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April 2006
04-11-2006
BARD IN CHINA TO HOST LECTURE ON APRIL 11 ABOUT LIFE IN A CHINESE FACTORY CITY
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04-10-2006
PREEMINENT EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST AND LEAD WITNESS IN PENNSYLVANIA’S “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” COURT CASE, TO SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE ON MONDAY, APRIL 10
The Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series Continues with Kenneth R. Miller Full Story
04-09-2006
THE BARD CENTER PRESENTS THE WORLD-RENOWNED COLORADO QUARTET IN CONCERT ON SUNDAY, APRIL 9 Free program features performance of works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Katherine Hoover’s “The Knot”
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04-08-2006
SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY, APRIL 8, AT BARD COLLEGE FOCUSES ON THE COMIC BOOK Undergraduate symposium topics include manga and anime, comics and comix, heroes and antiheroes, among others
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04-07-2006
LUNCHEON LECTURE/DISCUSSION WITH BARD PROFESSORS BRUCE CHILTON AND JACOB NEUSNER, FOLLOWED BY BOOK SIGNING, ON APRIL 7 Topic of discussion is “What’s Next—We Get to Pick Your Brains: A Conversation on the Coming Attractions of the Full Story
04-06-2006
LYNNE COOKE AND VASIF KORTUN TO RECEIVE THE 2006 AWARD FOR CURATORIAL EXCELLENCE FROM THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES AT BARD COLLEGE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
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04-05-2006
“THE BIBLE AS LITERATURES” IS THE TOPIC OF THE 2006 LENTEN LECTURE SERIES AT BARD COLLEGE Weekly series with the Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton runs March 8 through April 5
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04-04-2006
BARD IN CHINA TO HOST LECTURE ON CONSUMERISM IN 1930s CHINA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 4
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04-01-2006
CONDUCTORS INSTITUTE AT BARD COLLEGE ANNOUNCES ITS SUMMER 2006 PROGRAM “No serious conductor should miss the opportunity to study at the Institute.”—Marin Alsop
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March 2006
03-26-2006
MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES AT BARD COLLEGE’S CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES PRESENTS 11 EXHIBITIONS THIS SPRING
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03-22-2006
BARD’S MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS A CONCERT THAT MELDS JAZZ AND POETRY ALONGSIDE CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH THURMAN BARKER’S TRINITY TRIO AND SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMANCE ARTIST MIKHAIL HOROWITZ, ALONG WITH THE BARD COLLEGE ORCHESTRA Full Story
03-22-2006
ART HISTORIAN JESSICA MURPHY SPEAKS ABOUT THE “FEMININE POINT OF VIEW” IN THE STIEGLITZ CIRCLE ON MARCH 22 AT BARD COLLEGE
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03-21-2006
JOHN HAUGHT, DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, SPEAKS ABOUT “EVOLUTION, RELIGION, AND ETHICS: WHAT IS AT STAKE?” DURING A LUNCHEON LECTURE ON MARCH 21 Bard’s Institute of Advanced Full Story
03-19-2006
BARD’S CONSERVATORY CONCERTS AND LECTURES SERIES PRESENTS PIANIST MELVIN CHEN IN A FREE RECITAL ON MARCH 19 Full Story
03-18-2006
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT BARD’S CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES PRESENT RE-SHUFFLE: NOTIONS OF AN ITINERANT MUSEUM AT NEW YORK CITY’S ART IN GENERAL FROM FEBRUARY 24 THROUGH MARCH 18
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03-16-2006
JOHN ASHBERY POETRY SERIES AT BARD PRESENTS FREE READINGS THIS SPRING BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED POETS
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03-16-2006
Bard College to Host Free Performance and Film Screening by Internationally Acclaimed Ugandan-American Artist Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine on March 15 and 16
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03-15-2006
BARD IN CHINA TO HOST LECTURE AND SCREENING OF THE FILM THE GODDESS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
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03-15-2006
TWO BARD SENIORS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE WATSON TRAVEL GRANTS Only 50 students nationwide are awarded grants for a year of independent exploration and travel outside the United States
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03-13-2006
PRINCETON PROFESSOR SUSAN FISKE GIVES BERNSTEIN MEMORIAL LECTURE AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 13 Topic of talk is “The Perils of Prejudice: Emotional Biases in Brain, Mind, and Culture”
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03-11-2006
JERUSALEM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM AT BARD’S FISHER CENTER Under Music Director and Conductor Leon Botstein, U.S. Tour Brings Internationally Renowned JSO to the Hudson Valley
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03-10-2006
2006 BARD DEBATE TEAM RECEIVES
NATIONAL RECOGNITION IN RECENT DEBATES Second-year Bard student Nathan Sweed named top junior varsity speaker in the country; and Bard junior Ravenna Wilson named fourth speaker ov Full Story
03-10-2006
WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PERFORMS MAGIC IN VIENNA AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 10 Features works by Mozart, Schubert, and Johann Strauss Full Story
03-06-2006
Thousand Years Waiting, a Unique Transpacific Collaboration, to Be Performed at Bard College on Monday, March 6 New Play from Bard Professor Chiori Miyagawa Features a Unique Perspective on Japanese and American Theater with Storytelling, Dance, and Puppe Full Story
03-05-2006
FREE CONCERT BY THE DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS AT BARD COLLEGE ON MARCH 5 “The Russians are Coming: New Sounds from Moscow and St. Petersburg” features
world premiere works by contemporary Russian composers
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