Event Calendar

Screening: "Milford Graves Full Mantis" with Director Jake Meginsky

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "Milford Graves Full Mantis" is the first feature-length portrait of renowned percussionist Milford Graves (1941-2021), exploring the kaleidoscopic creativity and relentless curiosity of an extraordinary jazz innovator, tireless polymath, and longtime Bennington College professor. Meet the film’s director Jake Meginsky (MFA ’09), a student and collaborator of Graves, in discussion after the screening.

Las cosas pequeñas: My Independent Study Experience in Cusco-Peru

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Creative work by Bella Wells-Fried '24 in English and Spanish from Independent Study in Peru. Poems, journal entries, "travel guides", and bits of wisdom Bella created and collected on her trip that explore how traveling affected her understanding of themes like endurance, comfort, sense of self, and home.

Akasha Rabut

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Akasha Rabut is a Filipina American photographer and educator from Kaua’i, Hawai’i, based in New Orleans, Louisiana and Hawai’i.

Last day to withdraw from first 7 week Spring 2024 courses

Jeopardy Night

Open to Bennington students, faculty, and staff | Join Program and Activity Council (PAC) for an exciting afternoon of friendly competition and fun!

Film Screening: Secret

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Secret, Directed by Jay Chou (Taiwan, 2007). Film shown in Taiwanese and Chinese with English subtitles.

Miracle Thornton ‘24

Please join us for a reading by Literature student Miracle Thornton ‘24, whose chapbook Plucked won the 2023 Rattle Chapbook Prize! A reading in Cricket Hill will be followed by a book signing and light refreshments. Open to the Bennington College community.

Kaolack Ibrahima Ndiaye

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A presentation on how Ndaga can be used as a way to decolonize the Senegalese imaginary space and contemporary dance aesthetic. How to deconstruct and radically rethink the concept of archives, historical legacies, and traditions that stand the risk of being lost forever.

Faculty: Deadline to submit Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 courses to the Provost's Office (via WordPress)

Variation in Pollinator Foraging: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Williams College Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Gordon Smith, PhD will be joining us for Science Workshop this week to discuss Variation in Pollinator Foraging: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences.

Spring Saturday Visit

Various activities designed for high school students interested in or deciding to enroll at Bennington College.

Haut et Fort: Directed by Nabil Ayouch, 2021

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Anas, a former rapper, is hired to teach hip hop at a cultural center in an underprivileged neighborhood of Casablanca. Amidst the challenges of restrictive traditions and issues of identity, religion, and politics, Anas manages to inspire his students, fostering unity and self-expression through the transformative power of hip hop culture.