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The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySaturday, February 1, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
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The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySunday, February 2, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
Discussing Labors of Love: Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab ThoughtLevy Institute Research Program of Gender Equality and the Economy: A Speaker Series Featuring Susanna Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith CollegeMonday, February 3, 2025Blithewood |
CMIA - Jean Renoir and the 1930sTuesday, February 4, 2025Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryWednesday, February 5, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryThursday, February 6, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryFriday, February 7, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySaturday, February 8, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySunday, February 9, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
Hebrew Language TableMonday, February 10, 2025Kline, College Room |
New Kinds of AttentionRuns through Friday, March 7, 2025Online Event |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryWednesday, February 12, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryThursday, February 13, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryFriday, February 14, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySaturday, February 15, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySunday, February 16, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
Hebrew Language TableMonday, February 17, 2025Kline, College Room |
New Kinds of AttentionRuns through Friday, March 7, 2025Online Event |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryWednesday, February 19, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryThursday, February 20, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GaryFriday, February 21, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySaturday, February 22, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia GarySunday, February 23, 2025Hessel Museum Entry Gallery |
Hebrew Language TableMonday, February 24, 2025Kline, College Room |
New Kinds of AttentionRuns through Friday, March 7, 2025Online Event |
New Kinds of AttentionRuns through Friday, March 7, 2025Online Event |
Meditation GroupThursday, February 27, 2025Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation Room |
New Kinds of AttentionRuns through Friday, March 7, 2025Online Event |
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The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, February 1, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Saturday, February 1, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Saturday, February 1, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
Covens, Comedy, Condemnation
Undergraduate Opera Workshop
Saturday, February 1, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterThe popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/undergraduate-opera-workshop/.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, February 2, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Sunday, February 2, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, February 2, 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, February 2, 2025
12 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Covens, Comedy, Condemnation
Undergraduate Opera Workshop
Sunday, February 2, 2025
2–3 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterThe popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Jay Lesenger and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.
Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Music Program.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/undergraduate-opera-workshop/.
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Sunday, February 2, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
Discussing Labors of Love: Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought
Levy Institute Research Program of Gender Equality and the Economy: A Speaker Series Featuring Susanna Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith College
Monday, February 3, 2025
5–6 pm
BlithewoodJoin us for our first session of the 2025 Spring Semester, with Susanna Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith College, on Monday, February 3rd, from 5 to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood, or on Zoom. Dr. Ferguson's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members; both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions. This event is co-sponsored by Levy and the Global and International Studies (GIS) Program.
Light refreshments will be served. Register to attend the event on Zoom here.
Ferguson will sit down with Levy's Belle Cheves and Bard's Middle Eastern Studies' Ziad Dallal to discuss her work. In Labors of Love, Ferguson reveals how debates around raising children became foundational to feminist, Islamist, and nationalist politics alike—opening up conversations about civilization, society, freedom, temporality, labor, and democracy. While these debates led to expansions in girls' education and women writers' authority, they also attached the fate of nations to women's unwaged labor in the home. Ferguson thus reveals why women and the family have been stumbling blocks for representative regimes around the world. She shows how Arab women's writing speaks to global questions—the devaluation of social reproduction under capitalism, the stubborn maleness of the liberal subject, and why the naturalization of embodied, binary gender difference has proven so difficult to overcome.
Susanna Ferguson is a historian of women, gender, and intellectual life in the Eastern Mediterranean at Smith College. Her research focuses on how questions about gender, sex, and science shaped political imaginaries in the 19th- and 20-century Arab world. Ferguson's first book, Labors of Love: Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought was published by Stanford University Press in September 2024.Sponsored by: Global and International Studies Program; Levy Economics Institute.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.levyinstitute.org/news/discussing-labors-of-love-gender-capitalism-and-democracy-in-modern-arab-thought.
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, February 3, 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, February 3, 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].
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Monday, February 3, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
Meditation Group
Monday, February 3, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
CMIA - The Space of Viewing
Monday, February 3, 2025
7:30–8:15 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Sherlock, Jr.
(Buster Keaton, 1924, USA, 45 minutes)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
CMIA - Vertigo
Monday, February 3, 2025
8:30–10:45 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- Vertigo
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1958, USA, 129 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
CMIA - Jean Renoir and the 1930s
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
7–9 pm
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center- La Chienne
(Jean Renoir, 1931, France, 90 minutes, 35mm) - Toni
(Jean Renoir, 1935, France, 85 minutes, 35mm)
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://www.bard.edu/cmia.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Moderation Short Papers Due for students moderating in the spring semester
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Bard College CampusSponsored by: Registrar's Office.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, February 6, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Thursday, February 6, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Meditation Group
Thursday, February 6, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Open Classroom
Thursday, February 6, 2025
6:30–8 pm
SR 8, Platanenstrasse 24, 13156 BerlinOpen Classroom allows people to experience university-level courses taught at Bard College Berlin in an informal setting that is open to everyone. It also aims to engage students to share the knowledge gained in the courses they attend as a part of their curriculum. Takes place every Thursday.
