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Francine Prose ventures into the secret corners of the city with three museums off the beaten path.

"In the CCS exhibition, he shows us a quiet world in which collecting small objects produces a portrait of the collector," writes Maika Pollack.

Opus 40, the sculptural masterwork (now museum) of the late Bard alumnus and professor Harvey Fite '30, hosted the Felice County Fair last weekend, featuring Béla Fleck, the Felice Brothers, Amy Helm, and more.

Independent theater companies like Skin Horse Theater are finding fertile ground for experimentation in the city.

Professor Heiferman, faculty in the International Center of Photography–Bard Program, discusses the proliferation of digital images and the rapidly changing nature of photography.

Bard Graduate Center founder and director Susan Weber talks about the books that inspire her in the field of interior design.

“The first photo books that registered with me were a few Aperture titles at the bookstore at Bard College," writes Michelle Dunn Marsh. "Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places, Larry Fink’s Social Graces ..."

You may never look at a hamburger the same way again. “Despite the rather disgusting quality of many of these images," writes Feinstein, "there is still an allure.”

How are conflicts and cultural shifts in the Middle East affecting the region's contemporary art? Dina Ramadan and colleagues explored this rapidly shifting area at a recent conference in London.

Hannah Bronfman '11 is a woman of many talents—among them DJ, restaurateur, and brand creator. In this interview, she talks about her new mobile app and gives advice to enterprising college students.

Bard Conservatory graduate Ming Aldrich-Gan '10 is the music director for Bradley Cole at the New York International Fringe Festival.

Amii LeGendre writes about the complex interplay of freedom and constraint in teaching dance to men who are prison inmates.

Over the past decade, Bard’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts has become a hub for the arts, both for the Hudson Valley community and the greater New York City region.

"Both exhibitions are strong individually," writes Roberta Smith, "but what they form in tandem is a delirious, perhaps volatile exegesis on objects both real and digital; found, made and remade; art and nonart."

Bard alumnus, performer, screenwriter, and playwright Nick Jones '01 talks about how the Netflix approach of making an entire series available at once enables a different kind of viewing experience.

Bard alumnus Adam Goldman '08, creator of the hit Web series The Outs, is working on a new show called Whatever this is., featuring alumnae Sasha Winters '08 and Madeline Wise '12. The series focuses on the junior members of a video production crew in New York City, as they struggle to meet their personal goals while working underpaid jobs.

The Cape Cod League takes baseball back to basics. "You can watch a game from the brim of a grassy knoll and have no signs of commercialization within your sight line," writes Simon's Rock professor David La Spina.

Rural Intelligence interviews Bard president and "resident Renaissance man" Leon Botstein on this year's SummerScape and Bard Music Festival.

Blouin ArtInfo for the Huffington Post recommends the CCS Bard Galleries and the Hessel Museum as one of 20 art destinations within hours of New York City—perfect for a summer visit.

A crew of stone masons are working on Harvey Fite's Opus 40, blending art and craft to retain Fite's vision while making the immense sculpture park more structurally sound.