Published on Description

Tuesday

January 5, 1999
12:24 pm

Bates to hold symposium on education, religion and contemporary issues

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.

Monday

January 4, 1999
11:59 am

"In Black and White: Landscape Prints by Claire Van Vliet" Opens

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.

Saturday

January 2, 1999
12:55 pm

Best-selling author to discuss popular culture at Bates

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.