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Friday, October 23

Welcome Reception

4–6 pm
Join families of current students, faculty, and alumni/ae for refreshments. 
Lobby, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Registration

4–6 pm
Visit the registration desk to check in, receive a schedule of events, sign up to attend classes and tours, and get general information about Bard and the campus. If you arrive after 6 pm, you can check in on Saturday between 8:30 am and noon.
Lobby, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Bard Summer Research Poster Session

4–6 pm
One of the most successful extracurricular research experiences for students at Bard is the Bard Summer Research Institute (BSRI), which supports campus-based projects in empirical and quantitative fields including biology, chemistry and biochemistry, computer science, environmental studies, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Students typically spend eight weeks in residence, undertaking individual research projects and being mentored by Bard faculty. Join BSRI students as they present their research and discuss their work.
Lobby, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Self-Guided Walk-Through of Current Exhibitions at CCS Bard

4–5 pm
Replica of a Chip: The Weaving Technology of Marilou Schultz
Replica of a Chip
 traces the full arc of Schultz’s artistic practice, demonstrating how she has consistently pushed the boundaries of experimentation within Navajo weaving, first through teaching herself new weaving styles, dyes, and techniques and later, using it as a means to reflect on the digital technologies shaping contemporary culture and society—from early computer microprocessors to stock market tickers and other digital data.

Uman: In Between
In Between
 provides a glimpse into two decades of art by Uman (b. 1980, Somalia), highlighting key moments and innovations in the trajectory of this prolific and pathbreaking artist. Uman’s distinct visual vocabulary first emerges in early paintings, collages, and drawings, then expands into large-scale and densely layered compositions. Always, her process is one of constant working and reworking to enliven a primary set of signs, symbols, colors and textures.
​​​​​​Hessel Museum of Art. Center for Curatorial Studies

Bard College Farm Harvest Party

4–7 pm
Come raise a glass and toast another wonderful growing season at the Bard Farm’s annual harvest party! Enjoy live music, apple cider pressing, activities, snacks, and more.
Bard College Farm Barn

Spirits of Annandale

4:30–5:45 pm

Come for a tour of the Bard College Cemetery. Alumni/ae docents will tell you the stories of some of the cemetery’s illustrious inhabitants, which include members of the Bard family, political philosopher Hannah Arendt, telepath Jean Grey, filmmaker Adolfas Mekas, novelist Philip Roth, and many more. Thematic libations and treats provided. Timed admission slots available at registration. Registration required.
Meet at Lych Gate, Bard Cemetery

Opening Reception, Fund for Visual Learning Art Sale

5–7 pm
Join faculty, staff and students for light refreshments to celebrate the 11th year of the auction to support the Fund for Visual Learning (FVL). Faculty, student, and staff works will be available for purchase online and on site at the opening.

The Fund for Visual Learning began in 2014 to lower the financial barriers to students in need, by underwriting the cost of materials for their Studio Arts Program classes and projects. To date, FVL has supported more than 800 students in their classes; and Senior Project exhibitions. More information can be found at bardfvl.com
Fisher Studio Arts Building

Friday Dinner

5–8 pm
Enjoy dinner with other Bard families and alumni/ae. $17 per person; students may use their meal plan cards. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the door.
Kline Dining Commons

Haunted Annandale: Library and Cemetery Tour

6:30–8 pm
Join librarian Jeremy Hall '98 to learn more about the spooky ghosts that haunt the library and campus! Hear about local legends and lore! Sponsored by the Bard Library and Bard Houses program. Space is limited. Registration is required.
Meet at Lychgate, Bard Cemetery

Shabbat

6:30–9 pm
The Jewish Student Organization invites families and alumni/ae to a Bard Shabbat experience in the Beit Shalom-Salaam House of Peace meeting room. All are welcome to attend an informal Shabbat (Sabbath) service followed by kiddush and a vegetarian dinner with students, faculty, and staff. Advance reservations required. RSVP to [email protected] by October 16.
Center for Spiritual Life, Basement of Resnick Commons Residence Hall A

Raptors Rally

7:30–9 pm
Support your Bard Raptors during Family and Alumni/ae Weekend as the College celebrates the fall season! Bard's Raptors Rally is an annual campus celebration hosted by Bard Athletics to bring the community together. This event recognizes student-athletes and features student club performances, interactive games, and snacks. We are particularly excited to welcome alumni/ae athletes back to campus for this event!
Gym, Stevenson Athletic Center

