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A Plastic Ocean on November 18

Learn about single-use Plastic epidemic

LLI members have been invited to attend this special event, a student initiative supported by Bard CCE. It addresses the amount single-use plastics in our oceans and what you can do to help.

We hope you can attend.

Where: Weiss Cinema in the Campus Center
When: Sunday,

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Around Bard – Taking the Plunge

We are heading towards winter and fewer opportunities for outdoor activities. But Bard’s Stevenson Athletic Center has a beautiful 25-yard, six-lane swimming pool and offers paid gym and pool memberships to the community, including LLI members.

The Athletic Center is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

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LLI Gifts to Bard

Each year LLI contributes a significant amount to Bard College in appreciation for the generous support the College affords us by giving us classroom space and extensive administrative support, enabling us to offer a high-quality educational program to LLI members. This fiscal year, LLI will donate approximately $28,000  to the College,

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Complimentary tickets to first US-China Music Festival at Fisher Center

Concert on October 19, 2018

LLI has received a generous offer from the Bard Conservatory: “The Conservatory would like to offer complimentary tickets to the first US-China Music Festival concert (at the Fisher Center on October 19) to those from LLI who are interested.”

Please do not call the Fisher Center box office directly.

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LLI Supports Student Interns at BHSEC

Bard High School Early College Program

LLI received wonderful thank you letters from students in the NYC Bard High School Early College Program (BHSEC).  Every year, LLI provides financial help for expenses incurred during summer internships.

The Bard Early Colleges are founded on the belief that many high-school-age students are eager and ready for the intellectual challenges of a college education.

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Some Highlights of Bard October Events

The Bard Calendar is Amazing

The Bard Conservatory will present pianists Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky in a concert of Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin and Steven Stucky. At the Lazlo Bito Conservatory Building, October 15, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

The Center for the Moving Image will screen four films at the Jim Ottaway,

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Around Bard: Hessel Museum of Art

The NY times Says It’s Worth the Ride

The CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art is part of Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies. It is a venue exploring various ways to present contemporary visual art and it serves as a laboratory for the graduate students at the Center for Curatorial Studies.

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Around Bard

Benefits Beyond LLI

Being a member of LLI means more than just being able to attend classes. It means being a member of the broader Bard community with access to its ongoing cultural and intellectual opportunities.

Here are three.

The Bard Conservatory

The conservatory has frequent free student concerts and master classes as well as some ticketed special events.  

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Concert Celebrating Joan Tower

September 16 at Fisher Center

Plan now to attend a wonderful concert at the Fisher Center at Bard on September 16, celebrating Joan Tower, a world renowned composer who has offered music classes for LLI for the past seven years. In her very popular music classes, she brings conservatory student musicians who perform for and interact with LLI members.

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Support a Syrian Musician To Study at Bard

Dear LLI members,

We are forwarding a request from Janet Stetson, Director of Graduate Admissions at Bard, to help with funding for a student who has been admitted to the Conservatory. Her message is below.

Thank you.

 

 

 

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