Alumni News
Yeshi '11 to Open Exhibition of Photos by Leprosy PatientsBennington student Noryang Yeshi '11 will celebrate the opening of Anandwan, an exhibition of photographs taken at a leprosy clinic in central India, on Monday, April 27, from 6-10 pm in the College's Barn East Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.
Mann '04 Garners Attention for Song-a-Day ProjectJonathan Mann '04, who has been posting a new song every day on his website, was featured inTime Magazine and The Huffington Post, and appeared on MSNBC recently after his song about Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman was viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube.
Norris '69 to Speak as 2009 Olesen FellowBestselling author and Bennington alumna Kathleen Norris '69 will speak and read from selected works on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Deane Carriage Barn. The event—this year's Candace DeVries Olesen '50 Lectureship for Distinguished Alumni—is free and open to the public.
Bennington Duo's Detroit Deli Defies Economy, CNNMoney.com SaysWhile the economic and automotive crises have forced many Detroit business owners to shut their doors, Jason Murphy '09 and Ben Hall '04 can barely keep the door of their deli closed.
SF Chronicle Lauds Jones '45 as "God Among Editors"San Francisco Chronicle food and wine editor Michael Bauer dedicated a recent blog entry to author and longtime Alfred A. Knopf editor Judith Jones '45, whose latest memoir, The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food, has received favorable reviews from The New York Times and elsewhere.