presented by Bard Conservatory, in Partnership with the John Cage Trust

Thursday, May 8, 2025
4 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute

Join musician, artist, performer, and author Siôn Parkinson for an intimate performance-lecture– part talk, part live musical experiment– exploring the strange, multi-sensory world of the stinkhorn fungus. Drawing from his book Stinkhorn: How Nature’s Most Foul-Smelling Mushroom Can Change the Way We Listen, Siôn will lead an afternoon of music and mycology. Like composer John Cage, his twin passions for music and mushrooms have shaped a radical approach to sound. Yet while Cage sought silence in his fungal forays, Siôn finds Stink, an element that links sound and smell, the real and the hallucinated, opening up new ways of listening and composing. Siôn’s performance will be accompanied by a recording of John Cage’s "Child of Tree" (1975), a work for amplified plant materials, performed by D’Arcy Philip Gray and presented courtesy of Mode Records.

The performance is open to the public with free access. A reception featuring “John Cage Cookies” will follow at the John Cage Trust (Wilson House).

 
Event address: Edith C. Blum Institute, Blum Hall, 60 Blithewood Avenue, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://https://www.sionparkinson.com/.
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Jazz Improv

Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm

The Jazz Room, Blum N211
Join us for a student jazz class improvisation concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Micah Kelleher Moderation Concert

Thursday, May 8, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Thursday, May 8, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 9, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 9, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Men's Soccer Unity Cup

Friday, May 9, 2025
2–5 pm

Stevenson Athletic Center, Soccer Field
The Men's Soccer team is hosting its second Unity Cup. The team will participate with displaced students from Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Puerto Rico. All donations will help the displaced students. Food and drinks will be provided.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Flute Studio Recital

The flute studio of Tara Helen O'Connor present works by Schumann, Pamela Zhang, Lowell Liebermann, Amanda Harberg, André Jolivet, Greg Pattillo, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Herman Beeftink.

Friday, May 9, 2025
3 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Afro-Caribbean Ensemble

Friday, May 9, 2025
5–6 pm

The jazz room, Blum N211
Join us for an Afro-Caribbean ensemble!Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Randy Stevens Moderation Concert

Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for Randy Stevens' student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 10, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2–3 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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Adeline Hubbell Moderation Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2–3 pm

Bard Hall
Adeline Hubbell's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Megan Maloney, soprano, with Gabrielė Žemaitytė, piano

"Finding the Light: Songs of Hope and Healing"

Saturday, May 10, 2025
2 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Lili Boulanger, Moses Milner, Nobert Glanzberg, Osvaldo Golijov, Ricky Ian Gordon, Rosephanye Powell, and Mason Bynes. Featuring Jalen Mims, clarinet; Mingyue Xia, violin; Maisy Fisher, violin; Sky Metting, viola; and Alex Steketee, cello.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception

Fisher Studio Art Galleries Exhibition #4

Saturday, May 10, 2025
4–7 pm

Fisher Studio Arts Building
Please join us to celebrate the thesis work of our senior students Mabel Kim (in the Center Gallery) and Xeno Szalla (in the Lobby Gallery).
For more information, call 845-758-7674, or e-mail [email protected].
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Palestinian Cultural Appreciation Night

Saturday, May 10, 2025
5–8 pm

Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
Come dance, mingle, and eat Palestinian food! Join us for an evening of Palestinian cultural appreciation.
For more information, call 347-551-4483, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jaclyn Hopping, soprano, with Nomin Samdan, piano

"Transfiguration… and the labor of forgetting"

Saturday, May 10, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Samuel Barber, Katherine Balch, Emilie Mayer, and Olivier Messiaen.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Tinaz Kotval Senior Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
6:30–7:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for Tinaz Kotval's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun

Saturday, May 10, 2025
7–8 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

“I have two goals in my heart: I don’t just want to establish a musical idea…I want to develop a  cross-cultural idea that brings nature and classical music, ancient and modern, together.” —Tan Dun

Dean of the Bard College Conservatory of Music and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, Tan Dun, has made an indelible mark on the world’s music scene with a repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and Western traditions.



