Event Calendar
Pick a DateSongwriters' Feast 1 - Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Via voice, Maia Devoy '26, Drem Dindar '26, Makiia Jones '26, Phoebe Lahey '26, Gates Leonard '25, and Beatrix Sherry '26 convey original compositions with words, beats, chords, and live audio mise-en-scenes from the Down Caf stage.
Ikebana Workshop with Katsuko Lord & Ikuko Yoshida
Cultural Studies and Language Series—Fall 2022BENNINGTON COMMUNITY ONLY | In this workshop, participants will explore the Japanese perspective on aesthetics thorough one of the prominent art forms of Japan - Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arrangement). This workshop will be conducted in Japanese.
What is happening in Iran?
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join us to learn more about what the protest in Iran is about, and the role of feminism in the ongoing protests. We will also learn about the desperation for a revolution in Iran and why it is important.
The Bands Class - Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | SURGEON GENERAL, BACKYARD AQUARIUM, and the PHOENIX MALANGA TRIO, will rock band-size loudness and grand musical munificence at the DownCaf.
In the Bag: A Free Webinar for Dry Cleaners Who Want to Reduce Single-Use Poly
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Beyond Plastics to learn how your dry cleaning business can cut costs and boost revenue, attract new customers, and help protect the planet by reducing single-use poly and other single-use plastics in your operations.
Advocating for Our Environment
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | The Bennington Garden Club invites the community to learn about how each of us can advocate for our environment and find practical solutions together.
Field Work Term Fair
BENNINGTON COMMUNITY ONLY | The Career Development & Field Work Term Office invites you to join us for our inaugural FWT Fair to meet more than a dozen employers seeking Bennington talent for PAID FWT opportunities in Design, Architecture, World Music, Social Impact, Media, Public Health and much more!
Reading: Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
Literature Evenings—Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint will read as part of Literature Evenings.
Akosua Adoma Owusu
VALS—Fall 2022OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Each term, Visual Arts at Bennington offers a thematic series of lectures by visiting arts professionals: artists, curators, historians and critics. VALS centers queer and BIPOC emerging as well as internationally-renowned practitioners invited to introduce the College community to the diversity of contemporary art practices within and beyond the U.S.
Democracy in America: Congress: Is it still the People's Branch
OPEN 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. Facilitated by CAPA director Susan Sgorbati and Vermont State Senator Brian Campion.
"How do cells move and navigate complex environments?"
Science Workshop—Fall 2022OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Rebecca Adikes, PHD will be joining us from Sienna college for Science Workshop do discuss C.elegans as a model to investigate the role of the cytoskeleton in cell migration
VSO Jukebox Quartet featuring Kaki King
Carriage Barn Concert Series—Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist Kaki King, hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” joins the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s Jukebox String Quartet in concert as part of the Carriage Barn Concert Series.
God's Grape Juice
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | God’s Grape Juice is a multimedia student-written and directed play that explores themes of social media and performance, truth, and identity in everyday life. Directed and written by Hannah Pereira, assistant directed by Milo Lis, and featuring performances by Ryan Fahey, Daisy Billington, Luke Fletcher, Adrian Vidal, Grace Phipps, and Kelton DuMont.
Fall for Bennington
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Get ready to experience Bennington College, and all it has to offer! Join Bennington College faculty, current students, and staff for this lively campus event.
Purple Carrot Farm Volunteer Work Party
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Volunteer opportunity at the Purple Carrot Farm! All are welcome, no experience required. Come meet new people and play in the dirt!
Why Should the Younger Generation Read Robert Frost?
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Please join us for an evening with Robert Bernard Hass, Poet, Robert Frost Scholar, and Director of the Robert Frost Society.