Stories from January 1999
Warwick couple’s $1-million gift funds Bates College campus restoration project
Wednesday, January 6, 1999 2:33 pm
A $1-million gift from Henry "Jack" Keigwin '59, and his wife, Beverly, of Warwick, R.I., has funded a major environmental restoration project and new granite amphitheater on the Bates College campus.
"Scattering the Ashes" author to read
Tuesday, January 5, 1999 12:37 pm
María del Carmen Boza, author of Scattering the Ashes, an account of the Cuban exile experience, will read selections from her acclaimed memoir at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in the Special Collections room of Ladd Library. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Bates to hold symposium on education, religion and contemporary issues
Tuesday, January 5, 1999 12:24 pm
In the wake of a series of hateful acts directed toward a number of synagogues and churches in Maine, issues of preparing a new generation for an age of religious pluralism will be explored in a three-day symposium at Bates College Friday, Jan. 22, Jan. 23 and Sunday, Jan. 24, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.
"In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet" Opens
Monday, January 4, 1999 11:59 am
Curator Ruth Fine from the National Gallery of Art will present a lecture for an exhibition of work by nationally renowned printmaker Claire Van Vliet at the Bates College Museum of Art Friday, Jan. 22. Fine's lecture, "Ordered Expressionism: Claire Van Vliet's Landscape," will be given at 7 p.m. in Room 104 of the college's Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. A reception follows the lecture, which is open to the public without charge. The exhibition, "In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet," features more than 30 lithographs, etchings and engravings, depicting landscapes from around the world.
Best-selling author to discuss popular culture at Bates
Saturday, January 2, 1999 12:55 pm
Noted cultural critic David Horowitz will discuss the intersection of popular culture and public policy at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. The public is invited to attend free of charge.