R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) 

7:30–9:30 pm
The Bard Theater and Performance Program presents R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek, translated by Claudia Novack, Directed by Dara Malina.
Set Design by Aoshuang Zhang
Costume Design by Karen Boyer
Lighting Design by Daisy Long
Sound Design by Evdoxia Ragkou
This performance (and others throughout the weekend) are free for Bard students, $20 for Bard family members with an option to pay it forward with a $40 ticket; select seats will be discounted for Bard alumni/ae using the BARDALUM promo code. For tickets, visit: fishercenter.bard.edu/series/rossums-universal-robots/


LUMA Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday, October 24

Family Leadership Council Meeting

8:30–10 am
The Bard Family Leadership Council (FLC) is a volunteer body of current Bard parents and parents of Bard alumni/ae who understand the unique experience that Bard College provides to its students. FLC members serve as ambassadors to Bard College and strengthen the institution through sharing their professional expertise, their wide range of interests with the Bard community and other families, and giving annually to the College. For more information, please contact Mackie Siebens ’12, assistant director of development, family programs, at 845-758-7316 or [email protected].
Room 101, Campus Center North​​​​​​​

Bardian Birdians: A Bird Tour of Tivoli Bays

8:30–10 am
Start your day off with a bird walk in the beautiful Tivoli Bays, where you are likely to see a variety of feathered friends: hawks, eagles, wood ducks, and more. Bird enthusiast and member of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors Juliette Zicot ’23 will be your guide. Bring your binoculars, notebook, and hiking boots or waterproof footwear; it may be muddy. Space is limited; registration required.
Meet at the lower-level entrance to the Fisher Center

Registration

8:30 am – noon
If you missed registration on Friday, please stop by to check in and sign up to attend a class or take a tour.
Lobby, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Tour of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

9:15–10 am
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry, is a premier professional performing arts center and hub for research and education that serves artists at all stages of their careers. In addition to producing original work across genres, the Fisher Center provides an artistic home for the Dance and Theater & Performance Programs, as well as Bard’s student orchestras. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Sosnoff Theater lobby, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Pathways to Civic Engagement

9:45–10:15 am
Join the Center for Civic Engagement’s showcase of Bard student community engagement pathways highlighting regional, national, and international opportunities.
Schwab ’52 Atrium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Tour of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

10–10:45 am
For details, see the schedule for Saturday, 9:15 am. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Sosnoff Theater lobby, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Open Studios at Bard's New Performing Arts Lab

10 am – noon
Step inside Bard’s newest creative space! Join members from Bard’s Theater & Performance and Dance programs for an open studio in the new Maya Lin–designed Performing Arts LAB. Meet Fisher Center LAB resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz, see artists at work, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the creative energy shaping Bard’s newest performing arts space.

Bard Performing Arts Lab

Saturday Brunch

10 am – 3 pm
Enjoy brunch with other Bard families and alumni/ae. $17 per person; students may use their meal plan cards. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the door.
Kline Dining Commons

Open Hours at the Ralph Ellison Center

10 am – 4 pm
Drop into the Ralph Ellison Center's open hours to learn more about this meaningful new addition to the Bard College campus. Ralph Ellison taught at Bard College beginning around 1958 and the College established the Ralph Ellison Center after receiving the rights and resources from the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Trust. The center serves as a campus hub and gathering space for writers, artists, and student scholars focusing on multi-modal artistic expression and public dialogue.
The Ralph Ellison Center, Campus Center North

Alumni/ae Squash Tournament

10 am – 4 pm
Please join Bard alumni/ae, members of Bard's squash teams, community members, and athletics staff for some fun competition at the squash courts in the Stevenson Athletic Center. Sign up as a team of three or an individual to be placed on a team. If you have questions about the event, please contact Jack Smith '16, Head Men's and Women's Squash Coach at [email protected]. 
Squash Courts, Stevenson Athletic Center

Fund for Visual Learning Art Sale

10 am – 5 pm
The art gallery is open. Faculty, student, and staff works will be available for purchase online and on site at the opening.

