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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025Massena Campus |
State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025Massena Campus |
State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025Massena Campus |
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State of Fracture: Thesis Exhibition of the MA in Human Rights & the Arts 2025Runs through Sunday, May 4, 2025Massena Campus |
Guided MeditationMondays and Thursdays 6pmMonday, May 5, 2025Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room |
Lecture Recital: Minghui Mia Wu, diziWorks by Zhao Songting and Danni Chen.Tuesday, May 6, 2025Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsWednesday, May 7, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 8, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 9, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSaturday, May 10, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
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15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsSunday, May 11, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
Guided MeditationMondays and Thursdays 6pmMonday, May 12, 2025Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room |
Speaker Series: Anna Burckhardt PerezTuesday, May 13, 2025CCS Bard, Classroom 102 |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsWednesday, May 14, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsThursday, May 15, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated ExhibitionsFriday, May 16, 2025Hessel Museum of Art |
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. |
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
- 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 ArtThe 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.
Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violin
Works by Ysaÿe, Copland, and Bartók.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
12 pm
Bard HallFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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 SpaceFree 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].
Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voice
Works by Burleigh, Handel, Leslie Adams, and Schumann.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
6 pm
Edith C. Blum InstituteFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in Recital
Saturday, May 17, 2025
7–8:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin 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.
Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, composition
"Hast thou yet found solace in an ending?"
Saturday, May 17, 2025
8 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
- 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 ArtThe 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.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, May 18, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, BarrytownJoin 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].
Catholic Mass
Sunday, May 18, 2025
11:30 am
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic 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].
Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola
Works by Joan Tower, Brahms, Roslavetz, and Walton
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFeaturing 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].
Degree Recital: Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet
Works by Stojan Stojkov, Tomasi, Hindemith, and James Naigus.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Degree Recital: Hiu-man Chan, suona
Works by Sicong Ma, Wenchen Qin, and Utar Artun
Sunday, May 18, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Francis Huang, piano
Schubert, Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Dutilleux, Schoenberg, and Brahms.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Hudson River Brass Quintet
Works by Bernstein, Bach, and Lafosse
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallA 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].
- 9:45 am – 12 pm Christian/
Episcopal Service Sunday, 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 RoomHebrew 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/.
Third Year Recital: Christina Ng-Leyba, trombone
Works by Galliard, Stojowski, and Guilmant.
Monday, May 19, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Double Bass Studio Recital
Featuring the students of Satoshi Okamoto.
Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm
Edith C. Blum InstituteFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Required Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinet
Works by Eötvös, Debussy, Bassi, and Prokofiev
Monday, May 19, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion
"A Woven Becoming"
Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks 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].
French Horn Studio Recital
Featuring the Students of Barbara Jöstlein Currie and Hugo Valverde
Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
- 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
Degree Recital: William Pilgrim, cello
Works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree and open the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Wíhanble S’a Community Open House
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
3–6 pm
Massena CampusThis 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].
Degree Recital: Yangxin Song, violin
Works by Schubert, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Wieniawski
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Student Recital: Wan-Ling Chen, collaborative piano
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
- 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 ArtThe 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.
- 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 ArtThe 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.
- 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 ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
- 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 ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
Commencement
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/commencement/.
- 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 ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
- 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 RoomHebrew 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/.
- 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 EventTune 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.
- 6–6:30 pm For Love of the World on Radio KingstonTuesday, May 27, 2025, 6–6:30 pm
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, May 30, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe'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.
- 1–2:30 pm The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading GroupFriday, May 30, 2025, 1–2:30 pm
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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 CampusThe 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/.
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 CampusThe 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].
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 LocationsThe 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
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.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Thursday, May 1, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Required Recital: Mark Kovács, trumpet
Works by Vladimir Peskin and Giacinto Scelsi
Thursday, May 1, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFeaturing 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].
Screening of the film Freshman. Again.
BardBac Sponsored
Thursday, May 1, 2025
4–6 pm
Weis CinemaCome 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].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMondays: 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].
Danni Fu Moderation Concert
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm
Bard HallDanni Fu's student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Imani-Amie Murphy Senior Concert
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7–8 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsImani-Amie Murphy's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Chora
Faculty Dance Concert 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterA 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
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
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 LocationsThe 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
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.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Friday, May 2, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, May 2, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe'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.
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 SpaceFeaturing 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].