Register online here. Walk-ins are also welcome.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, February 7, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Friday, February 7, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
New Kinds of Attention
Runs through Friday, March 7, 2025
10 am – 2:30 pm
Online EventThe New Kinds of Attention online workshop series offers short, accessible introductions to the Institute for Writing and Teaching's writing-based teaching practices. It is designed for educators who are curious about IWT workshops or looking to expand their writing-based teaching toolkit, including those unable to attend IWT’s on-campus workshops at Bard. The workshops in this series provide an immersive, online introduction to IWT pedagogy and a taste of the experience of our popular July Weeklong Workshops.
In 2025, the series will be held on February 7, February 28, and March 7, from 10 am to 2:30 pm, with a 30 minute break.
For more information, call 845-752-4516, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://iwt.bard.edu/nkoa/.
The Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, February 7, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
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 and learn what we're reading next here: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/
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.
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Friday, February 7, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, February 8, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Saturday, February 8, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
TEDxBard
Building Bridges
Saturday, February 8, 2025
2–3 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterFor its second installment, the annual TEDxBard Conference comes to the Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater, featuring inspiring talks on diverse topics, from the arts to the sciences, all centered around the theme of “Building Bridges.”
Learn More About TEDxBardSponsored by: Bard College.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/tedxbard-2025/.
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Saturday, February 8, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
TEDxBard
Building Bridges
Saturday, February 8, 2025
6:30–7:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterFor its second installment, the annual TEDxBard Conference comes to the Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater, featuring inspiring talks on diverse topics, from the arts to the sciences, all centered around the theme of “Building Bridges.”
Learn More About TEDxBardSponsored by: Bard College.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/tedxbard-2025/.
Transcription as Translation
Saturday, February 8, 2025
7–9:30 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterLeon Botstein conductor
Mily Balakirev
Chopin Suite
Bedřich Smetana (orch. Szell)
From My Life (String Quartet in E Minor)
Beethoven (orch. Weingartner)
Hammerklavier (Piano Sonata No. 29)
TŌN performs three orchestral transcriptions of works by master composers Beethoven, Chopin, and Smetana. In 1910, the last year of his life, composer Mily Balakirev transcribed four pieces into an orchestral suite to celebrate the centenary of Chopin’s birth. To honor another centenary in 1927, that of Beethoven’s death, Austrian conductor and composer Felix Weingartner was moved to make a full orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, the Hammerklavier. While teaching composition at Mannes College of Music in 1940, acclaimed conductor George Szell created an orchestral transcription of Smetana’s E-minor String Quartet, From My Life. Hear this program at the Fisher Center just days before TŌN performs it at Carnegie Hall.
Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/transcription-as-translation/.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, February 9, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Sunday, February 9, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, February 9, 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, February 9, 2025
12 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Transcription as Translation
Sunday, February 9, 2025
2–4:30 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterLeon Botstein conductor
Mily Balakirev
Chopin Suite
Bedřich Smetana (orch. Szell)
From My Life (String Quartet in E Minor)
Beethoven (orch. Weingartner)
Hammerklavier (Piano Sonata No. 29)
TŌN performs three orchestral transcriptions of works by master composers Beethoven, Chopin, and Smetana. In 1910, the last year of his life, composer Mily Balakirev transcribed four pieces into an orchestral suite to celebrate the centenary of Chopin’s birth. To honor another centenary in 1927, that of Beethoven’s death, Austrian conductor and composer Felix Weingartner was moved to make a full orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, the Hammerklavier. While teaching composition at Mannes College of Music in 1940, acclaimed conductor George Szell created an orchestral transcription of Smetana’s E-minor String Quartet, From My Life. Hear this program at the Fisher Center just days before TŌN performs it at Carnegie Hall.
Sponsored by: The Orchestra Now.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/transcription-as-translation/.
The Search for Power
Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish
Sunday, February 9, 2025
6–7 pm
CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of ArtAll live performances of The Search for Power (February 1–3 and 7–9 at 6 pm) are sold out. To join the waitlist, please arrive in-person in the lobby of the Hessel Museum one hour prior to the performance (5 pm).
Experience The Search for Power as an open installation, on view from February 1–23. No ticket or reservation is required.
