Event Calendar
Pick a DateBook Launch: Negative Ecologies: Fossil Fuels and the Discovery of the Environment, by David Bond
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | So much of what we know of clean water, clean air, and now a stable climate rests on how fossil fuels first disrupted them. Negative Ecologies is a bold reappraisal of the outsized role fossil fuels have played in making the environment visible, factual, and politically operable in North America.
Marley Trigg Stewart
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.
Reading: Elizabeth Crane
Literature Evenings—Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Elizabeth Crane is the author of six works of fiction, most recently the novel The History of Great Things and the story collection Turf. Her debut memoir, This Story Will Change, came out in August 2022 from Counterpoint Books.
Samba New York!
Carriage Barn Concert Series—Fall 2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Samba New York! presents "Rootsy Rhythms," featuring the type of samba that originated in informal gatherings in Rio de Janeiro — giving the Bennington community a taste of what samba is all about and to share the joy and human warmth of the Brazilian spirit through music and dance.
Staff Council Forum
STAFF ONLY | Please join the Staff Council for an open forum for staff, so that your voice can be heard in the important decision making surrounding the Staff Council.
Conversation with Senator Patrick Leahy
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Please join us as we celebrate Senator Leahy's remarkable legacy of public service to our state and the nation. A reception will begin at 6:00 pm, followed by a 7:00 pm conversation with Senator Patrick Leahy. No RSVP required.
Think Tank on Continuing Education in Prisons, part II
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A convening to discuss the challenges and opportunities for continuing education for incarcerated students serving life or virtual life sentences.