The Fund for Visual Learning began in 2014 to lower the financial barriers to students in need, by underwriting the cost of materials for their Studio Arts Program classes and projects. To date, FVL has supported more than 800 students in their classes; and Senior Project exhibitions. More information can be found at bardfvl.com
Fisher Studio Arts Building

Academic Classes

10:15–11:15 am
All registrants will be emailed a link on Thursday, October 22 to sign up for classes. Two classes per person will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you miss online registration, you will be able to sign up in person at registration.

Academic Classes

Biology 103, Beautiful Bugs
Alyssa Hernandez, assistant professor of biology
From pollinating our food to shaping the ecosystems that support life, insects play vital roles in the world. With an emphasis on real-life examples, this laboratory course introduces students to the fascinating world of insect diversity, morphology, and behavior.

Dance 103A SB, Introduction to Contemporary West African Dance
Souleymane Badolo, assistant professor of dance
Rooted in contemporary African dance, using Badolo's movement style, this course explores movement over/under/inside/outside the tradition. Class begins with physical and mental warm-up. By listening to rhythms of the body and beat of the music, dancers can discover their own musicality and movement.

Human Rights 290, Forced Displacement: Detention and Deportation
Danielle Riou, associate director, Human Rights Project
Many global institutions use "forced displacement" to describe involuntary or coerced movement from one's home due to persecution, conflict, human rights violations or disasters. This course asks how we define forced displacement, through involvement in communities dealing with detention and deportation. 

Literature 201A, Narrative/Poetics/Representation 
Adhaar Desai, associate professor of literature
What does it mean to study literature today? Emphasizing close textual analysis and introducing students to various methods in literary studies, this course investigates a range of literary forms, national traditions, historical moments, and social identities. 

Philosophy 111, Introduction to Philosophy: Sleeping, Waking, Dreaming
Yarran Hominh, assistant professor of philosophy
What are dreams? Are they falsehoods, distractions, unrealities? Insights into who we really are? Are dreams private, or can they be collective, shared, even politically transformative? This course examines philosophical analysis of dreams, and how they might be a way of philosophizing.

Politics 270, All Politics Is Local
Erin Cannan, vice president for civic engagement
Malia Du Mont '95, vice president for strategy and policy
The structure and activities of local government are often poorly understood, but play a critical role in daily life. This course seeks to answer: What role does local government play? How do local politics differ from state and national politics? And what experiments in local governance can inform the national discourse on democracy?

Psychology 210, Adult Abnormal Psychology
Cassie van Stolk-Cooke, assistant professor of psychology
This course explores adult psychopathology (psychological disorders) within the contexts of theoretical conceptualizations, research, and treatment. Potential causes, diagnostic classifications, and treatments will be addressed, with emphasis on anxiety-, mood-, eating-, and substance-related disorders. 

Religion 272, Fear in the Medieval World
Erin Atwell, assistant professor of Islamic studies
Fear has a central place in medieval texts. It appears in poetry, folklore, mysticism, scripture, and literary prose. To what kind of fear do these texts refer? Is fear always negative? In this clas, we investigate conceptions of fear in late antique and medieval texts. 


 

Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors Fall Meeting

10:30 am – 12:30 pm
All alumni/ae are invited to join members of the Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors for the annual fall meeting. Alumni/ae guests interested in the work of the board are welcome to stay for the whole meeting. At 10:00 am coffee and bagels will be served for board members and alumni/ae guests. The meeting will start promptly at 10:30 am.
Levy Conference Room, Levy Economics Institute, Blithewood Mansion

Blithewood Mansion Open House

10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Visit this historic Hudson River mansion, now home to the Levy Economics Institute, and explore its collection of German and Austrian paintings from the turn of the 20th century. The paintings were a bequest to Bard College from Dr. Edith Neumann.
Blithewood Mansion

Pathways to Civic Engagement

11–11:30 am
See the schedule for Saturday, 9:45 am.
Schwab ’52 Atrium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Attention Lab

11–11:45 am
Curious about attention? Join members of staff at the Stevenson Library to discover different forms of attention beyond the traditional association with focus. Learn more about how to reclaim your attention in an increasingly digital age. You'll be able to try out a few fun activities exploring your attention and discuss some of our upcoming events and programs.
Stevenson Library

