New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard East/West Ensemble Chamber Opera and Dance Concert Preview
Saturday, October 4, 2025 3–5 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Preview the final concert of the 8th annual China Now Music Festival -- Music in Motion. This dynamic three part program of multi-sensory and multi-disciplinary performances, featuring propulsive percussion, contemporary dance, and a new chamber opera, will be performed free of charge and open to the public at the Bard Conservatory prior to heading to Jazz at Lincoln Center on the following day.
The Bard East/West Ensemble performs, comprising of a Western string quintet, seven Chinese instrumentalists, and two percussionists, with Jindong Cai conducting.
Follow the link below for more information about the program and performers. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
THORNE STUDIO Dancer, clown, choreographer, and professor emeritus Peggy Florin, offers "The Clown in You" (or "Who’s the fool, here?"), a two-hour workshop for anyone interested in freeing up physical expression and developing character. We’ll start with a physical warm-up and see what boundaries of the ordinary can be pushed as we dare to be foolish.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space The Bard East/West Ensemble (BCE) opens its 2025–26 season with a concert rich in color and emotion, celebrating the many voices of Chinese orchestral music. From the tranquil flow of Yun Shui (Clouds and Water) and the nostalgic warmth of Late Autumn, to the vivid soundscapes of Postcards from Macao and the lyrical heroism of Lyrical Variations, each work reveals a world of its own — expressive, evocative, and profoundly moving. FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Woods Studio The Photography Reading and Looking Group is for any and all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to meet to discuss essays, photographs, and ideas together. Books and refreshments are provided. Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence and the Photography Program For more information, call 845-518-5744, or e-mail [email protected].
Annual Art History and Visual Culture Lecture Series
Replicating the Roman Empire: International Expositions, Triumphal Monuments, and Fascist Italy (1922-43)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 5–7 pm
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema The AHVC program is hosting Professor Kimberly Cassibry from Wellesley College who will give a talk on Rome's strategy of using Ancient Roman antiquities as part of a fascist agenda to promote national pride and demand international respect in the 1930s. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Ancestral Voices Prophesying: Notes on Britten's War Requiem
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 5–6:30 pm
Olin Auditorium Bard College presents renowned tenor and musical scholar Ian Bostridge delivering the Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities in honor of preeminent poet, alumnus, and former Bard faculty member Anthony Hecht ’44. In his lecture series, “Ancestral Voices Prophesying: Notes on Britten's War Requiem,” Bostridge—who has performed War Requiem nearly a hundred times since 1994—will examine the layers of meaning and context in the piece, one of the most important works of classical music written after 1945.
The first lecture in the series, “Requiem,” takes place on Monday, October 27 at 5:00 pm, and the second, “Anthem,” will be held on Tuesday, October 28 at 5:00 pm. A reception precedes both lectures, which will take place in Olin Auditorium on Bard’s Annandale campus. The final lecture in the series, “Akedah,” will be held on Friday, October 31 at 6:00 pm in the Irving Posner and Herman Ackman Space at Kaufman Music Center located at 129 West 67th Street, NYC.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-7405, or e-mail [email protected].
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bard East/West Ensemble Chamber Opera and Dance Concert Preview
Saturday, October 4, 2025 3–5 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space Preview the final concert of the 8th annual China Now Music Festival -- Music in Motion. This dynamic three part program of multi-sensory and multi-disciplinary performances, featuring propulsive percussion, contemporary dance, and a new chamber opera, will be performed free of charge and open to the public at the Bard Conservatory prior to heading to Jazz at Lincoln Center on the following day.
The Bard East/West Ensemble performs, comprising of a Western string quintet, seven Chinese instrumentalists, and two percussionists, with Jindong Cai conducting.
Follow the link below for more information about the program and performers. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
THORNE STUDIO Dancer, clown, choreographer, and professor emeritus Peggy Florin, offers "The Clown in You" (or "Who’s the fool, here?"), a two-hour workshop for anyone interested in freeing up physical expression and developing character. We’ll start with a physical warm-up and see what boundaries of the ordinary can be pushed as we dare to be foolish.Sponsored by: Dance Program.
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space The Bard East/West Ensemble (BCE) opens its 2025–26 season with a concert rich in color and emotion, celebrating the many voices of Chinese orchestral music. From the tranquil flow of Yun Shui (Clouds and Water) and the nostalgic warmth of Late Autumn, to the vivid soundscapes of Postcards from Macao and the lyrical heroism of Lyrical Variations, each work reveals a world of its own — expressive, evocative, and profoundly moving. FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by: Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Woods Studio The Photography Reading and Looking Group is for any and all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to meet to discuss essays, photographs, and ideas together. Books and refreshments are provided. Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence and the Photography Program For more information, call 845-518-5744, or e-mail [email protected].
Annual Art History and Visual Culture Lecture Series
Replicating the Roman Empire: International Expositions, Triumphal Monuments, and Fascist Italy (1922-43)
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 5–7 pm
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema The AHVC program is hosting Professor Kimberly Cassibry from Wellesley College who will give a talk on Rome's strategy of using Ancient Roman antiquities as part of a fascist agenda to promote national pride and demand international respect in the 1930s. For more information, call 845-758-6822.
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema Join us for screenings at Bard Matinee Film Society. For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Ancestral Voices Prophesying: Notes on Britten's War Requiem
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 5–6:30 pm
Olin Auditorium Bard College presents renowned tenor and musical scholar Ian Bostridge delivering the Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities in honor of preeminent poet, alumnus, and former Bard faculty member Anthony Hecht ’44. In his lecture series, “Ancestral Voices Prophesying: Notes on Britten's War Requiem,” Bostridge—who has performed War Requiem nearly a hundred times since 1994—will examine the layers of meaning and context in the piece, one of the most important works of classical music written after 1945.
The first lecture in the series, “Requiem,” takes place on Monday, October 27 at 5:00 pm, and the second, “Anthem,” will be held on Tuesday, October 28 at 5:00 pm. A reception precedes both lectures, which will take place in Olin Auditorium on Bard’s Annandale campus. The final lecture in the series, “Akedah,” will be held on Friday, October 31 at 6:00 pm in the Irving Posner and Herman Ackman Space at Kaufman Music Center located at 129 West 67th Street, NYC.Sponsored by: Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs.
For more information, call 845-758-7405, or e-mail [email protected].
New Annandale House The International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) meets for lab time every Friday at New Annandale House. Those interested in digital humanities or archiving are welcome to stop by any time between 12 and 4 pm. For more information, call 865-242-2654, or e-mail [email protected].
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