Stories from November 2011
Choir to perform Handel’s Messiah
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:12 pm
The Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, presents Part One of Handel’s popular oratorio Messiah in performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2-3, in Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Middle East expert to discuss U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian peace
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:50 pm
Lara Friedman visits Bates to discuss America's role in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Bates hosts organizing and advocacy workshop
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:43 pm
A school popular with students committed to social justice, Bates College presents a daylong training program in organizing and advocacy skills starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.Open to the public, the six-hour D4D on the Road Workshop will be led by the Center for Progressive Leadership.
Jazz guitar plus tap equals ‘astonishing’ performance
Monday, November 28, 2011 2:33 pm
Experience Charlie Hunter, a great jazz guitarist, and Tamango, a leading cross-cultural tap dancer.
Singer-songwriters Justin Townes Earle, Tristen to perform Dec. 5
Monday, November 21, 2011 12:59 pm
Americana singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle performs at Bates College at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Events Schedule: December 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:53 pm
Hello from Bates! Here are public events at the college during December 2011.
Acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet returns to Bates
Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:24 pm
Called "simply the best there is" by The Boston Globe, the critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet returns to Bates College for a performance of music by Schubert, Schoenberg and others at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Pulitzer-winning journalist to discuss Muslim American experience since 9/11
Friday, November 18, 2011 9:30 pm
Andrea Elliott, a New York Times reporter, offers her perspective on the topic.
Sonja Pieck, Kroepsch Award recipient, to discuss education as activism
Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:16 pm
Sonja Pieck, assistant professor of environmental studies and co-recipient of the 2011 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Theologian’s lecture to propose ‘collective conscience’ as response to climate change
Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:05 pm
With climate change looming as a great challenge of this century, theologian Celia Deane-Drummond will call for the development of a collective conscience as a moral response to the phenomenon in a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Chase Hall Lounge.