Sustainable Energy and Landscapes Tour

11 am–noon

Join the Bard Office of Sustainability for a walking tour of North Campus and an introduction to the sustainability initiatives on campus, focused on geothermal, green construction practices, solar energy, farming, and environmental stewardship. The tour will start and end at Campus Center North (lower-level), looping past the new Residence Halls, the Bard College Farm, the new Performance Arts Lab, and Robbins Field meadow. Please wear comfortable walking shoes— the tour is a 3/4 mile loop, will traverse grass and gravel areas, and will last 45-60 minutes. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Meet at the Lower Level, Campus Center North

Blithewood Garden Open House

11 am – 12:30 pm
You are invited to stroll through the historic Blithewood Garden and take in the views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. A member of the Horticulture and Arboretum staff will be on-hand to answer your garden questions.
Blithewood Garden

Bard Jazz Studies and Bard Music Program Faculty Concert

11 am – 12:45 pm
Enjoy a concert performed by Bard faculty. The faculty will play two sets, the first from 11:00 - 11:45 and the second 12:00 -12:45. Jessica Jones, sax; John Esposito, piano; Rich Syracuse, bass; Peter O’Brien, drums.
Bard Hall

Pop-Up Apple Tasting

11 am – 1 pm
Nearly 70 varieties of apples are grown at Bard’s Montgomery Place Campus, and you can sample some of them at our pop-up tasting, thanks to the generous donation from Doug and Talea Fincke at Montgomery Place Orchards. Hosted by the Office of Sustainability and staffed by BardE3 students.
Schwab ’52 Atrium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

A Traveling Apple Exhibit with an Apple and Cider Tasting

11 am – 3 pm
Join us for a celebration of the Hudson Valley’s extraordinary apple heritage, featuring more than 200 apple varieties harvested from regional orchards. From beloved heirlooms to lesser-known gems, this unique exhibit offers a visual journey into the remarkable genetic diversity of Malus and the living history of apple cultivation in our region. Featuring apples from Rose Hill Farm, Montgomery Place Orchards, Hudson Valley Apple Project, Mead Orchards, and Klocke Estate. Apple and cider tasting.
Montgomery Place Greenhouse

Academic Classes

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
All registrants will be emailed a link on Thursday, October 22 to sign up for classes. Two classes per person will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you miss online registration, you may be able to sign up in-person at registration. 

Academic Classes

Architecture 321 MC, Constituencies: Designing Potential Histories of One Manhattan Square
Michael Robinson Cohen, visiting lecturer in architecture
One Manhattan Square is a massive luxury tower in New York City, on the site of a former grocery store whose demolition was vehemently protested. In this studio course, students draw from the work of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay to imagine "potential history" where the erasure of this critical community commodity never took place.

Common Course 111, Science of Human Connection
Michael Sadowski, associate dean of the College
Seth Halvorson, visiting associate professor of philosophy
Dumaine Williams '02, vice president for student affairs and dean of Early Colleges
This course introduces students to theories of relational connection as a foundation of human development, drawing on psychology, sociology, primatology, neuroscience, and other fields. The class engages with this question: What gets in the way of connection? And how do we reconnect as human beings?

Computer Science 224, Computing and Incarceration
Emma Benser, assistant professor of computer science
This course will introduce students to the ever-growing intersections of computing and carceral systems of punishment. Examples include the deployment of technology-based education and health-care services in prisons, profiteering technology companies controlling technology-enabled communication and media in prisons and the groups imagining and advocating for a different future of technology future in prison, the "digital divide" enforced on incarcerated people and efforts to improve digital literacy gaps.

Computer Science 224, Computing and Incarceration
Emma Benser, assistant professor of computer science
This course shows the ever-growing intersectons of computing and carceral systems of punishment. Examples include technology-based education and heath-care services in prisons, companies controlling media in prisons and the groups advocation for a different technology future in prison, and efforts to improve digital liiteracy gaps.

Data Analytics 121A, Thinking with Data: Introduction to Data Analysis and R Programming
Jordan Ayala, assistant professor of data analytics and geography
Data analytics- the process of revealing, interpreting, and visualizing information inside data- is revolutionizing daily life, from science to business to the arts. This course introduces techniques, implemented through programming in R, for transforming data into usable forms, performing descriptive and exploratory analysis, and visualizing the results. 

