Bates and USM/LA to sponsor Martin Luther King Jr. "read-in"

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Tuesday January 11, 2000 3:35 pm	Bates and USM/LA to sponsor Martin Luther King Jr. "read-in" In recognition of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity in a local community school, the Bates College Center for Service-Learning and the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) will co-sponsor a “read-in” by faculty, staff and students for grades 4-6 at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, and Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Martel Elementary School on Lisbon Street in Lewiston.
Tuesday January 11, 2000 3:31 pm	Bates and USM/LA jointly served by AmeriCorpsVISTA member In an unusual cooperative effort between a private and public institution of higher education, the Bates College Center for Service Learning and the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) share the services of an AmeriCorpsVolunteers In Service To America (VISTA) member.
Tuesday January 11, 2000 3:27 pm	Seminar Series addresses "Entrepreneurship as Service" Executive directors from local nonprofit organizations and a national educational institute will discuss “Entrepreneurship as Service” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.
Tuesday January 11, 2000 3:25 pm	The New York Kunqu Troupe performs Chinese opera The New York Kunqu Troupe of The Kunqu Society will perform two acts from “Pan Chin-lien,” a contemporary Chinese opera adapted from Shen Jing’s 16th-century classical work “Yi Xia Ji” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, in Schaeffer Theatre.
Monday January 10, 2000 3:06 pm	Noted liberation theologist to speak on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Philosopher, educator and minister William R. Jones will deliver the keynote address, “Beyond Hate Language: The Oppressor’s Ploy or Pathology of the Oppressed?,” for the 2000 Bates College Martin Luther King Day Jr. celebration.
Thursday January 6, 2000 3:22 pm	Glazer to perform "Music From a Bygone Era" Pianist Frank Glazer, artist-in-residence at Bates College, will perform “Music From a Bygone Era” at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.
Wednesday January 5, 2000 3:18 pm	Conference on crimes connected to the government to be held at Bates The 11th annual Maine Conference Investigating Crimes Committed by the FBI by will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.
Tuesday January 4, 2000 2:58 pm	Acclaimed 17-year-old cellist Alisa Weilerstein to perform Acclaimed 17-year-old cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform a concert of works by Schubert, Barber and Tchaikovsky at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.
Saturday January 1, 2000 1:57 pm	Physicist who slowed the speed of light to speak Lene Vestergaard Hau, a Danish physicist who stunned the global scientific community by slowing the speed of light in a Harvard University research laboratory, will discuss her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in Room 204, Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend without charge.

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Tuesday

January 11, 2000
3:35 pm

In recognition of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity in a local community school, the Bates College Center for Service-Learning and the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) will co-sponsor a “read-in” by faculty, staff and students for grades 4-6 at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, and Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Martel Elementary School on Lisbon Street in Lewiston.

Tuesday

January 11, 2000
3:31 pm

Bates and USM/LA jointly served by AmeriCorps*VISTA member

In an unusual cooperative effort between a private and public institution of higher education, the Bates College Center for Service Learning and the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) share the services of an AmeriCorps*Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) member.

Tuesday

January 11, 2000
3:27 pm

Seminar Series addresses "Entrepreneurship as Service"

Executive directors from local nonprofit organizations and a national educational institute will discuss “Entrepreneurship as Service” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.

Tuesday

January 11, 2000
3:25 pm

The New York Kunqu Troupe performs Chinese opera

The New York Kunqu Troupe of The Kunqu Society will perform two acts from “Pan Chin-lien,” a contemporary Chinese opera adapted from Shen Jing’s 16th-century classical work “Yi Xia Ji” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, in Schaeffer Theatre.

Monday

January 10, 2000
3:06 pm

Noted liberation theologist to speak on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Philosopher, educator and minister William R. Jones will deliver the keynote address, “Beyond Hate Language: The Oppressor’s Ploy or Pathology of the Oppressed?,” for the 2000 Bates College Martin Luther King Day Jr. celebration.

Thursday

January 6, 2000
3:22 pm

Glazer to perform "Music From a Bygone Era"

Pianist Frank Glazer, artist-in-residence at Bates College, will perform “Music From a Bygone Era” at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

Wednesday

January 5, 2000
3:18 pm

Conference on crimes connected to the government to be held at Bates

The 11th annual Maine Conference Investigating Crimes Committed by the FBI by will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

Tuesday

January 4, 2000
2:58 pm

Acclaimed 17-year-old cellist Alisa Weilerstein to perform

Acclaimed 17-year-old cellist Alisa Weilerstein will perform a concert of works by Schubert, Barber and Tchaikovsky at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

Saturday

January 1, 2000
1:57 pm

Physicist who slowed the speed of light to speak

Lene Vestergaard Hau, a Danish physicist who stunned the global scientific community by slowing the speed of light in a Harvard University research laboratory, will discuss her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, in Room 204, Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend without charge.