Community Independent Review into Bard President Leon Botstein’s Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Launched by College Board of Trustees In a February 19 email to the Bard community, The Board announced it has hired a law firm to review Botstein’s ties to the notorious pedophile and the institution’s fundraising norms. By Jamie Larson •
Community Bard President Botstein Responds to Epstein Ties in Campus Email, But Big Questions Remain In a letter to the college community Bard President Leon Botstein says the notorious pedophile was not his friend, just a prospective donor. By Jamie Larson •
Community CORRECTION: Leon Botstein Resignation Story a Hoax RI was sent a false document from what appeared to be a member of Bard leadership. By Jamie Larson •
Arts SummerScape 2026 Returns to Bard with New Opera, Lucinda Childs, and a Deep Dive on Mozart The Fisher Center’s signature summer festival brings world premieres, rare operas, landmark dance, and a Bard Music Festival devoted to Mozart to the Hudson Valley. By Chronogram Staff •
Community New Documentary Highlights Biodiversity in the Hudson Valley A new DEC-produced documentary “The Nature of Nature” celebrates the Hudson Valley’s extraordinary range of life—and the people working to understand and protect it—ahead of a screening at Bard College on February 8. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts “We Are in Hell When We Hurt Each Other” at Bard Jacolby Satterwhite's work juxtaposes protest footage with dystopian virtual environments populated by figures navigating ritual, memory, and resistance. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Dvořák and the Music of Ukraine Violinist Dmytro Tkachenko and conductor Tatiana Kalinichenko lead TŌN in Dvořák and the Music of Ukraine, a one-night-only concert that blends rich Romantic expressiveness with the resilient spirit of Ukrainian composition. By Jamie Larson •
