Stories from January 2012
BatesDowntown continues with piano-violin duo
Monday, January 30, 2012 4:34 pm
The Olin Arts Center music series BatesDowntown continues with a performance by violinist Dean Stein and pianist Chiharu Naruse on Feb. 3.
Arts Crawl, Asia Night: Student creativity trumps winter weather
Monday, January 30, 2012 2:05 pm
Escape from the Jan. 27 rain and cold came courtesy of the second-annual Bates Arts Crawl, a showcase of student creativity that culminated in the show called Asia Night.
Video: 2012 Arts Crawl
Monday, January 30, 2012 1:58 pm
Student arts showcase culminating with the variety show "Asia Night," a kaleidoscope of song and dance.
Bands from afar heading for second annual Community Folk Festival
Friday, January 27, 2012 3:56 pm
Contradancing, workshops and performances by musicians from as far away as Montana are among attractions at the second annual Community Folk Festival.
Cultural critic Touré to speak in Feb. 8 OIE event
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:41 am
Touré, a journalist and commentator whom Newsweek editor Tina Brown described as "a one-man media conglomerate," offers his views on race, identity and 21st-century America at Bates on Feb. 8.
Celebrated pianists in classical, jazz coming to Bates in February
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:41 pm
In separate February concerts, two young but remarkably accomplished pianists, one playing classical and one jazz, perform at Bates.
‘In the Blood’: Bates presents Maine lumber industry documentary
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:26 pm
Wiscasset resident Sumner McKane shows his new documentary on Maine logging history, In the Blood, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
‘BatesDowntown’ series debuts with jazz, classical concerts featuring faculty
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:55 pm
The Olin Arts Center is launching a new music series, BatesDowntown, in downtown Lewiston with jazz and classical concerts featuring Bates faculty members.
Genova ’92, best-selling author of ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Left Neglected,’ to speak
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:27 pm
Lisa Genova '92, author of the popular novels Still Alice and Left Neglected, speaks at Bates at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1, in the Olin Concert Hall.
Poets Kearney, Potter to read in Language Arts Live event
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:08 pm
Award-winning New England poets Dawn Potter and Meg Kearney read from their work at Bates on Feb. 9.