Article by Jonathan Becker

This is an in-depth article, written by Jonathan Becker, about the nature of Bard’s civic engagement work.

Here is the abstract:

Despite its moderate size and rural location, Bard’s civic engagement efforts resonate locally, nationally, and internationally, and have significant public policy impacts.

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Parliament of Reality

You will find The Parliament of Reality in the large meadow in front of the Fisher Center. It is perhaps the most well-known piece in the Bard College collection of outdoor sculpture. Created by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson in 2009, this large installation was inspired by the original Icelandic parliament,

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Enjoy your retirement

When LLI AV team members need help with computer displays that don’t turn on,  sound systems that won’t un-mute, or any equipment that just will not cooperate, the place we look to is a small office on the first floor of the Olin building. That’s the home of the Bard AV staff.

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From Monday, May 6 until Friday, May 10, the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen, a Tibetan monk from the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery and professor of Tibetan Buddhist studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, will construct a sand mandala of the Buddha of Compassion in the lobby of the Reem-Kayden Center on the Bard College campus.

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Wander over in the direction of the Fisher Center, turn left and enter the old stone-faced building called Ward Manor. Go through the arched door and continue through the building and outside again onto the stone porch, where you will see a tall, stainless steel, tilted wonder called Stargon.

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Brothers at Bard (BAB)

Have you ever lived in a foreign country where you speak the same language but you don’t know anyone or understand the customs and no one offers you the courtesies usually extended to foreigners?  How would you get into a good school or get a good job?

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Introduction

While on her 80th birthday year tour, composer Joan Tower-‒-Bard LLI’s most heralded presenter—has been awarded the Gold Baton Award for 2019 by the League of American Orchestras.

Ms. Tower, who lives in Red Hook, is well-known to LLI music aficionados for her engaging classes that,

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Invitation to LLI Members

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”

The Center for Civic Engagement has invited LLI members to participate in three events during their Martin Luther King Day of Engagement on Monday,

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If Eleanor Roosevelt Could Tweet

“She would be asking us to learn about each other, and expand our horizons of who that ‘other’ is. She would be asking us to not be afraid of someone else’s way of living, but instead to find it interesting and allowable.…

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Range of performing arts

Fisher Center fare covers the range of performing arts: music, plays, dance and lectures/conversations. From cabaret to classical, there’s lots of affordable culture.
It is presented in two theaters: the Sosnoff — the large concert hall, and the Luma theater.

The center also serves as the presenting stage for the Bard Conservatory and for Bard’s Theater and Performance program.

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