This Month At Bates
08:00 AM
Winter Recess —
Academic date. Administrative offices remain open
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 207-786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 207-786-8272.
07:30 PM
Sarah Vigne '12, pianist — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Vigne performs her senior thesis concert. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
07:30 PM
Dünya — Chapel
Concert. The Boston-based collective dedicated to presenting Turkish culture presents its Iki Cihan Arasında / Between Two Worlds program, combining folk, classical, religious and popular music of the Ottoman / Turkish tradition, interwoven with classical Ottoman music and new polyphonic makam compositions. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
12:30 PM
Noonday Concert — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Performer TBA. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
01:00 PM
Rollin’ to Olin: La Morra — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. La Morra, a Swiss ensemble that plays late medieval and early Renaissance music, performs in a public concert that's part of an arts program for local fourth-graders. FMI 207-786-6158.
05:00 PM
Men’s lacrosse vs. Keene State — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 207-786-6158.
07:30 PM
La Morra — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Known for evocative, well-researched programming and delightful performances, this Swiss group performs late medieval and early Renaissance music. $6, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
05:00 PM
BatesDowntown: Okbari — 22 Park St. (former Maple Room)
Concert. Okbari, an oud and percussion duo that plays Middle Eastern music, performs in this Bates concert series held in the heart of Lewiston. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
07:30 PM
F.A.B. — Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St.
Dance. This annual event draws audiences and dance artists from all over, including Bates students and alumni. F.A.B. means "Franco-American and Bates," and Lewiston’s Franco-American Heritage Center hosts this collaboration. Partners also include Bates' Harward Center for Community Partnerships and L/A Arts. $10 / $14, available at Brown Paper Tickets. FMI 207-689-2000.
11:00 AM
Holy Communion — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With music directed by John Corrie. FMI 786-8272.
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Academic date. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 786-8272.
07:00 PM
Global Lens film: Soul of Sand — Olin 104
Film. (India, 2010, 98 min.). FMI 207-786-6158.
07:15 PM
Constructing Consent: Sex, Sport and the Politics of Pain — Pettengill G52
Lecture. A talk by Jill Weinberg, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Northwestern. FMI 786-8295.
05:00 PM
Women’s lacrosse vs. Babson. — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
01:00 PM
Rollin’ to Olin: Cinder Conk — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Cinder Conk, a local duo that plays Eastern European and Balkan music on accordion and bass, performs in a public concert that's part of an arts program for local fourth-graders. FMI 207-786-6158.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 786-6158.
07:00 PM
Global Lens film: Opera Jawa — Olin 104
Film. (Indonesia, 2006, 120 min.). FMI 207-786-6158.
07:30 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
07:30 PM
Language Arts Live: Fiction reading by Justin Tussing — Muskie Archives
Reading. Tussing's work appeared in The New Yorker's 2005 Début Fiction issue. His first novel, The Best People in the World, received the 2006 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel. Tussing graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches at the University of Southern Maine. FMI 207-786-6256.
07:30 PM
Capital Trio — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Duncan Cumming '93 is the pianist in this trio completed by violinist Hilary Cumming and cellist Sölen Dikener. Their return to Bates includes the performance of a work composed by Bill Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music at Bates. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
07:30 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
08:00 PM
Contradance — Chase Lounge
Dance. Music by DJ Improper, a high school student from Virginia who mixes contemporary music to the contradance format. Called by Chrissy Fowler. No experience needed; all dances taught (beginners’ session at 7:30). Admission: $7 / $5. FMI freewillfolk@gmail.com.
12:00 PM
Women’s lacrosse vs. Middlebury. — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
02:00 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
07:30 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
07:30 PM
Bates College Orchestra — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Hiroya Miura of the Bates faculty leads the orchestra in a program TBA. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
11:00 AM
Holy Communion — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With music directed by John Corrie. FMI 786-8272.
12:30 PM
Women’s lacrosse vs. Amherst — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
02:00 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Academic date. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 786-8272.
07:00 PM
Global Lens: Belvedere — Olin 104
Film. (Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2010, 90 min.). FMI 207-786-6158.