Bard College Conservatory of Music

Tan Dun, Dean
Frank Corliss, Director

Presents
Bard Conservatory Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Music Director
Tan Dun, Conductor

Maurice Ravel 
Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite)
1. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
2. Petit Poucet
3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
5. Le Jardin féerique
Claude Debussy 
Première rhapsodie pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (First rhapsody for orchestra with solo clarinet)
Mohammad AbdNikfarjam ’26, clarinet
Maurice Ravel 
Boléro 
Modest Mussorgsky 
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel) 
Promenade—
I. Gnomus
Promenade—
II. The Old Castle
Promenade—
III. Tuileries
IV. Bydlo
Promenade—
V. Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells
VI. “Samuel” Goldenberg and “Schmuÿle”
VII. Limoges: The Market—
VIII. Catacombs: Sepulcrum romanum—Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba Yaga)—
X. The Great Gate at Kiev
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/bcom-tan-dun-25/.
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Spring 2025 Senior Dance Concert

Saturday, May 10, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Fisher Center, LUMA Theater

Choreographed by rising artists in the Bard College Dance Program, this concert of Senior Projects represents the culmination of four years of intensive choreographic inquiry and research. Their concepts have been realized with the support of a professional staff of designers.

Sponsored by: Bard Theater & Performance Program.

For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-senior-dance-concert/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 11, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 11, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 11, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Kuang Zhou, viola

Works by Hindemith, Telemann, Loeffler, and Brahms

Sunday, May 11, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Ji-Sian Chen, piano; Tori Conner, oboe; and Juliette Benveniste, piano.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Open Concert

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm

Blum Hall
Please join us for a student open concert!

This is an opportunity for the many different “currents” in the Music Program to share an informal
concert and to hear and perform for each other and you! From year to year it can feature classical & jazz groups, chamber groups, violinists, oboists, flutists, pianists, musical saw artists, and more!

The program for this year will feature:

J. S. Bach, Prelude from E Major Violin Partita, BWV 1006
J. S. Bach, Chorale “Der du bist drei in Einigkeit” Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata in G Major, 1st movement Aaron Copland, Duo for Flute and Piano, 1st movement Frederic Rzewski, Attica
Arnold Schoenberg, Canon “O dass der Sinnen doch so viele sind! Tchaikovsky, Selection from “Swan Lake” (arr. P. Lightburn) Stefan Wolpe, Hasty (“on thirds”) and more!

Performed by:
Leo Belsky, Julien Franchot, Graham Hall-Keough Sasha Vesensky and Ji-Sian Chen Santiago Mieres
Asher Longdon-Stewart and Coulson Matto Phoebe Lightburn and Najla Nazari
Claire Sheffler and Sam Daly-Short

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Join us afterward for light refreshments!Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Abigail Arndt's Moderation Concert

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a musical journey and celebration of life honoring our loved ones and ancestors.Sponsored by: Division of the Arts; Music Program.

For more information, call 617-584-1350, or e-mail [email protected].
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Abigail Arndt Moderation Concert
 

Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Ivan Tamayo Senior Concert
 

Sunday, May 11, 2025
5–6 pm

The Pointe Church. 243 Hurley Avenue Kingston,NY
Join us for a student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Viola Studio Recital

Works by Bach, Reger, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Wieniawski, and Brahms.

Sunday, May 11, 2025
5 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Georgia Perdikoulias, soprano, with Lara Saldanha, piano

"Refuge"

Sunday, May 11, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Featuring Schuyler Lillian, cello.
Works by Kostas Rekleitis, Emilios Riadis, Manolis Kalomiris, Haydn, and Saariaho. 

