Event Calendar
Pick a DateTHEATRE AND PROTEST: TAHRIR TALES
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Rebekah Maggor, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts at Cornell University, will speak as part of Burcu Seyben's "Artistic Interventions as a Form of Protest" class.
Taiko Japanese Drum Performance
Foreign Language Series—Fall 2017OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A performance by Stuart Paton of the Burlington Taiko Group, Burlington, VT
"Counternarratives" On View
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Critically acclaimed media artist Alexandra Bell’s “Counternarratives” prints installed on building exteriors around the Bennington campus, the first display of the Bell’s work by an academic institution and the first to present her project as a series. As the prints are displayed outside, they will be on view 24/7.
Incarceration in America: Prison Education and Reform in Vermont
Public Policy Forums @ CAPA—2017OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | This series invites guest speakers from the private and public sectors to address a range of important topics in the current national dialogue.
Lecture by Alexandra Bell: Counternarratives
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Media artist Alexandra Bell walks audiences through her process of radically re-editing the "New York Times" to disrupt media bias.
Reading: Melissa Febos
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Literature faculty candidate Melissa Febos, author of the critically acclaimed memoir, "Whip Smart" and the essay collection, "Abandon Me," will read at this week's Literature Evening.
Power and Privilege
Come to the Table: A Becoming Engaged Conversation—Fall 2017OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Bring your lunch & join us in conversation on power and privilege. This event is part of the Coming to the Table Series.
Media and Democracy: The Rights and Responsibilities of a Free Press
Public Policy Forums @ CAPA—2017OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | This series invites guest speakers from the private and public sectors to address a range of important topics in the current national dialogue.
"Raiding the Archive": A Work in Progress by Russell Dumas and Dance Exchange (Australia)
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "Raiding the Archive": A Work in Progress by Russell Dumas and Dance Exchange (Australia) with Anneke Hansen, David Huggins, Alexandra Petrarca, Jonathan Sinatra and Stuart Shugg.
"Up Against 'The Wall': Intersectional Organizing Against the Global Right"
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Our guest speaker is Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University.
Oral Traditions and Religion
Jazz ReligionA stand-alone class taught by Michael Cohen as part of Jazz Religion, a not-for-credit course open to the Bennington College community.
Understanding Linkages Between Forest Structural Complexity and Ecosystem Function
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join us in welcoming Robert Fahey, Ph.D. from UConn. He will be discussing the linkages between forest structural complexity and ecosystem functioning and applications to ecologically-focused forest management. Snacks will be served.
Farmer's Market
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Come enjoy your Saturday morning at the Farmer's Market!