First-Year Seminar
Kathryn Tabb, assistant professor of philosophy
This incarnation of First-Year Seminar explores the obligations and possibilities of citizenship, democracy, and the very notion of a collective society. This course engages works from across disciplines that have shaped how people think about citizenship and civic membership across time and space. 

Literature 230, Ghost Stories
Francine Prose, Distinguished Writer in Residence
Through Shakespeare, Henry James, Gogol, Dickens, Wharton, Mariana Enríques, Amos Tutuola, and others, we will discuss what it means to haunt and to be haunted, and what ghost stories tell us about memory, madness, life, death, and the afterlife. 

Music 154, Music and the Spirit
Sean Colonna '12, associate director, Language and Thinking Program; visiting assistant professor of music
Many of us may have felt music's influence on what we might call "the spirit." The course is animated by this question: How have humans conceptualized the nature of the spirit, and how has music been a vehicle for spiritual communication with immaterial beings?

Politics 161, The Fight for the Right to Vote: Student Voting, Civil Rights, and the Fight for American Democracy
Jonathan Becker, acting president
Erin Cannan, vice president for civic engagement
This course examines the right to vote, from the civil rights movement and Second Reconstruction to the present. It focuses on student voting and uses the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, as a way to examine the history of disenfranchisement and the fight for voting rights. 

Studio Art 125 AC, Paper
Adriane Colburn, artist in residence
From the use of papyrus in 2700 BC until today, paper has been an integral component in the creation and distribution of art and information. In this laboratory course we will explore the vast technical and conceptual possibilities of this material.
 

Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) Workshop: Empathic Communication and Resilience

11:30 am – 12:30 pm
“Empathic Communication and Resilience” is the name that Paul Marienthal, dean for social action and director of the Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) program, gives to communication that promotes honest and positive connections between people. Getting things right when important relationships are at stake requires specific skills and practices. This workshop is an introduction to the interpersonal communication work done in the TLS program.
Room 213, Bertelsmann Campus Center

Study Away Opportunities

Noon – 1 pm
An overview of study away opportunities. Learn about Bard’s programs in New York City, Berlin, and Bishkek; study abroad programs via myriad tuition exchanges; and options for foreign language study abroad. 
Olin Hall, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Admission Campus Tour

Noon – 1:30 pm
Enjoy a tour of campus led by one of our student tour guides. The tour begins with an information session by an admission counselor and ends with a Q&A session. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Meet at Hopson Cottage

Tour the Grounds of the Montgomery Place

Noon – 1:30 pm
Enjoy a tour of the Montgomery Place grounds, a 380-acre estate and National Historic Landmark adjacent to the main Bard College campus, overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains and located on the ancestral homelands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Renowned architects, landscape designers, and horticulturists worked to create the mansion, farm, orchards, farmhouse, and other aspects of the site. Montgomery Place was owned by the Livingston family from 1802 until the 1980s. The estate was transferred to Historic Hudson Valley in 1986; Bard College acquired the property in 2016. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Meet on the Visitors Center porch, Montgomery Place Campus

Guided Tour at CCS Bard

Noon – 5 pm
Gallery tours will also be offered at the top of each hour from 12 pm to 4 pm. The museum closes promptly at 5 pm. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
​​​​​Hessel Museum of Art. Center for Curatorial Studies

Bard Makers Art and Craft Fair

12:30–3:30 pm
Join us for the fourth annual Bard Makers Art and Craft Fair. Shop unique handmade wares and discover the diversity of creativity among Bard students and alumni/ae. Get some early holiday shopping done!
Multipurpose Room, Bertelsmann Campus Center

Portable Exhibition Booth and Tour of the Center for Experimental Humanities

12:30–3:30 pm
Visit our Portable Exhibition Booth at the Center for Experimental Humanities. The booth—designed, built, and managed by Bard students and faculty—will host a pop-up exhibition focused on the environmental impacts of AI. Curated by EH Media Corps member, Inju Keum.
New Annandale House

Alumni/ae Fall Harvest Lunch

12:45–2 pm
Alumni/ae and their guests are invited to eat together inside beautiful Blithewood Mansion. Sign up for Bard's signature Ten-Topping Chili Bar. Enjoy classic chili, or the vegan option, plus all the toppings. Lunch includes cornbread, Bard Farm fall salad, local apple crumble and ice cream. Soft drinks, craft beer, hard cider, coffee and tea.
Tickets are required. Tickets are $35 each and can be purchased through the registration form.
Lobby, Blithewood Mansion

