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Events for October 2019

Racism and Antisemitism: Hannah Arendt Center Annual Fall Conference 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019 – Friday, October 11, 2019
Olin Humanities Building, 10 am – 6 pm
Yom Kippur Services: All are welcome to attend
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Center For Spiritual Life, Resnick Commons A, 10 am – 8 pm
Patagonia Worn Wear College Tour at Bard College: Sponsored by the Bard MBA in Sustainability | Co-sponsored by the Bard Office of Sustainability and Experimental Humanities Program
Monday, September 30, 2019 – Tuesday, October 1, 2019
1–6 pm
The New Greek Renaissance: Mary Norris, American author, writer, and copy editor for the New Yorker
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 5–6:30 pm
A Way Forward in Syria?  The Report of the Syria Study Group: Ambassador Frederic Hof
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 5:30–7 pm
CMIA – Masterworks of Japanese Cinema
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
Fall Break
Monday, October 14, 2019 – Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Bard College Campus
Family & Alumni/ae Weekend
Friday, October 25, 2019 – Sunday, October 27, 2019
Bard College Campus
Men's Soccer Match
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
7–9 pm
CMIA - Austrian silent film with new score by Donald Sosin and Alicia Svigals
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–10 pm
Making the Buddha: The Origin and Development of the Buddha's Image: Robert DeCaroli, Director of the MA Program in Art History Professor, George Mason University
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 11:50 am – 1 pm
If Butterflies Could Speak! : Alexis Gambis, ’03 New York University
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
The Cultural Politics of Translation and the Nahda in Egypt: Samah Selim, Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Rutgers University    
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 6–8 pm
A Reading by Jerome Rothenberg
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7:30–8:30 pm
The Cosmic Microwave Background: Physics and History: Bruce Partridge, Haverford College
Friday, October 4, 2019
Hegeman 107, 12–1 pm
Women's Volleyball Matches
Saturday, October 5, 2019
11 am – 5 pm
Women's Soccer Match
Saturday, October 5, 2019
1–3 pm
Women's Tennis Match
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Stevenson Athletic Center, Tennis Courts, 11 am – 2 pm
Blessing of the Animals
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 2–3 pm
BGIA Alumni/ae Panel & Info Session
Monday, October 7, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30–6:30 pm
Public Debate - Should the US Prison System be Abolished or Reformed?
Monday, October 7, 2019
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 7–8 pm
Reading: Geneva Zane ’18
Monday, October 7, 2019
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, 7–8 pm
Noon Concert: Works for Piano, Violin, and Voice by Chopin, J.S. Bach, Sibelius, and Charles Ives: An hour-long performance by Conservatory students featuring a violin concerto by Sibelius, songs by Charles Ives and J.S. Bach for countertenor, and Chopin's Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante for piano.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 12–1 pm
Experimental Humanities Open House
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
New Annandale House, 3:30–6 pm
Flexible Bioelectronics on a Thread: Sensors, Microfluidics, Electronics and Drug Delivery: Dr. Sameer Sonkusale Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
RKC 122, 4–6 pm
From Human Sacrifices to Deism: Dismantling Myths of Prehispanic Mexico: A Lecture by Maestro Akaxe Yotzin
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 5–6:30 pm
CMIA – The Indian New Wave
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
CMIA - Montage
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11 pm
The Ars Nova production of Underground Railroad Game: by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Directed by Taibi Magar Produced by Octopus Theatricals
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
Disease at the Edge of Species Distributions: Anther-smut Fungi of Wild Carnations: Michael Hood, Amherst College
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Isabella Tree: author of Wilding: The Return of Nature to Our Farm  winner of the 2019 Richard Jefferies Prize for Nature Writing and chosen by Smithsonian as a top ten science book for 2018
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 5–7 pm
Sodomite, Gay, Queer, Trans: A 14th-Century Document and Its Afterlives: Carolyn Dinshaw, Dean for the Humanities, Silver Professor; Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and English, New York University
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 5–6:30 pm
In Small Places Close to Home