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.
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 SpaceFree 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].
Wil Halas senior concert
Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8 pm
Blum HallJoin us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Bard Chinese Ensemble and Special Guests
Shutong Li, conductor
Friday, May 2, 2025
7–8:30 pm
Olin HallThe 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.
Degree Recital: Mingyue Xia, violin
Works by Bach, Stravinsky, Bazzini, and Ravel.
Friday, May 2, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFeaturing 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].
Chora
Faculty Dance Concert 2025
Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterA 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
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
Nate Padgett Moderation Concert
Friday, May 2, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Olin 104Join us for Nate Padgett's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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 LocationsThe 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
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.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, May 3, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
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 SpaceFree 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].
Degree Recital: Francisco Verastegui, flute
"Todo Tiene Su Final"
Saturday, May 3, 2025
12 pm
Olin HallWorks 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].
Chora
Faculty Dance Concert 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
1:30–2:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterA 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
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
Nature Rx
Saturday, May 3, 2025
2 pm
Montgomery Place EstateBard 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.
Studio Art Senior Project Exhibition Opening Reception
Bard Exhibition Center, UBS Exhibition #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025
3–6 pm
Bard Exhibition CenterPlease 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].
Degree Recital: Jacob Hunter, tenor, with Yi-Hsuan Hsia, piano
"Fugitive Echoes"
Saturday, May 3, 2025
4 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFeaturing 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].
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries #3
Saturday, May 3, 2025
4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts BuildingPlease 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.
Bard Gamelan Ensemble concert
Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–8 pm
Bard HallThe 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].
Degree Recital: Nisha Patel Caiozzi, soprano, with Kyeongji Koh, piano
"The Space Between"
Saturday, May 3, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks 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].
Bard East/West Ensemble and USCMI Faculty Showcase Concert
Saturday, May 3, 2025
7–9 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsThe 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.
Chora
Faculty Dance Concert 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterA 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
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/faculty-dance-concert-4/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Sunday, May 4, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, May 4, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, BarrytownJoin 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].
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 SpaceFeaturing 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].
Catholic Mass
Sunday, May 4, 2025
11:30 am
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic 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].
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 SpaceA 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].
Da Capo Student Composers concert
Sunday, May 4, 2025
5–6:30 pm
Bard HallJoin us for Bard's annual student composers concert.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Degree Recital: Sam Warshauer, voice, with Nomin Samdan, piano
"Metamorphosis"
Sunday, May 4, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks 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].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Monday, May 5, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMondays: 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].
PSY 201 Experiment
Monday, May 5, 2025
12–12:20 pm
Reem-Kayden CenterPlease 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].
MMIWG2S Remembrance and Collective Making
Hosted by Rethinking Place and Center for Indigenous Studies
Monday, May 5, 2025
2–5 pm
Blithewood ManorJoin 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].
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, May 5, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm
Kline, College RoomHebrew 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/.
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].
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)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Nick Franceschi Senior Concert
Monday, May 5, 2025
9–10 pm
Blum HallJoin us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Lecture Recital: Minghui Mia Wu, dizi
Works by Zhao Songting and Danni Chen.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
12 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Speaker Series: Christiane Paul
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
5–7 pm
CCS Bard, Classroom 102This 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.
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].
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 AuditoriumDominic 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.
We hope to see you there!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Student Recital: Andrew Altrock, piano
Works by Cage, Schoenberg, Ravel, and Steven Bonacci.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
6 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
CMIA - Magnolia
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Magnolia
(Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999, USA, 188 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
Women Composers Ensemble concert
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Blum HallWomen Composers Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Advance Contemporary Improvisational Techniques Class Concert
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm
Blum HallJoin us for a jazz class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Student Recital: Drew Frankenberg, composition
"On This Road Home"
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:30 pm
Bard HallFeaturing: 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].
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Thursday, May 8, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMondays: 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].
Registration for Fall Classes Opens at 8 a.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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 InstituteJoin 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).
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://https://www.sionparkinson.com/.
Jazz Improv
Thursday, May 8, 2025
6–7 pm
The Jazz Room, Blum N211Join us for a student jazz class improvisation concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Micah Kelleher Moderation Concert
Thursday, May 8, 2025
7–8 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin 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 TheaterChoreographed 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/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Friday, May 9, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, May 9, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe'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.