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Juliette Benveniste, piano

Works by Bach, Chopin, Franck, and Debussy

Sunday, May 11, 2025
8 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Monday, May 12, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Knitting our Community Together

Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Albee Basement (Chaplaincy Offices)
Come by the Chaplaincy office (Albee Basement) to knit or learn how to knit! Crocheters and needleworkers are also invited. Materials including yarn and knitting needles are provided. Everyone is welcome.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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"Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class Recital

Monday, May 12, 2025
6 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Before the semester finally ends, hear the beauty of voices singing British, American, and German art song in a final recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Jaden Dougher Senior Concert

Monday, May 12, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Presenting Jaden Dougher's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Jazz Standards Ensemble Concert
 

Monday, May 12, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

The Jazz Room, Blum N211
Steve Raleigh's Jazz Standards class ensemble concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Speaker Series: Anna Burckhardt Perez

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5–7 pm

CCS Bard, Classroom 102
Each semester CCS Bard hosts a program of lectures by leading artists, curators, art historians, and critics, situating the school and museum’s concerns within the larger context of contemporary art production and discourse. Speakers are selected primarily by second-year graduate students and also by faculty and staff. All lectures are free and open, and are documented through audio recordings that reside in the CCS Bard Library & Archives and online here.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/events/666-anna-burckhardt-perez.
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Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers in concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Annual spring choral concert

Bard College Chamber Singers
Bard College Symphonic Chorus
James Bagwell, conductor

Singers of the Undergraduate Vocal Arts Program

 Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Pamela Zhang, composition 

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

Featuring Jiani Dong, violin; Elizabeth Bennett, flute, Minghui Mia Wu, dizi; Yuling Nan, ruan; Dari Batsaikhan, cello; Colby Bond, clarinet; and Pei-Hsuan Shen, Nelson Chen, and Ji-Sian Chan, piano. 

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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The Spontaneous Composition Ensemble concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a Jazz Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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American Popular Song Class Concert

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for the American Popular Song class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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AI: What It Does (and Doesn't) Do

A Talk by Theresa Law, Asst. Professor of Computer Science

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
4–5 pm

Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, First Floor
Is AI new? How do machine learning models (like ChatGPT) generate answers? Why do these models have the limitations that they do? This talk will step through a high level overview of how popular AI models today work, and why that methodology leads to commonly seen problems like AI hallucinations.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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The Graduate Vocal Arts Program Presents: "Hispanic Bridges"

Curated by Dr. Javier Arrebola

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
"Hispanic Bridges" is a vibrant concert showcasing the musical and linguistic ties between Spain and Hispanic America. Come join Bard’s VAP singers and Collaborative Piano fellows on a journey across the Atlantic through song as we celebrate shared heritage and cultural connection.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Georgian Choir concert

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Georgian choir recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Nandor Burai Senior Concert

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm

Bard Hall
Join us for a student degree recital by Nandor Burai.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Contemporary Jazz Composers

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8–9 pm

Blum Hall
Join us for a Jazz event.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 15, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Guided Meditation

Mondays and Thursdays 6pm

Thursday, May 15, 2025
6–7 pm

Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room
Mondays: Guided Meditation
6-6:15 pm: Dharma words
6:15-6:45: Meditation
6:45-7 pm: Walking meditation and chanting
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and popcorn.

Thursdays: Silent Meditation
6-7 pm: Meditation in stillness
Followed by a Sangha get-together with herbal tea and rice.

Join at any time and stay for any length of time.Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.

For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Student Recital: Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, piano

Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Xinri Zhang, piano

Featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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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.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Hong-Fan Su, piano

Works by Handel, Beethoven, Debussy, and Shaw.

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Capstone Project: Drinks and Chamber Music

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7–10 pm

Camp Kingston, 36 St. James St, Kingston, NY
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.

Camp Kingston welcomes clarinetist Colby Bond alongside other TŌN musicians curating a unique experience pairing drinks and chamber music. The casual evening will feature live classical music performance and discussion of how different pieces of music pair well with varied beer and cocktails. Come for a good time to have some drinks, hear great music, and socialize with musicians afterwards!Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.colbybond.com/concerts.
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Erica Kiesewetter Studio Recital

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–9:30 pm

Bard Hall
Erica Kiesewetter's studio class recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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CLAC Senior Concert

Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Join us for the student senior concert for CLAC (Chloe Clark).Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 16, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 16, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Lecture Recital: Hengjian Zhang, sheng

The Mutual Influence of Sheng and Free-Reed Instruments in Europe

Friday, May 16, 2025
12 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Lecture Recital: Yingren Zhao, pipa

"Pipa and Buddhism: The Connection Through Liu Dehai's Buddhist-Themed Pipa Works"

Friday, May 16, 2025
2 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Ji-Sian Chen, collaborative piano

Works by Beethoven and Brahms

Friday, May 16, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Liam Brosh, viola

Works by Bach, Shostakovich, and Schubert.