07:30 PM
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen — Schaeffer Theatre
Theater. Ibsen's play continues to shed light on individual strength and perseverance, and on the contrast between responsibility and personal awakening. Directed by Elizabeth Castellano '12. $6/$3, available at www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
01:00 PM
Rollin’ to Olin: Brian Meldrum, pianist — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Meldrum, a local pianist, performs Beethoven and Chopin in a public concert that's part of an arts program for local fourth-graders. FMI 207-786-6158.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 786-6158.
07:30 PM
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress — Gannett Theatre
Theater. This audacious comedy was written by Alan Ball, created of the hit TV series Six Feet Under and True Blood. Directed by Kati Vecsey, senior lecturer in theater. Free, no reservations. FMI 207-786-6161.
08:00 PM
Bates College Choir — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. John Corrie of the Bates faculty conducts the ensemble in the second and third parts of Handel's Messiah. Free. but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
11:00 AM
Women’s tennis vs. MIT — Wallach Tennis Center
Athletics.
12:00 PM
Women’s lacrosse vs. Wesleyan — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
02:30 PM
Men’s tennis vs. MIT — Wallach Tennis Center
Athletics.
07:30 PM
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress — Gannett Theatre
Theater. This audacious comedy was written by Alan Ball, created of the hit TV series Six Feet Under and True Blood. Directed by Kati Vecsey, senior lecturer in theater. Free, no reservations. FMI 207-786-6161.
08:00 PM
Bates College Choir — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. John Corrie of the Bates faculty conducts the ensemble in the second and third parts of Handel's Messiah. Free. but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
11:00 AM
Holy Communion — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With music directed by John Corrie. FMI 786-8272.
02:00 PM
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress — Gannett Theatre
Theater. This audacious comedy was written by Alan Ball, created of the hit TV series Six Feet Under and True Blood. Directed by Kati Vecsey, senior lecturer in theater. Free, no reservations. FMI 207-786-6161.
03:00 PM
Karen Nicoletti, flutist — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. In a senior thesis recital. FMI 786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Academic date. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 786-8272.
07:00 PM
Global Lens: Street Days — Olin 104
Film. (Georgia, 2010, 86 min.). FMI 207-786-6158.
05:30 PM
Women’s lacrosse vs. Endicott — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 786-6158.
07:00 PM
Global Lens: The White Meadows — Olin 104
Film. (Iran, 2009, 93 min.). FMI 207-786-6158.
07:30 PM
Abigael Merson, singer — Olin Concert Hall
Music performance. In a senior thesis recital. FMI 786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
01:00 PM
Men’s lacrosse vs. Trinity — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
11:00 AM
Holy Communion — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With music directed by John Corrie. FMI 786-8272.
03:00 PM
Israel Mesa, trombonist — Olin Concert Hall
Music performance. In a senior thesis recital. FMI 786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Academic date. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 786-8272.
12:30 PM
Noonday Concert — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Chase the Fiddlers, an acoustic folk band directed by Greg Boardman. FMI 786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 786-6158.
07:30 PM
Vienna Piano Trio —
Concert. Founded in 1988, the Vienna Piano Trio is acclaimed worldwide. A Washington Post reviewer wrote that the trio "produced musical paragraphs of inexorable logic and beauty." $6. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
01:30 PM
Mount David Summit — Pettengill Hall
Academic date. The 11th annual celebration of student academic achievement, featuring research presentations and discussions, literary readings, exhibitions and screenings, performances and more. FMI bates.edu/summit/.
03:00 PM
Baseball vs. Tufts — Leahey Field
Athletics.
07:30 PM
Winter Dance Concert — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Featuring works by student choreographers in 200-level and advanced dance composition courses, as well as senior thesis pieces by our first graduating class of dance majors. $6 / $3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
11:00 AM
Women’s tennis vs. Brandeis — Wallach Tennis Center
Athletics.
12:00 PM
Baseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader) — Leahey Field
Athletics.
12:00 PM
Men’s tennis vs. Brandeis — Wallach Tennis Center
Athletics.
01:00 PM
Men’s lacrosse vs. Williams — Garcelon Field
Athletics.
05:00 PM
Winter Dance Concert — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Featuring works by student choreographers in 200-level and advanced dance composition courses, as well as senior thesis pieces by our first graduating class of dance majors. $6 / $3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
08:00 PM
Bates College Gamelan — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Gina Fatone of the Bates faculty directs this ensemble performing on Indonesian percussion. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
11:00 AM
Holy Communion — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. With music directed by John Corrie. FMI 786-8272.