Open Hours at the Olin Language Center Lab

1:00- 3:00 pm
Drop in to the Olin Language Center Lab to learn more about foreign language programs, language tutoring and intensives, and new developments in the fields of translation and linguistics in the Liberal Arts context. Students will be available to take your questions and offer more information about the resources, programs and inquiries which occupy students at the LAB: the Center for Language, Attention and Belonging.
Language Lab Room 203, Franklin W. Olin Language Center

Politics Roundtable with the Bard Debate Union

1–2 pm
Join members of the Bard Debate Union for a roundtable discussion on current affairs, the state of debate in society, and how young people can find their voices in the contemporary political landscape. 
Room 102, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Student Ensemble Performance

1–2 pm
Enjoy a concert performed by the Advanced Contemporary Improv student ensemble. Nico Bald, piano; Kaz Borowicz, trumpet & guitar; Isaac Chan, guitar; Jamie Hart, bass; Erin Hobson, guitar; Miriam Kagan-Dubroff, alto sax; Jack Kaminski, piano; Micah Kelleher, drums; Jack Martin, trombone; Duncan Smith, guitar; Jascha Stern – violin
Bard Hall

Soccer Game Tailgate

1–2 pm
Join Bard's Acting President, Jonathan Becker; Director of Athletics and Recreation, Stefanie Carrington; Vice President for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs, Debra Pemstein; and members of Bard's Family Leadership Council to cheer on the men's soccer team as they prepare to play RIT at home at Bard's Ferrari Soccer and Lacrosse Complex. Drinks and light bites will be served.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer and Lacrosse Complex, Stevenson Athletic Center

Attention Lab

1:15–2 pm
Curious about attention? Join members of staff at the Stevenson Library to discover different forms of attention beyond the traditional association with focus. Learn more about how to reclaim your attention in an increasingly digital age. You'll be able to try out a few fun activities exploring your attention and discuss some of our upcoming events and programs.
Stevenson Library

Visit the Bard Sugar Shack

1:30–2:30 pm
Come visit the Bard Sugar Shack at Montgomery Place! The Bard Sugar Shack is a Bard Farm Project, used to make Apple and Maple Syrups every year. Paul Marienthal, the dean for social action and director of the TLS program will be there to talk about building the structure with students last year. Students will be there to talk about how they work at the Bard farm and with local farmers. We will have local apples to process and enjoy, come on by!
South end of the Visitors Center parking lot, Montgomery Place Campus

Montgomery Place Material Culture Presentation

2–3 pm
When is a hat more than a covering for the head? Come to the mansion at Montgomery Place to learn about our new course initiative, Material Culture Studies at Montgomery Place. We'll discuss this new phase in the long history of MP as an exciting extension of Bard's educational mission. Students will model the methods of material culture in brief presentations of several collection objects. Space is limited, sign up at registration.
Montgomery Place Mansion, Montgomery Place Campus

The Fight to Vote: Our Contemporary Challenge

2–3 pm
Join Bard's Acting President, Jonathan Becker, Bard parent, Kitty Pilgrim and Election@Bard's team lead Sophie Novick-Prucher for a timely conversation focused on challenges to voting rights, access, and participation especially as it relates to students and the future of American democracy. Discussion moderated by Erin Cannan, managing director, Bard Center for Civic Engagement.
 
Kitty Pilgrim is an international journalist, author and was a CNN anchor and correspondent for 25 years. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is founder of her own company, Kitty Pilgrim Media, based in New York. Kitty also publishes her own podcast Pilgrim's Progress, a program that interviews women who make a difference in their communities around the world.      
                                                                                            
Jonathan Becker is acting president of Bard College. He is co-editor of the book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses.

Sophie Novick-Prucher is a sophomore theater and history major. She is the lead fellow for Election@Bard, an Andrew Goodman Foundation fellow and a Newman Civic fellow, all focused on youth voting.

