Event Calendar
Pick a DateThe Japanese in Latin America: A Literary Translation
Cultural Studies and Language Series - Fall 2023OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Advanced Work in Spanish by Hazel Medina Morín
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training Session 2: The ABC’s of Activism
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training: Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Beyond Plastics for part one of a free, virtual, two-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.
The Poetics of Obsession: Crosswords, Academia, and Department Stores
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Adrienne Raphel is the author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them (Penguin Press), Our Dark Academia (Rescue Press), and What Was It For (Rescue Press).
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training Session 1: Laying the Foundation
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training: Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Beyond Plastics for part one of a free, virtual, two-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.
Visual Arts Lecture: Keioui Keijaun Thomas
Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS)—Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Keioui Keijaun Thomas (she/her) is a Florida-born, New York City-based performance and multimedia artist. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
SCT Thesis Presentations
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Please join us to celebrate the exciting Advanced Work SCT seniors completed in Fall 2023. Thesis presentations will be followed by light refreshments and a congratulatory toast.
Bending the Bars: Queer Conspirators Against Carcerality
Nicole Morse, PhD will be joining us today to give a talk titled "Bending the Bars: Queer Conspirators Against Carcerality"
Translator Nicholas Elliott '96 in Conversation with Filmmaker Alice Diop
Cultural Studies and Language Series - Fall 2023
Translator Nicholas Elliott '96 talks with filmmaker Alice Diop, who is a director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. Open to campus community only.
Proleptic Form: Toward a Poetics of Self Defense
Poetry at Bennington—Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A craft talk with Monica Youn.
against perfection: Puerto Rican Obituary & some thoughts
Poetry at Bennington—Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants and the author of two poetry collections: Promises of Gold (Henry Holt, 2023), a USA Today Book Club pick; and Citizen Illegal (Haymarker, 2018), a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and winner of the Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize, named a top book of 2018 by NPR and the New York Public Library.
Evening Prayer Led by Vanessa Lyon
The Daily Evening Office according to the Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal). All are very welcome!
José Olivarez and Monica Youn
Poetry at Bennington—Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Poetry at Bennington welcomes poets José Olivarez and Monica Youn for a public reading of their poetry.
José Olivarez and Monica Youn In Conversation with Michael Dumanis
Poetry at Bennington—Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Michael Dumanis in a Q&A with visiting poets, José Olivarez and Monica Youn
Sandra Simonds: Writing the Void
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Sandra Simonds is an award-winning writer and professor who has taught at Bennington College, Florida State University, and Thomas University.
Leahy’s Legacy with Chris Graff, Vermont Journalist and Luke Albee, Former Chief of Staff to Senator Leahy
The Patrick J. Leahy Public Policy Forum—Fall 2023OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Our newly titled The Patrick J. Leahy Public Policy Forum is dedicated this term to the legacy of Senator Leahy and its effect on our democracy.
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training Session 2: The ABC’s of Activism
Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training: Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join Beyond Plastics for part one of a free, virtual, two-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community.
Poetry & Performance Final Show
Literature Evenings—Fall 2023Students in Franny Choi’s course, Poetry & Performance will give a performance open to the Bennington community.
Jazz Ensemble Concert | Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | An evening of jazz music with Jen Allen's Bennington College Jazz Ensemble.
Cello and Chamber Music Showcase
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | End-of-term concert of cello and chamber music student performances
Violin & Viola Recital | Fall 2023
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A violin/viola class recital by students of Joana Genova