02:00 PM
Winter Dance Concert — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Featuring works by student choreographers in 200-level and advanced dance composition courses, as well as senior thesis pieces by our first graduating class of dance majors. $6 / $3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
05:30 PM
Protestant worship — Chapel
Academic date. With gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Buddhist meditation — Chapel
Spiritual gathering. Led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 786-8272.
07:30 PM
Winter Dance Concert — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Featuring works by student choreographers in 200-level and advanced dance composition courses, as well as senior thesis pieces by our first graduating class of dance majors. $6 / $3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
06:00 PM
Life drawing — Olin 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 786-6158.
07:00 PM
Bates College Jazz Band — Olin Concert Hall
Music performance. Thomas Snow directs this concert featuring big-band arrangements and small combo settings. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
06:00 PM
Senior Exhibition opening reception — Museum of Art
Exhibit. This popular exhibition highlights work from the thesis projects of graduating studio art majors, who have spent this academic year creating a cohesive body of work through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. The show runs through May 26. FMI 207-786-6158.
07:30 PM
Frank Glazer, pianist, and Scott Woolweaver, violist — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Bandmates for more than 25 years in the New England Piano Quartette, Glazer and Woolweaver join forces again for this program of music by Brahms, Schumann and Herzogenberg. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
08:00 PM
red, black & GREEN: a blues — Lewiston Memorial Armory, 65 Central Ave.
Dance. The fully staged production of a multimedia piece by Marc Bamuthi Joseph that combines spoken word, music and movement to inspire a conversion on environmental justice, social ecology and collective responsibility in the climate-change era. FMI: Bates Dance Festival.
08:00 PM
red, black & GREEN: a blues — Lewiston Memorial Armory, 65 Central Ave.
Dance. The fully staged production of a multimedia piece by Marc Bamuthi Joseph that combines spoken word, music and movement to inspire a conversion on environmental justice, social ecology and collective responsibility in the climate-change era. FMI: Bates Dance Festival.
07:30 PM
Frank Glazer, pianist — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. Still vital at age 97, Bates artist-in-residence Glazer performs Haydn's Sonata in E Minor, Hob. HVI/34, along with sonatas by Beethoven, Schubert, Hovhaness and Busoni. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
07:30 PM
An Evening with Vince Bell and Eric Taylor — Olin Concert Hall
Concert. A can't-miss performance by two stars of the Texas songwriting scene. Admission costs TBA. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
05:00 PM
Dance Variety Show — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. This Short Term performance features works by student choreographers and student dance groups. FMI 207-786-6161.
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Rennie Harris Puremovement — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. A frequent BDF guest, Harris is renowned as a pioneer of hip hop theater. He received an honorary degree from Bates in 2010. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Rennie Harris Puremovement — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. A frequent BDF guest, Harris is renowned as a pioneer of hip hop theater. He received an honorary degree from Bates in 2010. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Known for provocative, transformative works with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior and all things visual, Abraham.In.Motion presents a Maine premiere. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Known for provocative, transformative works with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior and all things visual, Abraham.In.Motion presents a Maine premiere. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Kate Weare Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Weare, who creates fierce, imaginative dances that explore perceptions of identity, intimacy and the basic human urge to move, returns to the festival with a Maine premiere. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Kate Weare Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Weare, who creates fierce, imaginative dances that explore perceptions of identity, intimacy and the basic human urge to move, returns to the festival with a Maine premiere. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Musicians' Concert — Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St.
Concert. Festival composers and musicians offer an intriguing tapestry of sounds from around the globe. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Keigwin + Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Larry Keigwin brings his internationally renowned company back to the festival. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Keigwin + Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Larry Keigwin brings his internationally renowned company back to the festival. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
08:00 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Keigwin + Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Larry Keigwin brings his internationally renowned company back to the festival. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Moving in the Moment — Alumni Gym
Dance. The festival's annual contact improvisation concert. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Festival Finale — Alumni Gym
Dance. Festival participants perform works by faculty and a new work by our Youth Arts Program participants. Admission costs TBA. FMI batesdancefestival.org