On a night with a sudden electricity outage in their Beirut neighborhood, the artist and her historian husband discussed the history of power cuts in Lebanon. Born during the Lebanese Civil War, the artist had grown up with the understanding that the problem with electricity in Lebanon began during the war. The historian, however, recalled finding a government document dated 1952 that announced scheduled electricity outages across Beirut. The two decided to research the history of power outages in Lebanon, delving into the intersection between public utilities infrastructure, people’s relationship to the state, and various popular mobilizations to shape both.
In time, they reach as far back as the introduction of electricity in Beirut before it was even possible to imagine a Lebanese state. In space, they collect documents across Lebanon and beyond its borders, visiting the archives of colonial powers: Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. What they find is a transnational story that locates electricity at the intersection of colonial legacies, the machinations of political and economic elites, and everyday acts of resistance, survival, and sabotage.
The Search for Power is an interactive installation and a lecture performance featuring the artist, the historian, and the audience.
Photo by Elina Giounanli/Onassis Stegi
Sponsored by: Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard); Fisher Center LAB.For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/the-search-for-power/.
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, February 10, 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, February 10, 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].
Meditation Group
Monday, February 10, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Monday, February 10, 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].
Transcription as Translation
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
7–9:20 pm
Carnegie Hall in NYCTŌN performs three orchestral transcriptions of works by master composers Beethoven, Chopin, and Smetana.
In 1910, the last year of his life, composer Mily Balakirev transcribed four pieces into an orchestral suite to celebrate the centenary of Chopin’s birth. To honor another centenary in 1927, that of Beethoven’s death, Austrian conductor and composer Felix Weingartner was moved to make a full orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, the Hammerklavier. And while teaching composition at Mannes College of Music in 1940, acclaimed conductor George Szell created an orchestral transcription of Smetana’s E-minor String Quartet, From My Life.
Tickets and info at ton.bard.edu/events/translation/
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
7–8 pm
Online EventBard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Join us on Tuesday, February 11, 2024 at 7:00pm ET to learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Register here!
WHAT WE COVER:
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Alumni success and career outcomes
- Admissions information
- Financial aid and scholarships
- Prerequisite course information
- Tips for a standout application
REGISTER HERESponsored by: Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Bard Graduate Programs; Bard MBA in Sustainability.
For more information, call 845-663-4197, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://gpsresources.bard.edu/online-info-session-feb-11-2025.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Vocal Arts Residency Presents "Liebeslieder," featuring guest artists Martha Guth, soprano and Sholto Kynoch, piano
Students and faculty of the Conservatory and Music Programs join forces with two featured guest artists, soprano Martha Guth and pianist Sholto Kynoch, to perform lively songs and ensembles by Clara and Robert Schumann, Fanny Hensel, Pauline Viardot, Franz Lachner, and Johannes Brahms.
Featured faculty include Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Stephanie Blythe, Teresa Buchholz, Rufus Müller, Tyler Duncan, Kayo Iwama, and Erika Switzer.
This performance is part of the Vocal Arts Residency.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
1:30 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, February 13, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Thursday, February 13, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Meditation Group
Thursday, February 13, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Open Classroom
Thursday, February 13, 2025
6:30–8 pm
SR 8, Platanenstrasse 24, 13156 BerlinOpen Classroom allows people to experience university-level courses taught at Bard College Berlin in an informal setting that is open to everyone. It also aims to engage students to share the knowledge gained in the courses they attend as a part of their curriculum. Takes place every Thursday.
Register online here. Walk-ins are also welcome.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, February 13, 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].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, February 14, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Friday, February 14, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
The Virtual Reading Group
Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, February 14, 2025
1–2:30 pm
Online EventWe finish discussing Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, Hannah Arendt shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future.
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 and learn what we're reading next here: hac.bard.edu/programs/vrg/
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.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, February 15, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Saturday, February 15, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Fall Transfer Application Deadline
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Online EventBard College Berlin accepts applications for transfer to the BA degree programs in Fall 2025. The deadline for applying is February 15, 2025, at 23:59 in your time zone.
Eligible applicants for transfer are students who have completed at least one semester of university by the time of their expected enrollment at BCB. For more information on eligibility and application requirements, please refer to our application requirements for transfer.
Should you have any questions about your application for admission and/or financial aid at BCB, please do not hesitate to reach out to the BCB Admissions Team at [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your application!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://berlin.bard.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/application-requirements/.
Making the Scene: German Opera
Join the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program with members of the Collaborative Piano Fellowship as they present self-directed opera scenes from German Opera Theater. Featuring works by Humperdinck, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Weber, Flotow, and Weill.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
7 pm
Olin HallFree and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music; Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
For more information, call 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, February 16, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Sunday, February 16, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, February 16, 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, February 16, 2025
12 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, February 17, 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, February 17, 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].
