Event Calendar
Pick a DateNaomi André | Engaging Opera as Popular Culture and Social Justice
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Music Mondays presents a lecture by Naomi André, author of "Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement".
(De)Queering Elena Ferrante: The Screen Adaptations of Troubling Love, The Days of Abandonment, and My Brilliant Friend
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Following the concepts on ‘queer adaptation’ elaborated by Pamela Demory, Dr. Roberta Tabanelli will discuss whether and how the screen adaptations of Elena Ferrante’s novels have queered (i.e., intensified or added) or de-queered (i.e., reduced or erased) the source books.
Adams-Tillim Lecture: Albert Chong
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | This week's Visual Art Lecture Series guest is Albert Chong, a contemporary artist working in the mediums of photography, installation and sculpture. His works have engaged personal mysticism, spirituality, race and identity, and numerous other topics as well as the beauty of images and objects as such.
Spring Open House Night
Info session and student-led virtual tour designed for HS students interested in Bennington College.
How to Eat Well Lunch & Learn
Senior Onsite Health Coach Lilly Malardie, MPH, of UPMC Health Plan will provide practical steps to build a healthier diet including how to use the MyPlate model.
DREAMers come in all sizes!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Learn how to create a body-positive space, combat fat phobia, and address unrealistic body standards.
COVID-19 Vaccine Information Open Hour with Drs. Tartaglia and Anselmo
Do you have questions about the COVID-19 vaccines? Feel free to drop in to the weekly Zoom call for evidence-based answers from the medical experts.
The Poetics of Peace and Justice with Philip Metres
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | The Poetics of Peace and Justice: exploring how poets and poems can dialogue with and contribute to the conversation that is a social movement, whether for justice, peace, or both.
Poetry at Bennington: Philip Metres and Valzhyna Mort
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Poets Philip Metres and Valzhyna Mort read from their recent poetry collections "Shrapnel Maps" and "Music for the Dead and Resurrected," followed by a public Q&A.
Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains
Streaming of "Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains" by Caleen Sinnette Jennings '72 will be available to Bennington faculty, staff, and students through April 10.
Repeat Carefully/Rewrite Radically: Reading and Discussing Poetry Translation with Valzhyna Mort
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Valzhyna Mort is a poet and translator from Minsk, Belarus and an assistant professor of literature and translation at Cornell University.
From Molecules to Whole Organisms: Insect Responses to Climate Change
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Emily Mikucki, PhD ('13) will be joining us virtually as part or our Alumni Series to discuss Insect Responses to Climate Change.
Bennington Translates Hosts Jen Hofer
Jen Hofer is a poet, translator, interpreter, educator, book-maker, urban cyclist, and co-founder of the language justice and language experimentation collaborative Antena Aire and the language justice advocacy collective Antena Los Ángeles.
SEPC Presents: Bird Watching with Faculty Blake Jones
The Environment SEPC is hosting their biweekly Bird Watching event with faculty Blake Jones.
We are Better Together Support Space
A space for students to connect with Kat Daley (MSW, Student Health Center) and Ali Tartaglia (Director for Student Health Promotions). Drop in and connect or stay the whole time!
SOMETIMES Poetry Chapbook Launch & Reading
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Invisible Hand Press on Instagram Live for the launch of SOMETIMES, a poetry chapbook by Ashley D. Escobar '22. Welcome the soft and sweet, the darkness, the light.
Independent Works Club
Weekly club meeting to support independent projects within the drama community. We will read plays, workshop scenes, provide a space for developing advanced work, invite professors and peers for feedback sessions and showcases, and more!