Men's Soccer Unity Cup
Friday, May 9, 2025
2–5 pm
Stevenson Athletic Center, Soccer FieldThe 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.
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 HallFree 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].
Afro-Caribbean Ensemble
Friday, May 9, 2025
5–6 pm
The jazz room, Blum N211Join us for an Afro-Caribbean ensemble!Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Randy Stevens Moderation Concert
Friday, May 9, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Blum HallJoin 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 TheaterChoreographed 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/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, May 10, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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 TheaterChoreographed 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/.
Adeline Hubbell Moderation Concert
Saturday, May 10, 2025
2–3 pm
Bard HallAdeline Hubbell's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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 SpaceWorks 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].
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception
Fisher Studio Art Galleries Exhibition #4
Saturday, May 10, 2025
4–7 pm
Fisher Studio Arts BuildingPlease 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].
Palestinian Cultural Appreciation Night
Saturday, May 10, 2025
5–8 pm
Campus Center, Multipurpose RoomCome 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].
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 SpaceWorks 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].
Tinaz Kotval Senior Concert
Saturday, May 10, 2025
6:30–7:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin us for Tinaz Kotval's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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
2. Petit Poucet
3. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes
4. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête
5. Le Jardin féerique
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
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 TheaterChoreographed 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/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Sunday, May 11, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, May 11, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, BarrytownJoin 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].
Catholic Mass
Sunday, May 11, 2025
11:30 am
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic 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].
Required Recital: Kuang Zhou, viola
Works by Hindemith, Telemann, Loeffler, and Brahms
Sunday, May 11, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFeaturing 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].
Open Concert
Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm
Blum HallPlease 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].
Abigail Arndt's Moderation Concert
Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin 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].
Abigail Arndt Moderation Concert
Sunday, May 11, 2025
4–5 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin us for a student degree recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Ivan Tamayo Senior Concert
Sunday, May 11, 2025
5–6 pm
The Pointe Church. 243 Hurley Avenue Kingston,NYJoin us for a student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Viola Studio Recital
Works by Bach, Reger, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Wieniawski, and Brahms.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
5 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Georgia Perdikoulias, soprano, with Lara Saldanha, piano
"Refuge"
Sunday, May 11, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFeaturing 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].
Student Recital: Juliette Benveniste, piano
Works by Bach, Chopin, Franck, and Debussy
Sunday, May 11, 2025
8 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Monday, May 12, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMondays: 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].
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, May 12, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm
Kline, College RoomHebrew 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/.
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].
"Limeys, Yanks, and Krauts": Rufus Müller's Performance Class Recital
Monday, May 12, 2025
6 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceBefore 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].
Jaden Dougher Senior Concert
Monday, May 12, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Blum HallPresenting Jaden Dougher's student degree concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Jazz Standards Ensemble Concert
Monday, May 12, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm
The Jazz Room, Blum N211Steve Raleigh's Jazz Standards class ensemble concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Speaker Series: Anna Burckhardt Perez
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5–7 pm
CCS Bard, Classroom 102Each 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.
Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers in concert
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallAnnual 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.
Degree Recital: Pamela Zhang, composition
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFeaturing 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].
The Spontaneous Composition Ensemble concert
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Blum HallJoin us for a Jazz Ensemble class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
American Popular Song Class Concert
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
8:30–9:30 pm
Blum HallJoin us for the American Popular Song class concert.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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 FloorIs 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].
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].
Georgian Choir concert
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsGeorgian choir recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Nandor Burai Senior Concert
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
7–8 pm
Bard HallJoin us for a student degree recital by Nandor Burai.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Contemporary Jazz Composers
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8–9 pm
Blum HallJoin us for a Jazz event.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Thursday, May 15, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, May 15, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMondays: 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].
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Student Recital: Tianxiang (Tessa) Ni, piano
Works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Required Recital: Xinri Zhang, piano
Featuring works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
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 SpaceFree 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].
Required Recital: Hong-Fan Su, piano
Works by Handel, Beethoven, Debussy, and Shaw.
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallFree and open to the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Capstone Project: Drinks and Chamber Music
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7–10 pm
Camp Kingston, 36 St. James St, Kingston, NYTo 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.
