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Events for April 2026

Virtual Lunchtime Talk: Bard's Spring Landscape: Part III: Bark, Berries, Buds and Branches
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Online Event, 12–12:30 pm
Advising Days
Monday, April 27, 2026 – Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Bard College Campus
The Antipodes  : Bard College Theater & Performance Program Presents  Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College
Friday, April 17, 2026 – Sunday, April 19, 2026
LUMA THEATER
Graduate Degree Recital: Eric Evans, trumpet
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12 pm
Oppian: On Fishing
Friday, April 10, 2026
Olin Humanities, Room 205, 3 pm
Campus-Wide Spring Clean-Up
Friday, April 10, 2026
Stevenson Athletic Center, 4–5:30 pm
Faculty Recital: Isabelle O'Connell, Piano 
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8 pm
Viola Studio Recital: Featuring the students of Luosha Fang, Melissa Reardon, Marka Gustavsson and Caeli Smith.
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bard Hall, 7 pm
Hazel Cash Senior Concert
Friday, April 10, 2026
The Old Gym, 7:30–8:30 pm
Hazel Cash Senior Concert 
Saturday, April 11, 2026
The Old Gym, 1–2 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Ryan Michki, tenor: “Unthinkable Tenderness”
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #2
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Fisher Studio Art Building, 4–7 pm
Reflections and Refractions: A Sonic Kaleidoscope: A graduate conducting program degree recital with The Orchestra Now
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8–10 pm
Hazel Cash Senior Concert
Sunday, April 12, 2026
The Old Gym, 1–2 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Adelaide Braunhill, bassoon
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Olin Hall, 1–2:30 pm
Music Alive!
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 pm
Third Year Recital: Alex Cunningham, tenor
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Olin Hall, 5–6 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Garrick Neuner, baritone: “Did you make it home, woman of God?”
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
Noon Concert Series
Monday, April 13, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12–1 pm
CMIA - The Godfather, Part II
Monday, April 13, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–10:55 pm
B. Ingrid Olsen: The Photography Program Presents: B. Ingrid Olsen
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 6–6 pm
Bard GPS - Online Information Session
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Online Event, 7–8 pm
Faculty Spotlight Series: Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano and Kayo Iwama, piano
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7 pm
Jack Martin Moderation Concert
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Blum Hall, 7–8 pm
CMIA - Chiaroscuro
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:55 pm
Tamara Aupaumut 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5–6:10 pm
Black Poetry in Times of Crisis: A Reading and Conversation with Kevin Young and Evie Shockley
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Stevenson Library, 6 pm
Richard Gordon Jazz Series Featuring:  : Sara Serpa, voice featuring André Matos, guitar & Larry Grenadier, bass
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7:30–9 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Xiaoyan Luo, pipa
Friday, April 17, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
DaCapo Student Composers
Friday, April 17, 2026
Bard Hall, 6–7:30 pm
The Antipodes
Friday, April 17, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
The Antipodes
Friday, April 17, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
The Antipodes
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm
The Antipodes
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 2–3 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Massena Exhibition #2
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Massena Campus, 3–6 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #3
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Studio Art Building, 4–7 pm
Tan Dun Conducts
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm
The Antipodes
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
The Antipodes
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Sophia Cornicello, piano
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7:30–9 pm
Nur Refai Senior Concert
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Bard Hall, 2–3:30 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Dennis O'Keefe, percussion: “Le Tambour Français”
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 pm
The Antipodes
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 4–5 pm
The Antipodes
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 4–5 pm
Rome's Jewish Queen: the Story of Berenice: Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Director, Institute of Advanced Theology
Monday, April 20, 2026
Bard Hall, 12:30–1:30 pm
Bard College Community Orchestra
Monday, April 20, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm
CMIA - The Mirror
Monday, April 20, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–9 pm
A Reading by French Poet Marie de Quatrebarbes: Followed by a Conversation with her Translator, Aiden Farrell
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30 pm
Regine Samuels moderation concert  
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Blum Hall, 6–7:30 pm
CMIA - Digital Color
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:55 pm
Helena Baillie Violin Studio Recital
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Bard Hall, 6–7 pm
Jacob Ferris Senior Concert
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Blum Hall, 7–8:30 pm
Verdant Vision: The Future of Blithewood Garden: With Tom Stuart-Smith
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Blithewood, 3–5 pm
Militant Non-Violence with Uday Singh Mehta: The 4th Annual De Gruyter-Arendt Center Lecture in Political Thinking
Thursday, April 23, 2026
North Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 5–6:45 pm
Anthony Lester Fellows in Human Rights
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5–7 pm
Revisiting “On Violence”: Political Power and Non-violent Struggle: Spring 2026 Hannah Arendt Center Conference and De Gruyter-Arendt Center Lecture in Political Thinking
Friday, April 24, 2026
Various Campus Locations, 9 am – 3:30 pm
April Conference
Friday, April 24, 2026
Hybrid Event, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Workshop on Dialogue and Deliberation: Advocating For Democracy
Friday, April 24, 2026
Arendt Center, 2–5 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Fisher Galleries #4
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Fisher Studio Art Building, 4–7 pm
Bard Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–9 pm
Rodrigo Sanchez-Menchen Moderation Concert  
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Bard Hall, 7–8 pm
Noon Concert Series
Monday, April 27, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12–1 pm
The Keith Haring Lecture in Art and Activism: Carlos Motta
Monday, April 27, 2026
CCS Bard, Classroom 102, 5–7 pm
The American Revolution: A Screening and Panel Discussion
Monday, April 27, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 5–6:45 pm
Nico Bald Moderation Concert
Monday, April 27, 2026
Blum Hall, 6:30–7:30 pm
Bard College Orchestra spring concert
Monday, April 27, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage, 7–8:30 pm
Jascha Stern moderation concert  
Monday, April 27, 2026
Blum N211, the Jazz room, 7:45–8:30 pm
CMIA - Animation
Monday, April 27, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 9–11:30 pm
CMIA - TBA
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30 pm
Duncan Smith moderation concert
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Blum N211, the Jazz room, 8–9 pm
Gus Hildebrand Senior Concert
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Blum Hall, 8–8:30 pm
Sonny Taylor Senior Concert
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Blum Hall, 8:45–9:30 pm
Senior Projects Due (5:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Bard College Campus
Sivaan Barak Saacks moderation concert  
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Bard Hall, 6–7:30 pm
2026 Faculty Dance Concert
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm
Luca Barendsen-Rossi senior concert
Thursday, April 30, 2026
The Jazz Room, Blum N211, 7:30–8:30 pm
2026 Faculty Dance Concert
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, 7:30–8:30 pm

Ongoing Events:

Christian/Episcopal Sunday Service: Church of St. John the Evangelist, 1114 River Road, Barrytown
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Saturday, May 16, 2026
Sunday Mass
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Sunday, May 17, 2026
La Voz weekly meeting / La Voz reunión semanal: Every Monday during the semester, 3:30 – 4:30 PM EDT | La Voz: Weekly Meeting for Aspiring Journalists and Volunteers — Learn, Write, and Contribute to Spanish-Language Journalism on Latino Communities and Activism.
Monday, February 9, 2026 – Monday, May 25, 2026
Virtual Reading Group
Friday, April 3, 2026 – Friday, April 17, 2026
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions
Saturday, April 4, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026


all events are subject to change
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