Alumni News
Reitz and Rudner MFA '99 Revive Necessary WeatherDance faculty member Dana Reitz and dancer/choreographer Sara Rudner MFA '99 garnered rave reviews for their recent reprisal of their 1994 show Necessary Weather at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York.
Ehrlich ’67 Wins Thoreau PrizePEN New England has named author Gretel Ehrlich ‘67 winner of the 2010 Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing.
Bennington to Kick Off Annual Spring Music FestivalSunfest, Bennington's annual, all-day music festival, will begin on Saturday, May 1, at 12:00 pm. This year's bill features a number of student bands and incoming acts, including Real Estate—featuring Alex Bleeker '08 on bass—whose self-titled album was ranked among the top 20 of 2009 by Pitchfork.com.
Lichtenstein ’78 Offers Advice to Students"Be enthusiastic about your work, but always stay humble," filmmaker Mitchell Lichtenstein '78 told a room full of Bennington students as part of the "Beyond Bennington" speaker series, which invites alumni to campus to discuss their careers with current students.
Students and Recent Alums Garner Musical AcclaimThe Late Show with David Letterman, Rolling Stone magazine, NPR, and Spinner.com are just a few of the news and entertainment outlets that have featured music by Bennington students or alumni in the past month.