Social activist to discuss spirituality at Bates

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Friday October 31, 1997 12:01 pm	Social activist to discuss spirituality at Bates Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosie’s Place for Women, the Greater Boston Food Bank and Healthcare for the Homeless, will discuss “A Social Activist’s Perspective” as part of a new Bates College lecture series, “Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul,” at 4:30 p.m., Nov. 14, in the Benjamin Mays Center. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Thursday October 30, 1997 11:47 am	Ms. magazine editor to speak Highlighting the 12th Annual Maine Women’s Studies Conference at Bates College on Nov. 15 will be the 1 p.m. keynote address in the Chapel by Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor in chief of Ms. magazine. The day-long interdisciplinary program — titled “Making Connections (Among and Between)” — features papers, panels and workshops related to feminist research and political activism.
Thursday October 30, 1997 11:44 am	Bates College Orchestra to perform Nov. 15 The Bates College Orchestra, directed by William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, will perform at 8 p.m., Nov. 15, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St
Wednesday October 29, 1997 11:41 am	Concert Cancelled A concert by the DaPonte String Quartet and soprano Christina Astrachan listed in the October at Bates calendar at 7:30…
Monday October 27, 1997 11:37 am	Wenzel named Maine Professor of the Year Thomas J. Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry at Bates College, has been named the 1997 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Maine Professor of the Year, announced the Council For Advancement and Support of Education.
Monday October 27, 1997 11:28 am	Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar to speak at Bates Distinguished literary scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks will present the annual Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture at 7 p.m., Nov. 3, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Monday October 27, 1997 11:24 am	Cumming and Glazer perform third Brahms concert In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of composer Johnanes Brahms, pianists Frank Glazer and Duncan Cumming ’93, will perform the third in a series of four Bates College concerts featuring the composer’s complete works for solo piano at 3 p.m., Nov. 9, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend the performance free of charge.
Monday October 27, 1997 11:20 am	Fortepianist Zvi Meniker to perform Zvi Meniker, an Israeli fortepianist, will perform a concert of works by Hayden, Mozart and Beethoven at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Tuesday October 21, 1997 11:17 am	Voices of Korea to perform at Bates Voices of Korea, a 12-member ensemble specializing in religious, court and folk songs from North and South Korea, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend and admission is free.
Monday October 20, 1997 11:12 am	Doug Varone and Dancers to perform at Bates New York dance phenomenon Doug Varone and Dancers will perform “Let’s Dance: The Cabaret” at 8 p.m., Nov. 6, in the Clifton Dagget Gray Athletic Building, 130 Central Ave. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for senior citizens and students and may be purchased by calling the box office at 207-786-6161.

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Friday

October 31, 1997
12:01 pm

Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosie’s Place for Women, the Greater Boston Food Bank and Healthcare for the Homeless, will discuss “A Social Activist’s Perspective” as part of a new Bates College lecture series, “Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul,” at 4:30 p.m., Nov. 14, in the Benjamin Mays Center. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Thursday

October 30, 1997
11:47 am

Ms. magazine editor to speak

Highlighting the 12th Annual Maine Women’s Studies Conference at Bates College on Nov. 15 will be the 1 p.m. keynote address in the Chapel by Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor in chief of Ms. magazine. The day-long interdisciplinary program — titled “Making Connections (Among and Between)” — features papers, panels and workshops related to feminist research and political activism.

Thursday

October 30, 1997
11:44 am

Bates College Orchestra to perform Nov. 15

The Bates College Orchestra, directed by William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, will perform at 8 p.m., Nov. 15, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St

Wednesday

October 29, 1997
11:41 am

Concert Cancelled

A concert by the DaPonte String Quartet and soprano Christina Astrachan listed in the October at Bates calendar at 7:30…

Monday

October 27, 1997
11:37 am

Wenzel named Maine Professor of the Year

Thomas J. Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry at Bates College, has been named the 1997 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Maine Professor of the Year, announced the Council For Advancement and Support of Education.

Monday

October 27, 1997
11:28 am

Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar to speak at Bates

Distinguished literary scholar Patricia Meyer Spacks will present the annual Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture at 7 p.m., Nov. 3, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Monday

October 27, 1997
11:24 am

Cumming and Glazer perform third Brahms concert

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of composer Johnanes Brahms, pianists Frank Glazer and Duncan Cumming ’93, will perform the third in a series of four Bates College concerts featuring the composer’s complete works for solo piano at 3 p.m., Nov. 9, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend the performance free of charge.

Monday

October 27, 1997
11:20 am

Fortepianist Zvi Meniker to perform

Zvi Meniker, an Israeli fortepianist, will perform a concert of works by Hayden, Mozart and Beethoven at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

Tuesday

October 21, 1997
11:17 am

Voices of Korea to perform at Bates

Voices of Korea, a 12-member ensemble specializing in religious, court and folk songs from North and South Korea, will perform at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend and admission is free.

Monday

October 20, 1997
11:12 am

Doug Varone and Dancers to perform at Bates

New York dance phenomenon Doug Varone and Dancers will perform “Let’s Dance: The Cabaret” at 8 p.m., Nov. 6, in the Clifton Dagget Gray Athletic Building, 130 Central Ave. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for senior citizens and students and may be purchased by calling the box office at 207-786-6161.