Erin Cannan is the managing director for Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement. Erin coordinates Bard's election action plan and co-teaches courses related to civic engagement, youth voting, leadership and local government. 
Olin Hall, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Men’s Soccer Game

2–4 pm
The Raptors men’s soccer team plays RIT at home.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer and Lacrosse Complex, Stevenson Athletic Center


R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

2–4 pm
See schedule for Friday, 7:30 pm.
LUMA Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Tour the Grounds of Montgomery Place

2:30–4 pm
Enjoy a tour of the Montgomery Place grounds, a 380-acre estate and National Historic Landmark adjacent to the main Bard College campus, overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains and located on the ancestral homelands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Renowned architects, landscape designers, and horticulturists worked to create the mansion, farm, orchards, farmhouse, and other aspects of the site. Montgomery Place was owned by the Livingston family from 1802 until the 1980s. The estate was transferred to Historic Hudson Valley in 1986; Bard College acquired the property in 2016. Space is limited; sign up at registration.
Meet on the Visitors Center porch, Montgomery Place Campus

Bard Leadership Q & A

3:30–4:30 pm
Join Jonathan Becker, acting president; Nicholas Lewis, associate vice president for academic initiatives and associate dean of the College; and Brooke Jude, associate dean of the College, associate professor of biology, director of the Matriculation experience, and current Bard parent, for a Q&A about all things Bard.
Olin Hall, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

 

Come Meet Bard's Newest PAL!

4:30–6 pm
Please join alumni/ae, faculty, and staff of Bard's Theatre & Performance and Dance programs (formerly Drama Dance) and the Fisher Center for a reception to toast Bard's newest building—the iconic PAL. The Performing Arts Lab was designed by Maya Lin and offers state of the art rehearsal and performance space for students, faculty, professional artists and alumni/ae guests.

Fisher Center Artistic Director Gideon Lester, visiting artist in residence, dancer and choreographer Lisa Fagan ’11, and actor Erin DeWard ’86 will be your hosts.

Tours and refreshments.
Bard Peforming Arts Lab

Community Campfire

4:30–6:30 pm
The Office of Student Activities invites you to the pumpkin patch. Come paint a pumpkin around the campfire while savoring local cider donuts and cider with families and alumni/ae.
Anna Jones Memorial Garden
 

Saturday Dinner

5–8 pm
Enjoy dinner with other Bard families and alumni/ae. $17 per person; students may use their meal plan cards. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the door.
Kline Dining Commons

Bard Conservatory Orchestra Concert

7–9 pm
The Bard College Conservatory Orchestra performance will feature jazz pianist, Marcus Roberts, and his trio performing James Johnson's, Yamekraw. The program also includes Beethoven Symphony No. 4 and Elgar Symphony 1. 

You may purchase tickets for the Fisher Center performances online at /fishercenter.bard.edu/series/bard-conservatory-orchestra-conducted-by-leon-botstein/ or by calling 845-758-7900, or in person at the box office in the Sosnoff Theater lobby, Monday-Friday, 10 am – 5 pm, and one hour prior to performance. Tickets are free for Bard students and individual tickets are available for purchase for $10.
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

7:30–9:30 pm
See schedule for Friday, 7:30 pm.
LUMA Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Sunday, October 25

Sunday Brunch

10 am – 3 pm
Enjoy brunch with other Bard families and alumni/ae. $17 per person; students may use their meal plan cards. Purchase tickets at registration or at the door.
Kline Dining Commons

Fund for Visual Learning Gallery Open

10–5 pm
The art gallery is open. For more information, see schedule for Friday, 5 pm.
Fisher Studio Arts Building

Apple Gleaning at Greig Farm

1–4 pm
Join Bard community members for apple gleaning at Greig Farm, three miles from the Bard campus. All apples collected will be donated to Red Hook Responds, a nonprofit that organizes volunteers in our local communities to support those in need. Make sure to wear clothing and durable shoes that you won’t mind getting a little dirty! Please arrange your own transportation. If you have any questions, please reach out to the BardEATS team via email: [email protected]. All are welcome!
Greig Farm, 227 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, New York 12571

Bard College Conservatory Orchestra Concert

2–4:30 pm
For details, see the schedule for Saturday at 7 pm.
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) 

4–6 pm
For details, see the schedule for Friday, 7:30 pm.
LUMA Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Bard Alumni/ae
Office of Alumni/ae Affairs
Anne Cox Chambers Alumni/ae Center
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
845-758-7089
[email protected]
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