Friday, May 16, 2025
5 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Georgi Chikolov, piano and Marcos Castilla, piano

Works by Schubert, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Schoenfield, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Lecuona.

Friday, May 16, 2025
6 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Rieko Aizawa Piano Studio Recital

Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Dutilleux, Gubaidulina, Kodaly, Ligeti, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Mozart, Schoenberg, Schubert and Schumann.

Friday, May 16, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
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 and innovative, pianistic writing; "Nature with Music," for some creative yet natural and picturesque works; “Rhapsodic Breeze from Austria-Hungary,” which leads us to the Hungarian and Viennese worlds connected by a little gem by Schubert called Hungarian Melody; "Con anima (with soul)," incorporating a selection of gorgeous works which melt our hearts.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Miles Wazni, clarinet

Works by Bach, Widor, Bliss, Rota, and Weber.

Friday, May 16, 2025
8 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Bard Accordion Orchestra

And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo

Friday, May 16, 2025
8:30–10 pm

Bard Hall
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, and special guest singer Eva Salina. This will be followed super duo Marié Abe and Kaethe Hostetter, who will play accordion and violin arrangements of tunes from Ethiopia, Japan, the US and more. 
This event is free and open to the public.  Sponsored by: Music Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 17, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violin

Works by Ysaÿe, Copland, and Bartók.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
12 pm

Bard Hall
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Yuling Nan, ruan

Works by Zhou Yuguo, Pamela Zhang, and Simon Kong Su Leong.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
3 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voice

Works by Burleigh, Handel, Leslie Adams, and Schumann.

Saturday, May 17, 2025
6 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in Recital

Saturday, May 17, 2025
7–8:30 pm

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
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 String Trio.

Recital details:

G.P. Telemann Fantasia No. 2 in A Minor
Henri Dutilleux Sonatine
George Enesco Cantabile et Presto
W.A. Mozart Rondo in D Major
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, arr.
Sigfried Karg-Elert Sonata Appassionata
Dvořàk String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”, arr.
François Borne/Georges Bizet Carmen FantasieSponsored by: The Orchestra Now.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, composition

"Hast thou yet found solace in an ending?"

Saturday, May 17, 2025
8 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 18, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Christian/Episcopal Service

Sunday, May 18, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm

Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Join us for services (Holy Communion) at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (1114 River Road) in Barrytown. Rides to the church are provided every Sunday throughout the academic year. Please be at the Bard Chapel at 9:45 am to get picked up.

All are welcome!

Christians, non-Christians, spiritual but not religious, agnostics, believers, doubters, seekers, those who have questions about faith and religion, those struggling to understand where God is in our challenging world—anyone wanting to use their faith to change and act in the world!
For more information, call 203-858-8800, or e-mail [email protected].
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Catholic Mass

Sunday, May 18, 2025
11:30 am

Chapel of the Holy Innocents
Catholic Mass will be available at 11:30 in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola

Works by Joan Tower, Brahms, Roslavetz, and Walton

Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Featuring Joey Breslau, Neilson Chen, Leo Gurevich, and Lara Saldanha.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet

Works by Stojan Stojkov, Tomasi, Hindemith, and James Naigus.

Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Hiu-man Chan, suona

Works by Sicong Ma, Wenchen Qin, and Utar Artun

Sunday, May 18, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Francis Huang, piano

Schubert, Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Dutilleux, Schoenberg, and Brahms.

Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hudson River Brass Quintet

Works by Bernstein, Bach, and Lafosse

Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
A quintet featuring Eric Evans, trumpet; Márk Kovács, trumpet; Felix Johnson, horn; Riley Lyons, trombone; and Yu-Tien Chou, bass trombone. Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 19, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Third Year Recital: Christina Ng-Leyba, trombone

Works by Galliard, Stojowski, and Guilmant.

Monday, May 19, 2025
1 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Double Bass Studio Recital

Featuring the students of Satoshi Okamoto.

Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm

Edith C. Blum Institute
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Juan Diego Mora Rubio, percussion

"Text-to-Speech"

Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm

Memorial Hall (Old Gym)
Free and open to the public.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Required Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinet

Works by Eötvös, Debussy, Bassi, and Prokofiev

Monday, May 19, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the publice. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion

"A Woven Becoming"

Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Works by Lila Meretzky, Meredith Monk, Torū Takemitsu, Per Nørgård, Emmanuel Sejourne, Krystian Skubała, Michael Laurello, and Joseph Schwantner.

Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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French Horn Studio Recital

Featuring the Students of Barbara Jöstlein Currie and Hugo Valverde

Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams

All students and faculty remain on campus

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Last Day of Spring Classes

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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Degree Recital: William Pilgrim, cello

Works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Wíhanble S’a Community Open House

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
3–6 pm

Massena Campus
This gathering will bring together our small research community, especially our Steering Committee, for a presentation of our research projects, an open research discussion, and a brainstorming session for the future. We’ll discuss dreaming as a methodology, reflect on the evolving work of the Center, and celebrate the ongoing contributions of our collaborators.

We hope you’ll join us in community, care, and celebration.
Wopila,
The Wíhanble S’a Center 
For more information, call 518-249-8778, or e-mail [email protected].
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Degree Recital: Yangxin Song, violin

Works by Schubert, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Wieniawski

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm

Olin Hall
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube Channel here.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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Student Recital: Wan-Ling Chen, collaborative piano

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
Free and open to the public. Livestreaming on the Conservatory YouTube channel here. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Thursday, May 22, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Baccalaureate Service and Senior Dinner

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Dean of Student Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Friday, May 23, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Saturday, May 24, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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Commencement

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Bard College Campus
Sponsored by: Registrar's Office.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/commencement/.
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions

Sunday, May 25, 2025
11 am – 5 pm

Hessel Museum of Art
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 from painting to video to site-specific commissions; from exhibitions that grapple with contemporary conditions to those that mine the past; from explorations of digital dystopias to those of underrepresented archives.Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies.

For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1010-15.
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Reunion 2025!

Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025

Bard College Campus
Class years ending in 0 or 5, it is your reunion! 

Check out the 2025 Schedule!Sponsored by: Office of Alumni/ae Affairs; Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://alums.bard.edu/reunion/.
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Hebrew Language Table

Monday, May 26, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm

Kline, College Room
Hebrew Language Table is an opportunity to speak Hebrew informally. Everyone in the college community is invited to attend.
 
For more information, call 352-222-1349, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://flcl.bard.edu/language-lab/tables/.
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For Love of the World on Radio Kingston

Conversations with the Hannah Arendt Center

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
6–6:30 pm

Online Event
Tune in to hear Student Fellows from the Hannah Arendt Center discuss their work from the 2024-2025 academic year with HAC's Director of Academic Programs Jana Mader and HAC's Communications Manager Hillary Harvey. Learn more about our Courage to Be program, student fellowship opportunities, and the student-led "It's Complicated" event series on Israel-Palestine.

For Love of the World, every fourth Tuesday from 6-6:30 pm on Radio Kingston, is your portal to the bold ideas and respectful, deep conversations about contemporary issues that we’re having regularly at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College.

1490 AM | 107.9 FM | or stream online and anytime at radiokingston.orgSponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group

Most Fridays at 1pm EST

Friday, May 30, 2025
1–2:30 pm

Online Event
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 relation to the world of appearances and to the human capacity for moral and political action. The new critical edition makes available in print, for the first time, the text of the typescripts as Arendt left them, complemented by a wealth of previously unpublished material, detailed annotations, and extensive scholarly commentary. We will also be referring to Mary McCarthy's edition for increased accessibility.

Free to HAC members and to Bard students, staff, and faculty! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

Find the full Virtural Reading Group schedule: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/ Get the new critical edition of The Life of the Mind here.

Don't worry if you miss a VRG meeting! We post them all on our YouTube channel the week after they're recorded. Or tune in to an edited version of the chapter readings plus bonus episodes on our podcast, Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz.Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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