Erica Kiesewetter Studio Recital
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–9:30 pm
Bard HallErica Kiesewetter's studio class recital.Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
CLAC Senior Concert
Thursday, May 15, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin us for the student senior concert for CLAC (Chloe Clark).Sponsored by: Music Program.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Friday, May 16, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, May 16, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe'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.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
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 SpaceFree 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].
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 SpaceFree 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].
Student Recital: Ji-Sian Chen, collaborative piano
Works by Beethoven and Brahms
Friday, May 16, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Liam Brosh, viola
Works by Bach, Shostakovich, and Schubert.
Friday, May 16, 2025
5 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
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 InstituteFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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 HallFeaturing 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].
Degree Recital: Miles Wazni, clarinet
Works by Bach, Widor, Bliss, Rota, and Weber.
Friday, May 16, 2025
8 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Bard Accordion Orchestra
And Kaethe & Marié , the violin & accordion super-duo
Friday, May 16, 2025
8:30–10 pm
Bard HallThis event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by: Music Program.
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.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, May 17, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Third Year Recital: Hadi Masood, violin
Works by Ysaÿe, Copland, and Bartók.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
12 pm
Bard HallFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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 SpaceFree 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].
Student Recital: Taylor Wallace, voice
Works by Burleigh, Handel, Leslie Adams, and Schumann.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
6 pm
Edith C. Blum InstituteFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Olivia Chaikin TŌN ’26 in Recital
Saturday, May 17, 2025
7–8:30 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsJoin 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.
Degree Recital: Samuel Mutter, composition
"Hast thou yet found solace in an ending?"
Saturday, May 17, 2025
8 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Sunday, May 18, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, May 18, 2025
9:45 am – 12 pm
Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, BarrytownJoin 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].
Catholic Mass
Sunday, May 18, 2025
11:30 am
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic 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].
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Student Recital: Katherine Chernyak, viola
Works by Joan Tower, Brahms, Roslavetz, and Walton
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFeaturing 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].
Degree Recital: Aleksandar Vitanov, trumpet
Works by Stojan Stojkov, Tomasi, Hindemith, and James Naigus.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Degree Recital: Hiu-man Chan, suona
Works by Sicong Ma, Wenchen Qin, and Utar Artun
Sunday, May 18, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Francis Huang, piano
Schubert, Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Dutilleux, Schoenberg, and Brahms.
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
Hudson River Brass Quintet
Works by Bernstein, Bach, and Lafosse
Sunday, May 18, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallA 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].
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, May 19, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm
Kline, College RoomHebrew 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/.
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Third Year Recital: Christina Ng-Leyba, trombone
Works by Galliard, Stojowski, and Guilmant.
Monday, May 19, 2025
1 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Double Bass Studio Recital
Featuring the students of Satoshi Okamoto.
Monday, May 19, 2025
2 pm
Edith C. Blum InstituteFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
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].
Required Recital: Mohammad AbdNikfarjam, clarinet
Works by Eötvös, Debussy, Bassi, and Prokofiev
Monday, May 19, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Degree Recital: Jaelyn Quilizapa, percussion
"A Woven Becoming"
Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceWorks 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].
French Horn Studio Recital
Featuring the Students of Barbara Jöstlein Currie and Hugo Valverde
Monday, May 19, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Completion Days—Regular Classes and Final Exams
All students and faculty remain on campus
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Last Day of Spring Classes
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Degree Recital: William Pilgrim, cello
Works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree and open the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Wíhanble S’a Community Open House
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
3–6 pm
Massena CampusThis 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].
Degree Recital: Yangxin Song, violin
Works by Schubert, Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, and Wieniawski
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm
Olin HallFree 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].
Student Recital: Wan-Ling Chen, collaborative piano
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
4 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree 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].
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Thursday, May 22, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Baccalaureate Service and Senior Dinner
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Dean of Student Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Friday, May 23, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, May 24, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
Commencement
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or visit https://www.bard.edu/commencement/.
15: The 2025 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Sunday, May 25, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum of ArtThe 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.
Reunion 2025!
Friday, May 23, 2025 – Sunday, May 25, 2025
Bard College CampusClass 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/.
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, May 26, 2025
5:30–6:30 pm
Kline, College RoomHebrew 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/.
For Love of the World on Radio Kingston
Conversations with the Hannah Arendt Center
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
6–6:30 pm
Online EventTune 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.
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, May 30, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe'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.