Stories from April 1998
Earth Day features 'read-ins' for local schoolchildren

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:46 pm

In celebration of Earth Day 1998, the Bates Environmental Federation sponsors two "read-ins" for local schoolchildren at the Lewiston and Auburn public libraries April 22 at 2 p.m.

Morse Mountain tax exemption extended

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:38 pm

The Phippsburg Board of Selectmen and Bates College announced Monday, April 13, that an agreement was reached to continue the tax exemption of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area.

Peace activist concludes spiritual series

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:33 pm

Jane Smith Bernhardt, actor, playwright and peace activist, discusses, Art and the Conversion of the Heart in the last of a Bates lecture series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul April 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the Benjamin Mays Center. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Theater at Bates to stage performance-theater festival

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2:24 pm

Over a period of four weeks, April 23-May 16, Bates College students, theater faculty and returning alumni artists will stage the first Bates Performance-Theater Festival 1998 in a series of workshops and collaborations of cutting-edge performance theater on the theme of diversity and difference. Some of the performances include adult themes. The public is invited to attend all events free of charge.

Awardwinning photographer to lecture

Friday, April 10, 1998 2:12 pm

Awardwinning nature photographer John Sexton will discuss his photographic technique and give a slide presentation from his work April 25, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

Maine environmental protection professional to discuss mercury in Maine's environment

Thursday, April 9, 1998 2:10 pm

Ellen E. Parr Doering, chief of the air toxics section of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, will deliver a lecture titled Mercury in Maine's Environment April 23 at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie. The public is invited and admission is free.

Environmental historian to discuss the role of wood in civilization development

Wednesday, April 8, 1998 2:07 pm

Environmental historian John Perlin will read from his acclaimed book A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Community energy development forum to feature Canadian chief

Wednesday, April 8, 1998 2:02 pm

"Models of Energy Self-Determination" a day-long forum focusing on community energy development, will be held at Bates April 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Chase Hall. Chief Abel Bosum of the Ouje-Bougoumou Cree First Nation will deliver the keynote address on his village's award-winning alternative energy project at 9:45 a.m. Consumers, environmentalists, activists, students, business owners and government officials are invited to register for the forum by calling the Bates Office of Special Projects at 207-786-6077.

Legal scholar to discuss problems presented by stolen art

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 1:58 pm

Stephen Weil, emeritus senior scholar at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Museum Studies, will discuss Stolen Art: A Perpetual Legal Puzzle April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center. The public is invited to attend, and admission is free.

Acclaimed essayist to discuss assisted suicide

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 1:54 pm

Nancy Mairs, an acclaimed essayist confined for many years to a wheelchair, discusses Life's Worth: Rethinking Who Lives, Who Dies in the annual Bertha May Bell Andrews Memorial Lecture in Ethics and Education at Bates April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Benjamin Mays Center. Also on April 20 in the Mays Center, at 4 p.m., Mairs will read from her recently published book Waist-High in the World: A Life Among the Nondisabled. The public is invited to attend both events free of charge.

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