Meditation Group
Monday, February 17, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Monday, February 17, 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].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Thursday, February 20, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Thursday, February 20, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Meditation Group
Thursday, February 20, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Open Classroom
Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:30–8 pm
SR 8, Platanenstrasse 24, 13156 BerlinOpen Classroom allows people to experience university-level courses taught at Bard College Berlin in an informal setting that is open to everyone. It also aims to engage students to share the knowledge gained in the courses they attend as a part of their curriculum. Takes place every Thursday.
Register online here. Walk-ins are also welcome.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, February 20, 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].
Intellectuals and Culture in the Time of Monsters: A Conversation with Yassin al-Haj Saleh
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7–9 pm
W15 Cafe at Bard College Berlin (Waldstrasse 15, 13156)What can and should intellectuals do in times of fundamental transformation, when “monsters” rule and fall, when genocide is rampant but dictatorships surprisingly collapse? We will discuss this question with speaker Yassin al-Haj Saleh.
He will have returned from Syria where he currently spends time to celebrate the liberation from the Assad regime with the Syrian people, to visit the former sites of his political struggle after an 11-year absence, and to support the transformation with all its risks and uncertainties. Recent events in Syria will certainly figure prominently in the conversation; it will also address the issue of Israel's role in the region, and the part the EU can still play in Syria's democratic development.
The conversation will be conducted by BCB’s alum and staff member Hesham Moadami and BCB senior student Ahmad Mustafa. The event will be followed by a reception.
Please register here.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Friday, February 21, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Friday, February 21, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Hannah Arendt, Unknown: Symposium
Friday, February 21, 2025
9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 204A one-day conference on The Critical Hannah Arendt Edition and The Life of the Mind.
The Critical Edition of Hannah Arendt’s Complete Works presents a vital new view of this eminent political thinker. For the first time, all of Hannah Arendt’s published and unpublished works are being made available in a philologically reliable scholarly edition with critical commentary. Two additional features make this edition distinct: Arendt wrote and published nearly all of her books and essays in English and in German; this fundamental multilingualism can now be fully taken into account by future Arendt scholarship. Further, the Critical Edition is designed as an innovative hybrid project, appearing both in print as books and in an open access web portal enabling new technologically supported textual analyses. Over two days of celebration, presentation, and discussion, the audience will be invited to learn about the new edition, to consider the place of editorial scholarship in academic and intellectual life, and to discover together this unknown Arendt.
The Life of the Mind was 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. In this symposium, the editors will introduce this groundbreaking edition, offer three points of entry into the material, and invite the audience to join in a wide-ranging discussion about The Life of the Mind and its urgent contemporary import.
Open to the public.Sponsored by: German Studies Program; Hannah Arendt Center.
For more information, call 845-758-6822.
Faculty Lecture-Recital: Raymond Erickson, piano
Improvising in Classic and Early Romantic Styles
Friday, February 21, 2025
4 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceRaymond Erickson is a musician-scholar of unusual breadth. He has travelled the world as a performer on both piano and harpsichord (with improvisations often integrated into his programs) and has made significant contributions as a musical historian in fields as diverse as computer applications in music, medieval music theory, Schubert, and Bach. For almost forty years he was on the faculty of Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, serving as founding Director of the Aaron Copland School of Music and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the College and as the principal teacher of historical performance practices at the Graduate Center.
Upon his retirement, he and his wife moved to Rhinecliff; he has since become a regular instructor in Bard's Lifelong Learning Institute as well Artist-in-Residence at the Conservatory. Erickson has four books to his credit and for many years directed, in both New York and Japan, "Rethinking Bach: A Workshop for Performers." His current research focuses on the performing history of Bach's iconic Ciaccona for unaccompanied violin, on which he has published several articles and produced two videos (one with a performance by Bard alumna and faculty member Luosha Fang). His honors include election as an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa, and decoration with the Federal Service Cross, First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Free and open to the public.Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.
Spring Dance Concert
Friday, February 21, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by Bard students, assisted by professional lighting and costume designers, this concert gives students a chance to explore new territory in dance-making. Dances are presented in partial fulfillment for acceptance into the Dance Program.
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-dance-concert-2/.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Saturday, February 22, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Saturday, February 22, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Spring Dance Concert
Saturday, February 22, 2025
2–3 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by Bard students, assisted by professional lighting and costume designers, this concert gives students a chance to explore new territory in dance-making. Dances are presented in partial fulfillment for acceptance into the Dance Program.