Thursday, October 10, 2019
3rd floor of the Watts dePeyster Hall, Village of Tivoli, 5:30–7:30 pm
The Ars Nova production of Underground Railroad Game: by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Directed by Taibi Magar Produced by Octopus Theatricals
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
Saw Kill Water Sampling
Friday, October 11, 2019
Saw Kill, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
New Horizons in Cosmology: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics: Bard Physics Program Faculty
Friday, October 11, 2019
Hegeman 107, 12–1 pm
Women's Volleyball Match
Friday, October 11, 2019
7–9 pm
The Ars Nova production of Underground Railroad Game: by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Directed by Taibi Magar Produced by Octopus Theatricals
Friday, October 11, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
2019 Fall Open House for Prospective Students and Their Families
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center, 9 am – 4 pm
Citizens' Climate Lobby with Students for Carbon Dividends: Monthly Meeting of the Citizens' Climate Lobby Mid Hudson Chapter
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Olin Language Center, 12–2:30 pm
Men's Soccer Match
Saturday, October 12, 2019
2–4 pm
Women's Volleyball Match
Saturday, October 12, 2019
2–4 pm
Visiting Artists: Cong Quartet Francis Chik, violin; Sally Law, violin; Caleb Wong, viola; Yan-Ho Cheng, cello Performing works by Dvořák, J. Leifs, A. Wong, and Caroline Shaw
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 6–8 pm
The Ars Nova production of Underground Railroad Game: by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard with Lightning Rod Special Directed by Taibi Magar Produced by Octopus Theatricals
Saturday, October 12, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
CMIA – The Fifth Generation
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
National Climate Seminar: How Solar Inspires Business: Elysa Hammond | VP for Environmental Stewardship | Clif Bar
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Online, 12–1 pm
Women's Volleyball Match
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
7–9 pm
CMIA - Italian silent film with new score by John La Barbera
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–10 pm
Energetic Mechanisms for Coping with Environmental Change: Sonya Auer, Williams College
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Are We All in this Together? Generalized Prejudice Theory and Stigma Experiences   : Diana Sanchez ’00 Rutgers University
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Preston Theater, 4:45–6 pm
Words Forever Young: Russian Avant-Garde Poetry in Translation
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30–7 pm
Coding ++ Live Coding: Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo & Kate Sicchio   
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Blum Hall, 6–8 pm
Electronic Music Concert, in collaboration with Experimental Humanities and Computer Science: Visiting Artists: Codie (Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo and Kate Sicchio)
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Blum Hall, 6–8 pm
The Promise for Sustainability in Employee Activism: Join diversity & inclusion expert Jennifer Brown for a conversation about how workplace activism has the potential to meet sustainability goals.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
LMHQ, 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, NYC, 6:30–8:30 pm
A Model for Quantum Geometro-Dynamics: On the Road to Quantum Gravity: Aldo Riello • Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Friday, October 18, 2019
Hegeman 107, 12–1 pm
Men's Soccer Match
Friday, October 18, 2019
4–6 pm
Men's & Women's Swim Meet
Friday, October 18, 2019
6–9 pm
CMIA - French Comic Masterpieces
Friday, October 18, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 6–11 pm
2019 Drawdown Learn Conference Live Online: Connect, learn, and help chart a path forward for solutions-based climate change education and action in your school or community.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Preston, 9 am – 5:30 pm
Men's Soccer Match
Saturday, October 19, 2019
2–4 pm
Decolonized Feast: *Free, food is first-come first-serve
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Bard Farm, 2–4 pm
Reception for "Fruiting Bodies: The Mycological Passions of John Cage and Violetta White Delafield
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Library, 5:30–6:30 pm
Cumbia de mi corazón: La Voz and iD Studio Theatre present a Spanish-language musical play with English subtitles.
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Chapel of the Holy Innocents, 7:30–9 pm
Sibelius and Shostakovich
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8 pm
Bard MBA in Sustainability: October Residency Visit: Join Us to experience the Bard MBA program in action!
