Alumni News
"Go to a liberal arts school" Deborah Borda ’71 spoke Michael Eisner at the Aspen Ideas Festival about her work managing the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. She also spoke about why she chose to attend Bennington College (after beginning her studies at a traditional music conservatory), citing Bennington's high level of flexibility, and emphasis on entrepreneurship. She soon realized, in Eisner's words, "Bennington would be better," and now advises musicians: “go to a liberal arts school” [9:40]. More.
Cloonan '75 Wins SAA Award Michele V. Cloonan '75 has been awarded the 2016 Society of American Archivists' Preservation Publication Award for her book Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age. The SAA award "recognizes and acknowledges the author... of an outstanding published work related to archives preservation."
Fierce Folk Amrita Lash '04, and her band, Long Journey, released their debut album, Fierce Folk, last month.
Young Playwrights Competition The winning plays from Dorset Theatre Festival’s Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition, which is supported by Bennington College faculty, students, and alumni, will be performed on Wednesday, September 28, 6:30 p.m., at the Manchester Community Library.
"The Most Outstanding" Lynn Emanuel '72 has been awarded the 2016 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for her new book The Nerve of It.