Stories from January 2000
Deutsch to discuss how parents can "Halve It All"
Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:10 pm
Francine Deutsch, author of the book "Halving It All: How Couples Practice Equally Shared Parenting," will discuss how parents can balance work and better share in the responsibility of raising children at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series lecture free of charge.
Rabbi Paul Cohen continues Spiritual Journeys series
Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:07 pm
Paul Cohen, a feminist theologian, pastoral minister and social activist from Berkeley, Calif., will discuss "A Catholic Feminist Spiritual Path" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, on the Bates College campus. The public is invited to attend this Spiritual Journeys lecture without charge. Call 207-786-8272 for more information.
Guitarist Eliot Fisk joins Shanghai String Quartet in performance
Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:03 pm
Virtuoso guitarist Eliot Fisk joins The Shanghai String Quartet in a concert of works by at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors and may be purchased by calling 207-786-6252.
Scholar of the African diaspora to speak
Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:00 pm
Robert Hill, the noted African diaspora scholar whose multidisciplinary work intersects with political science, history, sociology and psychology, will discuss "Afrogenesis, or The Genealogy of 'Africa for Africans'" at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and "Afrognosis, or Caliban's Books of Healing in the African World" at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge.
ACLU field organizer to offer issues briefing and skills-training
Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:56 pm
Becky Dinwoodie, a national field organizer of the American Civil Liberties Union, will present "Defending Our Liberties," an issues briefing and skills-training presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, in Room 243 of the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Maine Civil Liberties Union, the briefings are free and open to the public.
Patel to discuss cultural significance of time at Bates
Thursday, January 20, 2000 3:53 pm
Geeta Patel, assistant professor of women's studies at Wellesley College, will discuss "Time Tallies Up: Millennium Stories" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Bates College. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
"Christian Boltanski: The Loss of Innocence" on view at Museum of Art
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:48 pm
An exhibition of recent work by French artist Christian Boltanski will be on view at the Bates College Museum of Art Jan. 14-March 24, 2000. "Christian Boltanski: The Loss of Innocence" will highlight Boltanski's photographic ensembles for which he has become widely known over the years in Europe, the United States and Israel. The artist uses children's school photographs from the 1930s and 1940s found in European archives. Although the children are often portrayed smiling in the original photographs, Boltanski's enlarged, grainy images become distorted and invoke the imminent tragedy of the Holocaust.
Winter Noonday Concert Series to continue at Bates
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:45 pm
The Bates College Noonday Concert series continues its winter season with a selection of programs throughout the month of February. The free concerts, open to the public, will be held Tuesdays from l2:30 to l p.m. at the college's Olin Arts Concert Hall, located on Russell Street in Lewiston.
Bates to host regional American College Dance Festival
Friday, January 14, 2000 3:41 pm
Bates College will host the New England Regional American College Dance Festival (ACDF), a series of workshops and adjudicated performances that concludes with a gala concert performance at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, in Schaeffer Theatre on College Street.
Astrophysicist to discuss age, size of universe at Bates
Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:38 pm
Robert Kirshner, professor of astronomy at Harvard University and an associate director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will discuss "The Universe: Old, Expanding, Accelerating?" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, in Room 204, Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend without charge.