Event Calendar
Pick a DateBlackness’ in Trans(Re)lation
Cultural Studies and Language Series - Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | This talk by Dr. Kaiama Glover reflects on the specific stakes of translating works by “Black" francophone authors into the Anglosphere.
Plan Day | No classes
Potluck Poems Coffin Blooms: A Craft Talk with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Poetry at Bennington—Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | In this time together, we’ll talk about the way potlucks can open a portal into a poetics of rigorous and joyful generosity. We’ll talk about the ways that civic and poetic practice come together when we eat together, plant together, and bury our dead. This is a collaborative class. All are welcome. Let’s bloom.
Reading by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Poetry at Bennington—Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Poetry at Bennington welcomes Gabrielle Calvocoressi for a public reading of their poetry.
Weekly Drop-In Evening Figure Drawing
The VA Drawing Area is excited to announce a new opportunity for figure drawing this term! “Evening Figure Drawing” is a student-run, drop-in event that starts Wednesday, March 4, and continues weekly from 8:00–9:00 pm in the VAPA drawing room (B210) through May 20.
Cassatt Quartet with Doris Stevenson
Carriage Barn Music Series — Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | The Bennington College Carriage Barn Music Series presents a concert by the Cassatt Quartet with Doris Stevenson.
Gabrielle Calvocoressi In Conversation with Michael Dumanis
Poetry at Bennington—Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Michael Dumanis in a Q&A with poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi, author of The New Economy, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award.
Poetry Book Party
Literature Evenings—Spring 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Please join us for a book party and signing with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Monica Ferrell, and Devon Walker-Figueroa ’15, all of whom have previously taught at Bennington, now celebrating their new books The New Economy, The Future, and Lazarus Species. Featuring food, drink, and short readings from the writers—this event is free and open to all!
Drama@Bennington Presents: Echoes by N. Richard Nash, Directed by Jen Nash '26 & Nat Frederickson '26
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Echoes is a story of two patients who find asylum through their relationship within a mental health institution, only to have it shattered by the intrusion of the outside world.
Drama@Bennington Presents: Echoes by N. Richard Nash, Directed by Jen Nash '26 & Nat Frederickson '26
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Echoes is a story of two patients who find asylum through their relationship within a mental health institution, only to have it shattered by the intrusion of the outside world.