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
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Online Event, 12–12:30 pm
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
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
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 12 pm
Faculty Recital: Isabelle O'Connell, Piano
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8 pm
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
Friday, April 10, 2026
Bard Hall, 7 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Ryan Michki, tenor: “Unthinkable Tenderness”
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 4–5:30 pm
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
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
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 8–10 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Adelaide Braunhill, bassoon
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Olin Hall, 1–2:30 pm
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Olin Hall, 1–2:30 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
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7–8:30 pm
B. Ingrid Olsen: The Photography Program Presents: B. Ingrid Olsen
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 6–6 pm
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, 6–6 pm
Faculty Spotlight Series: Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano and Kayo Iwama, piano
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7 pm
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7 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
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
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
Friday, April 17, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 1–2:30 pm
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Massena Exhibition #2
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Massena Campus, 3–6 pm
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
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Fisher Studio Art Building, 4–7 pm
Undergraduate Degree Recital: Sophia Cornicello, piano
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7:30–9 pm
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 7:30–9 pm
Graduate Degree Recital: Dennis O'Keefe, percussion: “Le Tambour Français”
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 pm
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space, 2–3:30 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
Monday, April 20, 2026
Bard Hall, 12:30–1:30 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
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium, 5:30 pm
Verdant Vision: The Future of Blithewood Garden: With Tom Stuart-Smith
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Blithewood, 3–5 pm
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
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
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
Friday, April 24, 2026
Various Campus Locations, 9 am – 3:30 pm
Workshop on Dialogue and Deliberation: Advocating For Democracy
Friday, April 24, 2026
Arendt Center, 2–5 pm
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
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
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–9 pm
The Keith Haring Lecture in Art and Activism: Carlos Motta
Monday, April 27, 2026
CCS Bard, Classroom 102, 5–7 pm
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
Monday, April 27, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 5–6:45 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, September 7, 2025 – Saturday, May 16, 2026
Sunday Mass
Sunday, September 7, 2025 – Sunday, May 17, 2026
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
Monday, February 9, 2026 – Monday, May 25, 2026
Virtual Reading Group
Friday, April 3, 2026 – Friday, April 17, 2026
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
Saturday, April 4, 2026 – Sunday, May 24, 2026
all events are subject to change