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Ana Carbatti plays Iara in Sérgio Bianchi's 2009 film "The Tenants."
The Global Lens series of international films returns Feb. 29
The Global Lens series of international films returns this month starting with Brazilian director Sérgio Bianchi's The Tenants on Feb. 27.
By Bates News on February 22, 2012
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Language Arts Live to present novelist Justin Tussing
"A talented young voice on the contemporary fiction scene" according to The Boston Globe, Justin Tussing reads from his work on March 8.
By Bates News on February 22, 2012
Right to left: Daniel Waters '12, director Elizabeth Castellano '12, Hanna Allerton '15, Charles McKitrick '14 and Caitlyn Defiore '12 (back to camera) rehearse for "A Doll's House."
Castellano ’12 directs Ibsen’s still-controversial ‘A Doll’s House’
Bates senior Elizabeth Castellano directs Ibsen's 19th-century play "A Doll's House" for the winter mainstage theater production.
By Bates News on February 22, 2012
Bates alumni dance "Peace, My Heart" during Parents & Family Weekend 2011.
Dancing the Big Apple: Dance alumni to perform Feb. 24-25
The first-ever New York Bates Alumni Dance Concert takes place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, at the arts center called Spoke the Hub Dancing in Brooklyn.
By Doug Hubley on February 17, 2012
The Maine duo Cinder Conk plays music from the Balkans and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.
“Rollin’ to Olin” art-music programs resume Feb. 29
The Bates College arts outreach program "Rollin' to Olin" resumes this month.
By Bates News on February 15, 2012
Michal Gondko and Corina Marti of La Morra.
La Morra, la merrier: Early music ensemble bound for Bates
La Morra, a Swiss early music ensemble known for evocative and engaging concerts, performs at Bates College on Feb. 29.
By Bates News on February 14, 2012
Thomas Shapiro of Brandeis University.
For Unity Conference, Amandla! presents expert on racial wealth gap
An expert on public policy and racial inequality, Thomas Shapiro speaks on the racial wealth gap on Feb. 11.
By Doug Hubley on February 9, 2012
Modeling Nigerian dresses for the Inside Africa Fashion Show are sophomores Folarera Fasawe, Michelle Pham and Nicole Kanu.
Events schedule: February 2012, revised
Happy Leap Year from Bates!  Featuring new and updated information, here’s a...
By Doug Hubley on February 6, 2012
Cast members in the Robinson Players' production of "The Laramie Project": Alanna Hoffman '15 as the Narrator; Nick Auer '15 as Jon Peacock, Matthew Shepard's academic advisor; Jonathan Schwolsky '15 as Tectonic Theater Project member Andy Paris.
Robinson Players to present powerful, provocative ‘Laramie Project’
Seeking to spark constructive dialogue on campus and in the community, Bates' Robinson Players present "The Laramie Project."
By Bates News on February 6, 2012
Professor of Sociology Francesco Duina. Photograph by Morris Freeman.
Book by sociologist Duina explores economic role of everyday rules, practices
A book by Francesco Duina explores the role of rules and practices, informal and formal, in economic life.
By Doug Hubley on February 3, 2012
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