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-dance-concert-2/.
Spring Dance Concert
Saturday, February 22, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by Bard students, assisted by professional lighting and costume designers, this concert gives students a chance to explore new territory in dance-making. Dances are presented in partial fulfillment for acceptance into the Dance Program.
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-dance-concert-2/.
The Message Is the Medium: Terry Adkins and Ja’Tovia Gary
Sunday, February 23, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
Hessel Museum Entry GalleryOrganized as part of Black History Month at Bard College and co-curated by Aliyah Hyman (Bard ‘27) and Tom Eccles, The Message Is the Medium presents two recent acquisitions from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Terry Adkins (1953-2014) and Ja’Tovia Gary (b.1984).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/845-the-message-is-the-medium-terry-adkins-and-ja-tovia-gary.
XIII: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Sunday, February 23, 2025
11 am – 5 pm
CCS Bard Entry GalleryXIII includes works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection by Leidy Churchman, Kayode Ojo, and Catherine Opie.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/878-xiii.
Christian/Episcopal Service
Sunday, February 23, 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, February 23, 2025
12 pm
Chapel of the Holy InnocentsCatholic Mass will be available at noon in the Holy Innocents Chapel. All are welcome!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Spring Dance Concert
Sunday, February 23, 2025
2–3 pm
Fisher Center, LUMA TheaterChoreographed and performed by Bard students, assisted by professional lighting and costume designers, this concert gives students a chance to explore new territory in dance-making. Dances are presented in partial fulfillment for acceptance into the Dance Program.
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-dance-concert-2/.
Hebrew Language Table
Monday, February 24, 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, February 24, 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].
Meditation Group
Monday, February 24, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Monday, February 24, 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].
Noon Concert Series
An hour-long program of short performances by Bard Conservatory students.
Monday, February 24, 2025
12 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 845-758-7196, or e-mail [email protected].
Meditation Group
Thursday, February 27, 2025
6–7 pm
Center for Spiritual Life Buddhist Meditation RoomMonday & Thursday 6-7 pm. Afterwards there will be a sangha gathering with refreshments. All are welcome!Sponsored by: Chaplaincy.
For more information, call 845-752-4619, or e-mail [email protected].
Open Classroom
Thursday, February 27, 2025
6:30–8 pm
SR 8, Platanenstrasse 24, 13156 BerlinOpen Classroom allows people to experience university-level courses taught at Bard College Berlin in an informal setting that is open to everyone. It also aims to engage students to share the knowledge gained in the courses they attend as a part of their curriculum. Takes place every Thursday.
Register online here. Walk-ins are also welcome.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Guided Meditation
Mondays and Thursdays 6pm
Thursday, February 27, 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].
Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media
Andrew Campana, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Thursday, February 27, 2025
5–6:30 pm
Olin Humanities, Room 102This talk will draw from the just-published book, Expanding Verse, and look at experimental poetic practice in Japan over the last hundred years, focusing on poetry in engagement with cinema in the 1920s and Augmented Reality poetry in the 2010s. Drawing together approaches from literary, media, and disability studies, we will consider how poets push back against the new media technologies of their day, find new possibilities at the edge of media, and in so doing challenge dominant conceptions of both who counts as a poet, and what counts as poetry.Sponsored by: Asian Studies, BTTI, the Division of Languages & Literature, Experimental Humanities, Japanese, and Literature present.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
SIGNS, GAMES, AND MESSAGES 2025: A KURTÁG FESTIVAL
Program One:
Bartók and Kurtág
Friday, February 28, 2025
7 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance SpaceProgram One:
Bartók and Kurtág
Hiromi Kikuchi, violin and Ken Hakii, viola
The opening night concert for this year's Kurtág Festival. Works by Kurtág and Bartók.
This annual three-day festival celebrates the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926) alongside works by those who shaped or were shaped by his artistry, fostering a timeless, open-ended dialogue between composers, musicians and styles.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLICSponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Spring Benefit: T?N + ABT Studio Company
Friday, February 28, 2025
7:30–8:30 pm
Fisher Center, Sosnoff TheaterCharles Barker conductor
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Two of New York’s finest artistic training programs join forces as the talented graduate musicians of TŌN welcome the exceptional dancers of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to the Fisher Center at Bard. Enjoy works by George Balanchine, Kevin McKenzie, Gerald Arpino, and others set to music by Verdi, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and more performed live by a full symphony orchestra.
All proceeds support TŌN’s innovative graduate program that is training the next generation of music professionals to become creative ambassadors for classical music, offering students a full-tuition fellowship and stipend.
For more information, call 845-758-7900, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/spring-benefit-ton-abt-studio-company/.