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Events for August 2025

Transfer Student Language and Thinking Program
Monday, August 25, 2025 – Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Bard College Campus, 9 am – 3:30 pm

Dalibor: by Bedřich Smetana
Friday, August 1, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 4–7 pm

Juno Birch: The Probed Tour
Friday, August 1, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

Jackie & Jan’s Joyride!: Jackie Cox and Jan Sport
Friday, August 1, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

After Hours at the Spiegeltent
Friday, August 1, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10 pm – 1 am

Matriculation Days - Advising and Class Registration for New First-Year and Transfer Students
Thursday, August 28, 2025 – Friday, August 29, 2025
Bard College Campus

Juno Birch: The Probed Tour
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

Jackie & Jan’s Joyride!: Jackie Cox and Jan Sport
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

La Guelaguetza de Poughkeepsie 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Waryas Park, 1 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY12601, 12–7 pm

Dalibor: by Bedřich Smetana
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 2–5 pm

Summertime Swing!: with Danny Lipsitz and the Brass Tacks and Got2Lindy Dance Studios
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 6–10 pm

Old Growth Forest Walk
Monday, August 4, 2025
Montgomery Place Estate, 12:30–1:30 pm

Levy Graduate Programs in Economics Info Session: Learn more about applying to Levy with Thomas Masterson, graduate program director, and Tyler Emerson, outreach and recruitment liaison.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Online Event, 12–1 pm

Brittany & Natalie Haas: Bluegrass on Hudson
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 7–8 pm

Arrival Day, Check-in, and Financial Clearance for all other new First-Year Students
Friday, August 8, 2025
Reem-Kayden Center, 9 am – 2 pm

Bard Music Festival Opening Night Social
Friday, August 8, 2025
Manor House, 5–6:30 pm

Program One • A Career Beyond Borders
Friday, August 8, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Stella Cole
Friday, August 8, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Panel One • Why Martin?: Understanding Classical Music, Past and Future
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Olin Hall, 10–11 am

Program Two • The French Connection
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Olin Hall, 1:30–2:30 pm

Program Three • Music and Freedom
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Program Four • Martin?’s Distinctive Voice
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Olin Hall, 11 am – 12 pm

Program Five • From Paris to New York
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 3–4 pm

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 6–7 pm

Program Six • The Spiritual Quest
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 7–8 pm

Chris Eldridge & Kristin Andreassen: Bluegrass on Hudson
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 7–8 pm

Program Six • The Spiritual Quest
Friday, August 15, 2025
Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 3–4 pm

Program Seven • Faith and Folklore
Friday, August 15, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Queen Bitch: John Cameron Mitchell Sings David Bowie: With Special Guest Shannon Conley
Friday, August 15, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Friday, August 15, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Panel Two • Music and Politics: From the Multinational Empire to Contemporary Populism and Autocracy
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Olin Hall, 10–11 am

Program Eight • Tradition and Innovation
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Olin Hall, 1:30–2:30 pm

Summer Soirée
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Blithewood, 3:30–4:30 pm

Program Nine • The Epic Power of Tradition
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Queen Bitch: John Cameron Mitchell Sings David Bowie: With Special Guest Shannon Conley
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2025
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Program Ten • Martin?’s Legacy
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Olin Hall, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Program Eleven • The Opera of Dreams: Martin?’s “Julietta”
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 3–4 pm

Night Out With the Tri-City ValleyCats
Thursday, August 21, 2025
6:30 pm

Arrival Day, Check-in, and Financial Clearance for All New Transfer Students
Friday, August 22, 2025
Reem-Kayden Center, 9 am – 12 pm

For Love of the World on Radio Kingston: Conversations with the Hannah Arendt Center
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Online Event, 6–6:30 pm

CMIA - Forms of Realism
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, 7:30–11:30 pm

Welcome to Levy Economics: What It Is and Why It Matters: A Lecture by Professor James K. Galbraith
Friday, August 29, 2025
Online Event, 11 am – 12:30 pm

Arrival Day for All Returning Students Check-in and Financial Clearance for All Returning Students
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Bard College Campus

Ongoing Events:

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group
Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Sunday, October 19, 2025

Stan Douglas: Ghostlight
Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Sunday, November 30, 2025

The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group: Most Fridays at 1pm EST
Friday, July 11, 2025 – Friday, August 1, 2025

The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group: Summer Break Sessions
Friday, August 8, 2025 – Friday, August 29, 2025

Language and Thinking Program
Monday, August 11, 2025 – Wednesday, August 27, 2025

all events are subject to change