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Chance Encounters with John Cage: Points in space—performance at black Mountain college, with jeff Arnal

Thursday, July 9, 3–4pm ET

Black Mountain College Museum+Arts Center Executive Director Jeff Arnal discusses their exhibition on Performance at Black Mountain College.

Black Mountain College’s interdisciplinary and collaborative philosophy fostered groundbreaking time-based experiments across disciplines, significantly influencing performance, theater, film, music, dance, and visual art worldwide. Points in Space: Performance at Black Mountain College(September 5, 2025–January 10, 2026) featureed visual and time-based artworks that echo BMC’s innovative spirit from 1933 to 1957. BMC was a nexus of avant-garde activity, fostering innovation through collaboration and experiential learning. The exhibition highlighted key events and figures, including John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Lou Harrison, Roland Hayes, Ray Johnson, Hugo Kauder, Ursula Mamlok, Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor, Alma Stone Williams, Stan Vanderbeek, and Stefan Wolpe, alongside movements like Bauhaus, Dada, and Fluxus. The exhibition featured historical and contemporary works, interactive installations, performances, and immersive experiences that bring the past into conversation with the present.

The John Cage Trust is celebrating iconic American composer Steve Reich as he turns 90!

Join us for this not-to-be missed evening—sure to sell out—with Steve Reich himself in attendance, and featuring some of his very favorite musicians and works.

The evening begins with a lavish vegetarian birthday gala dinner with Steve, followed by a very special concert, all at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn.

Here's the amazing lineup so far:

• pianist Stephen Drury performing John Cage's "In a Landscape"

• vocalists Meredith Monk with Katie Geissinger and Allison Sniffin performing Monk's "Memory Song"

• percussionists Garry Kvistad and Russell Hartenberger (of the original Steve Reich Ensemble) performing Reich's "Clapping Music"

• electric guitarist Mark Stewart performing Reich's "Electric Counterpoint"

• plus special surprise guest performers and more!

By attending this historic night, you also raise necessary support for the John Cage Trust, a nonprofit organization that not only preserves and promotes the work of Cage (1912–1992), but fosters the ongoing legacy of his generative influence and spirit thorugh a variety of programs, and by maintaining the Cage Trust archives. Located on the campus of Bard College, we welcome visitors—musicians, scholars, educators, artists, and all interested—throughout the year to programs and tours, as well as collaborate with partners worldwide on exhibitions and performances. At the John Cage Trust, we're interested not so much in what John Cage has done, but in what his legacy is still doing today. Your support helps make this possible!

Please make a donation in support of the John Cage Trust if you are unable to attend.