The beginning of term was a dark time for parties. Attendance so low it was sickening, dance floors so stolid they made your skin crawl—fun…
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On Wednesday October 30th, author of the novel Elsewhere (Celadon Books, 2022), Alexis Schaitkin, read her recent work in Tishman Lecture Hall. The event was…
In past years, the houses that have had to move out at Bennington have been the 1970s houses: Sawtell, Noyes, Fels, the Woo houses: Perkins,…
Andrea Bernstein is a hyphenate: she is an investigative journalist, an author, a podcast host, a radio personality, and a professor. Over the course of…
Friday, November 1– Oh, Swalloween. The whole campus turns out in their elaborate costumes, the music is always solid, the common room is well decorated—it’s…
With the presidential election fast approaching, The Bennington Lens endorses Kamala Harris to be the 47th president of the United States. There are a myriad…
The top floor of commons separates itself from the rest of the building. It has the most open space, excluding the dining hall, but the…
On October 23rd, Bennington College welcomed poets Megan Fernandes and Chet’la Sebree for the third Poetry at Bennington event of the fall semester. Megan Fernandes…
Boiler Room: Bingham was one of those themes that, when you initially saw it, you probably went: “This hasn’t already been done before? Seriously? Why…








