Open to the public, students, faculty and staff

To learn about events at Bates:
     - Bates College Museum of Art
          207-786-6158 - museum@bates.edu
     - Bates College General Information (Concierge)
          207-786-6255

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Chase Hall Gallery Exhibitions

Oct. 23–Nov. 15

Images by noted photographer Emerson Matabele.

Chase Hall Gallery

Museum of Art

Through Dec. 14

Flourishing Folk: New England Decorated Works on Paper And Document Boxes from the Deborah N. Isaacson Trust: This exhibit represents Bates in the Maine Folk Art Trail, a collaboration among 11 museums and historical societies statewide to guide visitors to the best of Maine folk art — work produced by ordinary people without professional training. Shown are beautifully decorated family records and presentation pieces, as well as ornate document boxes and rare woodblock "ream sheet prints" that early paper companies used to label their products.

Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers: As the 2008 Beijing Olympics have put China in the spotlight this summer, this exhibition offers alternative perspectives on that intriguing, dynamic nation. Seventeen Chinese artists use photographs and other media to examine how rapid economic reform, new personal wealth and rapid industrialization have changed China’s urban environment, from street scenes to skyscrapers and iconic national monuments. 

A Selection of Figure Drawings from the Marsden Hartley :Memorial Collection: Selections from the 99 drawings by Marsden Hartley left to the College by the heirs of the estate of this pioneering American modernist.

Saturday, Nov. 1

8pm

Concert: The Parker String Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 20, No. 6 (“The Sun”), Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, Puccini’s Chrysanthemums and, with pianist and Bates artist in residence Frank Glazer, Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81. Free admission, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Nov. 2

3pm

Concert: Violinist Nicholas Kitchen and cellist Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo String Quartet are joined by clarinetist Derek Bermel and pianist Bruce Brubaker in a performance, celebrating the composer’s centenary, of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Also: a Bach sonata for solo violin and Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello. Free admission, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday, Nov. 3

7pm

Presentations: Two Otis Fellows present their fellowship-funded projects: Toward a Culture of Sustainability by Tucker Pawlick ’09 and Following the Ganges — A Collision of Flesh and Spirit in Water by Hewi Ling Ng ’09. For information call 207-753-6952.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Wednesday, Nov. 5

7pm

Film: The Fish Fall in Love (Iran, 2006, 96 min.). An entry in the touring Global Lens series of films from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art and the Multicultural Center. For more information call 207-786-6158.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Thursday, Nov. 6

7pm

Film: Kept & Dreamless (Argentina, 2005, 94 min.). An entry in the touring Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

7:30pm

Lecture: A topic TBA by Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale who researches how people understand the physical and social worlds, focusing on morality, religion, fiction and art. Sponsored by the psychology department.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Monday, Nov. 10

7:30pm

Reading: Novelist Miriam Colwell reads from and discusses her work, including her most recent book, Contentment Cove. Born in 1917 in Prospect Harbor, Colwell has convincingly depicted small-town Maine. A presentation of the Language Arts Live Series, sponsored by the English department, the programs in Asian, environmental and women and gender studies, the college Museum of Art, the Bates Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund.

Bates College Museum of Art

Wednesday, Nov. 12

7pm

Film: The Kite (Lebanon, 2004, 80 min.). Part of the Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Reading: An evening with Andrew Schelling, a poet and a translator and scholar of classical Indian poetry. His collections of essays and poems include the recent Old Tale Road. A presentation of the Language Arts Live Series, sponsored by the English department, the programs in Asian, environmental and women and gender studies, the college Museum of Art, the Bates Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund.

Benjamin Mays Center

Wednesday, Nov. 19

7pm

Film: Let the Wind Blow (India, 2004, 93 min.). Part of the Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Panel discussion: Homeland Security, Terrorism and Our Civil Liberties. Panelists include Maine’s secretary of state, Matthew Dunlap; Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union; and Warren Bamford, head of the FBI’s Boston office. Part of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships’ Civic Forum series. For more information call 207-786-6202.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Nov. 24-30

Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes; administrative offices are open through Nov. 26.

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Nov. 2 listing).

Bates College Chapel

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