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December 2001
12-20-2001
BARD COLLEGE RECEIVES $120 MILLION GIFT FROM ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Leadership Gift of $50 Million Made by Life Trustee Leon Levy
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12-04-2001
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AT BARD COLLEGE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9
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November 2001
11-29-2001
TWO BARD COLLEGE FACULTY RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR GRANTS FOR 2001-02 Awards Boost Bard's International Programs with China and at Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia Full Story
11-27-2001
DECEMBER 12TH CONCERT AT BARD FEATURES PERFORMANCE BY BARITONE JACK HUNTER AND PIANIST ELIZABETH RODGERS Hunter will also give talk on December 11th about Mahler and Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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11-26-2001
SECOND ANNUAL "JUVENALIA: A CHILDREN'S WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT" WILL FEATURE A PERFORMANCE BY CHILDREN'S MUSIC STAR DAN ZANES December 22nd program will be held in Bard Hall at Bard College
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11-21-2001
CONJUNCTIONS MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW ISSUE OF INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND POETRY Conjunctions: 37 Features New Works From Paul West, Joyce Carol Oates, John Ashbery, William H. Gass, Ann Lauterbach, and Others
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11-20-2001
TEMPORARY STIMULUS PACKAGE WON'T ADDRESS UNDERLYING STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS IN U.S. ECONOMY, NEW LEVY REPORT SAYS Sharp Drops in Stocks, Exports, and Private Spending in 2001 Mark Need for Substantial Changes in U.S. Fiscal Policy
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11-20-2001
BARD GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM WILL HOST
A PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL EXPERTS ARYEH NEIER, JUDGE RICHARD GOLDSTONE, AND JEFFREY PRYCE November 28 panel in New York City will address the question, "Does a War Between a State and a Full Story
11-20-2001
WINTER GALA MUSIC CONCERT FEATURES THE JAZZ COMBO AND THE ELECTROACOUSTIC, JAZZ, AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, AT BARD COLLEGE
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11-20-2001
THE COLORADO QUARTET, DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS, AND
JOAN TOWER WILL PERFORM WORKS BY STUDENT COMPOSERS
ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, AT BARD COLLEGE
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11-16-2001
BARD IN CHINA PRESENTS A PERFORMANCE OF BEIJING OPERA BY THE YEH YU CHINESE OPERA ASSOCIATION ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, AT BARD COLLEGE
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11-14-2001
THE HUDSON VALLEY GAMELAN WILL PERFORM THEIR WINTER CONCERT AT BARD COLLEGE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Featured artists include Ari Candrawati Saptanyana, Putu Bagus Krisna Saptanyana, I Nyoman Suadin, and Chris Romero
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11-14-2001
VOCAL CONCERTS AT BARD FEATURE MUSIC FROM ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 1 AND VIVALDI'S GLORIA ON DECEMBER 11 Full Story
11-13-2001
MAXWELL L. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITNEY MUSEUM, WILL GIVE A TALK AT BARD COLLEGE ON NOVEMBER 28 Center for Curatorial Studies "Conversation" series features lectures and discussions about important issues in contemporary visual art
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11-12-2001
RENOWNED PRIMATE BEHAVIORIST AND ANTHROPOLOGIST SARAH BLAFFER HRDY TO SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE ON NOVEMBER 27
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11-12-2001
BARD COLLEGE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA DECEMBER CONCERT FEATURES WORKS BY HAYDN, SIBELIUS, BRITTEN, AND FAURÉ Full Story
11-08-2001
THE BRIDGES PROGRAM, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY BARD COLLEGE AND THE RED HOOK SCHOOLS, PRESENTS TWO PERFORMANCES OF ANTIGONE IN NOVEMBER
November 15 performance features members of the Epic Theatre Center;
November 30 performance also features Red Hook Full Story
11-01-2001
BARD COLLEGE AWARDS FIRST ANNUAL BARD FICTION PRIZE TO NATHAN ENGLANDER Full Story
October 2001
10-31-2001
BARD COLLEGE PRESENTS PERFORMANCE OF NADA YOGA AND DHRUPAD VOCAL MUSIC FROM NORTHERN INDIA November 11 program features Shanti Shivani, Bard students, and Jeffrey Lidke on tablas
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10-31-2001
BARD COLLEGE CHAMBER GROUP AND STRING QUARTET WILL PERFORM ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Program includes works by Haydn and Beethoven
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10-26-2001
"ETHICS AND SALVATION" IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM IS THE TOPIC OF THE DECEMBER 6 LECTURE-DIALOGUE WITH JONATHAN BROCKOPP, BRUCE CHILTON, AND JACOB NEUSNER AT BARD
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10-24-2001
THE JOHN ASHBERY POETRY SERIES AT BARD COLLEGE PRESENTS TWO READINGS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
Program on November 9 features poets Jonathan Williams and Thomas Meyer; November 16 reading features Juliana Spahr and Bill Luoma
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10-24-2001
THE BROTHER OF JESUS: JAMES THE JUST AND HIS MISSION, EDITED BY BARD PROFESSORS BRUCE CHILTON AND JACOB NEUSNER, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER
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10-22-2001
PETER MARK, AFRICAN ART HISTORY SPECIALIST, WILL SPEAK AT BARD COLLEGE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 29 Topic of lecture is "19th-Century French Images of Casamance Architecture (Senegal)"
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10-19-2001
FALL INTERGENERATIONAL SEMINARS AT BARD COLLEGE WILL BE OFFERED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER Topics include scenic trails, examination of the Bible and Koran, development around the city of Hudson, Old Testament images, and exploring family heritage at El Full Story