Sunday, October 20, 2019
LMHQ 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10038, 12–6 pm
Sibelius and Shostakovich
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 2 pm
College Behind Bars: Special Preview of the New Documentary
Monday, October 21, 2019
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 5 pm
From Voter Suppression to the Census: A Decade of Fighting for Voting Rights: Dale Ho, ACLU Voting Rights Project Director
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 201, 4:45–6:15 pm
CMIA – Taiwanese New Wave
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
Speaker Series: Will Rawls – Cursor
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Hessel Museum of Art, Gallery 3, 5–7 pm
CMIA - The Arrival of Sound
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11 pm
Speaker Series: Prem Krishnamurthy - "Endless Archive (Part II)"
Thursday, October 24, 2019
CCS - Collection Teaching Gallery, 3–5 pm
Eli Weinstein Moderation Concert
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Blum Hall, 7–9 pm
Promenade
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
Jacob Neusner Memorial Lecture in Jewish and Religious Studies: Professor Moshe Halbertal NYU & Hebrew University
Thursday, October 24, 2019
at 4:45pm in Olin 102 & Sunday, October 27th at 7PM at The Sixth Street Community Synagogue
I Work with Magnets: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of High-temperature Superconductors: Ingrid Stolt Bard class of 2015, Northwestern University
Friday, October 25, 2019
Hegeman 107, 12–1 pm
Women's Volleyball Match
Friday, October 25, 2019
4–6 pm
Summer Research Poster Session
Friday, October 25, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center, 4–6 pm
Promenade
Friday, October 25, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
Moderation Papers Due
Friday, October 25, 2019
Bard College Campus
Montgomery Place Garden Tour
Saturday, October 26, 2019
The Montgomery Place Campus, 9:15–11 am
Montgomery Place Grounds Tour
Saturday, October 26, 2019
The Montgomery Place Campus, 11:15 am – 12 pm
Promenade
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2 pm
Women's Soccer Match
Saturday, October 26, 2019
2–4 pm
Faculty-Student Roundtable: Trump and American Foreign Policy
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Olin Hall, 2–3 pm
Promenade
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30 pm
Bard Conservatory Orchestra Family Weekend Concert
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8 pm
Promenade
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 4 pm
ISO Cultural Show
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–9 pm
Why are some kinds historical and others not?: Laura Franklin-Hall Associate Professor of Philosophy, NYU
Monday, October 28, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 102, 4:45–6:30 pm
Ending the Endless War: The Costs of War Project and Activist Scholarship: Stephanie Savell Co-Director, The Costs of War Project
Monday, October 28, 2019
Hegeman 204A, 5:30–7 pm
Learning Politics with Art: Lessons from Curation under Occupation: Kirsten Scheid, American University of Beirut / Clark Art Institute
Monday, October 28, 2019
Olin Humanities, Room 202, 6–8 pm
A Reading by Peter Orner: The Bard Fiction Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner reads from Maggie Brown & Others
Monday, October 28, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 6:30–7:30 pm
Noon Concert: An hour-long concert performed by Conservatory students. 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 12–1 pm
The (R)evolution of Indigenous Food Systems of North America : Presented in association with Oblong Books & Music and Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability  
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 5 pm
Baseera Khan Artist Talk: POSTPONED: Artist Visit
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Fisher Studio Arts Building, 5–6 pm
CMIA – Cinema of Hong Kong
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11:55 pm
What is Brexit?
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 7:30–9 pm
 Degree Recital: Jonathan Collazo, marimba "Colors, Shades, and Textures": Works by Luke Haaksma '21, Jacob Drucker, Steven Mackey, and Joan Tower
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 8–9:30 pm
CMIA - Annus Mirabilis
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7–11 pm
The Jefferson Project: Integrating Science and Technology for Enduring Lake Protection: Rick Relyea, Director, The Jefferson Project Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 12–1 pm
Conservatory Concerto Competition: Vocal Arts Preliminary Round: Students in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program audition for the Concerto Competition Final Round.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Bitó Conservatory Building, 7–9 pm

Ongoing Events:

The Gilded Garden: Historic Ornament in the Landscape at Montgomery Place: An exhibit of decorative garden ornaments from the extensive Montgomery Place collection
Friday, May 24, 2019 – Saturday, October 12, 2019
Montgomery Place Mansion Tours
Saturday, June 1, 2019 – Saturday, October 12, 2019
CCS Exhibition: Leidy Churchman: Crocodile
Saturday, June 22, 2019 – Sunday, October 13, 2019
CCS Exhibition: Nil Yalter: Exile Is a Hard Job
Saturday, June 22, 2019 – Sunday, October 13, 2019
CCS Exhibition: Acting Out: Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Saturday, June 22, 2019 – Sunday, October 13, 2019
Christian Services
Sunday, September 1, 2019 – Sunday, March 15, 2020
Shabbat
Monday, September 2, 2019 – Sunday, March 15, 2020
Meditation Group
Monday, September 2, 2019 – Sunday, March 15, 2020
Meditation Group
Thursday, September 5, 2019 – Sunday, March 15, 2020
Fruiting Bodies: The Mycological Passions of John Cage (1912–1992) and Violetta White Delafield (1875–1949)
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – Sunday, December 1, 2019
The Institute of Advanced Theology Pre-Advent Lecture Series with Bruce Chilton: Prophetic Thinking—Ancient Israel
Friday, October 4, 2019 – Saturday, November 2, 2019
Biennial Special Events: Where No Wall Remains An International Festival About Borders
Saturday, October 19, 2019 – Saturday, November 23, 2019


all events are subject to change
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